JS 3 SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTIONS (BECE) HomeJSS 3/BECE Exam Past QuestionsJS 3 SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTIONS (BECE) 0% BECE/JSCE (SOCIAL STUDIES) BECE SOCIAL STUDIES APP Questions will be picked at random from the question bank. You can use the NEXT button to move to the next question, use the PREV button to move to the previous question, the CLEAR button to clear any answer of your choice and you have the FINISH button to end the exam if you choose to. Any question not answered before the end of the exam time, will be marked as wrong and the exam will end by itself. so try to attempt all questions on time. Goodluck! 1 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Select from the options below, one way of NOT expressing love among students sexual intercourse sharing and caring financial support exchanging gifts 2 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Having deep and warm feelings about oneself and others is called ___________ conflict love peace esteem 3 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION One of the following is NOT a primary role of the family? provide for the need of the family take care of the young ones ensure continued existence of the community involve in child trafficking 4 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION National Youth Service Corps was established to promote national unity national corpers National freedom national sports 5 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Identify from the alternatives one method of managing conflict malice argument compromise fights 6 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION The buying and selling of goods and services in order to satisfy human wants is called _________ marketing trading manufacturing farming 7 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Indicate from these available options one importance of rules and regulations in the schools to ban students unionism It helps to restrict teachers and students movement to guarantee individual human rights ensure students don’t exercise their rights 8 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Men are stereotyped as being ___________ heavy users of alcohol often victims of sexual abuse more prone to tears responsible for domestic work 9 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Signify from the listed options one that does NOT provide positive socialization peer group school cult family 10 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Indicate from the options below, who to make a report to in case of an accident in the school. parent elders peer group teacher 11 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Misbehavior among children can lead to juvenile delinquency leadership adequacy better life good companionship 12 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Which of the following best describes the reason for human trafficking? ignorance unemployment peer pressure poverty 13 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Which of these people cannot be of help to young people? lunatic person law enforcement agents religious leader wealth practitioners 14 / 80 Category: Uncategorized The four types of economic institution are ___________ market, bank, industries and stores markets, bank, buyers and industries markets, sellers, farms and industries markets, bank, farm and industries 15 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION _____ refers to the connection that exist between individual and group of a society social organization community member society organization social environment 16 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Land transportation can divided into ________ field sea road feed 17 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION The Nigerian government can make religious tolerance amongst her citizen possible by _________ building more churches and mosque employing the Boko Haram sect drawing the classes. educating the people to respect one another’s belief systems 18 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Taboos are ways of maintaining law and order in a _________ society urban village modern traditional 19 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION The average weather condition of an area over a number of years is _____________ temperature weather climate humidity 20 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Adopting the culture of other countries as is done in Nigeria is known as ___________ acculturation adaptability fashion socialization 21 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Pick from these alternatives one that is NOT an effect of low self-esteem inadequate esteem worthlessness confidence inferiority 22 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION The Nigeria National flag was designed by __________ Mr. Taiwo Akinhunmi Mr. Taiwo Akinkunmi Mr. Taiwo Akinhanmi Mr. Taiwo Akiriwunmi 23 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION From the options below, select one importance of integration causes crises creates conflict destroys peace foster unity 24 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION _________ conducts an ordinance marriage parent the elders in the family heads senior local government official registrar teacher 25 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION The eagle and horses found in the coat of arms stands for _____________ love and peace dignity and strength River Niger and Benue strength and dignity 26 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION The two systems of farming are ___________ livestock and arable farming mixed and dairy farming traditional and mechanizes farming poultry and fishing farming 27 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Which of these is not a voluntary organization? boys brigade labour congress girls guide boys scout 28 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION The trait that enables a person to make judgment about him/herself is called manipulation assertiveness self-esteem self-pride 29 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION The conflict between modakeke and Ife is __________ type of conflict intra ethnic international inter ethnic inter communal 30 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Examples of drug abuses include the following EXCEPT __________ taking hard drugs trafficking in drugs getting drunk always taking drugs not prescribed by doctor 31 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION ____________ is the act of exporting drugs illegally for sale in another country drug exploitation drug exportation drug trafficking drug abuses 32 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Application of scientific is called ___________ experiment society technology science 33 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION The type of marriage performed according to the tradition and customs of group of people is __________ marriage securities religion customary court 34 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Choose from the following, one that best describes our traditional science and technology tractor calculato cutlass computer 35 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Identify from the following options one which clearly defines privatization process whereby government sells its shares in public enterprise a process in which supply and demand determine prices a situation where monopoly determine prices process in which enterprises are made to become commercial outfit 36 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION The method of storing things in a refrigerator is known as __________ refrigeration salting smoking killing 37 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION A person is said to be a _________ when he cannot live without a particular drug or substance drug abuse drug trafficking drug addict drug baron 38 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION The process by which government sells its shares in companies to individual and groups is ____________ privatization commercialization import trade deregulation 39 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Primary sector of Nigeria economy is made up of fishing and farming. The secondary sector is composed of ________ and ___________ insurance and marketing forestry and banking manufacturing and mining exploration 40 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION A secondary group is an organisation in which members know each other closely do not know each other are liked by marriage are linked by religion 41 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION The group of people related by blood is called _________ member father organisation family 42 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Which of these is not a major world transport system? airways railways trekking roads 43 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Indicate from the following processes one that does NOT involve the use of modern technology improving health issues increasing use of computer smoking and drying of fish developing machine 44 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION A train that is moving from Kaduna to Abia is likely to carry all EXCEPT tow of the following cocoa and rubber groundnut and yams hides and skin cotton and onions 45 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Production of crops for consumption is called __________ transhumance mixed farming subsistence farming arable farming 46 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Conflict is characterized by __________ friendship organizing parties disagreement co-operation 47 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION The herbalist belongs to ________ institution health educational legal political 48 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Conflict in the society is characterized by all but one of the following quarrels unity oppression fighting 49 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION The biological difference between male and female is ___________ male have penis while female have vagina male are stronger than female no difference between the male and female male have feelings while female do not 50 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Identify from these alternatives one function of marriage registry approving marriage contracting marriage dissolving marriage initiate marriage 51 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Which of these is NOT a form of ICT? GSM book e-mail Internet 52 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Sexual activity between close blood relationship is called ________ sexual harassment sexual intercourse rape incest 53 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION There are various aspect of culture, choose from the options one that is NOT an aspect of culture ___________ beliefs identity religion music 54 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Illegal sexual relationship between members of the same family is known as ___________ polyandry incest sororate sorogate 55 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Signify from the options below, one way through which social issues can be resolved proper education carrying arms rioting quarrels 56 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION The process by which people and goods are moved from one place to another is called _________ movement communication locomotion transportation 57 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Refraining from or not engaging in any form of sexual intercourse refers to sexual ________ harassment embarrassment interpretation abstinence 58 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Select from the options provided one which best defines genders roles a simply means performing our expected roles a social interpretation of what it means to be male or female those things that are important to us forcing people into role based on gender 59 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Identify from among the options listed one way of keeping our source of water clean using chemicals wells without lid prompt repair of burst pipes dumping refuse close to rivers 60 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION In social studies, negotiation does NOT mean promotion of tolerance promotion of self-respect promotion of cooperation promotion of selfish interest 61 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION The penalty for someone who partakes in examination malpractices is ___________ life jail 30 years in prison 21 years in prison life imprisonment 62 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Kinship relationship that could be traced to father line for the purpose of inheritance can be called ________ dual multilineal patrilineal matrilineal 63 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION The marriage conducted according to certain decree is called _________ marriage Muslim Christian traditional ordinance 64 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION The judgment whereby a person makes about himself or herself is called self-esteem value decision negotiation 65 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION All of the following are caused of accident in the school EXCEPT _________ falls burns cuts burning of cars 66 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION ________ is essentially a feeling we have above ourselves destruction prudeness self-esteem envy 67 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION The type of accident resulting from a depressed mind or emotion is called ___________ cuts burns shock falls 68 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION The agency that sees to the arrest and prosecution of people involved in production and selling of fake and expired drug is known as __________ NAFDAC ICPC EFCC INEC 69 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Transportation by __________ is expensive rail air water road 70 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION The Nigeria coat of arms stands for __________ authority and power power unity and love strength 71 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION The practice where a woman marries more than one husband at a time – as practiced in India is called __________ polygamy monogamy polyandry bigamy 72 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Indicate which of the listed option is NOT a characteristic of culture culture can be dynamic it is solely material based it defines a group of people passed from generation to generation 73 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Which of these behaviours may not promote love relationships? good communication aggressiveness tolerance sharing and caring 74 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Select from the underlisted one that is NOT an element of Nigeria culture. ancestral worship extended family living in bungalows and flats farming with hoes and cutlass 75 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION All of the following are various forms of drug that can be abused EXCEPT __________ cocaine valiums lexotan ginger tea 76 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Select from the stated alternative one that is NOT associated with urban areas like Lagos land for farming high cost of living high crime rate over crowding 77 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION One of the following best describes reasons for drug trafficking nation ignorance family employment 78 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Poverty exposes people to all the following EXCEPT __________ drug trafficking drugs performance malnutrition corruption 79 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Identify from the options listed, one which describes a diversified economy when the country is import oriented when the country has only food crops markets where investors can buy and sell where a country derives its income from a number of products 80 / 80 Category: BECE SOCIAL STUDIES PAST QUESTION Food, water, fruits or drugs that are unfit for human consumption are regarded as contaminated substance rotten items expired goods harmful substance Your score is 0% Restart quiz Practice also: JS 3 PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION (BECE) JS 3 MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS (BECE) JS 3 HOME ECONOMICS PAST QUESTIONS (BECE) JS 3 ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAST QUESTIONS (BECE) JS 3 CULTURAL AND CREATIVE ART (BECE)