Ghana BECE 2001 SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1) Which of the scale of map is expressed as 1:50,000, it is known as

2) The sun is vertically overhead on the tropic of cancer on

3) All the following cultural practices are out of date and cruel except

4) The symbol shown on topographical maps represents

5) What will be the time on longitude 45° East when it is 9.00 am on longitude15° East?

6) What is the name given to the area lying between the tropic of cancer and latitude 66½° North?

7) Limestone changes under heat and pressure to form

8) The cool winds that blow from the sea to the land during the day are referred to as

9) When needle of a compass is at rest, it points to the

10) Which of the following rocks are formed from magma?

11) Places which experience equal days and equal nights are located along the

12) Ghana approximately lies between latitudes

13) In Ghana, the South-West Monsoon winds blow between

14) The Kingdom of Mamprugu was founded by

18) The British first came to the Gold Coast as

19) The battle of Akatamanso was fought in

20) The last Governor-General of the Gold Coast was

21) Which of the following can be describe as a secondary activity?

22) Otumfuo Opoku Ware I ruled the Asante kingdom after the death of

23) Which of the following rivers flows along part of the western boundary of Ghana?

24) The leaders of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) were imprisoned because of the

25) Freed slaves sent to Liberia were from

26) Indiscriminate felling of trees causes the following except

27) World Food Day is celebrated each year on

28) Which of the following is not an organ of the United Nations Organization?

29) The headquarters of the League of Nations was in

30) The first political party formed in the Gold Coast was the

31) Which of the following rivers flows into the Atlantic Ocean?

32) Darkar is to Senegal as Nouakchott is to

33) The mahogany tree is mostly found in the

34) Sisal is used in the manufacture of

35) The leading producer of copper in Africa is

36) Which of the following longitudes almost divides Africa into eastern and western halves?

37) Preservation of fish can be done in the following ways except

38) The Swollen Shoot disease affects

39) Water Pollution is caused by all the following except