WASSCE 2015 Social Studies Past Questions and Answers
The WASSCE 2015 Social Studies paper has 50 objective and 10 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. An individual's self-concept includes his/her
- A. conventions.
- B. customs.
- C. decrees.
- D. perceptions.
Answer: D. perceptions.
Answer: D. Self-concept is how a person sees and perceives himself or herself.
Answer: D. Self-concept is how a person sees and perceives himself or herself.
2. The following options are conditions that false identity can create except
- A. hatred and mistrust.
- B. rejection of such people.
- C. social vices.
- D. urbanization.
Answer: D. urbanization.
Answer: D. False identity leads to mistrust, rejection and social vices; urbanization has nothing to do with it.
Answer: D. False identity leads to mistrust, rejection and social vices; urbanization has nothing to do with it.
3. One factor that can inhibit the development of an individual's capabilities is
- A. awareness of one's capabilities.
- B. education and training.
- C. inferiority complex.
- D. self-determination.
Answer: C. inferiority complex.
Answer: C. An inferiority complex makes a person doubt their abilities and hold back from developing them.
Answer: C. An inferiority complex makes a person doubt their abilities and hold back from developing them.
4. Adolescent reproductive health risk includes
- A. cholera
- B. dysentery
- C. HIV/AIDS
- D. jaundice
Answer: C. HIV/AIDS
Answer: C. HIV/AIDS is spread mainly through sex, so it is a reproductive health risk for adolescents.
Answer: C. HIV/AIDS is spread mainly through sex, so it is a reproductive health risk for adolescents.
5. In the traditional Ghanaian society, the ceremony performed to mark the transition from childhood to adulthood is
- A. adolescent rite.
- B. fertility rite.
- C. initiation rite.
- D. puberty rite.
Answer: D. puberty rite.
Answer: D. Puberty rites (e.g. Dipo, Bragoro) mark the passage of a girl from childhood to adulthood.
Answer: D. Puberty rites (e.g. Dipo, Bragoro) mark the passage of a girl from childhood to adulthood.
6. Adolescent chastity is beneficial because it
- A. enhances interpersonal relations.
- B. contributes to population growth.
- C. leads to the creation of employment.
- D. produces responsible parents.
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7. Which of the following ceremonies does not involve a rite of passage?
- A. Birth
- B. Death
- C. Festivals
- D. Puberty
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8. It is necessary to preserve our cultural heritage because it
- A. ensures continuity of society.
- B. makes culture unique.
- C. promotes national reconciliation.
- D. creates more employment.
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9. The effect of childlessness in marriage can be overcome when there is
- A. abundant financial resources.
- B. genuine love and commitment.
- C. no external family interference.
- D. periodic personal diagnosis.
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10. The residential arrangement in which the husband and wife live separately in the respective houses of their parents is
- A. duolocal.
- B. matrilocal.
- C. neolocal.
- D. patrilocal.
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