MAKOS Cluster
Examination
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
Form Four Mock Evaluation Programme
311/2 HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT PAPER 2
Name: ……………………………………………ADM No. ……………..Stream ……….
Date…………………… School. ………………………………………………………..
KENYA CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION (K.C.S.E)
MAKOS 2025
311/2
PAPER 2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
Instructions to candidates.
i Write your Name, Admission number and stream.
ii Answer ALL questions in the answer sheets provided.
iii Answer ALL questions in section A, Three questions in the section B and Two questions
in section C.
iv Candidates should answer the questions in English.
FOR EXAMINERS USE ONLY
A B C
SECTION TOTAL
1--17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
SCORE
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SECTION A (25 marks). Answer all questions from this section.
1. State one limitation of anthropology sources to get historical data. (1mk).
2. Who discovered the Evolution theory. (1mk).
3. State two disadvantages of the land enclosure system in Britain. (2mks).
4. List one disadvantage of cell phone as a means of communication. (1mk).
5. Identify two metals that were used as currency in pre-colonial Kenya. (2mks).
6. Give one material where early writing was done.
7. Identify the main reason for the decline of the Trans Atlantic trade. (1mk).
8. Give two factors that led to the decline of Kilwa town.
9. State two methods used by the European powers to acquire colonies in Africa. (2mks).
10. Name one community which participated in the maji maji rebellion. (1mk).
11. State two reasons for the entry of USA into the First World War. (2mks).
12. State two European activities in Africa during the 19th century. (2mks).
13. Name one member of the Tripple Entente during the First world war. (1mk).
14. Identify the main cause of the cold war. (1mk).
15. Give two financial institutions established by the African Union. (2mks).
16. Name one major political party in the USA. (1mk).
17. Identify two parliamentary duties of the monarch in Britain. (2mks).
SECTION B. Answer any three questions from this section.
18. (a). State five pull factors that led to the scramble for colonies in Africa. (5mks).
(b). Explain five reasons why Ghana achieved her independence earlier than other
African countries. (10mks).
19. (a). Identify three ways in which water was used in industries during the 18th century.
(3mks).
(b). Explain six effects of the scientific invention in industry. (12mks).
20. (a). Identify three principles of the Arusha declaration of 1967. (3mks).
(b). Explain six political challenges that have faced African countries since
independence. (12mks).
21. (a). State five factors which influenced the British to use indirect rule in Nothern Nigeria.
(5mks).
(b). Explain five challenges which were experienced in the implementation of
assimilation policy in Senegal. (12mks).
SECTION C. Answer any two questions from this section.
22.(a). Identify three conditions Austria gave to Serbia following the assassination of Arch Duke
Franz Ferdinand in 1914.
(b). Explain six effects of the first world war.
23. (a). Give five organs of the African Union. (5mks).
(b). Explain five challenges facing the East African Community up to 1977.
24. (a). Identify three levels of elections in India. (3mks).
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(b). Explain six functions of the cabinet in India. (12mks).
