Ghana BECE 2011 SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1) One benefit that Ghana derives from co-operating with international bodies is

2) Which of the following business units raises its capital through the sale of shares?

3) A major effect of lateness to school and work is that it

4) Which of the following economic activities does not cause deforestation in Ghana?

5) Which of the following economic activities does not cause deforestation in Ghana?

6) One problem hindering the effective functioning of District Assemblies in Ghana is

7) The African Union (AU) was officially launched on 9th July, 2002 in

The first African country to allow herself to be assessed under the New Partnership for African
Development (NEPAD) was

9) One main reason for the abolition of the slave trade was

10) Productivity in the mining sector can be increased in Ghana through

11) The Djebobo and Torogbani mountains are located in the

12) The tertiary sector of the Ghanaian economy provides

13) One moral value that is stressed during an outdooring and naming ceremony of a child is

14) Which of the following is not a product of the forest zone in Ghana?

15) The main reason for encouraging farmers in Ghana to produce more cocoa is to

16) When the scale of a map is expressed in the form of a ratio, it is known as

17) The state can promote the growth of private enterprises by

18) Which of the following vegetation types experiences high temperature and heavy rainfall throughout the year?

19) Industries must be located outside residential areas to

20) Free movement of people, goods and services is one of the main aims of the

21) The interpretation of the constitution of Ghana is a function of the

22) Floods in our communities can best be controlled through

23) The most important factor that can help improve productivity in state enterprises is

24) Public corporations are set up by the government mainly to provide

25) Laws are mainly made to ensure

26) One major reason for the migration of ethnic groups into modern Ghana was the search for

27) Ghana‟s high indebtedness to foreign countries can be reduced by

28) The Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) in Ghana is responsible for resolving problems relating too

29) Indecent dressing among the youth should be discouraged because it

30) An important source of locally generated revenue for District Assemblies in Ghana is

31) Ghana can minimize the importation of goods mainly by

32) Which of the following oceans lies between Africa and America?

33) The head of government of the second Republic of Ghana was the

34) The eagles in Ghana‟s Coat of Arms signify

35) One of the aims of the African Union (AU) is to

36) Equal hours of day and night are experienced in Ghana when the sun is overhead on

37) In which vegetational belt is Ghana‟s cocoa mostly grown?

38) The instrument used in measuring the rate of evaporation is

39) Festivals are important in Ghana because they enable the people to

40) Which of the following officials are not elected through general elections in Ghana?