SOCIAL STUDIES
K.C.P.E 2005
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6.
Three of the following are economic activities
practised in Ama area. Which one is not?
A. Farming
B. Fishing
C. Mining
D. Trading
Candidates were expected to identify the economic
activity that was not evident as exisisting in the area
covered by the map. It was important to take note that
the question was asked in a negative form. Such
questions use terms such as NOT or all the following
EXCEPT. Normally the negative is bolded to make you
take interest in it. It is possible many candidates failed to
note that the question was asked in a negative form,
thus the poor perfomance.
The correct answer was B - Fishing
Presence of fishing traps, fishing villages or fish
processing factory are signs that show fishing is taking
place in an area. These were not shown on the map. Mare
presence of a river does not mean that fishing takes place.
All the other three economic activities were indicated on
the map. Farming by presence of tea farm, mining by
presence of murram pit and trading by shops and market,
quarry could also be an indication that open mining is taking place unless indicated that it is abandoned.
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15.
Which one of the following was a result of
the settlement of the Bantu in the area
around Mt.Kenya during the pre-colonial
period?
A. Formation of kingdoms in the area
B. Displacement of Dorobo from the area
C. Introduction of cash crop farming in the
area
D. Outbreak of diseases in the area
Almost half of the candidates chose option C Introduction of cash crop farming in the area, which was
wrong. They most likely failed to notice the question asked
about Bantus and not Europeans settlement in Mt. Kenya
region. There were no kingdoms in this area thus option
A was wrong. The Europeans and not the Bantus
introduced cash crops in the area and there were no
outbreak of diseases as a result of Bantu settlement.This
therefore disqualifies choice C and D.
One is left with choice B - Displacement of the
Dorobo from the area as the correct answer.
23.
The main problem that has contributed to the
decline in coffee production in Kenya is
A. low payment to farmers
B. lack of domestic market
C. competition from other coffee growing
countries
D. scarcity of land for growing the crop
Which one of the following countries in
Africa was colonised by the French?
A. Angola
B. Chad
C. Tanganyika
D. Gambia
for decline.
The correct answer is A - Low payment to
farmers. The correct answer can be arrived at through
elimination method as follows;
Option B - Lack of domestic market iseliminated as a
possible correct answer because most of the coffee
produced in Kenya is for export. Very little is milled,
Packed and sold locally.
As for choice C - Competition from other
coffee growing countries is eliminated becauseKenya
produces Arabica coffee which fetches better price than
Robusta coffee. Arabica coffee is grown in few countries
and therefore competition is not very high.
Lastly option D-Scarcity of land for growing the
crop would have perhaps been a correct answer had the
question asked reasons lack of increase in coffee
production, scarcity of land therefore can not be a reason
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The correct answer was B - Chad, which was
one of the many countries colonised by French. Others
were Senegal, Algeria, Sierra Leone and Gold Coast.
Angola was colonised by Portugal, Gambia by Italy and
Tanganyika by Germans at first and then British after
end of World War I. Candidates need to read widely and
remember facts that they read.
Below is a map of African countries showing how
they were colonised. Note that the French colonies were
concentrated in Central and North West Africa and the
Italian colonies were concentrated in Central and North
West Africa and the Italian colonies were mainly Congo,
Angola and Madagascar. Take note of the indepedent
countries, Ethiopia and Sierra Leone that were not
colonised.
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