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HISTORY & GOVERNMENT (311/1)
FORM 3
PAPER 1
END TERM 2 EXAMINATION
JULY/AUGUST 2025
Time: 2 ½ Hours
Instructions to Candidates
(a) This paper consists of three sections A, B and C.
(b) Answer all questions in section A, three from Section B and two from Section C.
(c) Answers to all the questions must be written legibly in the answer booklet provided.
(d)This paper consists of three printed pages
(e)Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all pages are printed as
indicated and no questions are missing
(f) Candidates should answer the questions in English
For Examiners use only
SECTION SECTION B SECTION C GRAND
A TOTAL
Q. 1 - 17 Q. 18 Q. 19 Q. 20 Q. 21 Q. 22 Q. 23 Q. 24
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SECTION A (25 MARKS)
Answer all questions in this section in the space provided after question 24.
1. Give one reason why the Kenyan government is termed democratic. (1 mark)
2. Highlight two areas where the fossils of Kenyapithecus have been discovered. (2 marks)
3. List the two earliest inhabitants of Kenya. (2 marks)
4. Identify the main role of warriors in the community during the pre-colonial era. (1 mark)
5. Mention two trading items from the interior during the Indian ocean trade. (2 marks)
6. State two national days in Kenya. (2 marks)
7. Give one disadvantage of dual citizenship. (1 mark)
8. Define the term Constitution. (1 mark)
9. State two features of human rights. (2 marks)
10. Name two Luo groups which migrated to Kenya. (2 marks)
11. Identify one Arab family that administered the East African Coast. (1 mark)
12. Mention two roles of council of elders. (2 marks)
13. Mention two causes of conflicts. (2 marks)
14. Highlight one social reason for scramble of Kenya. (1 mark)
15. State one method used by the British to occupy Kenya. (1 mark)
16. Name one reserve established for the Maasai after the Maasai Agreements of 1904 and 1911. (1 mark)
17. Identify one cash crop cultivated in Kenya during the colonial era. (1 mark)
SECTION B (45 MARKS)
Answer any three questions in this section in the space provided after question 24.
18. (a) Mention five reasons for the migration and settlement of the Bantus in Kenya. (5 marks)
(b)Describe the social organization of the Nandi in the pre-colonial era. (10 marks)
19. (a) State five reasons why Sultan Seyyid Said transferred his capital from Muscat in Oman to Zanzibar.
(5 marks)
(b) Explain five positive effects of the Indian Ocean Trade. (10 marks)
20. (a) List three functions of the constitution. (3 marks)
(b) Describe six features of the constitution of Kenya 2010. (12 marks)
21. (a) State five rights of arrested persons in Kenya. (5 marks)
(b) Discuss the principles of democracy. (10 marks)
SECTION C (30 MARKS)
Answer any two questions in this section in the space provided after question 24.
22. (a) Identify three ways how education promotes national unity. (3 marks)
(b) Describe six factors that undermine national unity in Kenya. (12 marks)
23. (a) List three ways that qualify one to be a Kenyan citizen by birth. (3 marks)
(b) Explain six responsibilities of a Kenyan Citizen. (12 marks)
24. (a) Highlight five reasons why Nabongo Mumia of the Wanga collaborated with the British. (5 marks)
(b) Discuss five factors which enabled the Nandi to resist the British for long. (10 marks)
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