Yes, these are our toughest 2024 BECE Social Studies Questions: If you can’t solve these, you are not ready. We have put together questions that have not been asked at the BECE for a long time. Who knows, WAEC may just surprise candidates.
To ensure you are not taken by surprise, we have compiled our first set of these questions. While we get ready to publish more, get yourself in the examination mood and crack these few questions now.
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2024 BECE Social Studies Toughest Questions – SET 1
- Explain four problems facing the service industry in Ghana.
- Give 2 reasons why the educated human is the most important resource of a Nation.
- Suggest four solutions to the problems facing the service industry in Ghana above.
- Identify three things that can be done to improve the human resource of the country.
- Outline four contributions of the value-adding industry to the development of Ghana.
- State three negative effects of the primary industry.
- State three contributions of the extractive industry to Ghana’s
- Give two reasons why Ghana is not efficient in the exploitation of her resources
- Assuming the population of Ghana is 33 million and the percentage of
- [i] Children [0-17] is 53.4 %[ii]Youths/Economically viable or Active [18-59] is 42.0%[iii] Aged/inactive population is 4.6%
- Calculate the number of people in each age group.
- Calculate the dependency ratio
- State four implications of the dependency ratio.
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2024 BECE Social Studies Toughest Questions – SET 2
Complete the following tables on production.
| Five extractive industries. | One location for each. |
| 1 2 3 4 5 | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Five value-adding industries. | One location for each. |
| 1 2 3 4 5 | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Five service industries. | One location for each. |
| 1 2 3 4 5 | 1 2 3 4 5 |
- Complete the table below on the five major minerals mined in Ghana.
| Name of mineral | Two sources in Ghana | Two uses |
| 1. 2. | 1. 2. | |
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| 1. 2. | 1. 2 |
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| 1. 2. | 1. 2. |
| 1. 2. | 1. 2. |
- State one use of each of the following.
| Clay | |
| Rock salt | |
| Sand | |
| Crude oil |
2024 BECE Social Studies Toughest Questions – SET 3
PRACTICAL QUESTIONS
- Define the following: Population, Age distribution of population, and Population density.
- Below is the month’s income and expenditure budget of Mr. Fine-fine-boy the headmaster of YA BRE DODO L/A JHS.
He wants to invest GH¢ 10 of his total savings in a pure water business in his village and deposit the rest into his bank account.
Below are his planned needs and the amount spent and save and actually spent and saved
| Needs | Planned to spend and save | Actually spent and saved | ||
| GH¢ | % | GH¢ | % | |
| Food Leisure Transportation Educational materials Private tuition fee Money to parent Saving | GH¢ 40.00 GH¢ 35.00 GH¢ 26.00 GH¢ 47.00 
GH¢ 25.00 GH¢ 12.00 GH¢ 15.00 | 20% 17.5% A% 23.5% B% 6% 7.5 | GH¢ 20.00 GH¢ 40.00 GH¢ F GH¢ 30.00 GH¢ G GH¢ H GH¢ 22 .00 | C% [20] [14] D% 18% 12% E% |
| Total | GH¢ z | 100% | GH¢ 200 | 100% |
Required: Calculate for the missing values indicated with the
Calculate for missing percentages and amounts of money spend and saved by Mr. Fine-fine-boy t
Z% =
B%=
GH¢ F=
GH¢ G=
GH¢ H=
C%=
D%=
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3. How much will he be able to save after spending?
[a] How much did he actually spend?
[b] What amount will he be able to put in his bank account?
[c] Write down four problems created as a result of handling money improperly
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20224 BECE Social Studies Toughest Questions: Final Set for this post
- What is zoning?
- State two factors to be considered in developing your school layout.
- State four reasons why a good layout is necessary for a decent layout.
- Briefly outline five uses of land with examples.
- State three characteristics of a good citizen in nation-building.
- Give four reasons why the early Europeans came to Africa.
- Give four factors that made ethnic groups to migrate to present-day Ghan
- Enumerate four effects of irresponsible adolescent behaviour on the adolescent.
- Enumerate two effects of irresponsible adolescent behaviour on the nation.
- Give five reasons why adolescents behave irresponsibly.
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