3RD TERM EXAM QUESTIONS PRIMARY 5 SOCIAL STUDIES 

THIRD TERM PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATION 

CLASS: PRIMARY 5 SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES 

NAME:………………………………………………………

1. ____  is the process of getting things done through people (a) leader (b) lead (c) leadership
2. ____ leaders are always voted into powers (a) military  (b) traditional (c) elected 
3. Pressure groups are set up to guide and protect the ____ of their members (a) leaders (b) interest (c) candidate 
4. ______ are things used to acquire more wealth (a) materials (b) engine (c) resources 
5. _______  leaders defend the country from internal and external aggression (a) traditional (b) religious (c)  militar6y 
6. _____ leaders teach people moral and religious lesson (a) religious (b) traditional (c) military 
7. Joining together to achieve a common goal is known as _____ (a) organization (b) cooperation (c) benefit 
8. ______ is the total way of life (a) culture  (b) language (c)  rest 
9. One major foreign influence on Nigeria life is ____ (a) commerce (b) language (c) rules 
10. A young man that is yet to get married is called a _____ (a) widower (b) spinster (c) bachelor 
11. ____ is the legal union between a man and a woman to become husband and wife (a) single (b) marriage (c) courtship
12. Young boys and girls should ____ in pre-marital sex (a) engage (b) practice (c) not engage 
13. Ethnicity means tribal _____ (a) loyalty (b) culture (c) marriage 
14. Grandparents, nephews and nieces are parts of the ______ (a) nuclear (b) serious (c) extended 
15. ____ are materials that we  use to beautify our bodies (a) culture (b) soap (c) cosmetics
16. Communication is the system of passing ____ from one place to another (a) gossip (b) quarrel (c) information 
17. A _____  is where people live (a) house (b) mosque (c) shrine 
18. The following are examples of houses in Nigeria except ____ (a) mud houses  (b) duplex (c) store 
19. All the following are means through which people can own houses except ____ (a) personal savings (b) buying boxes (c) loans from commercial banks 
20. A good house must be ____ (a) spacious (b) tiny (c) full of loads 
21. _____ is the total number of people living in an area (a) popular (b) population (c) puppy
22. Increase in population leads to increase in the ______ for houses (a) demand (b) surplus (c) scarcity 
23. ______ makes some people not to build houses (a) poverty (b) population (c) palour 
24. _____ relates to the issues of cleanliness of our body and environment (a) personal belonging (b) person office (c) personal hygiene 
25. _______ means the growth process that takes place in the human body (a) physical struggle (b) physical development (c) physical studies 
26. The following are factors that hinder growth in children except_____ (a) poor feeding (b) too much labour (c) exercise 
27. ____ is the taking in of drugs and other substances without the advice and prescription of doctors (a) drug abuse (b) dependence (c) contribution 
28. _______ is when air and water becomes dirty (a) pollution (b) pollination (c) pollen grain
29. A ______ is an unexpected thing that happens which causes a lot of damage or kill a lot of people (a) natural disaster (b) national disaster (c) national destruction 
30. There are ____ types of disaster (a) 2  (b) 4  (c) 5

Section B:

1. (a) What is unemployment? _____________________________________________
   • _____________________________________________________________________
   • (b) List 4 problems of unemployment? (i) ___________________________________ 
   • (ii)_________________________________  (iii) ______________________________
   • (iv) _______________________________________
2. (a) List 4 organization or association?  (i) ___________________________________
   • (ii) _______________________________ (iii) ________________________________
   • (iv) _______________________________________
   • (b) What is an organization or association? _________________________________
   •  ____________________________________________________________________ 
3. (a) Define mechanized Agriculture? _______________________________________
   • _____________________________________________________________________
   • (b) Name 4 Agricultural Machines? (i) ______________________________________
   • (ii) _____________________________ (iii) __________________________________
   • (IV)___________________________________
4. (a) List 2 major sources of drug supply? (i) __________________________________
   • (ii) ___________________________________________
   • (b) List 3 factors contributing to drug abuse? (i) ______________________________
   • (ii)_____________________________ (iii)  __________________________________
5. (a) Mention 4 reasons why people do not own a house in Nigeria? 
   • (i) _______________________________ (ii) ________________________________ (iii) _______________________________ (IV)_______________________________
   • (b) List 3 types of house? (i) ___________________________________________
   • (ii) ______________________________ (iii) _________________________________