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