Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises AIC CHAMPION JOINT Home Science Paper 1 2026 Mock Exam with Answers (Marking Scheme). The PDF version is also available upon your request. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  It was a KCSE Home Science 441/1 examination.

  This comprehensive theory paper tests candidates' mastery across food and nutrition, home management, clothing construction, maternal child healthcare, and consumer education.

  • Month Administered: July 2026
  • Duration: 2 ½ Hours
  • Total Marks: 100
  • Number of Questions: 24 (Questions 1–24)
  • Structure: Section A (40 marks, compulsory short-answer questions 1–19), Section B (20 marks, compulsory practical-oriented question 20), and Section C (40 marks; answer any two questions).

  It covers the following topics:

  • Section A
    • Home management: reasons for daily cleaning, qualities of a dustpan, and care of hard furnishings
    • Food and nutrition: modern food preservation methods, advantages of réchauffé cookery, storing leftover stewed meat, and signs of a well-baked cake
    • Principles of cookery: distinguishing batter from butter and nutrient loss during cooking
    • Textiles and clothing construction: purchasing sewing thread, single pointed darts, fixing fasteners, uses of temporary stitches, and cellulose fibre characteristics
    • Laundry work: advantages of dry cleaning, thorough rinsing effects, and international textile care label symbols
    • Maternal and child healthcare: weaning challenges and management
    • Human nutrition: physiological functions of vitamin C
    • Fuels in the home: disadvantages of firewood as domestic fuel
    • Hygiene and grooming: problems associated with ill-fitting footwear
    • Consumer education: cash purchase advantages over credit buying
  • Section B
    • Special laundry processes: laundering a woollen sweater
    • Cleaning of footwear: thorough cleaning and care of muddy plastic shoes
    • Care of household metals: thorough cleaning and polishing of a neglected brass ornament
  • Section C
    • Maternal and child care: factors influencing family nutritional status, types of children's play and toy selection, and effects of late weaning
    • Food science: definitions of convenience foods, food fortification, dehydrated foods, and meal accompaniments
    • Clothing construction: procedure for attaching a waistband on a skirt and classification of temporary stitches
    • Kitchen management: improvisation of domestic kitchen equipment
    • Consumer education: justification for consumer protection and essential information on product labels
    • Home nursing: infection prevention precautions when nursing a sick family member
• File Size:

  26.08 KB
• Length:

  7 pages
• Category:

  Mock Past Papers
• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  Home Science
• Posted By:

  Caleb_Peter

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