Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises Mumias West Sub-County Joint Evaluation Business Studies Paper 1 May 2026 Pre-Mock Exam with Marking Scheme. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  It was a KCSE Business Studies Paper 1 examination. This paper tests candidates' broad knowledge of business concepts, economics, financial accounting, and commercial operations through 25 short-answer questions, each carrying 4 marks.

  • Month Administered: May 2026
  • Duration: 2 hours
  • Total Marks: 100
  • Number of Questions: 25 (Questions 1–25)
  • Structure: All questions compulsory; 4 marks each

  It covers the following topics:

  • Characteristics of secondary wants
  • Classification of partners in a partnership
  • Decrease in quantity demanded — diagram illustration
  • Principles of public expenditure
  • Functions of an office
  • Principles governing co-operative societies
  • Sources of monopoly power
  • Accounting — determination of net worth (capital at beginning of year)
  • Levels of production (primary, secondary, tertiary — matching occupations)
  • Types of unemployment (seasonal, disguised, structural, cyclical)
  • Features of public limited companies
  • Aids to trade
  • Challenges facing new entrepreneurs in Kenya
  • Reasons for direct selling by a manufacturer to consumers
• Category:

  Mock Past Papers
• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  BUSINESS STUDIES

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