Super 2023 BECE Social Studies LIKELY Questions for JHS3 Students
This is a 2023 BECE Social Studies Mock Questions for JHS3 Students who are preparing for the WAEC-administered examination which is projected to be held in September this year.
The last BECE to be written under the old curriculum will be held this year and to help students study for the exam, we present to our cherished final-year students these mock questions.
Super 2023 BECE Social Studies LIKELY Questions for JHS3 Students
How students and teachers can use the 2023 BECE Mock Exam Questions for JHS3 Students
- Solve all the questions provided and do not write simple sentences that do not communicate the entire answer.
- Discuss the questions with your friends or your students if you are a teacher and ask students to explain how they will go about answering the questions.
- Verbally speak out the answers you have in your mind for each question and support them with examples.
- Teachers can use the questions provided for quizzes, class tests, and assignments.
- Revise the topics from which these questions were set and update your knowledge of those topics.
- Do not provide lazy student answers. For instance, do not write answers like “Mining creates employment” and think that the examiner will give you 3 or 4 marks. Instead, write “Mining created employment for several people including engineers, administrators and miners who earn income to take care of their families.
2023 BECE Social Studies Mock Questions for JHS3 Students
SECTION I – THE ENVIRONMENT
Answer One question only from this section.
1. [a] Explain the term environment
[b] List six (6) constituents/components of the environment.
[c] State five (5) components of the physical environment
[d] State four (4) causes of air pollution or air degradation.
2. (a) What is a scale of a map?
(i) Describe the three ways of indicating the scale of a map
(ii) Distinguish between a sketch and a map.
(b) Using a scale of 1 cm to 20 km, draw a plot 200 km long and 120 wide.
(c) With diagram list the four main cardinal points that are used in showing direction.
(d) Give any four factors to consider when giving direction. [20 marks]
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SECTION II – GOVERNANCE, POLITICS, AND STABILITY
Answer One question only from this section.
3. (a) Explain five achievements of Sir Alan Burns in the Gold Coast.
(b) Outline four reasons and effects of the 1948 riots. [20 marks]
4. (a) Why was the Watson Commission formed or set up?
(b) Outline any three recommendations of the Watson Commission.
[20 marks]
SECTION III – SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Answer only one question from this section.
5. (a) What is secondary production? Give two examples of secondary Production.
(b) State four contributions of the manufacturing industry to the economy of Ghana.
(c) Enumerate any four problems facing the secondary industries in Ghana [20 marks]
6. (a) Define State Owned Enterprise and Give four reasons for the establishment of state-owned enterprises.
(b) Identify four problems facing state-owned enterprises in Ghana.
(c) How can the problems identified in (a) (ii) be solved?
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