2024 BECE Social Studies Mock 2 (Free Online Mock)

This is our BECE Social Studies Mock 2, which is a free online mock to test 2024 BECE candidates and JHS students in general. Teachers and schools can also tap into this to aid in their work and in preparing students for internal and external assessments.

Every mock question in this set has been carefully selected to test students’ general knowledge of Social Studies.

2024 BECE Social Studies Mock 2 (Free Online Mock)

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The questions in this BECE Social Studies Mock are carefully selected to test the general knowledge of students over a wide range of topics in Social Studies.

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1. Think carefully before you shade the answer space, and erase completely any answer you wish to change. Now Answer The Following Questions.

The population census in Ghana is held every ……..year.

a) Three

b) Four

c) Five

d) Ten

Question 1 of 40

2. The movement of people from the rural area to urban centres is called

a) Rural-urban drift

b) Rural-rural drift

c) Urban-rural drift

d) Urban-urban drift

Question 2 of 40

3. The governor of the Gold coast during the 1948 riot was

a) Sir Gerald Creasy

b) Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke

c) Sir Aiken Watson

d) Sir Henley Coussey

Question 3 of 40

4. The British Togoland joined Ghana in the year

a) 1947

b) 1948

c) 1951

d) 1956

Question 4 of 40

5. The first general election in the history of Ghana was held in

a) 1945

b) 1579

c) 1951

d) 1957

Question 5 of 40

6. The first political party formed in the Gold Coast was the ...

a) CPP

b) UGCC

c) NDC

d) NPP

Question 6 of 40

7. The first chairman of the United Gold Coast Convention was ....

 

a) Obetsebi Lamptey

b) Dr. J.B. Danguah

c) George Grant

d) Edward A. Akufo Addo

Question 7 of 40

8. The first political party formed in the Gold Coast led Ghana to attain independence

a) True

b) False

c) None

d) All the above

Question 8 of 40

9. Which of the following is not used to determine the population structure of a country

a) Nationality

b) Growth rate

c) Gender distribution

d) Number of school

Question 9 of 40

10. The major cause of high population growth in Ghana is

a) Improved health delivery system

b) Improved road network

c) High birth rate

d) High death rate

Question 10 of 40

11. According to the 2021 population and Housing Census, which region had the highest number of people?

a) Northern

b) Ashanti

c) G. Accra

d) Central

Question 11 of 40

12. The following are factors that lead to high birth rate in Ghana except

a) Cultural reasons

b) Availability of recreational facilities

c) High fertility rate

d) Early marriages

Question 12 of 40

13. The following are ways of improving the standard of living in rural areas except.

a) Governmental support to cottage industries

b) Improvement in the road network

c) Establishment of state farms in rural communities

d) Removal of subsidies on fertilizer and agro-chemicals

Question 13 of 40

14. The number of live births per thousand women in a population is called

a) Birth rate

b) Death rate

c) Emigration rate

d) Immigration rate

Question 14 of 40

15. All these are causes of rural-urban drift except

a) Access to quality education

b) Unfavourable weather in cities

c) Lack of supervision of children

d) Expectation of higher standard of living

Question 15 of 40

16. The demand for “Self-Government Now” was made in 1947 by

a) Dr. Ako Adjei

b) Dr. J.B. Danquah

c) Dr. Kwame Nkrumah

d) The late JJ Rawlings

Question 16 of 40

17. The Ashanti’s were led to war against the British in 1900 by

a) Osei Tutu

b) Osei Kwadwo

c) Nana Yaa Asatewaa

d) Dr. Kwame Nkrumah

Question 17 of 40

18. Who was the first Prime Minister of Ghana?

a) Jerry John Rawlings

b) Ako Adjei

c) Dr. Kwame Nkrumah

d) Edward Akuffo Addo

Question 18 of 40

19. The immediate cause of the 1948 riots was

a) Killing of the veterans

b) Burning of European stores

c) The high cost of living

d) Looting and boycott of European goods

Question 19 of 40

20. Who was the founder of the Convention People's Party (CPP)?

a) J.B. Danquah

b) Dr. Kwame Nkrumah

c) George Grant

d) Edward Akuffo Addo

Question 20 of 40

21. A district vote of all men or women of voting age on an important question for a “Yes or No” response is termed as …..

 

General Election

b) Bye-election

c) Run-off election

d) Plebiscite

Question 21 of 40

22. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was not one the founding leaders of modern Ghana.

a) True

b) False

c) None

d) Yes because, it is the NPP

Question 22 of 40

23. The following are social problems with rapid population growth except

a) High crime rate

b) Over-crowding

c) Prostitution

d) Increase in wages

Question 23 of 40

24. The ability of a country to control and manage its production, distribution, consumption, and services without external or foreign support is called

a) Political independence

b) Economic independence

c) Internal freedom

d) Colonialism

Question 24 of 40

25. The relative peace in the Gold Coast was disturbed by the riot that occurred ....

a) February 1947

b) February 1948

c) March 1947

d) March 1948

Question 25 of 40

26. Which political party’s slogan was “Self-government within the shortest possible time”?

a) CPP

b) UGCC

c) PNDC

d) NLM

Question 26 of 40

27. Ghana became republic on

a) 1st January 1960

b) 6th March 1957

c) 1st July 1960

d) 7th December 1992

Question 27 of 40

28. Which of these personalities was not a member of the 3 ex-servicemen who were shot dead during the 1948 riots?

a) Private Odartey

b) Corporal Attippoe

c) K.A. Gbedemah

d) Sergeant Adjetey

Question 28 of 40

29. All these are remote causes of the 1948 disturbances in the Gold Coast except.

a) The practice of conditional

b) The economic situation in the Gold Coast after the Second World War

c) The 1948 Burns constitution did not satisfy the Africans

d) The killing of the veterans

Question 29 of 40

30. Which commission was set up to investigate the causes of the riot and to advice the governor on what the colonial administration must do?

a) Clifford Committee

b) Burn’s Commission

c) Coussey Committee

d) Watson Commission

Question 30 of 40

31. Whish governor set up the Coussey Committee in 1949?

a) Sir Godden Guggisberg

b) Sir Charles Noble Clarke

c) Sir Henley Coussey

d) Sir Charles McCarthy

Question 31 of 40

32. Which political party was formed in the Gold Coast on June 12, 1949?

a) UGCC

b) CPP

c) PPP

d) PNDC

Question 32 of 40

33. Who was the chairman of the Convention People’s Party?

a) Dr. Kwame Nkrumah

b) K.A. Gbedemah

c) Kojo Botsio

d) N.A. Welbeck

Question 33 of 40

34. One of the following was not a reason why the CPP won the 1951 general election in the Gold Coast.

a) Organizational ability of Dr. K. Nkrumah

b) Reduction in the voting age

c) Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s charisma

d) Inadequate financial base of the CPP

Question 34 of 40

35. The Second World War lasted for about

a) 4 years

b) 5 years

c) 6 years

d) 7 years

Question 35 of 40

36. The first political party formed in the Gold Coast was

a) CPP

b) UGCC

c) PPP

d) PNDC

Question 36 of 40

37. Which of the following is a symbol of national unity in Ghana?

a) National anthem

b) Akosombo Dam

c) Gye Nyame

d) Judiciary

Question 37 of 40

38. The first political event leading to the formal establishment of British colonial rule in the Gold Coast was the

a) Signing of the bond of 1844

b) Declaration of Sagrenti war

c) Introduction of the Poll Tax Ordinance

d) Disturbances of 1948

Question 38 of 40

39. The movement of people from one place to another is called…….

a) Population

b) Migration

c) Census

d) Immigration

Question 39 of 40

40. The movement of people from one place to another is called…….

a) Population

b) Migration

c) Census

d) Immigration

Question 40 of 40

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