THIRD TERM 3 EXAMS - SOCIAL STUDIES

SOCIAL STUDIES 2 & 1

PAPER 2
ESSAY
Answer three questions only from this section.

1. (a) Explain the term population growth? [2 marks]

(b) Highlight three factors that can affect population growth. [6 marks]
(c) Why was the Watson Commission set up? [4 marks]
(d) Outline any four recommendations of the Watson Commission. [8 marks]

2. (a) Briefly describe the 1948 Riots. [4 marks]

(b) Identify any three causes of the 1948 riots. [6 marks]
(c) Enumerate three social problems of rapid population growth in Ghana. [6 marks]
(d) Differentiate between pull factors and push factors of rural- urban migration. [4 marks]

3. (a) Explain the following terms associated with population;

i. Population. census
ii. Population structure [4 marks]
(b) Suggest any four possible causes of high death rate in Ghana. [8 marks]
(c) Explain the “common goal” of Ghana as set by the founding fathers. [2 marks]
(d) In what three ways is Ghana’s independence important to Ghanaians? [6 marks]

4. (a) What is plebiscite? [3 marks]

(b) The Trans-Volta Togoland consisted of parts of the five regions of today’s Ghana.
List the regions. [5 marks]
(c) Outline three effects of high birth rate on the family. [6 marks]
(d) Suggest three measures to be taken to control high birth rate in Ghana. [6 marks]

5. (a) What was the Coussey Committee of 1949? [4 marks]

(b) Mention six founding leaders of the Convention People’s Party of 1949. [6 marks]
(c) What are the names of the big six of Gold Coast? [6 marks]
(d) Highlight two major reasons that cause peoples to migrate. [4 marks]

6. (a) Explain the term migration. [2 marks]

(b) Differentiate between emigration and immigration. [4 marks]
(c) Enumerate any four founding leaders of the nation Ghana. [8 marks]
(d) Highlight any three contributions of Ghana’s founding leaders towards the independence of the
nation. [6 marks]
 PAPER 1
Answer All Questions
Each question is followed by four options lettered A to D. Find out the correct option for each question and
shade in pencil on your answer sheet the answer space which bears the same letter as the option you have
chosen. Give only one answer to each question.

1. The ratio of the total number of live birth to C. The shooting and killings of the ex-
the total number of women multiplied by soldiers
hundred is a formular for …….. D. High price of consumer goods
A. birth 9. The only country in West Africa which did not
B. death came under colonial rule is
C. birth rate A. Liberia
D. death rate B. Gambia
2. The most densely populated country in West C. Senegal
Africa is D. Guinea
A. Ghana 10. The ratio of total number of deaths at all ages
B. Nigeria to the total population multiplied by hundred
C. Liberia gives as …….
D. Senegal A. birth rate
3. The Coussey Committee was set up by B. population
A. Sir Allan Burns C. death rate
B. Sir Arden Clarke D. population growth
C. Sir Gerald Creasy 11. One major way of reducing high birth rate in
D. Sir G. Guggisberg Ghana is by
4. The demand for “self-government now’ was A. Limiting girl-child education.
made in 1949 by B. Parent should not be responsible to the
A. Dr. J.B. Danquah need of their children
B. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah C. Promoting girl-child education.
C. Dr. K.A. Busia D. There must not be family education
D. Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey nationwide.
5. General elections held in Ghana (Gold Coast) 12. For Ghana to be economically independent,
in 1996 ushered Ghana into she must
A. independence A. educate her citizens well
B. republic B. complete with her neighbour
C. socialism C. produce her basic needs.
D. colonialism D. Rely on her colonial masters for help
6. If a country’s population increases relatively 13. The earliest Europeans to arrive in Gold Coast
faster than that of the previous years, we say were the ………..
that country experienced ………… A. British
A. population growth B. Portuguese
B. growth C. Komenda
C. slow population D. Dutch
D. rapid population growth 14. In population, birth rate is sometimes referred
7. Which of the following is a factor that affect to as
population growth? A. fertility rate
A. High rate B. mortality rate
B. Bath rate C. fertility
C. Birth rate D. mortality
D. Death age 15. A group of people with common language
8. Which of the following was the immediate culture and history, who live in a defined
cause of the 1948 disturbances in Ghana? territory under one government is called
A. The defects in the Burns constitution of A. independence nation
1946 B. nation
B. Low wages for workers C. independence
D. economic
16. The first time Ghanaians were included in the 25. In Ghana censuses are conducted every 10
executive council was in years except 1941 when the census could not
A. 1990 be conducted due to
B. 1950 A. finances
C. 1943 B. Lack of materials
D. 1945 C. Second World War
17. Nana Ofori Atta I and Sir Arku Korsah were 26. The motto ‘Self Government now’ was for
appointed by governor A. National Patriotic Party (NPP)
A. Sir Allan Burns B. Convention People’s Party (CPP)
B. Sir Attipoe C. National Democratic Congress (NDC)
C. The queen of England D. People’s National Convention (PNC)
D. Dr. Nkrumah 27. The Convention Peoples Party (CPP) was
18. Who was the Governor -General of Gold inaugurated at
Coast after independence from 1949 to 1957? A. Accra
A. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah B. Cape Coast
B. Lord Listowell C. Salt pond
C. Sir Charles Arden Clarke D. Gold coast
D. Kojo Botsio 28. The first post war census was conducted in
19. The agency responsible for conducting A. 1921
Population and Housing Census in Ghana is B. 2000
the ……….. C. 1948
A. Minister of interior D. 1891
B. Electoral Commission 29. The British ruled the colonies through the
C. Population Studies department A. democratic rule
D. Statistical Service B. direct rule
20. He was credited with explicit definition C. indirect rule
A. Nelson Mandela D. autocratic rule
B. Abraham Lincon 30. The first castle of Gold Coast was built in
C. Barrack Obama 1482 at Elmina by the
D. Kofi Adams A. Dutch
21. The United Party (UP) was headed by B. Europeans
A. Dr. Nkrumah C. Portuguese
B. Dr. K. Busia D. British
C. Dr. Botsio 31. The first Ghanaian to be included in the
D. Dr. Adams legislative council was
22. In population, death rate is also known as A. Kojo Botsio
A. fertility rate B. Geoge Kuntu
B. moral rate C. K. Busia
C. mortality rate D. Ofori Atta
D. birth rate 32. An example of sexually transmitted disease is
23. If a countries population size reduces A. cholera
relatively lower than that of the previous B. malaria
years, we say the country is experiencing C. syphilis
A. Fast population growth D. ulcer
B. Population 33. The character of an adolescent is largely
C. Slow development influenced by his or her
D. Slow population growth A. teachers
24. The first population census in the country was B. parents
held in C. peers
A. 1981 D. siblings
B. 1980 34. Klikor and Budumburam in Volta and Central
C. 2010 regions respectively are noted for
D. 1891 accommodating ………..
A. soldiers
B. police
C. refugees
D. navy
35. The two parties that took sides in the plebiscite
was Convention Peoples Party and
A. New Patriotic Party
B. Togoland Congress
C. Gold Coast Convention
D. United People Convention
36. The Coussey Committee was named after
A. The president
B. Committee
C. The chairman
D. The members
37. The British rule began in Gold Coast on 6th
March ……
A. 1944
B. 1845
C. 1844
D. 1900
38. A graph which shows population structure is
called population
A. census
B. structure
C. pyramid
D. growth
39. The earliest Europeans to arrive in Gold Coast
were the
A. Portuguese
B. Dutch
C. British
D. Germans
40. The campaign launched by the Convention
Peoples Party and Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was
known as
A. Positive Action
B. Self-Government now
C. Government of the people
D. Agenda 111