Summary

• Description:

  The PDF document comprises Navakholo Joint Evaluation Test 1 Business Studies Paper 1 March 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, accounting, and commerce through 25 short-answer questions, each carrying 4 marks and requiring precise four-point responses.

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

  It covers the following topics:

  • Elements of the demographic environment influencing business
  • Characteristics of services
  • Source documents — debit note, invoice, credit note, and quotation
  • Features of parastatals; features of indirect production
  • Features of liners in sea transport; features of money
  • Principles of insurance (indemnity, proximate cause, subrogation, insurable interest)
  • Reasons for increased use of cell phones in banking
  • Trading account preparation — Sifuna Traders (year ended 31/12/2025; margin 20%)
  • Types of information communicated by a manager to juniors
  • Determining initial capital — Kibaki Traders (capital, drawings, investments, profit)
  • Channels for distributing imported goods; factors leading to business success
  • Demand curve — movement along vs. shift (weather, price, income)
  • Factors increasing national income; balance sheet — Raila Traders (31/12/2024)
  • Ledger classification of accounts (debtors, assets, expenses, capital)
  • Implications of a youthful population; factors determining firm size
  • Methods of government involvement in business; essentials of a warehouse
  • Factors in choosing a product promotion method
  • Source documents for various journals; characteristics of monopolistic competitive market
• File Size:

  243.87 KB
• Length:

  8 pages
• Category:

  Mock Past Papers
• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  BUSINESS STUDIES
• Posted By:

  Caleb_Peter

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