BECE Social Studies Past Questions 2020
38 objective questions · Paper 1 · Ghana BECE
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Question 1
Governance becomes more efficient when the Executive and the Legislature
- A. perform each other's function
- B. work independently
- C. perform the same functions
- D. rely on guidance from Britain
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Question 2
The major problem of District Assemblies in Ghana is their inability to
- A. generate more funds for development
- B. educate their people on government policies
- C. absorb all the available skilled labour in their community
- D. reduce their expenditure in relation to revenue
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Question 3
Which of the following is not a characteristic of a disciplined youth?
- A. Does not accept to work in the country
- B. Upholds the good name of the country
- C. Respects elders in the community
- D. Does not engage in malpractices
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Question 4
One disadvantage of sole proprietorship form of business in Ghana is
- A. inadequate capital for expansion
- B. lack of unskilled labour
- C. inadequate raw materials
- D. poor management technique
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Question 5
The following factors can increase productivity in Ghana except
- A. positive work ethics
- B. improved salaries
- C. involving workers in decision making
- D. increasing working hours
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Question 6
A bilateral co-operation of countries can best be described as
- A. several countries coming together to pursue a common goal
- B. several regions in a country coming together to pursue a common goal
- C. two countries coming together to pursue a common goal
- D. two regions in a country coming together to pursue a common goal
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Question 7
The risk bearing of a business organization falls on the
- A. customers
- B. entrepreneurs
- C. workers
- D. bankers
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Question 8
Which of the following conditions is not an effect of irresponsible adolescent behaviour?
- A. Increase in productive work force
- B. High cost of health care
- C. Increase in crime wave
- D. High rate of illiteracy
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Question 9
Which of the following activities does not cause air pollution?
- A. Increase of industrial fumes
- B. Indiscriminate disposal of solid waste
- C. Poor disposal of human excreta
- D. Fishing with chemicals
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Question 10
Which of the following is an effect of rapid population growth in Ghana?
- A. High dependency burden
- B. Low productivity
- C. High standard of living
- D. Decrease in food production
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Question 11
In order to fully develop our natural resources, we must
- A. bring in experts from abroad
- B. go for loans from abroad
- C. train our human resources
- D. compel our youth to undertake farming
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Question 12
Life in the rural areas can be improved through the setting up of
- A. insurance companies
- B. heavy industries
- C. agro-based industries
- D. foreign banks
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Question 13
One factor Ghana needs to consider before accepting any co-operation agreement is
- A. fairness
- B. population
- C. religion
- D. distance
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Question 14
When one behaves in an honest and just manner one performs his/her
- A. civic right
- B. civic responsibilities
- C. natural responsibilities
- D. social responsibilities
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Question 15
Which of the following measures cannot provide integration among Ghanaians?
- A. Inter-ethnic marriages
- B. Fair representation of ethnic groups in governance
- C. The study of Ghanaian music and dance in schools
- D. Minimizing rapid population growth
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Question 16
Which of the following is a sketch? A town drawn
- A. with arrangement of houses
- B. without the arrangement of houses
- C. with reference to actual size on the ground
- D. without reference to actual size on the ground
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Question 17
One of the reasons for the signing of the Bond of 1844 was to
- A. introduce a better court system
- B. appoint Ghanaians into the legislature
- C. end British interference in the Gold Coast
- D. generate revenue to pay local workers
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Question 18
Which of the following can promote nation building in Ghana?
- A. Democratic living at all places
- B. Defending one's religious beliefs
- C. Allowing minors to vote at general elections
- D. Reducing family size to prevent unemployment
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Question 19
Which of the following resources must be increasingly used for the rapid development of the nation?
- A. Natural resources
- B. Human resources
- C. Local markets
- D. External markets
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Question 20
Which of the following factors is usually available in the rural areas of Ghana?
- A. skilled labour
- B. capital
- C. Entrepreneurs
- D. unskilled labour
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Question 21
Adolescents who involve themselves in drug and alcohol abuse risk becoming
- A. mentally ill
- B. barren
- C. financially poor
- D. blind
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Question 22
Ghana can improve upon her political stability by
- A. organizing public education on drug abuse
- B. educating the youth against sex trade
- C. organizing free and credible elections
- D. promoting the use of locally manufactured goods
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Question 23
Which of the following developments is not associated with Sir Gordon Guggisberg?
- A. Construction of harbours
- B. Promotion of health
- C. Europeanization of Ghanaians
- D. Establishment of schools
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Question 24
Cultural practices that create health problems must be
- A. reduced
- B. modified
- C. abolished
- D. legalized
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Question 25
Entrepreneurs in need of larger capital can come together to form a
- A. joint stock company
- B. partnership
- C. state corporation
- D. sole proprietorship
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Question 26
Life and property are protected in the community by the
- A. chief and his elders
- B. law and order
- C. school authorities
- D. family heads
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Question 27
Which of the following mostly influences the type of facility provided by District Assemblies?
- A. The Central Government
- B. The needs of the people
- C. The general needs of the nation
- D. Desire to generate revenue
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Question 28
One major reason for Ghana's cooperation with international bodies is that she
- A. has the resources to help others in times of need
- B. respects her colonial masters
- C. does not want to be isolated in times of future needs
- D. needs to expand her foreign exchange
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Question 29
Conflicts in the community can best be prevented when there is
- A. love for one another
- B. tolerance of opposing views
- C. fairness in wealth distribution
- D. respect for one another
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Question 30
A layout in which the houses are not orderly arranged is likely to
- A. produce rainfall disasters
- B. provide water facility easily
- C. prevent development of slums
- D. prevent the spread of disasters
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Question 31
Which of the following factors is a cause of unemployment in Ghana?
- A. polygamy
- B. immigration
- C. rapid population growth
- D. rapid urbanization
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Question 32
On which date is the Sun vertically overhead on the Tropic of Cancer?
- A. 21st January
- B. 21st June
- C. 23rd September
- D. 21st March
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Question 33
If the time in town A on longitude 20°E is 9:00 am, what will be the time in town B on longitude 80°E?
- A. 1:00 p.m.
- B. 1:00 a.m.
- C. 8:00 p.m.
- D. 5:00 a.m.
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Question 34
Akans are said to have migrated from
- A. South-Western Nigeria
- B. East of Lake Chad
- C. Old Ghana Empire
- D. Burkina Faso
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Question 35
One factor not likely to bring about cultural change in society is
- A. formal education
- B. high birth rate
- C. informal education
- D. superstitious beliefs
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Question 36
One way of improving the economy which Ghana inherited from colonization is
- A. forming consumer cooperative societies
- B. increasing demands of foreign aid
- C. promoting intensive industrialization
- D. refusing to send students overseas
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Question 37
Which of the following physical changes is a characteristic of adolescent males?
- A. breaking of voice
- B. contraction of pelvis
- C. widening of pelvis
- D. stalled height
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Question 38
Which of the following officials is not elected?
- A. Assembly man
- B. President
- C. Chief Justice
- D. Member of Parliament
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