f1 Term 2 Endterm Exams
f1 Term 2 Endterm Exams
f1 Term 2 Endterm Exams
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BIOLOGY FORM ONE
END TERM 2 EXAMINATION
TIME: 1 ½ HOURS
ii) Re-write the name in correct manner following the rules of binomial
nomenclature. (1mrk.)
I)Bait trap
b. Condenser
c. Objective lens
6. Study the diagram below and answer the questions that follow:
7. (i) What is the importance of carrying out the following procedures when
preparing temporary slides in the laboratory? (3mks).
(A). Adding water to the specimen.
The student identified 20 cells across the field of view. Calculate the size of the cell
inMicrometers (show your working) (3mks)
(b)(i) Why would a cell allow some substances to pass through it but not others?
(1mrks)
(ii) Other than the property of semi- permeability stated in b (i) above, state two other
properties of a cell membrane (2mrks
( c)Explain what would happen to the red blood cells if placed in concentrated salt
solution. 3mks
b. Hypotonic solution
c. Hypertonic solution
(i)Crenation (2mk)
19.Draw a well labelled diagram of a leaf showing the external features. (3mrks)
Dark stage
(I) Proteins
(ii)Carbohydrates
(iii) Fats
3. a)Give four reasons why Agriculture considered important in Kenya’s economy. (4mks)
7. Place the following tools in their respective categories and state their uses. (10mks)
a) Panga
b) Shovel
c) Pick axe
d) Garden line
e) Wheelbarrow
f) Sprayer
g) Ripsaw
h) Tape measure
i) Scraper
j) Marking gauge
9. Give reasons why the burning of Bushes as a methods of land cleaning should be discouraged.
(2mks)
b) Give reasons why the following operations are carried out in crop production;
i) Rolling. (1mk)
b) State the methods of water collection and storage in the farm. (3mks)
c) What are the four reasons for treating water for human consumption. (2mks)
ii) Describe the agricultural practices which lead to water pollution. (2mks)
b) What are the functions of the following in the preparation of compost manure? (3mks)
i) Topsoil
b) Toggenburg (½ mk)
TRADE
FOREIGN
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TRADE
WHOLESALE
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TRADE
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10. Mention any four small scale retailers without shops. (4mks)
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11. Business studies are a wide subject that covers several disciplines. Outline those five
disciplines. (5mks)
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17. Mention four factors that hinder geographical mobility of labour. (4mks)
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18. State four functions of an entrepreneur. (4mks)
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3. Study the diagram below and answer the question that follows.
a c
Ice Liquid Steam/
water vapour
b d
a) Name the process labeled a, b, c and d. (2mks)
b) Draw a similar diagram to show the effect of temperature on solid carbon (IV) oxide (dry
ice) (2mks)
5. State three differences between luminous and non luminous flame. (3mks)
6. The diagram below shows the effect of heat on hydrated copper (II) sulphate crystals.
b) What observations are made inside the boiling tube after heating has taken place? (1mk)
e) What will be observed if the residue in the boiling tube is cooled and a few drops of
liquid Y added to it? )1mk)
7. The graph below shows the shape of the curve obtained by a student when solid X was
heated to boiling.
60
Temperature (oC)
50 S
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30 Q R
20 P
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Time in minutes
a) Determine the melting point of solid X. (1mk)
b) After the experiment the student concluded that substance x was pure substance. Explain
why he concluded so. (1mk)
c) If candle wax was used in the above experiment the portion QR would be horizontal.
What does this tell us about candle wax? (1mk)
8. (a) What is the effect of impurities on the melting and boiling point of substances?
(2mks)
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ii) In temperate counties there is spreading of common salt in the roads during winter.
(1mk)
10. (a) Write the names of the elements represented by symbols. (3mks)
i) K–
ii) Cl –
iii) Fe –
iv) Mg –
v) C–
vi) Be –
(b) Define:
i) Atom. (1mk)
i) Acid + metal →
ii) Acid + Base →
iii) Acid + Carbonate →
(b) Write word equations for the following reactions.
i) Zinc and hydrochloric acid. (1mk)
12. Study the diagram below for the reaction between sodium carbonate and hydrochloric acid
and answer the questions that follow.
b) Write a word equation for the reaction which took place in test tube.
(1mk)
13. State whether solutions with the following pH values are acidic, basic or neutral.
(2mks)
pH 3 –
pH 11 –
pH 14 –
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pH 7 –
15. The apparatus below were used to determine the volume of oxygen in air. About 200cm3 of
air were passed repeatedly from syringe A to syringe B over heated copper turnings as shown
in the diagram.
After sometime, the volume of air in the syringe A was 160cm3 and syringe B, 0cm3
a) Calculate the percentage of oxygen in the initial sample of air. (2mks)
b) The percentage of oxygen calculated above was slightly less than the percentage of
oxygen in air. Explain why. (1mk)
16. The set-up below was used to prepare a sample of oxygen gas. Study it and answer the
questions that follow.
H2O2
18. Study the figure below and use it to answer the following questions.
19. The diagrams below show some physical methods of separating mixtures.
C.R.E.
1HR 30 Min
b) What are the differences between first account and the second account of creation (5mks)
3a) Identify eight events that took place during the Passover night (8mks)
5a) Identify the commandments king Ahab and jezebel broke (5mks)
b) Give the reasons why Elijah faced danger and hostility in Israel (4mks)
8a) State the factors contributing to harmony and mutual responsibility in the African community (
5mks)
ENGLISH
FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY
COMPREHENSION 20
POETRY 10
CLOZE TEST 10
ORAL SKILLS 20
GRAMMAR 20
TOTAL 80
1. FUCTIONAL WRITING
Weather conditions in your present school is not favourable for you. You feel sick all the time and this has
affected your performance. Write a letter requesting for admission in another school.
Explain your condition, and why you would like to transfer to that new school. (10mks)
2. Read the passage below and then answer questions that follow.
A new system modeled on Continuous Assessment Tests [CATs] will soon replace ranking of
teachers,learners, schools and regions in both KCPE and KCSE according to the Cabinet Secretary for
Education Science and Technology.
In the meantime, the ministry has constituted a team of experts to work out on an elaborate, credible and all-
inclusive standard system that the management of schools would use in conducting the tests from the moment
learners join school to the time they complete studies. This will include collaboration with the Education
Ministry, the Examinations Council, Parents Association and Teachers Unions.
According to the Ministry’s plan, the accumulated marks awarded over a period of time in all areas of
learning, including co-curriculum activities would count towards the final results when one leaves school
either after KCPE or KCSE examinations. To achieve the best possible grading and desired results, those
charged with implementing the new program would have to consider all the important aspects of
administering CATs at various levels of learning and teaching. The new system which would be implemented
any time soon will serve as an alternative after the recent banning of ranking on performance of schools and
candidates in national examinations, though there have been calls from a section of parents, Kenya National
Union of Teachers and The private Schools Association to have the Minister rescind his decision on ranking.
It is worth noting that in the CATs program, learners are examined continuously during their education and
results considered after leaving school. It is an evaluation conducted over time; in other words, you are
examined right through your learning process and not after the learning process [summative evaluation].By
doing this assessment, you can track the improvement of the learner; you will be able to give more support
and guidance and the learner will have more opportunities to improve.
It has also been established that CATs can provide early indicators of likely performance of learners,
something that can be of great help to the students themselves. It can also provide details of what has been
learned at a particular stage of the course.
The CS said that after working out the new grading system for KCSE and KCPE candidates to be used by
schools, the system would become a policy where KNEC will be left with no other choice but to make it
operational to end the public outcry on scrapping franking of schools teachers, candidates and regions.
However, we are waiting to see if the teachers, some of whom have been accused of perpetuating
examinations’vices,will uphold the integritythat is in doubt.
[Adapted from Education News:Jan 10-22, 2015]
(a) State what are normally ranked after KCPE and KCSE have been announced. (2 marks)
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(b) List four groups that will collaborate in all-inclusive standard system before its inception.(4marks)
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(c) In note form, state four advantages of the new system. (4 marks)
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(d) Prove that the banning of ranking is not approved by all. (2 marks)
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(e) Which groups are not happy with the banning of ranking? (3marks)
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(f) Write a word from the passage that has the same meaning as: (4marks)
i. Partnership ………………………………………….
ii. Withdraw …………………………………………..
iii. Evils ………………………………………….
iv. Honesty …………………………………………..
3. Read the poem below and then answer questions that follow.
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(b) Describe what the poem above is about. (4marks)
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(c) Identify threeinstances of similes in the poem. (3marks)
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4. CLOZE TEST
Read the passage below and then fill in the blank spaces with the most suitable words. Use only
ONE word in each space. (10marks)
We are often advised to be confident; confidence comes when we feel passionately about what we perform,
what we have achieved, and what we can offer.
Lack of …1……………………………………..can hinder a lot of things, ranging from how you get ahead in
your career to the number of skills you are able to acquire. It is a determining factor in the way you direct
……2…………………… career. Confidence is conveyed from inner to the ……3………………………..
through the words you speak and the posture you assume. Building confidence is …4……………………….
a one day affair. Neither does it take other people to build your confidence.
…5……………………….remember an interview I once conducted for secretaries, and the memory of one
woman is intact. She stammered from the point she entered the office …6……………….. the moment she
left. Thinking that it was interview jitters, we called …7……………………..again, based on her technical
qualifications rather than her presentation. She presented …8……………….. same problem. We settled on a
different candidate because confidence was a key qualification …9………………………..the job which
involved dealing …10…………………… clients and colleagues.
5. ORAL SKILLS
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(a) Read the riddling convention below and then answer questions that follow.
Oguma: I have a riddle!
Tonny: Throw it.
Oguma:What is so fragile that when you say its name you break it?
Basil:Glass.
Tonny: Plate.
Oguma: You both are wrong. Give me a city.
Tonny: We have given you Kisumu.
Oguma: The answer is silence.
i. Name the: (2marks)
I. Respondent
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II. Challenger
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ii. Identify the following parts of the convention. (3marks)
I. Prize ……………………………………………………………………
II. Guess ……………………………………………………………………
III. Solution ……………………………………………………………………
(b) Fill in the more suitable word in the space provided. (5marks)
i. Eat that last green …………………………in that plate. (been, bean)
ii. Are we ………………………………to go to the church? (aloud, allowed)
iii. Push me …………………………on the swing. (higher, hire)
iv. My skirt is too big for my ……………………………. (waist, waste)
v. I did not ……………………….that you were coming. (know, no)
(c) Underline the silent letter in: (5marks)
i. Debtor
ii. Asthma
iii. Wren
iv. Catalogue
v. Guess
(d) Considering the pronunciation of the underlined letter(s), write the odd word out. (5marks)
i. Flash, car, cat ……………………………………………………….
ii. Birth, herd, guard ……………………………………………………….
iii. Quack, cucumber, cent ……………………………………………………….
iv. Much, choir, kick ……………………………………………………….
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6. GRAMMAR
(a) Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given. Do not change their meanings.
(4marks)
i. I go to church every week.
Replace the underlined words with one word.
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ii. Not all the times I travel to Mombasa.
Replace the words in bold with one word
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b)The table below shown below represent rainfall and temperature of station
Months J F M A M J J A S O N D
Temp 30 31 31 31 30 29 28 28 29 29 29 30
in c
Rainfall 250 250 325 300 213 25 25 25 100 275 380 200
in mm
iii. With an aid of a well labeled diagram describe how relief rainfall is formed (6marks)
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d) i) Study the table below of a station B in a month of July and answer the following
questions
No of 3 3 1 1 2 7 6 4 4 31
days
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b)If the study of a farm ,10 hectares are found to be devoted to coffee growing and the total acreage
is 100hectare what is the percentage of the area under coffee (1mark)
c) A pupil was requested to pick out fourteen numbers randomly from a set of numbers.She picked
20,1,66,42,12,6,15,12,42,100,3,82,42,37
calculate
SECTION A
9. Name any two communities that belong to the coastal Bantus. ( 2 marks)
10. List down two items of trade from East Africa during the Indian Ocean trade. ( 2 marks)
11. Identify any two cultural aspects of the Khoisan stock. ( 2 marks)
12. What type of government does Kenya practice ? Give a reason.( 2 marks)
SECTION B
b) Explain five reasons for Nilotes migration from their original homeland. ( 10 marks)
14. a) Name any five early visitors to the East African Coast up to 1500AD. ( 5 marks)
b) Explain five reasons why the Portuguese succeeded in conquering The East African Coast. ( 10
marks)
SECTION C
15 a) State any five sources of information about East African coast up to the 19th Century.
(5 marks)
b) Explain five reasons for the growth of the Indian Ocean Trade. (10 marks)
16. a) List five functions of the council of elders during the pre-colonial period. ( 5 marks)
KISWAHILI
MUDA SAA: 13/4
MAAGIZO: Jibu maswali yote kwenye sehemu ulizopewa
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UFAHAMU
Kwanza kabisa ni ushirikiano baina ya wanajamii wenyewe. Umoja wao huletwa na lugha
wanayotumia. Hapa nchini Kenya Kiswahili kimechangia pakubwa katika kuleta
utangamano. Luhga ya Kiswahili inazungumzwa kote nchini. Wananchi kutoka sehemu
tofauti za nchi wanaweza kuwasiliana bila shida yoyote.
Pili, utawala wa serikali ya kitaifa huleta utangamano wa jamii katika nchi. Huduma za
serikali hutolewa kwa wote bila ya ubaguzi. Nchi inapokuwa chini ya kiongozi
aliyechaguliwa na wananchi hufanikisha umoja.
Jambo lingine ambalo huleta utangamano wa kitaifa, ni kuweko kwa sera inayoongoza
maazimio na malengo ya taifa. Viongozi na wananchi wote hujitahidi kuchangia katika
kuyafikia maazimio na malengo ya taifa lao.
Utamaduni wa nchi nao ni muhimu katika kuleta umoja wa kitaifa. Mila, itikadi na kaida
zenye manufaa na zinazokubalika na jamii hufanikisha kutambulisha taifa. Hivyo wananchi
kupigania kwa jino na ukucha kuhifadhi utamaduni wao. Kwa mfano: sanaa za uigizaji na
uimbaji nchini Kenya husaidia kutomelea umoja huu. Tamasha hizi ni chombo muhimu cha
utangamano. Mfumo sawa wa elimu nchini ni njia nyingine ya kuimarisha umoja wa kitaifa.
Maswali
a) Eleza maana ya taifa. (al 2)
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d) Eleza maana ya maneno yafuatayo kwa mujibu wa kifungu hiki. (al 2)
i) Utangamano……………………………………………….
i) /u/………………………………………………………..
ii) /e/………………………………………………………….
b) Yaja sauti mbili mbili ambazo ni, (al. 6)
i) Vipasuo…………………………………………………….
ii) Nazali……………………………………………………….
iii) Vikwamizo………………………………………………..
c) Pambanua aina za maneno katika sentensi ifuatayo. (al. 21/2)
Maharagwe yalivunwa na kutiwa ghalani.
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2. Gari liliibiwa
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iii) Mshororo
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b) Toa sifa nne ili kutofautisha fasihi andishi na fasihi simulizi. (al. 8)
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3. Three tanks are capable of holding 361, 841 and 901 of milk. Determine the
capacity of the greatest vessel which can be used to fill each one of them on
exact number of times. (3mks)
b. 325.87
60O
12cm
b. 1078 (2mks)
10. The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 84. Find the numbers.
(3mks)
b. 2.8˙3˙ (3mks)
12. Maureen spent sh. 207 to buy 7 exercise books and 4 pens while Sharon spent
sh. 165 to buy 5 exercise books and 5 pens of same type. Find the cost of each
item. (3mks)
13. The sum of interior angles of a regular polygon is 720O. Find the number of
sides of the polygon and give its name. (3mks)
14. A lady bought US £ 5000. From this, she spent US£ 1000 on a return ticket and
US£ 1750 while in USA. Upon her return, she sold the remaining dollars. Using
the following exchange rate:
Currency buying selling
1US Dollar (£) 78.4133 78.4744
a. How much did she pay to the bank in Kenya shillings to yet the US £ 5000?
(2mks)
b. How much in Kenya shilling did she get after selling the remaining amount
to the bank? (2mks)
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2x – y = 3
X + 2y = 14
SECTION II (20MKS)
Answer all questions.
16. The travel timetable below shows the departure and arrival times for a bus
flying between two towns M and R, 300km apart.
Town Arrival Departure
M 0830h
N 1000h 1020h
P 1310h 1340h
Q 1510h 1520h
R 1600h
a. How long does the bus take to travel from town M to N? (2mks)
17. Daniela spent ¼ of her net January salary on school fees. She spent ¼ of the
remainder on electricity and water bills. She then spent 1/9 of what was left on
transport. If she finally had sh. 3400.
a. What fraction of her January salary was spent on electricity and water bill?
(2mks)
b. What fraction remained after she spent on fees, electricity and water bills?
(2mks)
3.State with areason what will happen to the diagram if side A is broken with a
needle, and draw the final diagram (4mks)
3.What is the first aid measure for the following accidents in the laboratory.
4.Study the diagram bellow and indicate on the diagram the right position of the eye when
taking the measurements. (3mks)
A B C
(5mks)
6.Estimate the area of the irregular surface shown in the figure below. (4mks)
9.It is observed that the pollen grains are in constant motion.Explainthe observation.
(4mks)
10.In a hydraulic press,a force of 200N is applied to master piston of area 25cm2 .If the
press is designed to produce a force of 5000N,determine;
11.Explain why the walls and ceiling boards painted white. (3mks)
12.Explain the greenhouse effect and how it affects the earth. (4mks)
13.The ventilations for a room are put near the roof and not near the floor. Explain
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(4mks)
15.Pressure is affected by many factors,study the diagram below and give reasons for such
effects. (4mks)
16.The ball shown below is bigger than the ring, explain an experiment to enable the ball
pass through the ring. (5mks)
17.A brick 20cm long,10cm wide and 5cm thick has a mass of 500g.Determine the(Take
g=10Nkg-1)
(a) greatest pressure that can be exerted by the brick on a flat surface. (3mks)
(b) Least pressure that can be exerted by the brick on a flat surface. (2mks)