BECE 2020 Social Studies Past Questions and Answers
The BECE 2020 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 physical changes is a characteristics of adolescent males?
- A. breaking of voice
- B. contraction of pelvis
- C. widening of pelvis
- D. stalled height
Answer: A. breaking of voice
Answer: A. Boys' voices break (deepen) during adolescence; widening of the pelvis happens in girls.
Answer: A. Boys' voices break (deepen) during adolescence; widening of the pelvis happens in girls.
2. Ghana's high indebtedness to foreign countries can be reduced by
- A. ensuring good neighbourliness.
- B. using locally produced goods.
- C. investing more in education.
- D. increasing tax revenue.
Answer: B. using locally produced goods.
Answer: B. Using locally produced goods cuts imports, so less foreign money is borrowed and spent.
Answer: B. Using locally produced goods cuts imports, so less foreign money is borrowed and spent.
3. Which of the following officials is not elected?
- A. Assembly man
- B. President
- C. Chief justice
- D. Member of parliament
Answer: C. Chief justice
Answer: C. The Chief Justice is appointed, not elected.
Answer: C. The Chief Justice is appointed, not elected.
4. 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.
Answer: C. promoting intensive industrialization.
Answer: C. Industrialization adds value to raw materials, changing the colonial economy that exported raw materials.
Answer: C. Industrialization adds value to raw materials, changing the colonial economy that exported raw materials.
5. 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.
Answer: D. superstitious beliefs.
Answer: D. Superstitious beliefs keep people attached to old ways instead of changing culture.
Answer: D. Superstitious beliefs keep people attached to old ways instead of changing culture.
6. 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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7. If the time in town (A) on longitude 20$^{o}$ E is 9:00 am; what will be the time in town (B) longitude 80$^{o}$ 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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8. On which date is the Sun vertically overhead on the Tropic of Cancer?
- A. 21$^{st}$ January
- B. 21$^{st}$ June
- C. 23$^{rd}$ September
- D. 21$^{st}$ March
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9. 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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10. 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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