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ENGLISH LANGUAGE — QUESTIONS 1–20
1. On the Rank Scale, the ................ is registered as the lowest grammatical unit.
A. Clause
B. Morpheme ✓
C. Sentence
D. Word
2. The skills that the new English Language curriculum entreats teachers to help learners acquire are referred to as ...
A. Contemporary skills
B. Core competencies ✓
C. General skills
D. Pre-requisite skills
3. The witch we saw had a car which could fly. The underlined words in the statement can be described as ...
A. Homographs
B. Homonyms
C. Homophemes
D. Homophones ✓
4. The following words have voiced consonants except ...
A. Lay
B. Bay
C. Ray
D. Say ✓
5. Some teachers at Crystal Preparatory School judged Bismark's academic performance based on his handwriting. Today, he has switched schools. His writing is legible and his performance has improved remarkably. Which condition best describes Bismark's situation at his former school?
A. Dysarthria
B. Dyscalculia
C. Dysgraphia ✓
D. Dyslexia
6. "A fly and a flea flew into a flue" and "My shoe shall soon shine" are examples of which literary device?
A. Alliteration ✓
B. Assonance
C. Oxymoron
D. Personification
7. Which sentence exemplifies the use of an objective personal pronoun immediately following a preposition?
A. Ama's pencils were given to I.
B. Andy's math set was given to he.
C. She gave the books to us. ✓
D. The pens were given to we.
8. Madam Asabea intends to use her first reading and comprehension lesson to nurture reading abilities. Which is she most likely to do?
A. Ask learners to read silently.
B. Discuss the topic
C. Preview vocabulary ✓
D. Talk to learners about the text
9. When Elorm was called to tell his side of the story, he gave details about what actually happened. Which literary element best describes this action?
A. Plot
B. Point of view ✓
C. Setting
D. Theme
10. Encouraging learners to construct meaningful sentences focuses on which writing skill component?
A. Compositional skill
B. Domain knowledge
C. Grammatical skill ✓
D. Literary skill
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11. Which word is correctly punctuated?
A. Brother in law
B. Father-in-law ✓
C. Mother in-law
D. Sister-in law
12. Learners should demonstrate knowledge of the things they want to talk about in writing. Which writing skill component is concerned?
A. Compositional skill
B. Domain knowledge ✓
C. Grammatical skill
D. Literary skill
13. Teachers read key words/passages and ask learners to repeat, progressing from words to phrases, sentences and paragraphs. Which reading theory influenced this?
A. Cognitive view
B. Schema theory
C. Socio-cultural view
D. Traditional bottom-up view ✓
14. Which cannot be part of the general outcomes/specific aims of the English Language curriculum?
A. Acquire a wide stock of vocabulary
B. Cultivate the habit of reading widely for pleasure
C. Read for cultural segregation purposes ✓
D. Read with pleasure literary material
15. Which strategy would help Madam Judith get learners to talk in and outside the classroom?
A. Debate ✓
B. Dialogue
C. Storytelling
D. Use of audio-visual
16. Reading is effective when texts, contexts and messages are related to learners' past experiences. Which theory defines this?
A. Schema theory ✓
B. Top-down processing theory
C. Traditional bottom-up view theory
D. Transactional theory
17. A sequence showing topics that are to be taught is a ...
A. Lesson plan
B. Scheme of work ✓
C. Subject curriculum
D. Teacher's resource pack
18. Which strategy would you avoid in developing writing skills at primary school level?
A. Content experience ✓
B. Controlled practice
C. Modelling
D. Organization of ideas
19. Which assessment tool can be used to monitor Basic 1 learners' language learning progress?
A. Interviews
B. Observation ✓
C. Questionnaire
D. Test
20. Which form of reading aims at identifying specific information using quick eye movements?
A. Extensive reading
B. Intensive reading
C. Scanning ✓
D. Skimming
MATHEMATICS — QUESTIONS 21–40
21. The value of the digit 5 in 2265999 is ...
A. Fifty
B. Five hundred
C. Five thousand ✓
D. Five million
22. What is the order of rotational symmetry of a scalene triangle?
A. 1 ✓
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
23. All the following are domains that should always focus on assessment except professional ...
A. Development ✓
B. Knowledge
C. Practice
D. Skills
24. Which is NOT a strategy to assess learning in an effective mathematics classroom?
A. Demonstrating acceptance of learners' divergent views
B. Influencing learning by posing challenging and interesting questions
C. Solving all mathematics problems on the board and asking learners to copy ✓
D. Using learners' responses as constructive feedback
25. If xy = 2x + 3y − xy, then 53 is ...
A. 4 ✓
B. 6
C. 8
D. 10
26. Which activities are useful in developing learners' spatial sense?
I. Giving learners freedom to explore
II. Playing Hide-and-Seek
III. Stacking and rearranging objects
IV. Fitting things together and taking them apart
A. I only
B. I and II only
C. I, II and III only
D. I, III and IV ✓
27. Write 1011001₂ in base ten.
A. 89 ✓
B. 99
C. 109
D. 119
28. A mathematics educator's belief can be explained by which statements?
I. A social property of mathematical knowledge
II. A statement not directly related to scientific knowledge
III. A statement contradicting some scientific domain
IV. Psychological property more uncertain than knowledge
A. I only
B. I and IV only ✓
C. II, III and IV only
D. IV only
29. Arrange the steps for solving a system of linear equations in the correct order.
I. Solving the given equation
II. Reading the problem and determining what you want to find
III. Writing the equation for the solution
IV. Assigning variables to the unknown quantities
A. I, II, III, IV
B. II, I, IV, III
C. II, III, I, IV
D. II, IV, III, I ✓
30. Probability of taking part in a race is 1/7 and probability of winning is 1/3. Probability that he takes part and wins is ...
A. 1/10
B. 2/10
C. 1/21 ✓
D. 10/21
31. Which statements correctly explain the probability 1/6 of getting a 4 when throwing a die?
I. S={1,2,3,4,5,6} is all possible outcomes.
II. The number 6 is called the sample space.
III. The number 1 means 4 appeared only once as event E={4}, with n(E)=1.
IV. The number 4 means 4 appeared only once as event E={4}, with n(E)=1.
V. Probability of throwing a die and getting 4 is 1/6.
A. I, II, III, V
B. I, II, IV, V ✓
C. I, III, V
D. I, IV, V
32. A 1.3 m cubic tank is filled using a 64-litre container. At GH¢2.15 per container, how much is paid?
A. GH¢54.31
B. GH¢56.00
C. GH¢63.81 ✓
D. GH¢73.81
33. For g(x)=1/(x+3), determine its domain and inverse function.
A. {x:x∈R}, g⁻¹(x)=x/(1−3x)
B. {x:x∈R, x+3≠0}, g⁻¹(x)=(1−3x)/x ✓
C. {x:x∈R, x+3=0}, g⁻¹(x)=x/(1−3x)
D. {x:x∈R, x−3≠0}, g⁻¹(x)=(1−3x)/x
34. "The product of 5 and the sum of a and b" is ...
A. 5+a+b
B. 5+a×b
C. 5(a+b) ✓
D. 5a+b
35. Lines are drawn to intersect two lines and the number of points of intersection is recorded. What is the number of intersections for the 100th term?
A. 100
B. 200 ✓
C. 300
D. 400
36. Ato is 5 years older than Musa, Esi is twice Ato's age, and their total age is 103 years. Musa is ...
A. 12
B. 22 ✓
C. 32
D. 42
37. Abena has 2/3 grams of flour and uses 1/4 gram for each loaf. Which expression gives the number of loaves?
A. 2/3 + 1/4
B. 2/3 − 1/4
C. 2/3 × 1/4
D. 2/3 ÷ 1/4 ✓
38. Find the mode: 5, 7, 8, 7, 6, 4, 3, 4.
A. 4
B. 7
C. 5 and 6
D. 4 and 7 ✓
39. The measure of the distances round a closed plane figure is called ...
A. Area
B. Capacity
C. Perimeter ✓
D. Volume
40. Calculate the mean age from the given table.
A. 1.00
B. 3.04
C. 4.94
D. 8.84 ✓
SCIENCE — QUESTIONS 41–60
41. Crocodiles and lizards look alike because both are ...
A. Birds
B. Insects
C. Mammals
D. Reptiles ✓
42. Which object in the solar system is the biggest?
A. Earth
B. Moon
C. Star
D. Sun ✓
43. Which approach can help Jack minimize waste?
A. Bringing new items
B. Buying more items
C. Donating items ✓
D. Hoarding items
44. Which is NOT part of the water cycle?
A. Condensation
B. Crystallization ✓
C. Evaporation
D. Precipitation
45. A slippery floor has reduced ...
A. Compressional force
B. Frictional force ✓
C. Gravitational force
D. Magnetic force
46. Which is NOT an appropriate preventive measure against cholera?
A. Bathing in the rain ✓
B. Keeping clean surroundings
C. Protecting food from houseflies
D. Washing hands before eating
47. Which statement correctly explains malleability and ductility?
A. They are the same properties.
B. They are unrelated properties.
C. Malleability is the ability to be hammered into a sheet, while ductility is the ability to be stretched into a wire. ✓
D. Malleability is stretching into a wire, while ductility is hammering into a sheet.
48. What happens when the key in an electrical circuit is left open?
A. Current will flow.
B. Current will not flow. ✓
C. Nothing will happen to the circuit.
D. The light will shine brighter.
49. What should a community do to reduce climate change?
A. Engage in bush burning
B. Increase smoke from cars
C. Cut down more trees
D. Plant more trees ✓
50. Why did the covered candle go off?
A. It lacked enough oxygen ✓
B. It had enough oxygen
C. It had a stable wick
D. It had too much light
51. A person on dialysis may have problems with the ...
A. Kidneys ✓
B. Liver
C. Lung
D. Skin
52. Which two scientific processes are involved in gari production?
A. Crystallization and evaporation
B. Fermentation and evaporation ✓
C. Moulding and fermentation
D. Saponification and evaporation
53. What is the energy transformation in dry cells powering a torchlight?
A. Chemical energy → electrical energy → light energy ✓
B. Chemical energy → heat energy → light energy
C. Electrical energy → chemical energy → light energy
D. Electrical energy → heat energy → light energy
54. Salt is obtained from salt water by boiling until the water dries up. This is ...
A. Decantation
B. Evaporation ✓
C. Filtration
D. Sublimation
55. Which component of tobacco causes addiction?
A. Benzene
B. Carbon monoxide
C. Nicotine ✓
D. Tar
56. What could be added to water to make it colourless for drinking?
A. Alum ✓
B. Chlorine
C. Fluorine
D. Iodine
57. What is a star?
A. A bright ball with a long tail
B. An object moving around another object
C. A large ball of burning gas ✓
D. A small rocky object
58. Sand particles in water can be separated by ...
A. Distillation
B. Evaporation
C. Filtration ✓
D. Sublimation
59. Rubbing palms together produces warmth due to ...
A. Energy
B. Friction ✓
C. Lubrication
D. Momentum
60. Cutting down trees indiscriminately can lead to ...
A. Increase in chlorofluorocarbons
B. Increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere ✓
C. More acid rain
D. More volcanic eruptions
SOCIAL STUDIES — QUESTIONS 61–75
61. Individuals who inherit through both patrilineal and matrilineal lines are ...
A. Bilateral
B. Bilineal ✓
C. Parallel
D. Unilineal
62. Increased temperature around cities due to population growth is a major cause of ...
A. Climate change
B. Degradation
C. Global warming ✓
D. Pollution
63. Seeking information about someone new to feel better about one's "unknown" self assists with ...
A. Dual processing
B. Interpretation
C. Pattern recognition
D. Uncertainty reduction ✓
64. Sandra's youngest child has entered boarding school and she now has more adult-to-adult interaction with her husband. She is in which family life-cycle stage?
A. Joining families
B. Later life
C. Leaving home ✓
D. Midlife
65. A non-Ghanaian who becomes a Ghanaian citizen through marriage will ...
A. Cease to be a citizen after divorce
B. Continue to be a Ghanaian citizen even after divorce ✓
C. Have to marry a Ghanaian again
D. Have to reapply
66. Mary believes she cannot succeed in Mathematics. Such beliefs will ...
A. Not affect motivation
B. Help her relax
C. Increase motivation
D. Make her feel a sense of giving up on the task ✓
67. Under the Interstate Succession Law, how much of the estate of an unmarried deceased with no children and no will devolves to surviving parents?
A. One-eighth
B. One-fourth ✓
C. Three-fourths
D. Two-fourths
68. The environment absorbs or recycles waste materials, making it a ... of waste materials.
A. Controller
B. Converter
C. Depository ✓
D. Repository
69. Which statement(s) about Ghana are correct?
I. A citizen with dual citizenship can become an MP but not president.
II. A non-Ghanaian who marries a Ghanaian becomes a citizen automatically.
III. All Ghanaians before adoption of the 1992 Constitution remain Ghanaians.
IV. A child over seven whose parents are unknown can become a citizen.
V. A non-Ghanaian can become a citizen through adoption.
A. III only ✓
B. I, III, IV
C. II, III, IV
D. I, II, V
70. Taking away Joe's favourite game to stop his careless behaviour is ...
A. Negative punishment ✓
B. Negative reinforcement
C. Positive punishment
D. Positive reinforcement
71. A mother explains to her son why bullying is wrong and teaches acceptable ways to express anger. This is ... parenting.
A. Authoritarian
B. Authoritative ✓
C. Permissive-indifferent
D. Permissive-indulgent
72. Which gases contribute to global warming?
I. Methane
II. Sulphur dioxide
III. Surface ozone
IV. Nitrogen dioxide
V. Carbon dioxide
A. I, II, V
B. I, III, V
C. I, III, IV, V ✓
D. I, II, IV, V
73. Sam is described as dominant, independent, sensitive and gentle. What is this an example of?
A. Gender identity
B. Gender schema ✓
C. Gender role
D. Sexuality
74. Citizenship education aims to achieve all the following except ...
A. Educating youths about their rights
B. Promoting ethnicity among citizens ✓
C. Promoting national unity
D. Teaching value orientation
75. When the same behaviour is regarded as normal by one person but deviant by another, deviant behaviour is said to be ...
A. Constructive
B. Positive
C. Relative ✓
D. Subjective
EDUCATION — QUESTIONS 76–90
76. Which is NOT one of Kohlberg's three levels of moral development?
A. Conventional
B. Intentional ✓
C. Post-conventional
D. Pre-conventional
77. The application of modern scientific knowledge to understand how a child develops is called ...
A. Child study ✓
B. Pedagogy
C. Physiology
D. Psychology
78. Evaluation by classroom teachers is done to ...
A. Enable teachers to prepare lessons
B. Help students pass exams
C. Identify growth or lack of it among learners ✓
D. Ensure weak learners are repeated
79. Akua accepts rules because breaking them will lead to immediate punishment. Which punishment is she likely to face?
A. Corporal punishment
B. Expiatory punishment
C. Immanent justice ✓
D. Instant judgement
80. Kofi is above-average with high task commitment and creativity. He is ...
A. Gifted and highly intellectual
B. Gifted and talented ✓
C. Highly intellectual and talented
D. Talented and intellectual
81. Georgina scores 84% with assistance but 76% alone. Which Vygotskian concept applies?
A. Scaffolding ✓
B. Samina
C. Skill development
D. Zone of Proximal Development
82. Pupils learn through physical actions and doing rather than thinking. They are operating in the ... mode of representation.
A. Concrete
B. Enactive ✓
C. Iconic
D. Symbolic
83. An interactive class where learners actively participate in their own learning reflects ...
A. Idealism
B. Pragmatism
C. Realism
D. Social Constructivism ✓
84. A child repeatedly burns his hand when a candle is lit. The situation can best be described as ...
A. Absence of learning
B. Accommodation deficiency
C. Carelessness
D. Lack of adaptation ✓
85. Frequent mental exercises, dictation and oral spelling are associated with ...
A. Existentialism
B. Idealism ✓
C. Pragmatism
D. Realism
86. A teacher demonstrates an experiment and then allows learners to conduct it independently. Which Vygotskian concept is utilized?
A. Autonomy
B. Differentiation
C. Scaffolding ✓
D. Zone of proximal development
87. Which practice will NOT promote effective classroom management?
A. Parental involvement
B. Emotional support
C. Permissiveness ✓
D. Reasoning with parents
88. Which school of thought argues that the universe comprises the sensory world and the real world?
A. Existentialism
B. Idealism ✓
C. Pragmatism
D. Realism
89. Which characterizes effective classroom management?
A. Building positive relationships with learners ✓
B. Establishing strict rules and punishments
C. Focusing solely on academic achievement
D. Providing constant praise and rewards
90. Which teaching method is used to present new and relevant information to a class?
A. Discussion
B. Lecture ✓
C. Role play
D. Socratic
ICT — QUESTIONS 91–95
91. Which is NOT a valid edition of MS PowerPoint?
A. MS PowerPoint 2003
B. MS PowerPoint 2007
C. MS PowerPoint 2010
D. MS PowerPoint 2012 ✓
92. Which statements are true of Word Count in MS Word?
I. There is no limit to the number of words counted.
II. Pages, paragraphs, lines and characters are all counted.
III. Word count is important because it helps select readers.
IV. 50,000 is one word whereas self-improvement is counted as two words.
A. I and II only ✓
B. I, II and III only
C. II and III only
D. I, III and IV only
93. A platform that connects researchers and allows them to share scientific output, knowledge and expertise is ...
A. Academia.edu
B. Journals
C. ResearchGate ✓
D. The Internet
94. Which of the following works are protected by copyright?
I. Original literary and artistic works
II. Collections of literary or artistic works constituting intellectual creations
III. Musical compositions without words
A. I only
B. I, II and III ✓
C. II only
D. III only
95. The following are long-term health effects of improper use of mobile phones except ...
A. Headaches
B. Joint pains
C. Burns ✓
D. Tiredness
TVET (CREATIVE ART) — QUESTIONS 96–100
96. In dance performance, striking the back of the right palm against the left open palm means the dancer ...
A. Hates you
B. Loves you
C. Is pleading with you ✓
D. Wants to kill you
97. One way visual arts influences twenty-first-century Western culture is that ...
A. Community art projects provide a creative outlet for community members.
B. Public works of art instruct viewers in aesthetic analysis and criticism.
C. New uses of familiar materials and tools promote further creativity in other disciplines.
D. Public images provide alternative viewpoints of significant events, people and developments occurring in society. ✓
98. When learners select ideas, visualize elements, compose and use techniques as preliminary designs, they are producing ...
A. Actual work
B. Designs
C. Drawings
D. Prototypes ✓
99. In a musical performance, the questioning phrase that is followed by an answering phrase is called the ...
A. Antecedent ✓
B. Anticedent
C. Consequence
D. Consequent
100. Art depicting inanimate objects is called ...
A. Gesture drawings
B. Blind contour drawings
C. Grid drawings
D. Still life drawings ✓
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