SAGADUGU R/C JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

SAGADUGU 5. Yaa Asantewaa, who led the Asante army to war in 1901 was
END OF FIRST TERM EXAMINATION the queen mother of
SOCIAL STUDIES . Kumasi . Ejisu
Class: Basic Eight (B.S 8) Name: . Juaben . Kwasimintsim
Time: 30mins

From the alternatives lettered A, B, C and D, choose the correct 6. One of the following future investment means is compulsory
in Ghana
answer by shading it on the Question paper.
. Insurance . SSNIT
1. Which of the following is not a proper way of handling money? . Treasury Bills . Shares
I. Folding money
II. Washing money 7. People keep money in banks for all the following reasons except
III. Perforation the money
. For future use
IV. Holding with dry hands
. Against burglary
. I only . II and III only . For bank withdrawal books
. I, II and III only . IV only . For educational development

2. We can save our money in all these areas except 8. The demand for ‘self government now’ was made in 1949 by
. Banks . Susu box . Dr. J.B Danquah . Dr. Kwagyir Aggrey
. Mobile money . Ground . Dr. Kwame Nkrumah . Dr. K.A Busia

3. After the Sagranti war in 1874, a peace treaty was signed at 9. Which of the following is not a primary industry?
. Fomena . Ejisu . Fishing . Lumbering
. Cape Coast . Kumasi . Weaving . Farming

4. The British Togoland joined Ghana in the year

. 1948 . 1956
. 1950 . 1957
10. The construction industry is an example of . Only non-living things
. Secondary production . Primary production
. Tertiary production . Subsistence production 16. Colonization means
. Control of a country’s people . Obtain resources from a
11. Who was the chairman of the United Gold Coast Convention country
(U.G.C.C) . Trade with a country . Fight on behalf of a
. George Grant . E.A Akuffo-Addo nation
. Dr. J.B Danquah . Ako Adjei
17. The first political party formed in the Gold Coast was
12. Adolescents who engage in early sex may . CPP . NLM . PNDC . UGCC
. Contract HIV/AIDS
. Increase in weight 18. Sir Allan Burn developed the railway line from Dunkwa to
Awaso
. Grow old early
. True . False . Both . None
. Grow to love sex

19. The general election held in Gold Coast (Ghana) in 1956

13. Environmental pollution is caused by all the following except
ushered Ghana into independence
. Smoking cigarette . Watering flowers
. True . False . None . Both
. Making loud noise . Dumping of refuse

20. Mukashira saw Andrews throwing One Ghana cedi into a

14. Which of the following prevents desertification? grave. What has this person done?
. Shortage of water . Excessive of fuel wood . He has rejected the money
. Afforestation . Over-grazing . He has done what a citizen should not do
. He has destroyed a national property
15. Our environment is made up of . He has mourned properly
. Plants and animals
. Roads and rivers
. Natural and man-made things