BECE Social 2013, Paper 1 (A)

1. The environment can best be described as

A. man and his surroundings
B. animals and non-living things
C. vegetation and non-living things
D. man and the vegetation around him

A

2. The social environment includes

A. settlements, churches, and rivers
B. settlements, festivals and political parties
C. festivals, political parties and religious groups
D. festivals, churches and tourist sites

C

4. A major environmental problem facing municipal and metropolitan assemblies in Ghana is

A. waste management
B. air pollution
C. deforestation
D. gully erosion

A

5. Adolescent reproductive health aims at providing education on

A. good nutrition
B. sexuality
C. good marriage
D. security

B

6. The period of adolescence is

A. 10 – 19 years
B. 10 – 14 years
C. 15 – 19 years
D. 12 – 19 years

A

7. One way of managing conflict in the Ghanaian society is

A. arbitration
B. confrontation
C. meditation
D. consultation

A

8. Adolescent chastity is important because it prevents

A. contraction of HIV/AIDS by the youth
B. contraction of malaria by the youth
C. the effect of peer pressure on the youth
D. the occurrence of broken homes

A

9. Adolescents who engage in early sex, risk

A. dropping out of school
B. increasing the size of their family
C. looking older than their age
D. losing their parents

A

10. The part of one’s income which is not spent is one’s

A. insurance
B. account
C. deposit
D. savings

D

11. During their migration, the Akans first settled at

A. Bono Manso
B. Dormaa Ahenkro
C. Asante Manso
D. Denkyira

A

12. Ethnic conflicts must be avoided because they slow down

A. economic development
B. rural-urban migration
C. tribal disintegration
D. urban-rural migration

A

13. Unity among Ghanaians can best be promoted through

A. inter-ethnic marriages
B. formal education
C. opinion leaders
D. good environmental practices

A

15. Which of the towns in the sketch below lies directly south of Miva?

A. Kofa
B. Aposa
C. Soka
D. Kutu

D

16. An important feature which can be used to show direction in a locality is called

A. landmark
B. bearing
C. compass
D. scale

A

17. The ratio between distance measured on a map and the actual distance on the ground is a

A. scale
B. layout
C. statement
D. sketch

A

18. The diagram below illustrates a

A. linear scale
B. statement scale
C. representative fraction
D. railway line

A

19. If the scale of a map is 1:10,000 and the distance on the map is 20cm, then the actual distance on the ground is

A. 20km
B. 0.2km
C. 2km
D. 20,000km

C

20. The principle of checks and balances prevents

A. constitutionalism
B. democracy
C. dictatorship
D. patriotism

C