WASSCE 2021 Social Studies Past Questions and Answers
The WASSCE 2021 Social Studies paper has 48 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. The basic capability of a person is the ability to
- A. create.
- B. invent.
- C. remember.
- D. think.
Answer: D. think.
Answer: D. The ability to think is the most basic human capability.
Answer: D. The ability to think is the most basic human capability.
2. People who exhibit false identity do so in order to
- A. achieve higher goals.
- B. escape the realities of life.
- C. obtain gainful employment.
- D. please their peers.
Answer: B. escape the realities of life.
Answer: B. People put on false identities to escape the realities of their lives.
Answer: B. People put on false identities to escape the realities of their lives.
3. Inappropriate behaviour of an individual is likely to result in
- A. child labour.
- B. inferiority complex.
- C. justifiable actions.
- D. strain family ties.
Answer: D. strain family ties.
Answer: D. Bad behaviour can strain relationships within the family.
Answer: D. Bad behaviour can strain relationships within the family.
4. The knowledge of reproductive features of adolescent enables them to be aware of
- A. their realities for reproduction.
- B. the needed care and hygiene of the body.
- C. how to practice sex.
- D. how to select the right partner.
Answer: B. the needed care and hygiene of the body.
Answer: B. Knowing their reproductive features helps adolescents take proper care and hygiene of their bodies.
Answer: B. Knowing their reproductive features helps adolescents take proper care and hygiene of their bodies.
5. To promote national identity, it is important to
- A. ensure high standard of living.
- B. maintain a strong cultural heritage.
- C. provide avenues for social mobility.
- D. protect the young generation.
Answer: B. maintain a strong cultural heritage.
Answer: B. A strong cultural heritage gives people a shared national identity.
Answer: B. A strong cultural heritage gives people a shared national identity.
6. National symbols instil in the Ghanaian a sense of
- A. ethnicity.
- B. modesty.
- C. patriotism.
- D. royalty.
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7. Puberty rite should be institutionalized in Ghana because it
- A. acts as a check on pre-marital sex.
- B. grants undue freedom for sex.
- C. enables people to get married.
- D. promotes adolescent fertility.
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8. One outstanding socio-cultural practice in Ghana society is
- A. sense of individual values.
- B. nuclear family system.
- C. problems solving skills.
- D. communal living.
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9. Marriage can be sustained by
- A. fulfilment of the responsibility of the people.
- B. incompatibility of the people.
- C. infatuation of the couple.
- D. interference in the affairs of the people.
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10. One reason for which people contract marriage is to
- A. escape from hard work.
- B. bear and nurture children.
- C. gain permanent employment.
- D. secure traditional inheritance.
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