Social Studies BECE 1996 Objectives

40 objective questions

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1. In which of the following belts in Ghana is cocoa commonly grown?

2. Which of the following places of interest attracts most tourists to Ghana?

3. In the matrilineal system of inheritance, children inherit the property of their

4. Which of the following is not a man-made feature?

5. The time in Ghana is different from the time in Nigeria because of differences in

6. Some rivers meander in their lower course because

7. Aburi is normally cooler than Nsawam because

8. The main reason for encouraging farmers in Ghana to produce more cocoa is to

9. In Ghana, Odwira festival usually serves all the following purposes except

10. The main purpose of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is to

11. The League of Nations was formed soon after the

12. How many seats were in the Legislative Assembly when Ghana became independent?

Use the sketch map of Ghana to answer questions 13to19

13. The administrative region marked A is the

14. The river marked R is

15. The town marked T is

16. What feature is marked F on the map?

17. The people who live in the area shaded P are

18. The town marked Ois a/an

19. The town lettered C is a/an

20. One of the works of a Member of Parliament (MP) is to

21. Which of the following is a land-locked country in West Africa?

22. Power in a democratic state is exercised by the

23. Which of the following is produced on a large scale in the Middle East?

24. The Panama Canal links the Pacific Ocean to the

25. Which governor ruled the country between 1919 and 1927?

26. The Mamprusi are believed to have come from

27. The Poll Tax Ordinance was passed in

28. Which of the following cannot be considered as an economic activity?

29. The system of trade in which goods are directly exchanged for goods is known as

30. Which of the minerals is not mined in Ghana?

31. Trade between two countries is called

32. The only West African country which produces more cocoa than Ghana is

33. The main objective of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is to

34. Mixed farming involves the growing of a

35. The person who led the Gonjas to settle at their present home in Northern Ghana was

36. The United Nations Organization has all the following is its aims except to

37. All the following are metallic minerals except

38. There is a large population of white settlers in the highland areas of East Africa because

39. The struggle for Ghana's independence from 1951 to 1957 was led by

40. Most of the lakes in East Africa were formed as a result of the