BECE 2022 Likely Top Social Studies Questions With Answers
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BECE 2022 Likely Top Social Studies Questions With Answers
1. Explain five importance of mining or minerals to Ghana’s economic growth.
i. Mining provide employment to many people including engineers, Accountants, miners and drivers.
ii. Ghana earns huge foreign exchange from the export of minerals like gold, diamond and crude oil with gold being the highest foreign exchange earner.
iii. Infrastructure like schools and hospitals in mining arrears are provided and developed by mining companies like Goldfield Ghana Ltd.
iv. pieces of jewellery in the form of regalia for chiefs, crowns, earrings and bracelets are made from gold and diamond.
v. Mining companies and mining workers pay royalties and tax to the government from their profits and income. This revenue is used to develop the country.
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2. Explain any two methods of mineral extraction.
a. Drilling is a method of mining used to drill oil as is being done at cape three points in Ghana. In drilling long pipes are drilled or bored to the interior of the earth where the oil deposit is located. When the pipe reaches the crude oil, it flows to the surface through the pipe for refining.
b. Deep shaft mining method as used in Obuasi involves the digging of deep vertical shafts which serve as a passage to the rock containing the minerals then dynamites are used to explode or break the rocks for the extraction of the minerals.
c. Open cast mining method as used in Awaso involves the use of mechanical shovels to remove top soil and to uncover rocks containing mineral deposits. The rocks are collected, crushed or broken up with machines then chemicals are used to extract the minerals.
3. Identify five problems facing the mining industry in Ghana.
i. The smuggling of minerals to neighbouring countries leading to loss of revenue.
ii. The lack of all-year-round good motorable roads makes mining more challenging.
iii. The lack of skilled labour and machines to help in the discovery and exploitation of minerals
iv. Poor working conditions such as low salaries and other incentives like free health care lead to strikes which lead to a fall in production and revenue.
v. Inadequate funds and investors to invest in the mining sector.
4. Suggest four solutions to problems of mining in Ghana.
i. Cocoa produce buying companies like the COCOBOD must buy cocoa from farmers at very attractive prices to prevent smuggling.
ii. All year-round good motorable roads must be provided in mining areas by the government.
iii. In-service training should be provided by mine workers while new technicians and engineers should be trained from our polytechnics and universities.
iv. The working conditions of mine workers in the areas salaries and other incentives like free health care should be introduced to make them work hard.
5. Explain five importance of mining or minerals to Ghana’s economic growth.
i. Mining provide employment to many people including engineers, Accountants, miners and drivers.
ii. Ghana earns huge foreign exchange from the export of minerals like gold, diamond and crude oil with gold being the highest foreign exchange earner.
iii. Infrastructure like schools and hospitals in mining arrears are provided and developed by mining companies like Gold field Ghana Ltd.
iv. Jewelleries in the form of regalia for chiefs, crowns, earrings and bracelets are made from gold and diamond.
v. Mining companies and mining workers pay royalties and tax to the government from their profits and income. This revenue is used to develop the country.
BECE 2022 Likely Top Social Studies Questions With Answers
6. Explain any two methods of mineral extraction.
a. Drilling is a method of mining used to drill oil as is being done at cape three points in Ghana. In drilling long pipes are drilled or bored to the interior of the earth where the oil deposit is located. When the pipe reaches the crude oil, it flows to the surface through the pipe for refining.
b. Deep shaft mining method as used in Obuasi involves the digging of deep vertical shafts which serves as passage to the rock containing the minerals then dynamites are used to explode or break the rocks for the extraction of the minerals.
c. Open cast mining method as used in Awaso involves the use of mechanical shovels to remove top soil and to uncover rocks containing mineral deposits. The rocks are collected, crushed or broken up with machines then chemicals are used to extract the minerals.
149. Identify five problems facing the mining industry in Ghana.
i. The smuggling of minerals to neighbouring countries leading to loss of revenue.
ii. The lack of all year-round good motorable roads makes mining more challenging.
iii. The lack of skilled labour and machines to help in the discovery and exploitation of minerals
iv. Poor working conditions such as low salaries and other incentives like free health care lead to strikes which lead to a fall in production and revenue.
v. Inadequate funds and investors to invest in the mining sector.
7. Suggest four solutions to the problems of mining in Ghana.
i. Cocoa produce buying companies like the COCOBOD must buy cocoa from farmers at very attractive prices to prevent smuggling.
ii. All year-round good motorable roads must be provided in mining areas by the government.
iii. In-service training should be provided by mine workers while new technicians and engineers should be trained from our polytechnics and universities.
iv. The working conditions of mine workers in the areas salaries and other incentives like free health care should be introduced to make them work hard.
8. Explain five importance of mining or minerals to Ghana’s economic growth.
i. Mining provide employment to many people including engineers, Accountants, miners and drivers.
ii. Ghana earns huge foreign exchange from the export of minerals like gold, diamond and crude oil with gold being the highest foreign exchange earner.
iii. Infrastructure like schools and hospitals in mining arrears are provided and developed by mining companies like Gold field Ghana Ltd.
iv. Jewelleries in the form of regalia for chiefs, crowns, earrings and bracelets are made from gold and diamond.
v. Mining companies and mining workers pay royalties and tax to the government from their profits and income. This revenue is used to develop the country.
9. Explain any two methods of mineral extraction.
Drilling is a method of mining used to drill oil as is being done at cape three points in Ghana. In drilling long pipes are drilled or bored to the interior of the earth where the oil deposit is located. When the pipe reaches the crude oil, it flows to the surface through the pipe for refining.
Deep shaft mining method as used in Obuasi involves the digging of deep vertical shafts which serves as passage to the rock containing the minerals then dynamites are used to explode or break the rocks for the extraction of the minerals.
Open cast mining method as used in Awaso involves the use of mechanical shovels to remove top soil and to uncover rocks containing mineral deposits. The rocks are collected, crushed or broken up with machines then chemicals are used to extract the minerals.
10. Identify five problems facing the mining industry in Ghana.
i. The smuggling of minerals to neighbouring countries leading to loss of revenue.
ii. The lack of all year-round good motorable roads makes mining more challenging.
iii. The lack of skilled labour and machines to help in the discovery and exploitation of minerals
iv. Poor working conditions such as low salaries and other incentives like free health care lead to strikes which lead to a fall in production and revenue.
v. Inadequate funds and investors to invest in the mining sector.
12. Suggest four solutions to the problems of mining in Ghana.
i. Cocoa produce buying companies like the COCOBOD must buy cocoa from farmers at very attractive prices to prevent smuggling.
ii. All year-round good motorable roads must be provided in mining areas by the government.
iii. In-service training should be provided by mine workers while new technicians and engineers should be trained from our polytechnics and universities.
iv. The working conditions of mine workers in the areas salaries and other incentives like free health care should be introduced to make them work hard.
BECE 2022 Likely Top Social Studies Questions With Answers
13. Explain five importance of mining or minerals to Ghana’s economic growth.
i. Mining provides employment to many people including engineers, Accountants, miners and drivers.
ii. Ghana earns huge foreign exchange from the export of minerals like gold, diamond and crude oil with gold being the highest foreign exchange earner.
iii. Infrastructure like schools and hospitals in mining arrears are provided and developed by mining companies like Goldfield Ghana Ltd.
iv. pieces of jewellery in the form of regalia for chiefs, crowns, earrings and bracelets are made from gold and diamond.
v. Mining companies and mining workers pay royalties and tax to the government from their profits and income. This revenue is used to develop the country.
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