Primary 5 (Basic 5) First Term Examination for All Subjects and Answer key

FIRST TERM SOCIAL STUDIES EXAMINATION QUESTIONS FOR PRIMARY 5 (BASIC 5)

SOCIAL STUDIES EXAM QUESTIONS 

SECTION A – Objectives INSTRUCTION – Attempt all the questions in this section. 

1. A child of one’s uncle or aunt is one’s ______.

[a] nephew

[b] niece

[c] cousin

2. A male child of one’s brother or sister is one’s ______ while the female is one’s.

[a] cousin/nephew

[b] niece/orphan

[c] nephew/cousin

3. Which of these is not an obligation of other members of the family?

[a] correcting misbehaviors

[b] teaching culture

[c] cause trouble

4. All these are parts of customs and traditions of people except ______.

[a] dressing styles

[b] running styles

[c] hair styles

5. Who stopped the killing of twins in Nigeria?

[a] President Buhari

[b] Mary Slessor

[c] Pastor Adeboye

6. Responsible parenthood will promote ______ in family.

[a] love

[b] hatred

[c] disagreement

7. Which of these is not a major ethnic group in Nigeria?

[a] Tiv

[b] Hausa

[c] Yoruba

8. ______ is not an example of sexually transmitted diseases.

[a] Malaria

[b] Gonorrhea

[c] Syphilis

9. All these are sources of HIV infections except ______.

[a] sexual intercourse

[b] hand shake

[c] tooth brush

10. The union of two people a man and a woman in traditional ways is called ______. 

[a] modern

[b] shrine

[c] tradition

11. Christian marriage is guided by ______.

[a] Quran

[b] Holy bible

[c] Dictionary

12. Unity in cultural diversity refers to ______.

[a] hatred

[b] oneness in spite of cultural different

[c] disunity

13. There are ______  geopolitical zones in Nigeria.

[a] 3

[b] 5

[c] 6

14. Traditional marriage allows a man to marry ______.

[a] only one wife

[b] his mother

[c] many wives

15. Religious intolerance can lead to ______.

[a] unity

[b] unfriendly relations

[c] unity

SECTION B – Attempt all the questions.

QUESTION 1

A. Explain the term religion.

b. Enumerate the problem of religion intolerance.

QUESTION 2 – List 3 roles of religion in development.

QUESTION 3

A. What is traditional marriage?

B. Mention 3 feature of church marriage.

C. Identify 3 responsibility of parenthood in marriage.

QUESTION 4 – A. State 3 culture that needed to be change.

QUESTION 5

A. Writes the full meaning of these words:

i. STDs _________

ii. STIs _________

iii. AIDs _________

iv. HIV _________

B. Write 2 effect of:

i. STDs

ii. STIs

iii. AIDs

ANSWER KEY

SECTION A

1. c 2. c 3. c 4. b 5. b 6. a 7. a 8. a 9. b 10. c 11. b 12. b 13. c 14. c 15. b

SECTION B

1. a. Religion is belief in God.

b. Conflict, violence, hatred

2. Moral values, unity, development

3. a. A marriage conducted in accordance to custom and traditions of the people.

b. Monogamy, vows, church blessing

c. Care, love, training

4. Harmful traditions (e.g. early marriage), Gender inequality, Superstitions

5. a. STDs – Sexually Transmitted Diseases

STIs – Sexually Transmitted Infections

AIDS – Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

HIV – Human Immunodeficiency Virus

b. Diseases, death, weakness