BECE 2024 Social Studies Past Questions and Answers
The BECE 2024 Social Studies paper has 35 objective and 5 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. What is the best way to address deviant behaviour in an adolescent?
- A. Ignoring it
- B. Counseling
- C. Punishment
- D. Parental neglect
Answer: B. Counseling
Counseling helps the adolescent understand the cause of the behaviour and change it. Ignoring, harsh punishment or neglect can make it worse.
Counseling helps the adolescent understand the cause of the behaviour and change it. Ignoring, harsh punishment or neglect can make it worse.
2. What is the most likely effect of a large family size on the family's living conditions?
- A. Increased access to resources
- B. Improved housing conditions
- C. Environmental conditions enhanced
- D. Overcrowding and reduced space
Answer: D. Overcrowding and reduced space
More people sharing the same house and income leads to overcrowding and less space and resources for each person.
More people sharing the same house and income leads to overcrowding and less space and resources for each person.
4. The first general election held in the Gold Coast in 1951 was won by the
- A. National Alliance for the Liberals.
- B. National Liberation Movement.
- C. Convention People's Party.
- D. United Gold Coast Convention.
Answer: C. Convention People's Party.
Kwame Nkrumah's Convention People's Party (CPP) won the 1951 general election.
Kwame Nkrumah's Convention People's Party (CPP) won the 1951 general election.
5. A market square in your community is in need of a clean-up and restoration. Which of the following options will best help address the challenge?
- A. Joining community volunteer groups to help in the clean-up exercise
- B. Ignoring the issue and hoping someone else will take care of it
- C. Donating money to the market square but not getting involved personally
- D. Organizing a solo clean-up exercise
Answer: A. Joining community volunteer groups to help in the clean-up exercise
Working together with community volunteers gets the job done faster and builds a sense of shared responsibility.
Working together with community volunteers gets the job done faster and builds a sense of shared responsibility.
6. Which of the following agricultural practices helps to prevent soil erosion?
- A. Mono-culture
- B. Crop rotation
- C. Cover cropping
- D. Shifting cultivation
Answer: C. Cover cropping
Cover crops protect the soil surface from rain and wind and their roots hold the soil together, so they prevent erosion.
Cover crops protect the soil surface from rain and wind and their roots hold the soil together, so they prevent erosion.
7. Two communities are claiming ownership of a river which serves as their livelihood. This has resulted in conflicts between the two communities for many years. Which of the following mediations will best help to resolve the conflict?
- A. Facilitate communication and mutually acceptable solutions
- B. Determine who is right or wrong
- C. Avoid future conflicts
- D. Impose a solution on the parties
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8. In 1966, a military Coup d'etat overthrew the government of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. What was the main reason for the Coup?
- A. Failure to implement socialist policies
- B. External interference from the Russian government
- C. Economic mismanagement and corruption
- D. Political instability and tribal conflicts
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9. The destruction of farm lands by cattle and the confrontation between herdsmen and farming communities in Ghana can best be resolved by
- A. local farmers always standing by to drive away herdsmen.
- B. encouraging the practice of cattle ranching in our communities.
- C. allowing the game and wildlife department to take charge of cattle rearing in the communities.
- D. seizing and distributing some of the cattle to the affected communities.
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10. Ghana's public sector faces various challenges with respect to human resource development. Which of the following challenges is the most suitable challenge in the above given scenario?
- A. Inefficient bureaucracy
- B. Limited career advancement opportunities
- C. Financial challenges
- D. Limited access to quality education
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11. Which type of map will be most suitable for determining the elevation of a mountain range?
- A. Topographical map
- B. Road map
- C. Political map
- D. Weather map
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