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SUMMER FIRST half EXAMINATION

2023/2024 ACADEMIC SESSION
SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES YEAR 8 DURATION: 90 MINUTES

SECTION A: OBJECTIVES (c) To provide a recreational environment

Instruction: Choose the correct answer by circling. (d) To provide a working environment.
(20MKS). 7. Which of the following is a key factor in
1. The process of exchanging information, ideas, creating a positive school environment?
or messages between individuals, groups, or (a) Teacher-student ration (b) Classroom size
organization is called? (c) Teacher morale (d) Student
(a) Communication (c) engagement
Information 8. Which of the following is an example of a
(b) Message (d) positive school environment?
Feedback (a) A school with a strong sense of community
2. Which of the following is not a type of (b) A school with low student morale
communication? (c) A school with high teacher turnover
(a) Verbal (c) Non- (d) A school with a high dropout rate
verbal 9. Which of the following is an example of a
(b) Written (d) negative school environment?
(a) A school with a low dropout rate
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(b) A school with a strong sense of community
3. What is the purpose of feedback in
(c) A school with high teacher morale
communication
(d) A school with bullying and harassment.
(a) To provide clarity
10. What is the term for the physical and
(b) To give instructions
psychological safety of students and teachers in a
(c) To confirm understanding
school?
(d) To express emotion.
(a) School safety (b) School culture
4. Which of the following is not an effective
(c) School climate (d) School atmosphere
communication skill?
11. What is an accident?
(a) Sign language (c) Clear speaking
(a) An unexpected and unplanned event leading
(b) Active listening (d) Concise writing
to harm or damage
5. What is the term for the process of (b) A planned and intentional event causing harm
understanding and interpreting messages? or damage
(a) Decoding (c) (c) A natural disaster
Encoding (d) A deliberate act of violence.
(b) Transmission (d) 12. Which of the following is not an example of an
Reception accident?
6. What is the primary purpose of a school? (a) A car crash (c) A slip and fall
(a) To provide a social environment (b) A thinking error (d) A medical error
(b) To provide a learning environment 13. What is the primary cause of accidents?
 (a) Human error (c) Equipment such as instant messaging and video calling. Thanks
failure to the rapid explosion of modern communication
(b) Natural disaster (d) Intentional acts technologies.
14. Which of the following is not a type of accident? Drawing form the analogy above;
a. Emotional accident c. Sports accident A. Define the term communication? (2mks)
b. Traffic accident d. Accident in the __________________________________________
school. __________________________________________
15. Which among these is not the goal of accident __________________________________________
prevention? __________________________________________
a. To eliminate risk c. To minimize harm ____________
b. To escalate hazard d. To reduce B. Examine 4 benefits of modern communication to
frequency. the development of the Nigerian society (8mks).
16. All the following are correct ways of using __________________________________________
electrical appliances except __________________________________________
A. Don’t care for the appliances __________________________________________
B. Refer any repair work to the experts __________________________________________
C. repair or replace immediately any fault __________________________________________
D. Care for the appliances. __________________________________________
17. Electric shock throwing off user resulting in __________________________________________
broken bone is called __________________________________________
A. Burns B. Dislocation __________________________________________
C. fracture D. Scald. __________________________________________
18. FIRE burning from gas cookers will result into __________________________________________
A. Fracture B. Burns __________________________________________
C. scald D. Dislocation. __________________________________________
19. The ultimate result of wrong use of electrical __________________________________________
appliances __________________________________________
A. Injury B. Burns __________________________________________
C. death D. Dislocation. __________________________________________
20. How often should you replace your air __________________________________________
conditioner’s filter? __________________________________________
A. monthly B. Quarterly __________________________________________
C. annually D. Never __________________________________________
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SECTION B: (THEORY) __________________________________________
Instruction: students are expected to answer all __________________________________________
questions in this section: __________________________________________
1. Today’s younger generation has always been able ______________________________
to contact other people instantly, at the touch of a 2. Pleroma International School! A great citadel of
button as birthday cards, handwritten letters and academic discipline, best among her equal. A school
even a simple telephone call have been well equip with modern academic structures and
overshadowed by ground-breaking technologies well exposed teachers in various academic
discipline. Pleroma is how an educational
environmental should be like. Drawing from the
analogy and as a student of social studies
education!
A. What is a school community? (2mks)
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B. Outline 4 functions of the administrators in a
school community (4mks).
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C. Suggest 4 ways of encouraging members of the
school community to perform their duties
effectively (4mks).
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3. Tragedy struck at Brickhall schools located in the
cadastral zone B11, Kaura in Abuja, on Wednesday,
when a four year old pupil, Miguel Ovoke, died
during the school’s feeding hours. The story above
depicts in the importance of safety in the school
environment and also the level of accidents in the
school.
Drawing from the story above;
A. Explain 5 major causes of accident in the school
environment (4mks).
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B. Explain 5 basic steps to be taken when accident
occurs in the school environment (5mks).
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4. Traditional communication or primitive
communication is a harbinger of the modern
system, it has its values and occupies a prime place
very well in the society. Traditional communication
is basically a product of the interplay between a
traditional community’s customs and conflict,
harmony and strife, cultural convergences and
divergences.
Drawing from the above assertions on traditional
communication. Identify and explain any 5
traditional means of communications tools in
history (10mks).
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SECTION C (THEORY 2)
Instruction: students are expected to answer any
two (2) questions in this section:
1. (a) explain the term home appliances (2mks)
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(b) Outline 4 wrong ways of using home appliances
(4mks).
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(c) Explain 4 uses of home appliances (4mks).
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2. (a) What is an accident (2mks)
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(b) Identify and explain 4 needs for safety in the
school environment (8mks).
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3. (a) In a tabular form, give 5 distinction between
traditional and modern means of communication
(10mks).
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