HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT PAPER 1 - 2017 MURANG'A MOCK EXAMINATION

SECTION   A

1. Give the meaning of history.                                                                                       

2. Identify one age-grade for elders among the Akamba.                                               

3. State the first settlement area of the Luo during their migration from Sudan.              

4. Name one early Christian missionary who worked in Kenya.                          

5. Identify two contributions made by early Christian missionaries in the field of education in Kenya.                                                                                                    

6. Define  the term “National Integration”                                                                 

7. What constitutional amendment made Kenya return to multi-party state.               

8. Give Two reasons why a Kenya citizen should obey the law.                                  

9. Give two way in which education has promoted  national unity in Kenya.           

10. State two advantages of representative democracy.                                                              

11. Name the First African to be appointed in the council of ministers in Kenya by the colonial government.                                                                                        

12. Identify the leader who stepped down as the president of African Union for Jomo Kenyatta.                                                                                                    

13. State two ways in which the Harambee spirit promote National Unity in Kenya.  

14. State two ways through which the saving and credit cooperative societies in Kenya  benefit their members.                                                                           

15. State two qualifications that a person must fulfill in order to be allowed to register as a voter in Kenya.                                                                                      

16. Name the two branches of National Police Service in Kenya.                                

17. Give the main difference of the commission on Revenue Allocation in Kenya.                                                                                              

SECTION  B.  (45 MARKS)

ANSWER THREE QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION.

18.  
    1. Give five reasons which influenced the migration of the plain Nilotes to Kenya during the Pre-Colonial period.                                                         
    2. Explain five results of the migration and  settlement  of the Maasai in Kenya during  the pre-colonial period.                                                             

19.  
    1. State three reason for the coming of the Portuguese to Kenyan Coast in the 15^th century.                                                                                        
    2. Explain six effects of the Portuguese rule on the East African Coast.     

20.  
    1. Give five grievances of the Kikuyu Central Association which were Presented by Jomo  Kenyatta to the colonial secretary in 1929.              
    2. Explain five factors which led to the migration of African to the urban areas  in  Kenya during the colonial period.                                 
21.  
    1. State three factors that have contributed to high illiteracy levels in Kenya since Independence.                                                                            
    2. Discuss six factors that have facilitated industrialization in Kenya since Independence.                                                                                                      

SECTION   C

ANSWER  ANY  TWO  QUESTIONS FROM THIS  SECTION.

22.  
    1. State three circumstances that can make a Kenyan citizen to be  denied the right to life. (3mks)
    2. Describe the functions of the  Republic of Kenya.                                       

23.  
    1. State  five ways through which Independence of the Judiciary is guaranteed in Kenya.                                                                                     
    2. Explain five functions of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission of Kenya.                                                                                

24.  
    1. State three objectives of devolving the government of Kenya.                      
    2. Explain six functions of the National Assembly in Kenya.