JSS3 First Term Social Studies Past Questions And Answers
Social Studies questions for JSS3 First Term with options and answers:
Question: What is the capital city of Nigeria?
A) Lagos
B) Abuja
C) Kano
D) Port Harcourt
Answer: B) Abuja
Question: Who was the first President of the United States?
A) Thomas Jefferson
B) George Washington
C) Abraham Lincoln
D) John Adams
Answer: B) George Washington
Question: Which river is the longest in the world?
A) Nile
B) Amazon
C) Yangtze
D) Mississippi-Missouri
Answer: A) Nile
Question: What is the main economic activity in Japan?
A) Agriculture
B) Manufacturing
C) Fishing
D) Mining
Answer: B) Manufacturing
Question: Who wrote “Things Fall Apart”?
A) Wole Soyinka
B) Chinua Achebe
C) Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
D) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Answer: B) Chinua Achebe
Question: In what year did Nigeria gain independence?
A) 1956
B) 1959
C) 1960
D) 1963
Answer: C) 1960
Question: What is the currency of South Africa?
A) Rand
B) Peso
C) Shilling
D) Dollar
Answer: A) Rand
Question: Which planet is known as the “Red Planet”?
A) Venus
B) Mars
C) Jupiter
D) Saturn
Answer: B) Mars
Question: Who is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations (as of 2022)?
A) Ban Ki-moon
B) Kofi Annan
C) António Guterres
D) Ban Ki-moon
Answer: C) António Guterres
Question: What is the largest ocean on Earth?
A) Atlantic Ocean
B) Indian Ocean
C) Southern Ocean
D) Pacific Ocean
Answer: D) Pacific Ocean
Question: Which African country is known as the “Rainbow Nation”?
A) Kenya
B) Nigeria
C) South Africa
D) Egypt
Answer: C) South Africa
Question: Who is the author of “To Kill a Mockingbird”?
A) J.K. Rowling
B) Harper Lee
C) Ernest Hemingway
D) George Orwell
Answer: B) Harper Lee
Question: What is the primary language spoken in Brazil?
A) Portuguese
B) Spanish
C) Italian
D) French
Answer: A) Portuguese
Question: Which mountain range separates Europe and Asia?
A) Himalayas
B) Andes
C) Ural Mountains
D) Alps
Answer: C) Ural Mountains
Question: What is the capital city of Japan?
A) Beijing
B) Seoul
C) Tokyo
D) Bangkok
Answer: C) Tokyo
Question: In what year did the Berlin Wall fall, marking the end of the Cold War?
A) 1985
B) 1989
C) 1991
D) 1995
Answer: B) 1989
Question: Who is known as the “Father of Computer Science”?
A) Alan Turing
B) Bill Gates
C) Steve Jobs
D) Mark Zuckerberg
Answer: A) Alan Turing
Question: What is the largest desert in the world?
A) Sahara Desert
B) Gobi Desert
C) Arabian Desert
D) Antarctic Desert
Answer: D) Antarctic Desert
Question: Which country is known as the “Land of the Rising Sun”?
A) China
B) Japan
C) South Korea
D) Vietnam
Answer: B) Japan
Question: Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
A) Marie Curie
B) Mother Teresa
C) Rosa Parks
D) Amelia Earhart
Answer: A) Marie Curie.
