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GEOGRAPHY
PAPER 2
FEBRUARY 2024

SIBUGEO-1 JOINT EXAMINATION

GEOGRAPHY EXAMINATION 2024
TIME 2 ¾ HOURS
Instructions to candidates

 The paper has two sections A and B

 Answer ALL the questions in section A
 Answer question 6 and any other TWO questions from section B
 All answers must be written in the answer booklet provided
 Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all pages are printed as indicated and that no
question is missing.

For Examiner’s use only

QUESTION MAXIMUM SCORE CANDIDATE SCORE

1-5 25

6 25

25

25

TOTAL
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 SECTION A (25 MARKS)

Answer ALL questions in this section

1. a) Distinguish between Geography and Environment (2 marks)

b) Identify three divisions of Human Geography (3marks)

2. a) List two types of fieldwork (2 marks)

b) State three significances of fieldwork (3 marks)

3. a) Define Arable farming (2 marks)

b) State three economic factors that influence agriculture (3 marks)

4. a) What is fishing (2 marks)

b) State three human factors that influence fishing (3 marks)

5. a) Name two national parks in Kenya (2 marks)

b) State three factors influencing distribution of wildlife in East Africa (3 marks)

SECTION B (75 MARKS)

Answer question 6 and any other TWO questions from this section.

6. The table below shows production of maize in five counties in some parts of Kenya tonnes. Use it to
answer the questions below.

REGION 2010 2011 2012 2013

Kitale 52000 54000 50476 64672
Bungoma 6000 7484 9484 8326
Webuye 4500 5994 8910 5165
Eldoret 3200 4666 5462 4278
Kakamega 6800 8100 9240 8039
TOTAL 72,000 80,244 83,572 90,480

a) i) Using a scale of 1cm represent 20,000 tonnes. Draw proportional circles to represent the above data.
(9 marks)
ii) State two advantages of using proportional circles to represent data (2 marks)

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 b) i) Name two pests that attack maize (2mks)

ii) Explain four physical factors favouring growth of maize in Kenya (8 marks)
iii) Give four significances of maize farming in Kenya (4mks)

7. a) State three formations in which minerals ores occur (3mks)

b) The diagram below shows the occurrence of petroleum in the earth’s crust. Use it to answer the
questions that follows.

i) Name the substances in the areas labelled L, M and N (3 marks)

ii) Give two by products obtained when crude oil is refined (2 marks)
c) i) Describe shaft method of mining (5 marks)
ii) Explain four effects of mining to the environment (8marks)
d) Your class intends to carry out a field study on mining at Kerio Valley
i) Name the mineral you are likely to identified (1 mark)
ii) State three ways your class would prepare for the field study (3 marks)

8. a) i) Define the term forestry (2 marks)

ii) Give three examples of softwood trees found in Kenya (3 marks)

b) State Explain four factors favouring development of softwood forests in Canada (8marks)

c) State four characteristic of softwood trees in Canada (4marks)

d) State four differences between softwood forests in Kenya and Canada (8mks)

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 9. a) i) Define the term beef farming (2 marks)
ii) Mention any three types of beef animals reared kept in Kenya (3 marks)
b) i) Identify five factors that favour beef farming in Kenya (5 marks)
ii) Explain three roles played by beef farming in Kenya (6marks)
c) Give five reasons why beef production is higher in Argentina than Kenya (5marks)

d) State four features of nomadic pastoralism (4marks)

10. a) i) Differentiate between Land reclamation and Land Rehabilitation (2 marks)

ii) State four objectives that led to the establishment of Mwea Irrigation Scheme (4marks)

b) i) Give four methods used to reclaim land in Kenya (4 marks)

ii) Explain four significances of irrigation farming in Kenya (8marks)

c) i) Name the two main projects through which Land reclamation in Netherlands was done. (2marks)

ii) Sate five benefits of Land reclamation in Netherlands (5 marks)

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