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JSS1 Entrance Exam Practice Questions.

GENERAL PAPER

1. Water is a compound formed from hydrogen and___________

A) Gases

B) Nitrogen

C) Carbon dioxide

D) Oxygen

2. Rivers, mountains, valleys and plateau are features of the __________

A) Physical environment

B) Cultural environment

C) Social environment

D) Political environment

3. Egypt is in Africa. Her capital is ____________

a) Cairo

b) Tunis

c) Abuja

d) Accra

4. The longest and largest river in Nigeria is ______

a) River Benue

b) River Niger

c) River Ogun

d) River Osun

5. Nuclear family is common in _

a) Europe

b) Africa

c) Asia
d) Nigeria

6. All the following are continents, except________

a) North America

b) Arica

c) Asia

d) Sierra- Leone

7. ………..is a function of the family

a) Reproduction

b) Destruction

c) Imitation

d) Victimization

8. The peer- group refers to __________

a) Instructors

b) Students

c) Musician

d) Playmates or age mates

9. One major cash crop grown in Southern Nigeria is____

a) Cotton

b) Cocoa

c) Vegetarian

d) Plant doctor

e) Plant pathologist

10. Which of the following breeds best stagnant waters?

a) Mosquito

b) Housefly

c) Cockroach

d) Butterfly
11. The process by which rocks are broken down into smaller particles is
known as________

a) Weathering

b) Erosion

c) Mulching

d) Sweathering

12. What of the meaning of O.R.T

a) Organization of rural teacher’s

b) Oral rehydration therapy

c) Oral regulation theory

d) Organ rehydration therapy

13. A court where cases are tried according to the islamic law is called ______

a) Customary court

b) High court

c) Sharia court

d) Court of appeal

14. Which one of these is not a primary sector of the economy

a) Agriculture

b) Manufacturing

c) Fishing

d) Drilling

e) Forestry

15. Which of the following best describes the shape of the earth______

a) Flat

b) Round

c) Concave

d) Spherical
e) Rectangle

16. Day and night on earth is caused by _______

a) Movement of the sun

b) Movement of the moon

c) Rotation of the earth

d) Revolution of the earth

e) Rotation of the earth

17. The following are tourist countries except _______

a) Olumo rock

b) Idanre hills

c) Niger delta

d) National museum

e) Ikogosi warm spring

18. Technology can be defined as ______

a) The idea of technocrat

b) Superior scientist idea

c) The discovery of laser beam

d) Practical utilization of scientific dea

e) Practical work in laboratory

19. Praying five times a day and facing the east is associated with _________
religion

A. Islamic

B. Hindu

C. Eckankar

D. Christian

E. Monotheist

20. Harmattan wind is blown in Nigeria from___

b) North –east

c) North west

d) South - east

e) South- south

21. The Nigeria passport is issued by the _________

a) Internal affairs

b) Defence

c) Industry

d) Aviation

e) Education

22. A government by elders is called.

a) Democracy

b) Theocracy

c) Diarchy

d) Gerontocracy

e) Dictatorship

23. The settlement along the road is called _________

a) Dispersed settlement

b) Linear settlement

c) Normal settlement

d) Scattered settlement

e) Nucleated settlement

24. Where do the ESKIMOS live?

a) India

b) South America

c) Austria
d) Congo

e) Arctic region

25. Who is the first person to put scientific evidence about the origin of men
forward?

a) Charles Darwin

b) Bill Gate

c) Louis Leakey

d) Robert Broome

e) Reymond Dart

26. Which of the following is not an example of primary group ?

a) Age group

b) Play groups

c) School mates

d) Age mates

e) Family members

27. The right to vote and be voted for during election is called_______

a) Franchise

b) Democracy

c) Political power

d) Electoral system

e) Universal suffrage

28. Type of leadership based on people custom is__

a) Rational

b) Legal

c) Royal

d) Traditional

e) Charismatic
29. _______is the division of society into classes.

a) Classification

b) Grouping

c) Socialization

d) Stratification

e) Education

30. Newspaper and magazines are example of__________

a) Communication

b) Mass communication

c) Internet

d) Telecommunication

e) Transportation

31. How many currency denominations do we have in Nigeria?

a) 9

b) 10

c) 13

d) 11

e) 12

32. Which of the following does not affect national security?

a) Terrorism

b) Pipeline vandalism

c) Arson

d) Rape.

e) Oil bunkering

33. Which is not a common crime in our society?

a) Arson

b) Early marriage
c) Terrorism

d) Sale of contaminated food.

e) Sale of expired drugs

34. Rape is another name for --.

a) Sexual urge

b) Sex abuse

c) Sex release

d) Sex scandal

e) Lesbianism

35. Which is the cause of rape in society?

a) Indiscipline

b) Irresponsible way of dressing by womenfolk

c) Influence of hard drugs

d) Wearing of transparent dresses by ladies.

e) All of the above.

36. .Social studies defines the environment as an ---------.

a) Area occupied by animals

b) Area where aquatic habitat lives

c) Place where man lives

d) Totality of man’s surroundings.

e) Colony

37. Which of these is positive social behaviour?

a) Dishonesty

b) Sincerity

c) Truancy D

d) Stealing.

e) Cheating.
38. .An instrument used in measuring the amount of moisture in the air is
called ---

a) Wind vane

b) Barometer

c) Hydrometer

d) Rain guage

e) Wind vane

39. A piece of land surrounded by water is called --------.

a) Lake

b) Plateau

c) Highland

d) Island.

e) Valley.

40. Which of these does not contribute to the causes of divorce in Nigeria?

a) Childlessness

b) Trustworthiness

c) Unfaithfulness

d) Interference of the third party.

e) Extra marital affairs.

41. The dynamism of culture simply means culture is --------

a) Flexible

b) Changing C

c) Obsolete

d) Rigid

e) Static.

42. The process of learning through which a child acquires language, values,
beliefs and good behaviour
is called --------.

a) Civilization

b) Indoctrination

c) Socialization

d) Mobilization. E

e) Instruction.

43. Values belong to ---------- aspect of culture.

a) Material

b) Intangible

c) Communication

d) Entertainment. E

e) Society

44. The first female speaker of the House of Representatives in Nigeria was
--------

a) Patricia Etteh

b) Zainab Kure

c) Patricia Akwashiki

d) Peace Nnaji.

e) Professor Alele Wiliams.

45. Senate as the upper House of law making body in Nigeria is made of
------- lawmakers

a) 300

b) 109

c) 108

d) 360

e) 108 3

46. The administrative head of Universities in Nigeria is called

b) Rector

c) Chancellor

d) Registrar

e) Bursar

47. The following are factors of production except

a) Land

b) Capital

c) Opportunity cost.

d) Entrepreneurship

e) Labour

48. Which one is not an effect of murder in a society?

a) Creation of fellowship in a society

b) Creation of fear and anxiety in society

c) Making society unstable

d) creating a great sense of loss in a society.

e) Waste of human lives. 2

49. The main reason for common crimes in Nigeria is -----------

a) Greed

b) Unemployment C

c) Influence of bad peer group

d) Desire for wealth

e) All of the above

50. Those who do not directly witness emergency situations are best
informed through --- --------.

a) Tales

b) Bystander information
c) Gossip

d) Radio, television and newspapers.

e) Police force.