Social Studies Examination Questions

JSS3 Objective questions

1. An institution which deals with the production and distribution of goods and

services is ------------

a. Political institution b. Religious institution c. Legal institution

d. Economic institution
2. ------------- refers to the skill and qualities of people available and ready to work
Within the economy.

a. Human resources b. Natural resources c. Capital resources d.

Earthly resources

2. Those things made by human beings to make the production of goods and

services easy are known as -------------

a. Earthly resources b. Capital resources c. Natural resources

d. Human resources

3. The economic life of a nation is determined by the physical environment, the

human and material resources available. Yes or no?

4. Those resources that the nature has endowed a country that are used in

production of goods and services are called ------------

a. Natural resources b. Human resources c. Earthly resources d.

Capital resources

5. ------------- is the act of buying and selling of goods and services to sustain the

economic life of a nation.

a. Mining b. Trading c. Manufacturing d. Fishing

6. --------- is the mainstay of Nigeria economy before she discovered crude oil in the

late 1950’s

a. Mining b. Farming c. Manufacturing d. Fishing

7. The Nigeria major mineral resources that provides the highest foreign exchange

earnings is the ------------

a. Crude oil (petroleum) b. Iron-ore c. Coal d. Gold

8. ---------------- is a major source of employment in industrial societies

a. Babies factories b. Manufacturing factories c. farming factories d. mining

factories

9. In our world today, farming in artificial waters like pond is necessary because

a. Supply of fish by natural water has not been meeting man’s high demand for

fish b. without it, fish will not be available for public consumption
c. Fish farming in natural waters is dangerous for fisher men
d. Artificial waters produce more fishes than natural waters

10. Before independence, Nigerian economy was purely an -----------

(a) Oil sector economy (b) agricultural economy (c) Diversified economy

(d Import oriented economy.

11. Today, the bulk of Nigeria’s foreign exchange earnings come from ------------

(a) Oil exportation (b) agricultural exportation (c) exportation of other mineral

resources other than crude oil (d) earnings from tourism and local artifacts

12. ----------- is the expansion of the economic (product) base of that nation, so that

it can rely on a variety of them for the economic survival of the nation.

(a) Diversification of the economy (b) deregulation of the economy

(c) Monetization of the economy (d) export base economy.

13. -------------- depends almost entirely on one source of national production to

finance her economy.

(a) Product oriented economy (b) Mono product economy (c) Diversified

economy (d) oil sector economy

14. . A country that import more goods than she export to sustain her economy is

said to be ------------

(a) Mono product economy (b) diversified economy (c) Import oriented (d

Monetized economy

15. _________ and _________ are the two main methods of transportation.
 a) Land and road (b) traditional and modern (c) gas and turbines (d) locomotive

and aerodromes.

16. . The three types of transportation are ________, ________ and ________

a) Land, water and air transport (b) road, canal and jungle transport (c) road,

land and rail transport (d) air, sky and water transport.

17. The transport system that involves the movement of goods and people through

creeks, lagoons, canals and lakes within a nation’s boarder using canoes, boat etc is
called _________

a) Human- powered transport

b) Animal- powered transport

c) Water transport

d) The inland water ways.

18. Cargo ships convey

a) Goats (b) rams (c) bulky goods (d) human

19 . The fastest of the three types of transportation is

a) Road transport (b) water transport (c) air transport (d) marine transport

20. Aeroplane was invented by ________ in ________

a) Boyles and Charles in 1903 (b) Le’ Chartelia in 1807 (c) the Wright brothers in

1903 (d) Obasanjo and Goodluck in 1997.

21. Pipeline transportation conveys __________

a) Cargo (b) human (c) gases, oil and other liquids (d) books and stationeries.

22. The trunk A roads in Nigeria are managed by ____________ (a) the states (b) the

local government (c) private organizations (d) the federal government.

23. Land transportations include _________ and _________ (a) main roads and bushes
(b) road and rail transport (c) bicycles and tricycles (d) ocean and inland ways.

24. ___________ is the movement of goods and people from one location to another.
JSS3 THEORY QUESTIONS
1. Write short notes on the following national economic activities
i. Trading
ii. Manufacturing
iii. Farming
iv. Fishing

2. Explain the following economic terms shortly:

i. Natural resources

ii. Human resources

iii. Capital resources

3. Water transport is very important. State three importance of water transport

4 What is the full meaning of these acronyms

a) NDIC

b) NSE

c) SEC

5a Mention 5 types of insurance

5b Define the term insurance

CIVIC EDUCATION EXAMINATION QUESTION
JSS3 OBJECTIVES

1. ----------------------is the process of electing representative of the

people into the government of a state (a) voting (b) election (c)
selection (d) choosing

2. All voters are called (a) electorates (b) candidates (c) election
officers (d) voting agents

3. The process of explaining to citizens on what they are expected to

know and do before and during elections at the various levels of
government( local, state, and national levels) is called (a) campaign (b)
voters education (c) election (d) registration.

4. All these are importance of voting except (a) It enables the citizen to
perform his/her civic duties and exercise his/her voting right. (b)It
helps citizens to partake and participate in democratic governance. (c)It
enables voters take part in the issue that affects them. (d)It helps in
frustrating democratic government

5. The 1999 Nigerian constitution came into effect in --------------------

1999 (a) March (b) April (c) May (d) June
6. Which of these is not a security agent in Nigeria
a. The Military b. The Policec. State Security Service d. FBI
7. The constitution is divided into ------------chapter (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 10
(d) 11

8. The part of the constitution that states the date the constitution takes
effect is the ------------------(a) title (b) schedule (c) commencement (d)
preamble

9. The last of the item in the constitution is the (a) conclusion (b)
summary (c) schedule (d) dissolution
10. The name of the heading of the constitution is the -----------
(a)contents (b) preamble (c) title (d) schedule

11. ……………………….. entails a safe, calm and danger-free

situation.
a. Socketb. Securityc. Surplusd. Suffer

12. Government all over the world pay attention to the provision and
enhancement of security for their ………………. a. Workersb.
Criminalsc. Citizens d. Welfare
13. Citizens have personal security if they are assured of their basic
needs like ………………..
a. Food and shelterb. clothing and foodc. welfare and good healthd.
Food, Shelter and clothing
14. National insecurity can bring about the following except ……….

a. Peaceb. Conflictc. Social disorderd. disagreement

15. ………………. is a major security problem in Nigeria a. Militiab.

Productivity c. Citizensd. Police

16. All these are Armed Forces excepta. The Armyb. The Navyc.
The Policed. The Air Force
17. ………………….is in charge of movement of people in and
out of the country
 a. The Immigrationb. The Customc. The Policed. Defence Intelligence
Agency
18. ……………………………. is in charge of maintaining law and
order in the country
a. The Militaryb. The National Intelligence agencyc. The Policed.
Red Cross Society
19. The following are some of internal factors identified to
constitute threats to internal peace and security except ………………. a.
Child traffickingb. Drug Abusec. Corruptiond. Police
20. Write the full meaning of SIEC

THEORY QUESTIONS
1a. Define the Rule of law
1b. Give five benefits of the rule of law.
2a. State 5 importance of voting
2b. Define the term Voting

3a. Explain briefly the term voters registration

3. b List 2 items found in a voters registration card

4b. What is election?

4b. State five good reasons for election in Nigeria
5. Define Constitution

5b. List 3 importance of the constitution