WASSCE 2016 Social Studies Past Questions and Answers
The WASSCE 2016 Social Studies paper has 49 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.
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1. In Abraham Maslow's theory of needs, realization of the individual's potential at the ultimate is
- A. love and acceptance.
- B. self-actualization.
- C. self-esteem.
- D. physiological.
Answer: B. self-actualization.
Answer: B. Self-actualization, realizing one's full potential, is at the top of Maslow's hierarchy.
Answer: B. Self-actualization, realizing one's full potential, is at the top of Maslow's hierarchy.
2. The sum total of a person's perceptions, beliefs, qualities and behaviour constitute his or her
- A. attitude.
- B. conscience.
- C. development.
- D. self.
Answer: D. self.
Answer: D. The self is the sum of a person's perceptions, beliefs, qualities and behaviour.
Answer: D. The self is the sum of a person's perceptions, beliefs, qualities and behaviour.
3. The most effective way of developing one's capabilities is through
- A. education, training and self-control.
- B. education, training and self-determination.
- C. guidance, counselling and self-discipline.
- D. guidance, counselling and self-reliance.
Answer: B. education, training and self-determination.
Answer: B. Education and training build skills, and self-determination provides the drive to use them.
Answer: B. Education and training build skills, and self-determination provides the drive to use them.
4. Irresponsible adolescent sexual behaviour needs to be controlled through
- A. family planning.
- B. marital stability training.
- C. physical education.
- D. reproductive health education.
Answer: D. reproductive health education.
Answer: D. Reproductive health education teaches adolescents the risks of sex and how to make responsible choices.
Answer: D. Reproductive health education teaches adolescents the risks of sex and how to make responsible choices.
5. Which of the following factors does not contribute to the increase in adolescent pregnancy?
- A. Broken homes
- B. Lust for material possession
- C. Poverty
- D. Sex education
Answer: D. Sex education
Answer: D. Sex education reduces, not increases, teenage pregnancy.
Answer: D. Sex education reduces, not increases, teenage pregnancy.
6. An adolescent who indulges in pre-marital sex risks
- A. being an orphan at early age.
- B. being thrown out of school.
- C. facing police prosecution.
- D. losing employment.
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7. Which of the following factors can be regarded as a threat to national integration efforts?
- A. Adoption of a common national language
- B. Encouragement of ethnocentric tendencies
- C. Encouragement of inter-ethnic marriages
- D. Upholding the cultural values of the people
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8. A cultural practice which clearly identifies each ethnic group in Ghana is
- A. code of dressing.
- B. family life.
- C. music and dance.
- D. system of inheritance.
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9. Marriages can best be sustained when there is
- A. adequate financial resource.
- B. guidance and counselling.
- C. mutual respect, love and trust.
- D. regular communication.
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10. The arrangement where newly married couples live in their own household helps
- A. limit family interference.
- B. prevent divorce.
- C. prevent domestic violence.
- D. promote an unending love.
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