REVISION QUESTIONS ON TRANSPORT 

KCSE PAST PAPER 1 

1.    1996 State four circumstances under which a businessman would choose to transport goods by air? (4mks). 

2.    1997 Outline four reasons why a school in Kisumu may prefer to transport its sixty students to a music festival in Nairobi by train rather than by bus.            (4mks). 

3.    1999 Give five reasons why a manufacturing firm would be located in an area well served by good road network.(4mks). 

4.    1999 Outline four limitations of containerization. (4mks). 

5.    2000 State four reasons why road transport is popular in Kenya.(4mks). 

6.    2001 State four ways in which the nature of goods would influence the choice of transport. 

7.    2002 Outline four reasons why a transporter of goods from Mombassa to Nairobi may prefer rail transport to road transport. (4mks). 

8.    2003 State the unit of carriage for each of the following modes of transport.  (5mks) 

9.    2004 list four ways in which transport promotes growth of trade. (4mks) 

10.  2000 State four reasons why road transport is popular in Kenya.       (4mks) 

11. 1995 Give 3 disadvantages of railway transport in Kenya.    (4mks) 

12.  1998 List 4 disadvantages of using containers to transport goods.     (4mks) 

KCSE PAST QUESTIONS PAPER 2 

1.    1995 Explain five reasons that may account for continued use of hand carts as a mode of transport in Kenya.     (12mks) 

2.    1996 The oil pipeline has recently been extended from Nairobi to western Kenya. 

3.    Explain five benefits that may be accounted to the country from the extension.     (10mks). 

4.    1997 Explain five ways in which an efficient road transport system may promote trade within a country.(10mks). 

5.    1998 Discuss five factors that have hindered the expansion of railway transport in Kenya. 

6.    1999 Explain five features of an efficient transport system (8mks). 

7.    2000 Explain the advantages of pipeline as a mode of transporting oil products.     (12mks). 

8.    2002 Outline five factors that should be considered when choosing a means of transport. 

9.    2003 Explain six advantages of containerization as a mode of transport.(10mks)    

10.   2004 Discuss six factors that may discourage the use of pipeline as a means of transporting petroleum products in a country.(12mks). 

11.   2005 Discuss 5 circumstances under which a trader may choose to transport goods by rail.