Summary

• Description:

  The PDF document comprises KALA Joint Trials 2024 History Paper 2 Exam with Answers and Marking Scheme. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  It was a KCSE History and Government Paper 2 (311/2) Joint Mock examination administered in July 2024.

  • Duration: 2 Hours 30 Minutes
  • Total Marks: 100
  • Number of Questions: 24
  • Paper Structure: Three Sections – Section A, Section B, and Section C.

  The paper was structured as follows:

  • Section A (25 marks): Seventeen compulsory short-answer questions (Questions 1–17).
  • Section B (45 marks): Candidates answered any three questions from Questions 18–21.
  • Section C (30 marks): Candidates answered any two questions from Questions 22–24.

  It covered the following topics:

  • Sources of historical information including advantages of written sources
  • Early human evolution and prehistoric archaeological sites
  • Late Stone Age tools and their uses
  • Early agricultural civilizations and development of writing in ancient Egypt
  • Trans-Atlantic trade and the role of middlemen
  • Development of modern transport systems including pipelines
  • Industrial Revolution in Europe and working conditions of factory workers
  • Growth of early urban centres such as Athens
  • Symbols of unity in African kingdoms such as the Buganda Kingdom
  • Types of constitutions and democratic practices in Britain
  • Colonial administration systems in Africa
  • South African liberation struggle and military wings of political parties
  • Causes of the Second World War
  • Pan-African movements and African leaders who later became presidents
  • Political history of the Democratic Republic of Congo during Mobutu’s rule
  • Functions of civil service in India
  • Domestication of animals and early food production
  • Food shortages in Africa and possible solutions
  • Communication systems and message transmission
  • Effects of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
  • Indirect rule and colonial administration in Northern Nigeria
  • Political and social organization of the Ashanti Kingdom
  • Peace treaties signed after major global conflicts
  • Social results of the Second World War
  • Formation, organs, and challenges of the East African Community
  • Political parties in Britain and government structure in the United States
• Category:

  Mock Past Papers
• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT

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