3RD TERM EXAM QUESTIONS PRIMARY 2 SOCIAL STUDIES

THIRD TERM PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATION 

CLASS: PRIMARY 2

SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

NAME:……………………………………………………………………………………

1. Social studies is the study of man and his _______ (a) property (b) environment (c) health 
2. Man’s activities include ______ (a) buying and selling (b) farming (c) all of the above 
3. Man is a _____ being (a) wicked (b) stubborn (c) social 
4. The total surroundings in which people live is called ______ a) house (b) town (c) environment 
5. The two types of environment are _______ and ______ (a) social and physical environment (b) social and science (c) physical and city 
6. Houses, churches, mosques and trees are parts of our ______ (a) environment (b) city (c) life
7. We can get _____ from trees (a) timber (b) stone (c) stone 
8. We use ______ to build roads (a) timber (b) paper (c) stone 
9. We eat or drink to make us grow? (a) drug  (b) food (c) liquid 
10. An example of liquid food is ______ (a) milk (b) rice (c) banana
11. An example of solid food is ________ (a) milk (b) rice (c) pap
12. For us to be strong and healthy, we must _____ (a) smoke (b) eat food (c) drink alcohol 
13. There are _____ classes of food (a) two (b) four (c) six 
14. We can get energy by eating _______ (a) protein (b) carbohydrate (c) water 
15. One way of showing respect to people is by ______ (a) dispute (b) greeting (c) disobedience 
16. All the ethnic groups in Nigeria greet in the same way? (a) true (b) false (c) I don’t know 
17. The Yoruba live in the _____ part of Nigeria (a) South-Western (b) South-Eastern (c) Northern 
18. Another name for environment is _____ (a) field (b) surroundings (c)  living room 
19. A dirty environment will contain one of the following? (a) nice odour (b) sweet smell (c) bad odour 
20. An event that happens without anyone planning for it is called ______ (a) incident (b) accident (c) event 
21. Accidents may happen ______ (a) in the school only (b) at home only (c) anywhere 
22. If we throw banana skin on the floor _____ (a) we will be strong (b) it can make us fall (c) it can cause malaria 
23. Substances taken into the body to cure sickness are called ______ (a) lipton (b) drugs (c)  milk 
24. Drugs can be taken through the mouth or ______ (a) the skin (b) the nose (c) both of the above 
25. Drugs may be liquid or _____ (a) sticky  (b) solid (c) gummy 
26. Drug abuse can lead to ______ (a) mental sickness (b) mental soundness (c) healthy living
27. To prevent drug abuse one must _______ (a) avoid eating medication (b) avoid self medication (c) avoid eating foods
28. If we get dirty food, we can get _______ (a) well (b) sick (c) fat 
29. Eating unripe fruit causes _______ (a) headache (b) malaria  (c) stomach ache 
30. Insecurity can cause _____ (a) death (b) marriage (c) happiness

Section B:

1. (a) What is a drug? ______________________________________________________
   • _____________________________________________________________________
   • (b) Mention two people who can administer drugs or medicine?
   • (i) _____________________________ (ii) ________________________________
2. (a) Mention two dangers of drug abuse? (i) _________________________________
   • (ii) ___________________________________ 
   • (b) Define the environment? ________________________________________________ 
   • ____________________________________________________________________
3. (a) Mention two carbohydrate foods you know? (i) __________________________ (ii) _______________________________________
   • (b) Mention two forms of greeting? (i) ___________________________________
   • (ii) ________________________________________
4. (a) List two dangers of harmful substances? (i) _____________________________  (ii) _______________________________ 
   • (b) Mention two dangerous objects that can cause accident? 
   • (i) _____________________________  (ii) _______________________________ 
5. (a) What is accident? ___________________________________________________
   • _____________________________________________________________________ 
   • List two types of accident? (i) ________________________________________
   •  (ii) _____________________________________________