Q.1
30,000 white settlers were concentrated in an upland area north west of Kenya's capital, Nairobi. What name was given to this area of fertile farmland?
  • The Aberdares
  • Happy Valley
  • The White Highlands
  • The Rift Valley
Q.2
Which tribe felt particularly strongly that they had a right to white settler land in this region?
  • Luo
  • Kalenjin
  • Kikuyu
  • Meru
Q.3
Which African figure was regarded by the British as the chief culprit in stirring up unrest over the land question?
  • Tom Mboya
  • Jomo Kenyatta
  • Oginga Odinga
  • Daniel Arap Moi
Q.4
What name was given to the African movement which gripped the white-settled area of the colony between 1952 and 1956?
  • Mau Mau
  • The African National Congress
  • Freedom Fighters' League
  • The Kenyan Land League
Q.5
Some whites favoured compromise with African nationalist demands. One such group was led by Sir Michael Blundell. What was his party's name?
  • Kenya's Future
  • Kenya Forward
  • The New Kenya Group
  • Kenya Coalition
Q.6
A powerful African party emerged in Kenya after the constitutional conference in London in This party eventually took power in Kenya on the eve of independence. What was it called?
  • The Kenya African People's Union
  • The Kenya African National Union
  • The Kenyan People's Union
  • The Kenyan African Independence Union
Q.7
There was however an opposition group - an alternative African nationalist party, deriving its support from a different combination of tribal groups. What was it called?
  • The Kenya African Democratic Union
  • The Kenya Democratic Union
  • The Kenya People's Democratic Union
  • The Kenya National Liberation Front
Q.8
Which Kenyan trade union leader, and author of "Facing Mount Kenya", was assassinated in 1969?
  • Ernest Mwatele
  • Silas Watube
  • Tom Mboya
  • Williams Matai
Q.9
When did Kenya receive its independence as a member of the Commonwealth?
  • December 1962
  • December 1961
  • December 1963
  • December 1964
Q.10
Eventually Kenya became a republic, recognising the Queen only as Head of the Commonwealth, of which Kenya continued to be a member. In which year did this happen?
  • 1963
  • 1965
  • 1964
  • 1966
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