Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises Nakuru North Joint Mock 2024 Geography Paper 2 Exam with Answers and Marking Scheme. The PDF version is also available upon your request. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  It is a KCSE Geography Paper 2 (312/2) Joint Mock Examination that was administered in July/August 2024 for schools in Nakuru North Sub-County.

  • Duration: 2¾ Hours
  • Total Marks: 100
  • Number of Questions: 10

  The paper was structured into two sections as follows:

  • Section A: Questions 1–5 (25 marks) – Short structured questions on economic and human geography.
  • Section B: Questions 6–10 (75 marks) – Candidates answered Question 6 and any other two questions.

  It covered the following topics:

  • Forestry including differences between indigenous and exotic forests
  • Physical factors influencing the growth and distribution of softwood forests in Kenya
  • International trade statistics including calculation of balance of trade
  • Statistical methods used to present trade data
  • Alluvial mining methods
  • Environmental and economic effects of limestone mining in Bamburi
  • Transport systems including the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Seaway
  • Identification of canals and ports along the St. Lawrence Seaway
  • Objectives and importance of constructing major water transport routes
  • Causes of energy crises
  • Interpretation of photographs in geographical studies
  • Land reclamation methods in Kenya
  • Comparison of land reclamation in Kenya and the Netherlands
  • Cocoa farming in Ghana including growing conditions and processing stages
  • Economic challenges facing cocoa farmers
  • Marine fishing including demersal fishing
  • Major world fishing grounds and ocean currents
  • Physical factors influencing Japan’s fishing industry
  • Challenges facing the fishing industry in Kenya
  • Industrialization and its benefits to national development
  • Factors leading to decline of textile industries in Kenya
  • Government support to Jua Kali industries
  • Growth of the iron and steel industry in the Ruhr region of Germany
  • Population studies including census and its importance
  • Effects of migration at the place of origin
  • Causes of declining fertility rates
  • Differences between Kenya’s population structure and that of Sweden
• Category:

  Mock Past Papers
• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  GEOGRAPHY

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