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