BECE - Social Studies Objectives - 1999

This Objective Test consists of 40 questions. Each question is followed by FIVE options. Select only ONE answer to each question. You have 45 minutes to complete the test. Good Luck!

Which of the following shows the relationship between distances on paper and actual distance on the ground?

1cm to 1 km expressed as representative fraction is .....

The earth rotates on its axis, spinning from...

An imaginary line which divides the earth into two hemispheres is called the ....

Which of the following instruments is used for showing direction?

The difference between the highest and lowest temperature recorded of a place during the day is called the ......

An example of a sedimentary rock is?

The original home of the Ewes was?

Ghana became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations in .....

The Dagombas are descendants of .....

Which of the following festivals is associated with fire display?

A major tributary of River Volta is the ....

Which of the following towns in Ghana is important for mining of bauxite?

In which of the following regions in Ghana is the Akosombo Dam?

The first castle was built in Ghana in 1482 at .....

All the European powers left the Coast of Ghana by 1872 except the .....

The capital of British Gold Coast was moved from Cape Coast to Accra in ....

Sources of revenue for District Assemblies in Ghana include ....

A major cash crop to West Africa is ......

The most westerly point in West Africa is Cape ......

Who is the head of the judiciary in Ghana?

Maintenance of law and order in the village community is enforced by ....

Foreigners in Ghana enjoy all the following rights except that of .....

Environmental pollution is caused by all the following except ....

The farming practice, which combines crop cultivation and animal rearing, is called ....

The tropical rain forest region of West Africa is important for the production of ......

Desertification is caused by .....

Countries in North Africa are noted for the production of ......

The Prairies of USA is important for producing .....

The highest court in Ghana is the .....

The great pyramids of Egypt were built as ......

Vaccines used in Ghana for the immunization of children are supplied by .....

The main organ of the United Nations Organizations (UNO) is the .....

Which of the following animals was mostly used during the Trans-Saharan Trade?

Bush fires occur very often during the .....

The common fish caught in the lagoons of Ghana is ....

The insect responsible for spreading sleeping sickness is .....

Which of the following is important in the manufacture of cutting tools?

Children under the age five years should be immunized against all the following except?

The Organization of Africa Unity (OAU) is made up of only ....