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Kenya Certificate Of Secondary Education
2025 FORM 2 MID TERM II EXAMINATION
311/1 HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
JUNE, 2025 TIME: 2Hours 30 MIN
Name: ………………………………………….……. Adm. No: ……………
311/1 History & Government PP 1
Stream: ……………………….. Signature: …...............
Instructions to Candidates
a) Write your name and Admission number in the spaces provided above.
b) Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided above.
c) This paper consists of THREE sections A, B and C.
d) Answer all questions in section A; THREE questions from B and TWO questions from section C.
e) Answer all the questions in the answer booklet provided at the end of question 24.
f) This paper consists of 10 printed pages. Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all Pages
are printed as indicated and no questions are missing.
FOR EXAMINERS USE
SECTION QUESTION SCORE
A 1-17
C
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SECTION A : ( 25 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section in the space provided after question 24.
1. State two limitations of electronic sources of information on history and government.
(2 marks)
2. Give the main importance of the Kaya among the Mijikenda in the pre-colonial period.
(1 mark)
3. Identify two factors that influenced the Abaluhya to become cultivators in the pre-
colonial period. (2 marks)
4. Give one reason why the Omani Arabs came to the East African Coast in the 18th
century. (1 mark) 5.
Name two rights that do not have limitations. (2 marks)
6. Identify two houses that make up the parliament under the new constitution 2010. 2mks
7. Name one economic factor that made Britain to colonize Kenya. (1 mark)
8. Name one woman who led the Agiriama resistance. (1 mark)
9. Give one social reason for the construction of the Ugandan Railway. (1 mark)
10. What was the main outcome of the Devonshire White paper 1923? (1 mark)
11. Name two education commissions established during the colonial rule. (2 marks)
12. State one reform under the Lennox Boyd constitution of 1957. (1 mark)
13. State the main function of the correctional Service in Kenya. (1 mark)
14. Identify one branch of the Kenya Defense Forces (1 mark)
15. Name two national philosophies adopted in Kenya after independence (2 marks)
16. Identify any two greatest enemies of Kenya at Independence (2 marks)
17. Name two members of the county executive committee (2 marks)
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SECTION B: (45 Marks)
Answer any three questions in this section in the spaces provided after question 24.
18. a) State five factors that led to the migration of the Somali in the pre-colonial period.
(5 marks)
b) Describe the social organization of the Agikuyu in the pre-colonial period. (10 marks)
19. a) State three factors that facilitated the coming and settlement of the Arabs at the East
African coast. (3 marks)
a) Explain six reasons that led to the decline of the Portuguese rule. (12 marks)
20. a) State three problems the early political Associations faced in Kenya during the
colonial period. (3 marks)
b) Explain six factors that promoted nationalism in Kenya between 1945 - 1963. (12 marks)
21. a) State five challenges facing the education sector in Kenya since independence.
(5 marks)
b) Explain five functions of the County governments. (10 marks)
SECTION C: (30 Marks)
Answer any two questions in this section in the spaces provided after question 24.
22. a) Identify three main methods of conflict resolution in Kenya. (3 marks)
b) Explain six factors that limit national unity in Kenya. (12 marks) 23.
a) Outline the composition of the Judicial service Commission. (3 marks)
b) Explain six ways in which the independence of the Judiciary is protected in Kenya.
(12 marks)
24. a) Identify three examples of indirect taxes in Kenya. (3 marks)
b) Explain six challenges the national government faces in raising its revenue. (12 marks)
