Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises MURANG'A EAST JOINT History and Government Paper 2 2026 Mock Exam with Answers (Marking Scheme). The marking scheme is in a different document.

  It was a KCSE History and Government 311/2 examination.

  This paper tests global history, early human development, agrarian and industrial transformations, imperialist expansion in Africa, liberation struggles, international diplomacy, and comparative systems of government.

  • Duration: 2 ½ Hours
  • Total Marks: 100 Marks
  • Number of Questions: 24 Questions (Section A: Questions 1 - 17; Section B: Questions 18 - 21; Section C: Questions 22 - 24)
  • Structure: Section A (25 Marks, Questions 1–17, compulsory short-answer questions), Section B (45 Marks, three questions chosen from Questions 18–21, each carrying 15 marks), and Section C (30 Marks, two questions chosen from Questions 22–24, each carrying 15 marks).

  It covers the following topics:

  • Section A:
    • Historiography: Limitations of oral traditions as a historical source
    • Early human technological and economic development: New Stone Age microlithic tools, origins of early agriculture in Egypt, and non-environmental factors in animal/plant domestication
    • Trade and technological innovation: Trans-Saharan trade goods, Gottlieb Daimler's contribution to transport, and space exploration hazards
    • Industrialization and metallurgy: Energy sources in early industrialization and political impacts of iron technology in Africa
    • Ancient civilizations and colonialism: Social functions of ancient Athens, European public opinion on imperialism, British neutrality in the Franco-Mandinka war, and impacts of African collaboration
    • Colonial governance: Administrative differences between British direct/indirect rule and French assimilation
    • International organizations and foreign policy: Objectives of the United Nations (UN), Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) admission criteria, and bicameral structure of the British Parliament
  • Section B:
    • Agrarian revolutions: Effects of the British enclosure system on smallholders and factors driving agricultural growth in North America
    • Industrial development: Plight of 19th-century industrial workers in Europe and bottlenecks facing South African industrialization
    • Colonial policies: Political rights of assimilated Africans in Senegal's Four Communes and impacts of the Land Apportionment Act of 1930 in Zimbabwe
    • Nationalism in Africa: External catalysts of African nationalism and factors favoring FRELIMO's armed liberation struggle in Mozambique
  • Section C:
    • World conflicts: Members of the Triple Alliance and political consequences of the Second World War
    • Regional economic integration: Organs of the revived East African Community (EAC) and achievements of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
    • Comparative systems of governance: Voter disqualification criteria in the United Kingdom and executive powers and constitutional roles of the President of India
• File Size:

  27.53 KB
• Length:

  9 pages
• Category:

  Mock Past Papers
• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
• Posted By:

  Caleb_Peter

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