BECE 2013 Social Studies Past Questions and Answers
The BECE 2013 Social Studies paper has 38 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. The environment can best be described as
- A. man and his surrounding.
- B. animals and non-living things.
- C. vegetation and non-living things.
- D. man and the vegetation around him.
Answer: A. man and his surrounding.
Answer: A. The environment is man and his surroundings.
Answer: A. The environment is man and his surroundings.
2. The social environment includes
- A. settlements, churches and rivers.
- B. settlements, festivals and political parties.
- C. festivals, political parties and religious groups.
- D. festivals, churches and tourist sites.
Answer: C. festivals, political parties and religious groups.
Answer: C. Festivals, political parties and religious groups are social; rivers are physical.
Answer: C. Festivals, political parties and religious groups are social; rivers are physical.
3. Which of the following statements is true? The
- A. social and physical environments are inter-dependent.
- B. physical environment is independent of the social environment.
- C. physical environment is never affected by the social environment.
- D. social environment is more important than the physical environment.
Answer: A. social and physical environments are inter-dependent.
Answer: A. The social and physical environments depend on each other.
Answer: A. The social and physical environments depend on each other.
4. A major environmental problem facing municipal and metropolitan assemblies in Ghana is
- A. waste management.
- B. air pollution.
- C. deforestation.
- D. gully erosion
Answer: A. waste management.
Answer: A. Waste management is the biggest problem for the assemblies.
Answer: A. Waste management is the biggest problem for the assemblies.
5. Adolescent reproductive health aims at providing education on
- A. good nutrition.
- B. sexually.
- C. good marriage.
- D. security.
Answer: B. sexually.
Answer: B. Adolescent reproductive health education is about sexuality.
Answer: B. Adolescent reproductive health education is about sexuality.
6. The period of adolescence is
- A. 10 - 19 years.
- B. 10 - 14 years.
- C. 15 - 19 years.
- D. 12 - 19 years.
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8. Adolescent chastity is important because it prevents
- A. contraction of HIV/AIDS by the youth.
- B. contraction of malaria by the youth.
- C. the effect of peer pressure on the youth.
- D. the occurrence of broken homes.
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9. Adolescents who engage in early sex, risk
- A. dropping out of school.
- B. increasing the size of their family.
- C. looking older than their age.
- D. losing their parents.
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10. The part of one's income which is not spent is one's
- A. insurance.
- B. account.
- C. deposit.
- D. savings.
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11. During their migration, the Akan first settled at
- A. Bono Manso.
- B. Dormaa Ahenkro.
- C. Asante Manso.
- D. Denkyira.
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