STANDARD EIGHT

DISCOVERY
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DISCOVERY NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS
KCPE COMPLIANCE 2019

SOCIAL STUDIES AND

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Time:2 hours 15 minutes

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contains 90 questions.
2. Do any necessary rough work in this booklet.
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booklet.
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each case only ONE of the four answers is correct. Choose the correct answer.
10. On the answer sheet the correct answer is to be shown by drawing a dark line inside the box in
which the letter you have chosen is written.

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In the Question Booklet:
33.
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The headquarters of the African Union is based in:-
A. Gaborone - Botswana
C. Lusaka - Zambia
The correct answer is ‘D’
B. Abuja - Nigeria
D. Addis Ababa - Ethiopia

On the answer sheet:

30 [A] [B] [C] [D] 31 [A] [B] [C] [ ] 32 [A] [B] [C] [D] 33 [A] [B] [C] [D] 34 [A] [B] [C] [D]
11. Your dark line MUST be written in the box.
12. For each question ONLY ONE box is to be marked in each set of four boxes.
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 PART I: SOCIAL STUDIES
THUITA AREA

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Forest Scrubs Swamp

Coffee Permanent buildings

Settlements

Tea School
Town boundary
River and bridge District officer
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Tarmac road C.C Chief’s camp

Murram road Cattle dip Saw mill

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Shrine Police station Post Office

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Study the map of Thuita area above and use 8. Three of the following are causes of
it to answer questions 1 to 7. global warming. Which one is not?
1. What evidence shows that the southern A. Charcoal burning.
art of Thuita Area is hot and dry? B. Afforestation
A. Presence of a market C. Increased use of petroleum products
B. Presence of a swamp D. Irrigation farming
C. Presence of scrubs
D. Presence of a school 9. Three of the following areas are found
in the cocoa triangle in Ghana. Which
2. Which one of the following economic one is not?
activities is not carried out in Thuita A. Accra
area? B. Kumasi
A. Mining C. Takoradi
B. Livestock keeping D. Port Harcourt
C. Lumbering
D. Trading 10. A group of people who are related by
blood, marriage or adoption is called:-
3. The point marked T where the rivers A. clan
meet is called a _____ B. family
A. tributary C. age- set
B. confluence D. community
C. delta
D. estuary 11. The following are countries found in
Africa. Which one is correctly
4. Which one of the following services is matched with its capital city?
not offered in Thuita Town? A. Chad - N’Djamena
A. Security B. Tanzania - Dar-es-salaam
B. Religious C. Botswana - Lusaka
C. Communication D. Nigeria - Lagos
D. Health
Study the diagram below and use it to
5. Thuita area is likely to be a _______ answer questions 12 to 14.
A. Division
B. Location
C. Sub-location R
D. County
Q
6. What is the length of the murram road
in the map?
A. 4.6 km
B. 460 m
C. 5 km
D. 4 km

7. The climate of the western side of

Thuita area can be described as _____ 12. The part marked Q in the diagram
A. hot and wet above is called ______
B. cool and dry A. crater
C. cool and wet B. conelet
D. hot and dry C. dyke
D. vent

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13. Which one of the following mountains 19. The following are weather instruments
was not formed in the above way? found in a weather station. Which one
A. Mt. Kilimanjaro is likely to be put inside a Stevenson’s
B. Mt. Meru screen ?
C. Mt. Pare A. Barometer
D. Mt. Cameroon B. Windsock
C. Anemometer
14. When part R is filled with water, a lake D. Thermometer
is formed. Which one of the following
is a good example of such lakes? 20. Three of the following are effects of
A. L. Kanyaboli settler farming in Kenya. Which one is
B. L. Tana negative?
C. L. Turkana A. Introduction of modern methods of
D. L. Paradise farming
B. Introduction of formal education
15. In which stage of evolution was fire C. Creation of African Native Reserves
invented? D. Growth and development of towns
A. Middle stoneage
B. Early stoneage 21. Which one of the following best
C. Late stoneage explains why the Fulani of Nigeria
D. New stoneage practise nomadic pastrolism?
A. Availability of large tracts of land
16. The best way of controlling rural- B. Search for pasture for their animals
urban migration is by _______ C. Need to control animal diseases
A. creating towns in the rural areas D. Search for markets for their animals.
B. building industries in the rural areas
C. sending all jobless people in towns 22. The following statements are true
back to the village. about the population structure of India .
D. Building more schools in the rural Which one is not?
areas A. There are slightly more males than
females.
17. The school routine is important B. The number of old people is more
because; than the young
A. it ensures that planned activities run C. Most people live in the rural areas
smoothly. D. Death rate and birth rate are high
B. the teacher on duty follows the
programme Study the diagram below and use it to
C. helps the community around the answer questions 23 to 24.
school to be organised.
D. enables the pupils to spend more
time on the activities they like.

18. Which one of the following traditional

methods of observing weather
indicated coming of a dry spell? C
A. Smell of moist soil
B. Appearance of the full moon
C. Trail of ants B D
D. Excitement in animals e.g cattle
A

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23. The above diagram shows the 29. One of these sets consists of service
formation of ____________ industries only. Which one is it?
A. orographic rainfall A. Paper making and vehicles
B. convectional rainfall assembly
C. land breeze B. Bicycle repair and banking
D. sea breeze C. Cement making and shoes repair
D. Publishing and fruit canning
24. Which one of the areas marked A, B,
C and D in the above diagram 30. One of these theories of human origin
represents the leeward side? is based on traditional African stories
A. B of origin. Which one is it?
B. C A. Evolution theory
C. D B. Creation theory
D. A C. Rapture theory
D. Mythical theory
25. Europeans were unable to conquer
Ethiopia during the scramble for 31. Which one of these communities
Africa because; migrated and settled in West Africa
A. Ethiopians were united under able A. Mossi and Bergu
leaders B. Shona ad Ndebele
B. Ethiopians were helped by their C. Swazi and pygmies
neighbours D. Berbers and Balunda
C. Europeans lacked superior weapons
D. Europeans were not united 32. Which one of the following shows
members of SADC only?
26. In Kenya, law and order is maintained A. South Africa
by _________. Lesotho
A. the Police Sudan
B. the K.D.F B. Swaziland
C. the N.Y.S Lesotho
D. the Kenya Prisons Burundi
C. Tanzania
27. Road accidents in Kenya are mainly Zambia
caused by __________. Kenya
A. overspeeding drivers D. Botswana
B. poor states of roads Zimbambwe
C. unroadworthy vehicles Mozambique
D. ignorant road users
33. Who among the following officials of
28. The following describes a mineral the Buganda kingdom was in charge
mined in Africa. of finances?
i) It is mined by both stripping and A. Omulamuzi
shaft methods B. Katikiro
ii) It is used for making telephone C. Kabaka
wires D. Omuwanika
iii) It is used for making water and gas
pipes 34. Which one of the following is the
iv) It is a major foreign exchange cheapest method of preserving fish?
earner for a central African country. A. Freezing
The mineral described above is; B. Salting
A. copper B. gold C. Sun-drying
C. petroleum D. soda ash D. Deep frying
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35. The first Christian Mission station in 39. River R rises from __________
Kenya was established at Rabai by; A. Atlantic ocean
A. Dr. Ludwing Krapf B. Fouta Djallon plateau
B. Dr. David Livingstone C. Bie plateau
C. Johannes Rebman D. Katanga plateau
D. Jacob Erhadt
40. The ocean current marked T is known
36. Which one of the following statements as _____
is not true about subsistence farming A. cold Benguela
in Kenya? B. warm walvis Bay
A. The farmers practise intercropping C. cold Canary
B. Work is often done by family D. warm mozambique
labour
C. The products are mainly for home 41. Which one of the following areas in
use Nigeria does not have an oil refinery?
D. Farmers practise plantation farming A. Kaduna
B. Elsa Eleme
Study the map of Africa below and use C. Oloibiri
it to answer the questions that follow. D. Warri

42. Which one of the following statements

is not correct about the shape of
Africa?
S A. Africa’s coastline is straight
B. The shape of Africa is not balanced
C. Africa is wide to the north
R D. Africa is narrow to the south
0o 43. The following are examples of Eastern
Cushites except ___________
Q A. Somali
B. Dahato
C. Rendille
T D. Borana

44. The following are reasons why the

British scrambled for colonies in
37. The multi-purpose river project Africa. Which one is the least?
marked Q was established mainly to:- A. Need for raw materials
A. Attract tourists B. Need to abolish slave trade
B. Provide water for migration C. Need to settle surplus population
C. Provide water for HEP production D. For national pride and prestige
D. Create an inland waterway
45. The following are secondary family
38. Which one of the following types of needs. Which one is not?
trees are found growing at the area A. Education
marked S? B. Security
A. Rosewood C. Love
B. Ebony D. Water
C. Sapelle
D. Cedar

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46. Which statement is not true about the 51. Through which one of the following
method of fishing below? methods of solving conflicts is a judge
in a court of law used?
Floats
A. Litigation
B. Meditation
C. Reconciliation
D. Negociation
Sea

52. The minimum voting age in Kenya is:-

Weights
A. 21 years
B. 18 years
A. It is known as net drifting method C. 35 years
B. It catches fish by their gills D. 25 years
C. It is used to catch fish in the shallow
water 53. Zimbambwe attained independence in
D. It catches fish by the help of baited 1980 mainly through _____
hooks A. peaceful negotiations
B. armed struggle
47. Gamal Abdel Nasser promoted C. assistance by the African union
agriculture in Egypt when he _____ D. Strikes and boycotts
A. abolished sharia laws
B. built the Aswan High Dam 54. The main economic activity of the San
th
C. gave hand to the peasants people before the 19 century was;
D. nationalized the suez canal A. weaving
B. fishing
48. Which one of the following was the C. hunting
dispersal point of the Bantus during D. pastoralism
their migration?
A. Congo forest 55. The best place to put up the road sign
B. Horn of Africa below is ______
C. Bahr-el-Gazal
D. Shungwaya

49. Nairobi experiences cooler

temperatures than Mombasa. The best
explanation for this is _________
A. Mombasa is near a large water body
B. difference in latitude
C. Nairobi is at a higher altitude than
Mombasa A. where the road is not tarmacked
D. Nairobi is far from the Indian ocean B. where the road is narrow
. C. near a school
50. Which term is not correctly matched D. near a forest
with its meaning in the government of
Swaziland ? 56. Which one of the following is not a
A. Ndlovukazi - Queen mother function of the body incharge of
B. Libandla - Parliament elections in Kenya?
A. Preparing election materials
C. Liqoqo - Swazi council of
B. Announcing election winners
elders C. Registering political parties
D. Tinkhundla - Swazi senate D. Creating new wards.

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57. The British used indirect rule in 63. When Moses saw the burning bush, he
Northern Nigeria because the area___ was in the land of _____
A. had strong traditional rulers A. Moab
B. lacked natural resources
C. was large in size B. Goshen
D. Africans were willing to co-operate C. Judah
D. Midian
58. Many people in Germany live in towns
mainly because; 64. During the Passover, God instructed the
A. rural areas have little rainfall
B. they are educated Israelites to slaughter a ______ and
C. many people are old smear the doorposts with its blood.
D. many people work in industries in A. Bull
the towns B. One-year-old male lamb
59. The following are latitudes except; C. One -year-old male calf
A. Tropic of Capricon D. One -year-old female lamb
B. Prime Meridian
C. Tropic of Cancer 65. Which among the following statements
D. Equator is not true about Elisha?
60. The most senior court in Kenya is; A. He healed Naaman of leprosy
A. High court B. He never died
B. Supreme court C. He multiplied a widow’s oil
C. Principal Magistrate D. He performed more miracles than
D. Court of appeal Elijah
PART II: RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
SECTION A 66. Matthew 2 : 18 “A sound is heard in
CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Rammah, the sound of bitter weeping,
Racheal crying for children....” How
61. Genesis 9:7 - “As for you, be fruitful and
were these prophecies of Jeremiah
increase in number, multiply on earth and
increase upon it.” Who among the fulfilled?
following was told these words? A. During the killing of Egyptian first
A. God borns
B. Adam B. When Rachel lost her babies
C. Eve C. During the death of king David’s
D. Noah baby
D. When baby boys were killed in
62. God made promises to Abraham. Which Bethlehem and its surrounding
one of the following is not one of them.
A. “I will make you a great nation” 67. Who was the only female judge?
B. “ I will give you land”
A. Samuel
C. “ You will be a father of the
B. Othniel
Israelites.”
C. Ruth
D. “All nations will be blessed through
you.” D. Deborah

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68. ______ was blessed with the skill and 74. The main reason why the church in
knowledge of working on all kinds of Kenya is involved in rural development
crafts is to ____
A. Alijah A. improve the quality of life for the
B. Bezalel locals
C. Bethsheba B. promote the local culture of the
D. Aaron people
C. socialise well with the local people.
69. Which one of the following events came D. make people become better
last:- Christians
A. The call of Abraham
B. Moses seeing a burning bush 75. Who among the following disciples of
C. God’s covenant with Abraham Jesus was also called Nathaniel?
D. Reuben and his brothers bowing
A. Thaddeus
before Joseph.
B. James
70. A voice from the cloud was heard saying, C. Bartholomew
“This is my son, whom I have chosen D. Alpheus
listen to Him.” Luke 9: 35. This
statement was said during Jesus’ ____ 76. The greatest commandment was fulfilled
A. baptism when Jesus did all the following. Which
B. crucifixion one is the best fulfillment?
C. transfiguration A. Dying on the cross
D. resurrection B. Narrating the parables
C. Performing miracles
71. Which one of the following are not
D. Weeping for Lazarus
values that Jesus taught in the Sermon on
the Mount?
A. Mercy, forgiveness and reconciliation 77. Cleopas and his friend realised they were
B. Humility, justice and contentment talking to Jesus when He _____
C. Love, purity and spiritual poverty A. prayed with them
D. Co-operation, prestige and fame B. broke the bread
C. explained the scriptures
72. How was Stephen the first Christian D. drank the wine
martyr, killed by the Jews;
A. He was beheaded 78. “Sovereign Lord as you have promised,
B. He was crucified you now dismiss your servant in peace.”
C. He was stoned to death
Luke 2 :29. Who among the following
D. He was burnt to death
said this when he held baby Jesus in his
73. When Paul lived with Priscilla and arms?
Aquilla at Corinth they all earned a A. Annah
living by:- B. Simeon
A. Depending on the believer’s C. Herod
generosity D. Eli
B. Making tents for sale
C. Mending shoes that were torn
D. Weaving and selling baskets

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79. Which one of the following statements 85. Both Christians and traditional Africans
in the Apostles creed teaches about unity believe in ______
among Christian A. God as the creator
A. I believe in God the father B. rainmaker
B. I believe in the communion of saints C. resurrection
C. I believe in the life everlasting D. magic
D. I believe in the holy Catholic church
86. Which of the following is a rite of
80. The signs that were shown on the day of passage in traditional African
Pentecost to the disciples to prove the communities?
A. Engagement
presence of God were _____
B. Pregnancy
A. storm and lightening
C. Death
B. earthquake and thunder
D. Burial
C. wind and fire
D. sunshine and rain 87. Which of the following actions by
Christians shows a fruit of the holy
81. In some traditional African communities spirit.
a young man is ready to become a A. Giving advice to others
warrior after ______ B. Preaching the good news
A. the birth of his first born C. Giving shelter to the homeless
B. initiation into adulthood D. Healing the sick
C. killing a lion
D. keeping himself occupied 88. Which of the following best promotes
love among Christians:
82. Why did people marry in traditional A. Going to church
African communities? B. Praying with others
A. To bear children for the community C. Caring for the hungry
B. To prevent immorality D. Visiting one another
C. To have a partner for a lifetime
89. Dorothy, a standard eight pupil finds out
D. To have a companion
that her classmate is taking alcohol.
What is the best action for her to take?
83. Three of the following beliefs are similar
A. Tell the other members of the class.
between African traditional communities
B. Report her to the classteacher.
and Christianity. Which one is not?
C. Avoid any physical contact with the
A. Life after death classmate.
B. Offering D. Advice the classmate to see a
C. Punishment for wrong doers counsellor.
D. Love portions
90. The main reason why Christians
84. Names of God in African traditional condemn prostitution is because it leads
society mainly describe his _____ to _____
A. image A. unwanted pregnancies
B. power and character B. spread of HIV/AIDs
C. home in heaven C. expulsion from school
D. ability to punish D. misuse of sex

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 SECTION B 68. Which is the Holy mosque known as
ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS EDUCATION “Masjid Qiblatein”?
A. Masjid Aqsa
61. What favour was given to the Makkans B. Masjid Haram
in surah Quraish? C. Masjid taqwa
A. Art of trading D. Masjid Nabawi
B. Victory over Abraha’s army
C. Respect from other tribes 69. Which one of the following is a benefit
D. Custody of the Kaaba of fasting to muslims?
A. It helps in the attainment of piety
62. Which one of the following Surah B. It helps them lose weight
narrates the events that took place in the C. It helps them make savings
year of the prophet’s birth? D. It helps them improve their appetite
A. Fatiha B. Maun
C. Dhuha D. Fiil 70. A person who does not fulfil his/her
promises is known as:-
63. The main lesson of Surah Maun is:- A. Muumin
A. patience B. Munafiq
B. kindness C. Kaafir
C. honest D. Hafidh
D. love
71. A sunnah act of Saum is:-
64. The Surah that asks muslims to seek A. fasting withour suhur meal
refuge from the mischief of created B. delaying the breaking of the fast
beings is:-
C. performance of taraweeh prayer
A. Al-fatihah
D. taking leave from work
B. Al-lahab
C. Al-kaafirun
72. On which of the following occasions is
D. Al-falaq
aqiqah performed?
A. When a person converts to islam
65. As-Samad is a name of Allah that is
found in Suratul-Ikhlas. It means: B. When a baby is born
A. the only and only one C. When a person completes Hajj
B. the eternal the absolute D. When a boy graduates from madrassa
C. neither begets nor is the begotten
d. there is none like him 73. Which one of the following is not a
sunnah act of idd-ul-fitr?
66. Which one of the following is not one of A. Taking breakfast before idd prayer
the manners of eating according to the B. Reciting Takbir of the way to idd
Hadith of the prophet? prayer
A. Using a spoon to eat the food C. Giving out zakatul fitr
B. Reciting Bismillah before eating D. Slaughtering an animal
C. Eating with the right hand
D. Eating the food that is infront of you 74. In which raakat is Tashahud not
performed?
67. Muslims conclude a prayer by saying:- A. First
A. Taslim B. Second
B. Takbir C. Third
C. Ralbia D. fourth
D. Shahada
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75. The best way of controlling the spread 83. During Isra-wal-miraj, prophet
of HIV/AIDS pandemic is:- muhammad was taken from Makkah to
A. abstaining the city of:-
B. using a condom A. Cairo B. Jerusalem
C. marrying one wife C. Damascus D. Baghdad
D. guiding and counseling
84. Who advised the prophet to dig a trench
76. To which prophet was the Taurat round Madinah during the battle of
Khandaq?
revealed? A. Abu Bakr
A. Ibrahim B. David B. Umar Ibn Kattab
C. Issa D. Musa C. Salman Alfarsi
D. Abu Talib
77. Which of the following names of Allah
shows that He sustains life? 85. How many Muslims fought in the battle
A. Al-Razzaq of Uhud?
B. Al-Ghaffar A. 1000 B. 10000
C. Al-Fattah
D. Al-Musawwir C. 313 D. 3000

78. Which one of the following is the correct 86. Muslims on the coast of Kenya drove
order of the last three months of the the Portuguese out of fort Jesus by the
Islam calendar? help of the:-
A. Muharram, Safar, Rabiul-Awwal A. Omans B. British
B. Shawwal, Dhul-Qaadah, Dhul-Hijjah C. Persians D. French
C. Shaban, Shawwal, Ramadhan
D. Dhul-Hijjah, Dhul-Qaadah, Shawwal 87. Muslims mark the day of Ashura by:-
A. slaughtering an animal
79. The main value that Nabii Musa learnt B. sending greetings cards
from his encounter with Al-Khidhr was:- C. feasting
A. honesty D. fasting
B. love
C. intelligence 88. Who among the following prophets of
D. patience Allah is not Ulul-AZM?
80. The two angels who are in charge of A. Musa
recording a persons good and bad deeds B. Nuh
are:- C. Ishmail
A. Raqib and atid D. Ibrahim
B. Munkar and Nakir
C. Jibril and Israfeel 89. The elder son of Adam, Qabeel killed
D. Malik and Ridhwan his younger brother, Habeel because:-
A. Qabeel wanted to inherit his father’s
81. Who among the following is not a property
recipient of Zakat? B. Allah accepted the sacrifice of
A. Orphan B. Debtor Habeel
C. Poor D. Needy C. Habeel challenged him to fight
D. Habeel was more handsome than him
82. What would be the best course of action
for you to take if your friend started 90. Which of the following is the role of a
abusing drugs? mosque?
A. Report him to the police
B. Stop your friendship A. To propagate islam
C. Inform all your friends B. A place for social gathering
D. Advice him to seek guidance and C. A place for holding feasts
counselling D. To promote culture

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