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PENTECOST SOCIAL SERVICES

NATIONAL MOCK EXAMINATION FOR JHS 3

SOCIAL STUDIES

PAPER TWO (ESSAY)

All Candidates are expected to answer question 1(Compulsory) in Section I

Candidates are to answer 1 question each from Section II and III

SECTION I

1. a. You have been given the opportunity to speak to BS4 learners about sanitation. Tell them four (4) examples of
activities of sanitation. [2 marks]
b. Differentiate between proper sanitation and poor sanitation to the learners. [4 marks]
c. Poor sanitation has become a very serious problem that poses danger to individuals, enumerate five (5)
instances where poor sanitation poses a problem to individuals. [10 marks]
d. What strategies can be put in place to curb poor sanitation. Highlight four (4) ways. [4 marks]

SECTION II

2. a. How will you define family to your grandmother. [2 marks]

b. Kwame Afrifa was having a conversation with his friend Ama Dwomoh about their family members. For
Kwame, he stays with his grandparents, parents, siblings, nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles in the same house.
For Ama, she stays with only her parents and her two siblings.
i. In what five (5) ways is Ama’s family advantageous as compared to Kwame’s family. [10 marks]
ii. How is Kwame’s family disadvantageous as compared to Ama’s family. Discuss four (4) ways
[8 marks]

3. a. In Ghana, there have been five successful coup d’etats and other unsuccessful coups between the years 1966-
1981. Enumerate four (4) reasons each for the overthrow of the following governments.
i. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s government. [4 marks]
ii. Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia’s government. [4 marks]
b. Ghana has had four republics. Every republic had its own constitution used for the administration of the state.
Highlight four (4) features that characterized the 1960 Republican Constitution. [12 marks]
 SECTION III

4. a. The role of science and technology cannot be under-estimated in the development of any nation. In your view,
discuss four (4) ways in which technology has impacted the agricultural sector of Ghana’s economy.
[8 marks]
b. Discuss four (4) ways of promoting science and technology in Ghana. [12 marks]

5. a. In your understanding, how different is parenting from parenthood. [4 marks]

b. List six (6) behaviours by children that can cause their parents to act inappropriately towards them.
[6 marks]
c. Divorce rate is very high all over the world. Suggest any five (5) causes of this problem. [10 marks]
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PENTECOST SOCIAL SERVICES

NATIONAL MOCK EXAMINATION FOR JHS 3

SOCIAL STUDIES (OBJECTIVES)

Choose from the options lettered A-D and shade neatly on your shading sheet. Read all questions
carefully before you attempt
1. All the following are part of the material surrounding c) Improve public health
within which man lives except d) Efficient use of waste material
a) water bodies
b) family 6. Which of the following helps to reduce the size of an
c) mineral deposit area to a size that can be drawn on a paper?
d) houses
a) Date
2. Desertification is the effect of... b) Key
a) chocked gutters c) Scale
b) Indiscriminate water pollution d) Title
c) Indiscriminate felling of trees 7. The largest river in the world can be found in?
d) burning domestic waste a) Ghana
b) USA
3. All except one of the following are effects of land c) Egypt
pollution d) China
a) Famine
b) Loss of soil fertility 8. Lumbering as an economic activity in Ghana
c) Desertification causes…..
d) Afforestation a) Flooding
b) Fire outbreak
4. Which of the following energy source is renewable? c) Deforestation
a) firewood d) Earthquake
b) LPG
c) Nuclear 9. The world is divided into Northern and Southern
d) Geothermal Hemispheres by the...
a) Tropic of cancer
5. Which of the following is a benefit of using a non- b) Equator
renewable energy source? c) Greenwich Meridian
a) Unlimited supply d) Tropic of Capricorn
b) Easy to use
10. All the following forms part of physical exercises for
adoloescent except 17. The first and primary agency of socialisation is the..
a) Running a) Family
b) Brisk Walking b) School
c) Swimming c) Church
d) Drinking d) Workplace

11. The total abstinence from sexual related activities 18. One of the importance of socialisation is that..
until marriage is termed as a) It makes people curious and adventurous
a) Commitment b) It helps people to preserve the cultural values of a
b) Chastity society
c) Morality c) It brings family together
d) Celibacy d) It makes children perform very well academically.

12. Menarche is associated with... during adolescence. 19. All the following are factors responsible for high
a) Boys population growth in Ghana except...
b) Girls a) High mortality rate
c) Both b) High fertility rate
d) None c) Teenage pregnancy
d) Early marriage
13. James has developed a sudden strong feeling for and
attachment to Adwoa. This change can be attributed 20. All the following are diseases are major causes of
to....... adolescent change. death in Ghana except
a) Physical a) Hypertension
b) Social b) Malaria
c) Emotional c) Cancer
d) Cognitive d) Stroke

14. Adolescents who engage in early sex may 21. The process of transferring the societal values and
a) Grow to love sex norms of the society to younger generation is known as..
b) Contract STIs a) Population
c) Grow old early b) Socialisation
d) Contract malaria c) Teaching
d) Reproduction
15. A rapid population growth may result in all the 22. One can enhance self-worth through...
following except a) prayers
a) High crime rate b) hard work
b) Overcrowding c) socialisation
c) Low investment d) arrogance
d) Low interest rate
23. A citizen can perform all the following
16. The main factor that attracts people to the urban responsibilities except
centres is a) vandalising state property
a) Education b) paying taxes
b) Entertainment c) voting in elections
c) Employment d) defending the constitution
d) Shelter
24. Michael traces his ancestral root to Ghana. Michael
qualifies to be citizen of Ghana through 31. The president of Ghana is elected on the basis
a) birth of... a) universal adult
b) tracing suffrage
c) descent b) parliamentary decision
d) naturalization c) advice from the Council of State
d) Referendum
25. A mandatory charge or levy imposed on an
individual or business entity to finance government 32. The constitution of Ghana does not guarantee ..
activities is known as a) freedom and independence of the media
a) Insurance b) judicial independence to ensure fair administration
b) fine of justice
c) Investment c) fundamental human rights of the citizens
d) Tax d) freedom of the military to take over the seat of
government.
26. A citizen of Ghana can help the police combat crime
by 33. The Council of State is established under the
a) providing weapons constitution to
b) aiding with information a) counsel the president
c) training with them b) challenge the president
d) aiding with money c) appoint ministers of state
d) supervise the work of the president
27. The following are factors of human right abuse in
Ghana except 34. A natural source of air pollution
a) Education is a)
b) Ignorance volcanic eruptions
c) Poverty b) the burning of bush by farmers and other people
d) Fear c) chloro-Fluro-carbons (CFC) from freezers and
coolants
28. Someone who has sexually been abused can make a d) domestic fires.
report to one of the following institutions.
a) SSNIT 35. The motto of Ghana in the Coat of Arms signifies
b) DOVVSU that Ghanaians
c) NADMO a) have strong and powerful support for which we must
d) NABCO be proud
b) should live in peace
29. All the following are skilled labours except c) are free and independent people
a) trader d) are not in need of foreign support.
b) mason
c) doctor 36. The hope of Africa is represented in the Ghana flag
d) lawyer by the
a) red colour
30. The two eagles carrying the shield on the Coat of b) gold colour
arms of Ghana means that c) green colour
a) Ghana was first country to gain independence d) black star.
b) Ghana was a British colony
c) the Independence of Ghana is protected
d) Kwame Nkrumah was the first president of Ghana.
 37. The constitution of a country does not
a) set rules for governing the country
b) constitute the supreme law of the country
c) spell out the rights and freedoms of citizens
d) contain taboos and commandments

38. The right to education is abused through the

following means except...
a) domestic slavery
b) child labour
c) death of a parent
d) parental irresponsibility.

39. A person whose rights have been abused seeks

justice from the...
a) Council of State
b) president
c) Commission on Human Rights and Administrative
Justice
d) Speaker of Parliament.

40. Hoisting the National Flag in our schools helps...

a) display our rich cultural heritage
b) protect us from external aggression
c) display our beautiful national cloth
d) promote our sense of patriotism.