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MAY 2011
SOCIAL STUDIES
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Objective and Essay Tests
2 hours

THE WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

~ ~- ~ Junior High School Certificate Examination
May 201 I SOCIAL STUDIES 2 hours
Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so. While you are waiting, read and observe the following
instructions careflllly. Write your name and identification number in the spaces provided above.
This paper cUIIsists uftwo part: Paper I alld 2. Allswer Paper 1 011 yuur Objective Test answer sheet and Paper 2 in
your answer booklet. Paper 1 will last 1 hour (({ter which the answer sheet will be collected. Do not start Paper 2
until you are told to do so. Paper 2 will last 1 hour.

PAPER 1
OBJECTIVE TEST
[60 marks] 1 hour
1. Use 2B pencil throughout.
2. On the objective answer sheet supplied, provide the following details correctly:
(a) Supply the information required in the spaces marked CENTER NAME, CENTER No., SCHOOL NAME
alld SCHOOL No..
(b) In the space marked STUDENT'S NAME, write your surname followed by your other names. Write your
identification number in the space marked STUDENT No.
(c) [n the spaces marked SUBJECTalld GRADE, write SOCIAL STUDIES and 9TH in that order.
(d) [n the box marked IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, provide your identification number vertically in the
spaces on the [eft-hand side, and shade each numbered space in line with each digit. This identification
number must be the same as the one indicated on your Admission Slip. Repeat the process with the
correct information for the box marked YEAR OF FIRST ENTRY.
(e) In the box marked Subject Code, write the digits 240 vertically in the spaces on the left-hand side. Shade
the corresponding numbered spaces as you did for your identification number.
3. An example is given below. This is for a female candidate whose name is Clara Amina WILLIAMS.
Her idcntijicatiunnu1I1ber is 001011379, her first entry is in 2011 and she is offering SOCIAL STUDIES.

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Paper 1 1 hour

[40 marks]

Answer all questions.

In this test there are sixty questions. Each question has four options lettered A to D. Choose
the correct option for each question, and shade in pencil on your answer sheet the space
bearing the same letter as the option you have chosen. Give only one answer to each
question.
An example is given below.

Which of the following served for twenty-seven years as President of Liberia?

A. Samuel Kayon Doe
B. Charles G. Taylor
C. William V. S. Tubman
D. William R. Tolbert

The correct answer is William V. S. Tubman, which is lettered C, and therefore answer space
C would be shaded.

[A] [B] [0]

Think carefully before )/OU shade the answer space; erase completely any answer you which
to change.

Do all your rough work on this answer paper. Now answer the following questions.

1. Which of the following ministry in 3. Who was the standard bearer of the
Liberia is responsible for the Liberia Unification Party in the
insurance of Liberian work permits? October 1985 General and
Presidential Elections in Liberia?
A. The Ministry of Transport
B. The Ministry of Commerce A. Jackson F. Doe
C. The Ministry of State B. Samuel K. Doe
D. The Ministry of Labor C. William G. Kpolleh
D. Edward B. Kesselle
2. Who served as Secretary to the
Constitution Convention in 18477 4. Which of the following branch of
the Liberian Government is directly
A. Richard E. Murray accountable to the people?
B. Jacob Prout
A. Supreme Court
C. John Day
B. Executive
D. John N. Lewis
C. Judiciary
D. Legislative
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5. In what year was President Joseph 10. The earliest inhabitant of an area is
Jenkins Robert inaugurated? known as

A. 1847 A. settler.
B. 1848 B. alien.
C. 1849 C. immigrant.
D. 1850 D. aborigine.

6. Which of the following former 11. Which of the British colonial

Presidents of Liberia is associated governor rejected Samuel Mill and
with the policy" of the Green Ebenezer Burgess request to settle
Revolution"? freed slaves in Sierra Leone?

A. Charles G. Taylor A. Charles McCarthy

B. Samuel K. Doe B. Herbert McCauley
C. William R. Tolbert C. John Kizzel
D. William V. S. Tubman D. John Andrus
7. In which of the following counties in 12. Who served as interpreter at the
Liberia is the Mano River located? meeting between the settlers and
the African kings when they arrived
A. Grand gedeh County at Ducor on December 11, 1821?
B. Grand Cape Mount County
C. Grand Bassa County A. John S. Mills
D. Bomi County B. Samuel Bacon
C. John Kizzel
8. All of the following West African
D. John Andrus
countries are unitary states except

A. Guinea Bissau. 13. Who served as representative of the

American Colonization Society and
B. Liberia.
also a physician to the crew on the
C. Sierra Leone.
ship" Elizabeth" which sailed from
D. Nigeria.
New York on February 6, 1820?
9. All of the following are functions of
A. John P. Bankson
a state except
B. Samuel A. Crozier
A. C. Samuel Bacon
to maintain peace and stability
D. Eli Ayres
within its borders.
B. to protect its inhabitants from
14. The Colonial Government of Liberia
external aggression.
in 1822 consisted of the colonial
C. to create the necessary
committee, which served as the
conditions to develop its
citizens potentials.
A. Legislative Branch.
D. to promote division and
B. Executive Branch
confusion among its citizens.
C. Judiciary Branch.
D. High Court.
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15. Ducor was named Christopolis by 20. Who was Liberia's first Vice
President?
A. Lott Carey. A. Nathaniel Brander
B. Jehudi Ashmun. B. Stephen Benson
C. Samuel Mills. C. Arthur Barclay
D. Richard Randall. D. Allen Yancy

16. The settlement of Edina was 21. According to the Constitution of

founded by the Liberia, a senior senator is elected
for a period of
A. State of Pennsylvania.
B. State of New York. A. 10 years.
C. State of Boston. B. 9 years.
D. State of Arizona. C. 8 years.
D. 6 years.
17. In which year did the American
Colonization Society and other 22. How long does the Constitution of
smaller colonization societies Liberia allow the President to stay in
decide to form the Commonwealth office?
of Liberia?
A. As long as the people want
A. 1937 B. Two terms of six years each
B. 1837 C. At least twenty-five years
C. 1838 D. One six-year term only
D. 1839
23. Which of the following is not a form
18. Liberia's declaration of of government?
Independence was signed by
A. Democracy
A. 11 persons. B. Aristocracy
B. 12 persons. C. Republican
C. 13 persons. D. Nationalism
D. 14 persons.
24. Which of the following countries
. 19. Which of the following best is the highest populated in
described the motto of Liberia? Southern
Africa?
A. The Love of Liberty Met us
Here A. The Republic of South Africa
B. The Love of Liberty United us B. The Republic of Zimbabwe
Here C. The Republic of Botswana
c. The Love of Liberty Disunited D. The Republic of Namibia
Us Here
D. The Love of Liberty Brought
Us Here

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25. People from other parts of Africa 30. A land-locked country is a country
migrated to Liberia for the following with
reasons except for
A. many sea ports.
A. long period of dry B. no access to the sea.
weather. C. one sea port.
B. deadly epidemic season. D. many rivers.
C. constant armed conflicts
between and among 31. Who has the right to opportunity for
tribes. work and employment in Liberia?
D. search for wealth.
A. All Liberians regardless of age
26. The name Cape Palmas means B. Educated and skilled Liberians
A. land near the sea. C. People who are well-known
B. land near the ocean. by friends in high places
C. abundance of palm trees. D. Educated and skilled Liberians
D. land with many lagoons. and foreigners

27. The first degree granting institute in 32. A place where a river drops from
West Africa was established in highland to a lowland is called

A. cataracts.
A. Liberia.
B. Ghana. B. waterfalls.
C. Sierra Leone. C. source.
D. Guinea. D. basin.

28. The first European to sailed down 33. Which town in Ancient Ghana was
the Niger River in 1895 was conquered by the Almoravids in
1054 A.D.?

A. David Livingstone.
B. Mungo Park. A. Kumbi Saleh
C. Brasil Davison. B. Diara
D. Leo Africanus. C. Taghaza
D. Awdaghost
29. The Economic Community of West
African States (ECOWAS) is 34. Kaya - Magha is a Soninke
currently being chaired by word, which means

A. Liberia. A. lord of lions.

B. Nigeria. B. king or sovereign.
C. Cape Verde. C. high council.
D. Sierra Leone. D. chief of elders.

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35. Who was responsible to administer 40. Which group of people is considered
justice in Ancient Ghana? as founders of the Ancient Asante
Empire?
A. The Lord of lions
S. The king A. Fanti
C. The High council B. Abooso
D. The chief of elders e. Agona
D. Asante

36. The copper producing region in

Ancient Mali was 41. All of the following factors influenced
the climate of West Africa except
A. Kangaba.
B. Niani. A. vegetation.
C. Takedda. B. relief.
D. Bambuk. C. ocean currents.
D. population density.
37. Which of the following empires in
West Africa was created by the
Yoruba? 42. A major characteristic of rivers in
West Africa is that
A. The Ghana Empire
B. The Songhai A. they are along the coast.
C. The Mali Empire B. they are few.
D. The Oyo Empire C. they are with fishes.
D. they are fed by flood and
38. Which of the following dynasties springs.
founded the empire of Songhai?
43. When it is mid - day in Monrovia on
A. Askia The Great latitude 0°, what time will be it in Las
o
B. Dia Palmas on latitude lS W?
C. Mansa
D. Khaldun A. 11 a.m.
B. 11 p.m.
C. 1 a.m.
39. What was the name of the capital city D. 1 p.m.
of the Ancient Mali Empire?
44. All of the following are basins in
A. Bamako West Africa except
B. Jeriba
C. Sure A. Senegal Basin.
D. Gao B. Chad Basin.
e. EI Djouf Basin.
D. Nile Basin.

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45. What type of landscape is found in 48. The feature marked Y is

northern Mali, Niger and
A. Cape Mesurado.
Mauritania?
B. Cape of GoodHope.
A. Coastal e. Guinea Current.
B. Desert D. Tropic of Cancer.
C. Equatorial
D. Savanna 49. The feature marked T is

A. Tropic of Cancer.
Use the information on the sketch map B. Tropic of Capricorn.
of Africa to answer questions 46 to 52 C. Equator.
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D. Prirnl~ Merididll.
T
50. The feature marked Q is

A. Lake Malawi.
B. Lake Nassar.
C. Lake Victoria.
D. Lake Piso.

51. The feature mark2d X is

A. Gulf of Ivory Coast.

B. Gulf of Guinea.
y e. Gulf of Nigeria.
D. Blight of Benin.

52. The warm current marked H is

A. Canary Current.
46. The feature marked Lis R. Benguella Current.
e. Trc;:icul Current.
A. Equator. D. Gui~ea Current.
B. Prime Meridian.
C. Tropic of Cancer. 53. The Senegal and Niger Rivers and
D. Tropic of Capricorn. their tributaries in the Sahel

A. pr(.Jv;c;e I:~k to the outside

47. Which of these features passes world.
through Madagascar? B. are wet for most of the
year.
A. Tropic of cancer c. link the region to countries
B. Tropic of Capricorn along the coast.
C. Prime meridian D. provide both transportuUon
D. Equator dnd water for irrigation.
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54. What markets attracted Europeans 57. Lake Shepherd is found in

traders to the Coast of West Africa in
the 1500s7 A. Grand Cape Mount Country.
B. Maryland Country.
A. Cocoa beans, spices, and C. Montserrado Country.
timbers D. Grand Bassa Country.
B. Diamonds, gold and crude oil
C. Gold, slaves, and ivories 58. The study of the earth and its people
D. Bauxite, copper, and tea is called

55. The Atlas Mountains extend over the A. History.

northern costal regions of all of the B. Geography.
following north African Countries C. Science.
except D. Economics.

A. Algeria.
B. Egypt. 59. The headquarters of the Mano River
C. Morocco. Union is located in
D. Tunisia.
A. Freetown, Sierra Leone.
56. The highest mountain in West Africa B. Banjul, The Gambia.
is C. Conakry, Guinea.
D. Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
A. Mount Cameroun.
B. Mount Bauchi. 60. The official currency used The
C. Futa Jallon Gambia is
D. Mount l\Jimba.
A. naira.
B. dollar.
C. cedis.
D. dalasi.

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Paper 2 1 hour

ESSAY
[ 60 marks]

Paper 2 consists of eight questions divided into four sections. A I B , ( , and O. You arE~

required to answer four questions in all; one question from section A, one question from

section B, one question from section (, and one question from section O. Use ink ( blue 01'

black) to answer the questions.

Section A: HISTORY

[15 marks]

Answer one question only from this section.

1. List and explain four important development projects undertaken by President

William R. Tolbert Administration.

2. List and explain three major reasons why it was necessary for liberia to
declare her independence.

Section B: GEOGRAPHY

[15 marks]

Answer one question only from this section

3. Draw a map of Liberia and locate any three types of soil found in liberia.

4. List and describe any three relieffeatures found in Liberia.

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Section C: CIVICS

[15 marks]

Answer one question only from this section

5. (a) What is a pressure group?

(b) List four pressure groups in liberia.

6. (a) What is meant by constitution?

(b) List and explain two types of constitution.

Section D: CULTURE

[15 marks]

Answer one question only from this section

7. What is a folk music?

Name any two Liberian folk musicians.

8. What is the difference between a neighborhood and a family.

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