BECE - Social Studies Objectives - 1991

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!

The earth rotates on its axis every ....

12 hours

36 hours

24 hours

48 hours

50 hours

The ratio between measurement on a map and the actual corresponding distance on the ground is ....

A longitude

A scale

A latitude

An isotherm

A contour

The instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure is called ....

Rain gauge

Thermometer

An anemometer

Barometer

Wind vane

Which of the following is not an imaginary line drawn on maps?

Axis

Equator

A latitude

Longitude

Greenwich meridian

The conventional sign ∆ drawn on topographical maps stands for ....

Survey beacon

Boundary pillar

Wireless staion

Camp site

Trigonometrical station

A long narrow depression with a downward slope on the earth's surface is called ....

An inselberg

Sand dune

Valley

A ridge

A spur

The following are continents in the world except ....

Africa

Canada

Europe

Australia

South America

The capital of the Upper East Region is?

Bolgatanga

Tamale

Bawku

Zuarungu

The highest annual rainfall in Ghana is recorded at ....

Accra

Kumasi

Sunyani

Navrongo

Axim

In which of the following regions in Ghana is Lake Bosomtwe located?

Brong Ahafo

Eastern

Central

Ashanti

Northern

Nsuta in Ghana is noted for the mining of ....

Diamond

Manganese

Bauxite

Salt

Gold

The language spoken by the largest group of people in Ghana is ....

Hausa

Ewe

Akan

Guan

Dagaare

The Aboakyire festival is celebrated by the people of ....

Dodowa

Elmina

Wenchi

Salaga

Winneba

Which of the following is a primary occupation?

Fishing

Teaching

Carpentry

Trading

Dressmaking

A Golden Jubilee is celebrated at every ....

10 years

15 years

25 years

50 years

100 years

Which of the following West African countries is the leading producer of phosphate?

Ghana

La Cote D'Ivoire

Nigeria

Liberia

Togo

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

Cape Coast

Accra

Axim

Anomabu

Elmina

The Jos plateau in Nigeria is noted for the production of ....

Gold

Bauxite

Tin

Diamond

Coal

The meteorological services department deals with ....

Water

Star

Power

Minerals

Weather

Electricity from Ghana is exported to ....

Gabon

Togo

Nigeria

Liberia

Sierra Leone

The Sagrenti War of 1874 was fought between the ....

Fantes and Asantes

British and Fantes

Akyems and Asantes

British and Asantes

Akuapims and Akwamus

Yaa Asantewaa, who led the Asante army to war in 1901, was the queenmother of ....

Kumasi

Kormantsi

Ejisu

Juaben

Bekwai

The first capital town to be built by the Asantes was ....

Kumawu

Kumasi

Kokofu

Nsuta

Asantemanso

Who was the first person to represent the British government in the Gold Coast?

Captain George Maclean

Commander Hill

Sir Gordon Guggisberg

Sir Charles McCarthy

Sir Alan Burns

Who was the Chairman of the United Gold Coast Convention(U.G.C.C)?

George Grant

Dr J.B Danquah

Ako Adjei

E.A. Akuffo-Addo

Obetsebi Lamptey

The capital of the Ancient Ghana Empire was ....

Walata

Kumbi-Saleh

Gao

Jeriba

Timbuktu

The most important commodities of the Trans-Saharan Trade were ....

Salt and kolanuts

Gold and gunpowder

Salt and gold

Palm oil and gold

Beads and salt

The Organization of Africa Union is made up of only ....

Independent African states

Dependent African states

Colonized African states

Warring African states

Black African states

The Mediterranean lands are well known for the production of ....

Minerals

Textiles

Citrus

Metals

Chemicals

Which of the following diseases cannot be prevented by immunization?

Measles

AIDS

Polio

Small Pox

Whooping Cough

How many countries form the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)?

Fifteen

Fourteen

Twenty

Twenty-one

Ten

Which of the following countries is not a member of the Economic Community of West African States?

Guinea Bissau

Mali

Mauritania

Cameroon

Nigeria

Commonwealth Day falls on ....

12th March

1st May

1st July

24th October

31st December

Bauxite is the raw material for the production of ....

Brass

Steel

Aluminium

Bronze

Copper

Who was the first chairman of the Organization of African Unity (O.A.U)?

Ahmed Sekou Toure

Jomo Kenyatta

Dr Kwame Nkrumah

Nnamdi Azikiwe

Haile Selassie

The headquaters of the World Health Organization is at ....

Addis Ababa

Geneva

Washinton D.C

New York

Cairo

The system of apartheid was practiced in ....

Ireland

Congo

Korea

South-Africa

Britain

In which year was Nelson Mandela released from prison?

1970

1979

1980

1989

1990

The factions in the Liberia civil war signed the Bamako Peace Accord in ....

July 1990

August 1990

October 1990

November 1990

December 1990

BECE - Social Studies Objectives - 1991

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