WESCO DEMONSTRATION J.H.

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END OF THIRD TERM EXAMINATION

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES CLASS: BS7 TIME: 1HR 45 MINUTES

SECTION A
Answer all the questions in this section. Shade the correct answer on the objective paper
provide.
1. The form of socialization that takes place B. Naming Ceremony
solely in the home is known as........... C. Reproduction
D. Adolescence
A. Secondary Socialization
B. Primary Socialization 6. The Power used to provide light, heat and
C. Re-socialization to operate machine is called..............
D. Anticipatory Socialization
A. Industrialization
2. Which of the following is not an agent of B. Energy
socialization? C. Pivot
D. Load
A. Family members
B. Teachers 7. A roughly drawn map usually not to scale
C. Priest is known as..............
D. Media
A. Map
3. The official counting of people living in a B. Scale
country usually in every ten years is C. Sketch
called................... D. Earth
A. Population 8. The four major cardinal points are North,
B. High Birth Rate South, East and .............
C. Population Census
A. Compass
D. Rapid Population
B. West
4. Which of the following is an effect of C. Instruments
rapid population growth............. D. Directions
A. Increase in social vices 9. ............... refers to the rate at which the
B. Desire for more children population of a country increases in size
C. Lack of knowledge about family with a given period of time.
planning
A. Population growth
D. Early Marriage
B. Population census
5. The process through which an individual C. Population density
makes a gradual transition from childhood to D. High birth rate
adulthood is know as .................
10. Which of the following age range falls
A. Puberty under the working class ...............
 A. 15-64 years 16. The means by which the individual is
B. 0-114 years brought to understanding and accept the
C. 65 and above customs, values, languages, skills, belief and
D. 45-59 years culture that are essential for social living is
termed as...............
11. One of the following is not an effect of
natural disaster............. A. Culture
B. Socialization
A. Flooding
C. Sense of identity
B. Death and injury
D. Domestic training
C. Loss of property
D. Deformity 17. The following are social problems
associated with rapid population growth
12. all the following are effects of rapid
except.....................
population growth except..............
A. High crime rate
A. Decline in population
B. Overcrowding
B. Broken homes
C. Increase in wages
C. Pressure on facilities and utilities
D. Prostitution
D. National population
18. the major cause of high population
13. A large flowing water found everywhere
growth in Ghana is................
on earth that merges into seas or oceans is
called............ A. High birth rate
B. Improved health facilities
A. Lagoon
C. High death rate
B. Lake
D. Improved Road Network
C. River
D. Sea 19. The movement of people from one
settlement to another is known as..............
14. Which one of the following does not
cause deforestation on Ghana? A. Urbanization
B. Population
A. Crop growing
C. Population growth
B. Fishing
D. Migration
C. Lumbering
D. Mining 20. The number of deaths per thousand
people in a population is called............
15. The body that is mandated to manage
natural disasters in Ghana is the.............. A. Birth rate
B. Death rate
A. Ghana Ambulance Service
C. Population rate
B. Ghana Commercial Bank
D. Population growth rate
C. Ghana National Service
D. National Disaster Management 21. The high dependency problem of some
Organization. families can be solved by..............
A. Practicing family planning
 B. Encouraging parents to feed their 27. Which of the following does not occur in
children properly a male adolescent?
C. Sending children to school
A. Chest and shoulder become broader
D. Sharing responsibilities
B. Muscles of the body becomes
22. The payment of school fees and other developed
bills is mainly the responsibility of C. Pelvic gridle becomes wider
the........... D. Voice deepens
A. Adolescent 28. Adolescent chastity means.............
B. Father
A. Abstaining from early sex
C. Mother
B. Adolescent motherhood
D. Uncle
C. Denying the father of sex
23. Irresponsible adolescent behavior D. Having early sex
usually results in...............
29. Which of the following is a negative
A. Broken homes effect of not being chaste?
B. Drug abuse
A. Acceptance by the society
C. Self-reliance
B. Contraction of STDs
D. Loss of dignity
C. Self-identity
24. Slowly increased population is referred D. Social prestige
to as....................
30. Giving adolescent moral education will
A. Population growth help them become.............
B. Low population growth
A. Careless
C. Medium population growth
B. Responsible
D. Rapid population growth
C. Irresponsible
25. All the following are agencies of D. Indifferent
socialization except...............
31. Which of the following is not among the
A. Family activities that destroy our mountains.........
B. Mass media
A. Bush burning
C. Religious organization
B. Construction
D. Teacher
C. Indiscriminate logging
26. Which of the following is not used to D. Poor fishing methods
determine the population structure of a
32. The representation of the earth’s surface
country?
or any part of the earth surface drawn to
A. Grow rate scale is.................
B. Nationality
A. Map
C. Number of schools
B. Scale
D. Sex education
C. Compass
D. Sketch
33. All the following are attitudes that one A. Hill
needs to apply to enhance self-worth B. Valley
except.................. C. Mountains
D. Seas
A. Hard work
B. Self confidence 38. A landform is chain of hills or small hills
C. Positive attitude towards life arranged so that one could at least always
D. Being dependent see two or more peaks is known as
34. The following are non-renewable A. Ridge
sources of energy except............. B. Conical hill
C. Valley
A. Dry cell
D. A spur
B. The sun
C. Fossil fuel 39. The process of wearing down away of
D. Firewood and charcoal the sides and bed of a river channel by its
loads is known as ..............
35. A barren area where little precipitation
or rainfall occurs and consequently living A. River bed
conditions become hostile for plants and B. Corrosion
animals is termed as ..................... C. Confluence
D. River basin
A. Desert
B. Evergreen forest 40. The process whereby the natural
C. Rainforest vegetation cover of the environment is
D. Oasis destroyed by man is...............
36. How many types of scales do we have? A. Desertification
B. Drainage system
A. 3
C. Bush burning
B. 4
D. Droughting
C. 5
D. 2
37. Which of the following is not a relief
feature.
 SECTION B
This paper consists of three (3) parts A, B&C. Answer one question from each section.
PART A
FAMILY LIFE
Answer one (1) question from this part.
1.a) What is chastity?
b) Describe five (5) physical changes of the adolescent
c) Explain three (3) causes of irresponsible adolescent behavior.
2.a) What is socialization?
b) Distinguish between agents and agencies of socializations
c) Discuss five (5) factors that hinder or affect the family in socializing the child/youth.
PART B
ENVIRONMENT
3.a) What is renewable sources of energy?
b) Outline the two main sources of energy and give two examples each.
c) Discuss five (5) benefits that are derived from the use of renewable energy.
4.a) What is land degradation?
b) Explain four (4) causes of land degradation.
c) Outline four (4) ways by which you can control land pollution in your area.
PART C
SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
5.a) What is population growth?
b) Explain five (5) effects of rapid population growth in Ghana.
c) Enumerate three (3) cause of high birth rate in Ghana.
6.a) What is population census?
b) Discuss five (5) social problems associated with rapid population growth in Ghana.
c) Explain the following terms
I. Primary Socialization
II. Secondary Socialization
III. Re-socialization.