BECE 2015 Social Studies Past Questions and Answers
The BECE 2015 Social Studies paper has 39 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. Which of the following features is not part of the physical environment?
- A. Air
- B. Building
- C. Music
- D. Rivers
Answer: C. Music
Answer: C. Music is part of the social environment, not the physical one.
Answer: C. Music is part of the social environment, not the physical one.
2. A good social environment can be promoted through
- A. bravery
- B. competition
- C. individualism
- D. tolerance
Answer: D. tolerance
Answer: D. Tolerance promotes a good social environment.
Answer: D. Tolerance promotes a good social environment.
3. Adolescence is a period of transition from
- A. childhood to adulthood
- B. childhood to old age
- C. infancy to adulthood
- D. infancy to childhood
Answer: A. childhood to adulthood
Answer: A. Adolescence is the change from childhood to adulthood.
Answer: A. Adolescence is the change from childhood to adulthood.
4. Adolescent chastity is important because it prevents
- A. contraction of HIV and AIDS
- B. frequent malaria among the youth
- C. peer pressure among the youth
- D. the occurrence of broken home
Answer: A. contraction of HIV and AIDS
Answer: A. Chastity protects against HIV and AIDS.
Answer: A. Chastity protects against HIV and AIDS.
5. Adopting a foreign way of life in one's native country implies
- A. cultural assimilation
- B. foreign domination
- C. parallel culture
- D. rapid modernization
Answer: A. cultural assimilation
Answer: A. Taking on a foreign way of life is cultural assimilation.
Answer: A. Taking on a foreign way of life is cultural assimilation.
6. Trokosi and female genital mutilation are cultural practices that must be abolished because
- A. some people become rich through their performance
- B. the police dislike them
- C. they are against the rights of the victim
- D. they are practised all over the country
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7. The four cardinal points are
- A. East, South-West, North, West
- B. North, South, North-East, South-west
- C. North, South, East, West
- D. West, South – East, North-East, South
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8. The ratio between distance measured on a map and the actual distance on the ground is
- A. a sketch
- B. a statement
- C. layout
- D. scale
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9. If the scale of a map is 1:10,000 and the distance on the map is 20 cm, then the actual distance on the ground is
- A. 0.2 km
- B. 2 km
- C. 20 km
- D. 20,000 km
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10. The crop types which grow well in the Guinea Savanna are
- A. cocoa and rice
- B. millet and groundnut
- C. plantain and cola
- D. shallots and cassava
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