BECE 2000 Social Studies Past Questions and Answers
The BECE 2000 Social Studies paper has 35 objective and 6 theory questions. Here are sample objective questions with the correct answers and explanations. Sit the full paper with the real time limit on ePrep.
Sample questions with answers
1. 
Use the diagram above to answer the question below
The vertical interval of the contour lines on the diagram is
Use the diagram above to answer the question below
The vertical interval of the contour lines on the diagram is
- A. 0 metres
- B. 50 metres
- C. 100 metres
- D. 300 metres
Answer: B. 50 metres
Answer: B. The contour lines are numbered 0, 50, 100, 150 and so on. The difference in height between one line and the next — the vertical interval — is 50 metres.
Answer: B. The contour lines are numbered 0, 50, 100, 150 and so on. The difference in height between one line and the next — the vertical interval — is 50 metres.
2.
Use the diagram above to answer the question below
What type of slope does the diagram show ?
Use the diagram above to answer the question below
What type of slope does the diagram show ?
- A. Uniform
- B. Convex
- C. Gentle
- D. Concave
Answer: D. Concave
Answer: D. Contours are wide apart low down and close together near the top — a concave slope.
Answer: D. Contours are wide apart low down and close together near the top — a concave slope.
4. Cairo in Egypt is on longitude 30°E and Tema in Ghana is on Longitude 0°. What is the time difference between Cairo and Tema?
- A. 2 hours
- B. 3 hours
- C. 15 hours
- D. 30 hours
Answer: A. 2 hours
Answer: A. 30° ÷ 15° = 2 hours.
Answer: A. 30° ÷ 15° = 2 hours.
5. Latitude 66 ½ ° North refers to the
- A. Antarctic Circle
- B. Tropic of Cancer
- C. Tropic of Capricorn
- D. Arctic Circle
Answer: D. Arctic Circle
Answer: D. 66½°N is the Arctic Circle.
Answer: D. 66½°N is the Arctic Circle.
6. The revolution of the earth round the sun causes
- A. day and night
- B. high tides
- C. four seasons
- D. earthquakes
Answer: C. four seasons
Answer: C. Revolution (with the tilted axis) causes the four seasons.
Answer: C. Revolution (with the tilted axis) causes the four seasons.
7. The North Pole receives 24 hours of sunlight when the sun is overhead on the
- A. Equator
- B. Tropic of Cancer
- C. Tropic of Capricorn
- D. Arctic Circle
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8. Which of the following towns enjoys a cool climate throughout the year?
- A. Accra
- B. Aburi
- C. Nkawkaw
- D. Tema
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9. Thick dark clouds, thunder and lightning are associated with
- A. convectional rainfall
- B. relief rainfall
- C. evaporation
- D. transpiration
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11. Which of the following is not a coastal landform?
- A. Stack
- B. Sand bar
- C. Spit
- D. Levee
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12. The main type of vegetation found in the south-western part of Ghana is the
- A. Coastal scrub and grassland
- B. Mangrove forest
- C. Guinea savana
- D. Sudan savana
- E. Tropical rain forest
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