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NTC Exams: General Professional Knowledge Past Questions

Moses Coleman
April 9, 2025

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The General Professional Knowledge consists of three sections namely, Essential Skills, Literacy, Numeracy

Table of Contents

Essential Skills 1

1. Which one of the following is not a reason why teacher continuing professional development is important? It ensures that the ………….
a. Teacher’s capabilities align with the current standards of commendable practice.
b. Teacher maintains and enhances the skills he needs to teach his learners.
c. Teacher maintains up-to-date knowledge.
d. Teacher can occupy a prestigious position in his community.

2. It is important for teachers to identify learners who need assistance in their learning. Which one of the following would be the most appropriate strategy to adopt?
a. Assessment and questionnaire
b. Behavioural and interviewing
c. Communication and testing
d. Observation and assessment

3. All of the following are objectives of the Ghanaian Basic School curriculum except to ………………
a. Develop in learners the ability to apply what they have learned.
b. Develop lifelong learning skills.
c. Formulate specific objectives for teaching.
d. Promote the development of financial literacy and entrepreneurial skills for all learners.

4. A basic four teachers re-organised the content of the syllabus to enable learners to get a better understanding of the concepts to be taught. Which one of the following is most likely to have influenced the teacher’s action?
a. Learners’ previous knowledge
b. Resources available.
c. Socioeconomic background of learners.
d. Time available for the lesson.

5. A teacher uses hands-on activities with learners on the playing field. Which one of the following is a predominant skill that she is developing in the learners?
a. Emotional
b. Language
c. Psychomotor
d. Social

6. Which one of the following beliefs reflects the teacher’s knowledge about the individual differences of children?
a. All children should be governed by the same standard.
b. Children should always be made to do individual work.
c. Children should not be compared to one another.
d. Rules should be set to manage deviant children.

7. All the following are ways by which teachers can manage their instructional time well except ……………………
a. Adhering to the lesson and the duration set for it.
b. Allowing playtime beyond the official duration.
c. Holding co-curricular activities outside the instructional time.
d. Preparing lesson notes on every subject to be taught.

8. The professional knowledge of teachers includes knowledge of ………………………..…
I. assessment practices and data literacy.
II. instructional strategies and instructional design.
III. schools as organisations.
IV. subject content and grade-level standard.
a. I and II only
b. I, II and III only
c. II, III and IV only
d. All of the above

9. Which one of the following is an important study skill for all learners? The ability of the learner to ……………………
a. Copy from friends
b. Stay on a task.
c. Work diligently
d. Work without complaining.

10. An autistic learner is most likely to ……………………
a. Absent himself from school always.
b. Become sick always.
c. Learn slowly
d. Sleep in class.

11. Which one of the following best explains self-directed learning? Students ……………………….
a. Are expected to learn with their friends.
b. Are given a variety of learning materials to choose from.
c. Are expected to self-regulate their learning.
d. Discuss a lot of issues in class.

12. It is important that in-service teachers reflect on their teaching strategies and also develop themselves professionally throughout their career. This statement relates to ……………..
a. In-service training.
b. Long-life training
c. On-the-job training.
d. Professional engagement.

13. A teacher stays in her school’s community and helps to mould the behaviour of the children in the community. Which one of the following best describes this teacher?
a. Agent of change
b. Co-operative teacher.
c. Community assistant.
d. Teacher-community partner.

14. Which one of the following activities should teachers adopt to instill integrity in students? Telling students to ……………………
a. Do independent work during examinations
b. Help their friends during examinations for all of them to pass.
c. Read the Holy Scriptures in class.
d. Sing patriotic songs always.

15. One of the following is an aspect of ‘Professional Knowledge’ in the National Teachers’ Standards (NTS). Which one is it?
a. Assessment
b. Classroom environment
c. Policies
d. Professional development

16. All of the following describe the philosophy of the standards-based curriculum for Ghanaian primary schools except that ……………….
a. Classrooms should be learner-centred.
b. Teaching and learning approaches and programmes should be appropriately differentiated.
c. The educational experiences must prepare all learners for higher education.
d. The educational system should encourage teachers to use innovative teaching approaches.

17. Which of the following best sustains learners’ interest during a lesson?
a. Being guided by stated achievable objectives
b. Encouraging different types of learning styles.
c. Putting learners in charge as much as possible.
d. Ensuring that the class is quiet throughout the lesson.

18. A teacher announces to his class that anyone who answered more than three questions correctly would be rewarded. By this action, the teacher is applying knowledge of ……..………….
a. Positive reinforcement.
b. Premack principle
c. The law of exercise.
d. The schedule of reinforcement.

19. How will a teacher help to change the attitude of a young learner who is reluctant about school attendance?
a. Engage with her parents to ascertain the causes of the problem.
b. Formulate rules and regulations to guide the learner’s behaviour.
c. Inform the headteacher about the learner’s attitude.
d. Keep up-to-date record of the learner’s attitude.

20. A basic school has a goal of helping all children to achieve success. School leaders can best support the achievement of this goal by emphasising to teachers the value of ……………..
a. Differentiating standards used to evaluate students’ work
b. Engaging in team academic competitions.
c. Surveying students regularly about their interests.
d. Using a particular strategy for all lessons.

21. To ensure safety in a science practical lesson, a teacher asked all the learners to bring goggles to school. This teacher’s action can best be described as ……….………..
a. Practical demonstration.
b. Practical preparation.
c. Prior preparation.
d. Safety demonstration.

22. A teacher’s use of questions during his practical lessons is aimed at checking the learners’ level of understanding in order to review and recap information as the lesson progresses. How is this process termed?
a. Assessment as learning.
b. Assessment for learning
c. Assessment of learning.
d. Summative assessment.

23. Which one of the following is not a teachers’ professional development activity?
a. Examining students’ work
b. Further studies
c. School-based workshop
d. Viewing a video on one’s teaching

24. The most appropriate initial step for a teacher to take when designing a school improvement programme is to ………………….…
a. Clearly define the programme’s purpose
b. Design a programme appraisal form.
c. Develop an improvement measurement criteria.
d. Identify barriers to implementing the programme.

25. A headteacher has observed that a newly posted teacher is having difficulty managing her classroom activities. Which one of the following activities is the best for the head teacher to recommend as a way of addressing the teacher’s difficulty?
a. Access books on classroom management from the library and read them.
b. Attend an international conference on classroom management practices.
c. Enroll on an advanced teacher education programme in a recognized institution.
d. Reflect on experiences at work and consider feedback from peers and students.

26. All the following are behaviours teachers are expected to exhibit as good role models for learners except ………………
a. Being committed to learners’ growth and development.
b. Developing rapport with learners.
c. Showing concern about peer interaction
d. Showing interest in learners’ achievement progress.

27. Which one of the following agencies under the Ministry of Education issues teachers’ licence?
a. National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
b. National Council for Tertiary Education
c. National School Inspectorate Authority
d. National Teaching Council

28. Which one of the following is the most important step for the government to take in ensuring access to the free SHS programme for all?
a. Build the morale of the personnel.
b. Expand infrastructural facilities and services
c. Improve the quality of teaching and learning.
d. Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of school heads.

29. All the following are objectives of the Ghana Library Authority except the …………………
a. Promotion and encouragement of reading culture.
b. Provision of facilities for study and research.
c. Provision of materials for educational support.
d. Provision of scholarship to students.

30. Which one of the following practices relates to the use of the reinforcement theory when teaching young learners?
a. Insisting on good morals during social interactions with the learners.
b. Making use of concrete teaching and learning materials during teaching.
c. Putting up good behavior, because learners imitate teachers.
d. Rewarding every good behaviour or work produced by the learner.

31. To continue providing guidance services to one of his former students, a basic school teacher visited this student at the nearby senior high school. What type of guidance service is most likely to be offered by the teacher?
a. Appraisal
b. Consultation
c. Counselling
d. Follow up

32. A class six teacher has an inattentive learner in her class. Which one of the following is the best approach the teacher should adopt to improve the attentiveness of the learner?
a. Change the seating position of the learner during instruction.
b. Face the learner always.
c. Punish the learner whenever he is found to be inattentive.
d. Report the learner to the parents and discuss with them how he can be helped at home.

33. Which one of the following methods of teaching results in low levels of class participation among young learners?
a. Discovery approach
b. Discussion method
c. Lecture method
d. Role play approach

34. A schoolteacher wants to plan numeracy activities that will be responsive to learners’ varied experiences, characteristics, and needs. Which one of the following strategies would best provide the teacher with information to support this goal?
a. Conferring with parents/guardians about their children’s numeracy-related behaviour and activities at home.
b. Creating simple paper-and-pencil numeracy tests to administer to the class on a weekly basis.
c. Observing and conversing with children as they work and play with various manipulatives in numeracy.
d. Posing numeracy-related problems, such as asking students to form groups of various sizes.

35. Which one of the following strategies would be most effective in addressing the academic needs of a learner with low cognitive ability?
a. Ensuring that the learner has a good view of the teacher during instruction.
b. Implementing a colour-coding system to organise the learner’s textbooks.
c. Presenting content to the learner in small steps.
d. Utilising a consistent assessment method to measure the learner’s learning progress.

36. As a professional teacher, which one of the following strategies will best help you in teaching an inclusive class?
a. Include diverse content, materials, and ideas in teaching.
b. Offer tuition and support to learners with special needs.
c. Pay more attention to those with special needs.
d. Restrict the level of social interaction between normal and special learners.

37. Which one of the following strategies would best promote learners’ understanding of new content?
a. Asking learners a series of follow-up questions to informally evaluate their grasp of the material.
b. Building a concept web that organises the main ideas as the teacher discusses them.
c. Having students read the relevant chapter of a textbook at the conclusion of the lesson.
d. Listing important specific vocabulary on the board before beginning the lesson.

38. A teacher requested for all the exercise books of three of her learners to enable her examine the pattern of errors that the learners consistently make in order to provide appropriate remediation. Which of the following types of assessment matches the teacher’s action?
a. Criteria analysis.
b. Functional assessment.
c. Portfolio assessment.
d. Work sample analysis.

39. The headteacher of a basic school admonished her teachers to use multiple choice test items to enable their learners to cover wider content areas, but most of the teachers did not comply. The reason for the teachers’ non-compliance is most likely to be that they think ……………….
a. Guessing will be subsumed.
b. Scoring will be subjective.
c. The items will be difficult to construct.
d. The results will be difficult to interpret.

40. A teacher gave an assignment to his learners to be submitted on the third day. The teacher marked the assignment, met the learners one-by-one and discussed with each of them what they did wrong and how they can do it correctly. Through this strategy, the teacher ………………
a. Adopted an effective and efficient instructional design on the task.
b. Attempted to build the confidence of the learners on the task.
c. Gave prompt feedback to the learners on the task.
d. Provided step-by-step guidance and support on the task.

Essential Skills 2

1. Which theory operates on the “stimulus-response principle”, which means all behaviors are caused by external stimuli?
a. Contextual theory
b. Behaviorist theory
c. Cognitive theory
d. Constructivist theory

2. Ms. Erika in her Biology class accompanies her discussion with interesting visual aids. She strongly believes that students learn better when lessons are presented with images, real or imagined aside from mere lecture method. Which learning theory does she upholds?
a. Dual-Coding Theory
b. Information Processing Theory
c. Meaningful Reception Learning Theory
d. Social Cognitive Theory

3. Miss Rita is an excellent Physical Education teacher. She started teaching volleyball to her Grade 2 class. Despite all her efforts, her class does not seem to learn how to play the game. What law of learning was disregarded?
a. Law of Disuse
b. Law of Effect
C. Law of Exercise
d. Law of Readiness

4. Teacher jay, a physical education teacher, demonstrates the new skill to be learned so that his students can watch him and later reproduce the skill. What learning theory is associated with the situation?
a. Dual-Coding Learning Theory
b. Information Processing
c. Schema Learning Theory
d. Social Learning

5. Patrice is always fearful of freely roaming dogs but does not mind dogs in a pen or on a leash. What feature of classical conditioning is exhibited?
a. Discrimination
b. Extinction
c. Generalization
d. Practice

6. A music teacher is careful in planning activities for each lesson. He praises liberally and rewards correct answers. What view of learning is exhibited?
a. Classical conditioning
b. Meaningful learning
c. Operant conditioning
d. Social learning

7. Which of the theories of learning presents or states that learning skills are hierarchically arranged?
a. Cumulative Learning
b. Meaningful Learning
c. Social Cognitive Learning
d. Theory of Instruction

8. Which of the following best describes what meaningful learning is?
a. When what is to be learned is new and easy for the students
b. Materials presented are difficult and challenging to the students
C. When the materials to be learned is related to what students already know
d. Students find the lessons easy and relevant to what was assigned to them

9. Rita easily remember dates and events in history. What component of LTM does Rita have?
a. Creative thinking
b. Critical thinking
c. Reflective thinking
d. Logical thinking

10. An Earth Science has just completed a unit on the sun. As she recognizes her next unit on other stars, she uses the sun as a frame of reference. What view of learning was used?
a. Discovery learning
b. Informative learning
C. Meaningful learning
d. Transfer learning

11. Which is an application of cognitive approach to motivation?
a. Explain the reasons for studying the topic
b. Create a supportive classroom climate for students
c. Provide clear and prompt feedback on assignments
d. Begin lessons with challenging questions and conflicting events

12. The first people power was held in February 25, 1986. What kind of knowledge is presented?
a. Conditional Knowledge
b. Cognitive Knowledge
c. Domain-Specific Knowledge
d. Procedural Knowledge

13. The students of Mrs. Reyes were not able to learn the concepts that she presented yesterday so she taught the same concepts again but this time using a different teaching method. What principle of learning was applied?
a. Concepts should be presented in varied and different ways
b. Effort was put forth when tasks are challenging
c. Learning by doing is more effective than just by sitting and listening
d. Learning is aided by formulating and asking questions

15. After just being introduced to another guest in the party, Tom cannot remember the name of the guest he was introduced to. In what memory stage was the information stored in?
a. Episodic memory
b. Semantic memory
c. Sensory memory
d. Working memory

16. Vygotsky claimed that social interaction is important for learning. What does this imply?
a. Children are independent problem solvers
b. Children learn from adults and other children
c. Children learn by passive presentation of information
d. Children in the crib has no learning yet, since they are not capable of interaction

17. How would you help a student who is intelligent but is underachieving in class?
a. Provide challenging activities which he/she can accomplish
b. Recognize his talents by asking him/her to help other students with their work
c. Identify the immediate causes of difficulties that cause his/her being an underachiever
d. Allow him/her to work with the slow learner group to cope with the academic needs of the lesson.

18. Mrs. Corpuz always makes sure that her pre- school classroom is well organized and clean. She puts up interesting and colorful visuals on the bulletin boards. What principle of motivation was applied?
a. Incentives motivate learning
b. Internal motivation is longer lasting and more self-directive than is external motivation
c. Motivation is enhanced by the way in which instructional material is organized.
d. The environment can be used to focus the student’s attention on what needs to be learned.

19. For every correct answer, the teacher would give a star to her students. What schedule of reinforcement was used?
a. Fixed interval
b. Fixed ratio
c. Variable interval
d. Variable ratio

20. Marga, a six year old, always asked her playmates to sit in front of her small black board and she plays teacher. Her mother is a teacher.
What theory explains Marga’s behavior?
a. Classical Conditioning
b. Operant Conditioning
c. Social Learning
d. Information Processing

21. What should the teacher do to help students
learn psychomotor skills?
a. Teacher uses verbal explanation and description of the movements in addition to live demonstration of the movements
b. Teacher provides feedback to the learner about his/her progress
c. Teacher encourages the learner to practice, in order to maintain his/her sharpness of the movements
d. All of the above

22. The teacher presented a new lesson where in the students were asked to work on a new project which was somewhat complicated. The students showed interest while working on the project. What principle applies to the situation?
a. Effort was put forth when tasks are challenging
b. Lessons should be presented in varied and different ways
c. Meaningful materials are readily learned than nonsense materials
d. Teachers should provide opportunities for meaningful and appropriate practice

23. Maturation should precede certain types of learning. How is this applied in the classroom?
a. Concepts should be taught from simple to complex
b. Consider the age level of students in assigning tasks
c. Follow the interest of students in assigning tasks
d. Give the same task to all students in a particular grade level

24. Luz easily learns a lesson when she is working with laboratory equipment but hardly remembers a lesson the teacher lectured on. What type of learner is Luz?
a. Auditory Learner
b. Kinesthetic Learner
c. Tactile Learner
d. Visual Learner

25. Which of the following statements about motivation is false?
a. External motivation is longer lasting and more self-directive than internal motivation
b. Internal motivation is fueled by one’s goals or ambitions
c. Motivation is enhanced by the way in which the instructional material is organized
d. Motivation to perform is affected by expectancy and value

Essential skills 3

1. It is popularly said that any two students are not alike. This implies that they differ in their

(a) Physical and mental set up

(b) Aptitude

(d) Attitude

2. Which is an application of cognitive approach to motivation?

(a) Explain the reasons for studying the topic

(b) Create a supportive classroom climate for students

(d) Begin lessons with challenging questions and conflicting events

3. Mr. Oti, a physical education teacher, demonstrates the new skill to be learned so that his students can watch him and later reproduce the skill. What learning theory is associated with the situation?

(a) Dual-Coding Learning Theory

(b) Information Processing Theory

(d) Social Learning

4. The lowest level of Taxonomy of Educational Objectives of Cognitive Domain given by Bloom is

(a) Knowledge

(b) Comprehension

(d) Analysis

5. Instructional Objectives are useful to

(a) Teachers

(b) Students

(d) All the given alternatives

6. Rita easily remember dates and events in history. What component of long term memory (LTM) does Rita have?

(a) Creative thinking

(b) Critical thinking

(c) Reflective thinking

(d) Logical thinking

7. The most important function of a teacher is to

(a) Facilitate learning

(b) manage instructional resources

(d) provide information

8. Which of the following best describes what meaningful learning is?

(a) When what is to be learned is new and easy for the students

(b) Materials presented are difficult and challenging to the students

(d) Students find the lessons easy and relevant to what was assigned to them

9. The objectives of a Curriculum are to be stated in terms of

(a) Students entering behaviour

(b) Students terminal behaviour

(d) Learning process

10. Miss Rita is an excellent Physical Education teacher. She started teaching volleyball to her Grade 2 class. Despite all her efforts, her class does not seem to learn how to play the game. What law of learning was disregarded?

(a) Law of Disuse

(b) Law of Effect

(d) Law of Readiness

11. Which of the following best describes what meaningful learning is?

(a) When what is to be learned is new and easyfor the students

(b) Materials presented are difficult andchallenging to the students

(c) When the materials to be learned is relatedto what students already know

(d) Students find the lessons easy and relevant to what was assigned to them

12. Ms. Erika in her Biology class accompanies her discussion with interesting visual aids. She strongly believes that students learn better when lessons are presented with images, real or imagined aside from mere lecture method. Which learning theory does she upholds?

(a) Dual-Coding Theory

(b) Information Processing Theory

(d) Social Cognitive Theory

13. Which of the following is not a type of the learned motives?

(a) Reflexes

(b) Habits

(d) Interest

14. Patricia is always fearful of freely roaming dogs but does not mind dogs in a pen or on a leash. What feature of classical conditioning is exhibited?

(a) Discrimination

(b) Extinction

(d) Practice

15. An Earth Science teacher has just completed a unit on the sun. As she recognizes her next unit on other stars, she uses the sun as a frame of reference. What view of learning was used?

(a) Discovery learning

(b) Informative learning

(c) Meaningful learning

(d) Transfer learning

16. Which is an application of cognitive approach to motivation?

(a) Explain the reasons for studying the topic

(b) Create a supportive classroom climate for students

(d) Begin lessons with challenging questions and conflicting events

17. Of the following learning theories, the one that embodies the idea that the learning takes place through insight is known as

(a) Gestalt

(b) Stimulus-Response

(d) Pragmatic

18. The lowest level of Taxonomy of Educational Objectives of Cognitive Domain given by Bloom is

(a) Knowledge

(b) Comprehension

(d) Analysis

19. In which lesson does a general rule is explained first and then examples are illustrated?

(a) Deductive lesson

(b) Inductive lesson

(d) Skill lesson

20. The objectives of a Curriculum are to be stated in terms of

(a) Students entering behaviour

(b) Students terminal behaviour

(d) Learning process

21. Mr Fiifi wants to use alternative methods of assessment. Which of the following will he not likely use?

(a) Multiple Choice Test

(b) Reflective Journal Writing

(d) Developing Portfolios

22. The minimum number of years for a newly qualified teacher to posses a provisional teacher’s license is

(a) 1 year

(b) 2 years

(c) 3 years

(d) 4 years

23. The choice of the appropriate format to use in constructing a test is influenced by the

(a) skills in writing different types of items

(b) intelligence level of the students

(d) availability of specification table

24. Asamoah is fascinated by his daughter’s excitement and determination to learn new

things. Thus, he is concerned with her development in which domain?

(a) Physical

(b) Socioemotional

(d) Sociocultural

25. For classroom teachers, core points are mainly written in a lesson plan to ensured that

(a) Pupils can get notes to write at the end of the lesson

(b) The main ideas of the lesson are brought out

(d) All the given alternatives

26. All the following are the reasons for introduction of the Teacher Licensing Policy in Ghana except.

(a) To eliminate non-performing teachers

(b) To reduce teacher in-take

(d) To enforce discipline

27. Psychologists study the development of individuals across several domains. Which of the following is not one of the domains studied?

(a) Physical

(b) Socioemotional

(d) Psychodynamic

28. Which of the following operates on the “stimulus-response principle”, which means all behaviours are caused by external stimuli?

(a) Contextual theory

(b) Behaviourist theory

(d) Constructivist theory

29. Under what criterion is the question, ” is this the best way to test for the desired knowledge and skills? ” considered when evaluating a test?

(a) Practicality

(b) Clarity

(d) Efficiency

30. Which of the following bodies or institutions is responsible for licensing teachers in Ghana?

(a) Teacher Education Division

(b) Ghana Education Service

(c) National Teaching Council

(d) National Teachers Council

31. Which of the following are the major components of guidance program in schools?

(a) Educational, vocational, personal, social

(b) Educational, vocational, counselling

(d) Vocational, social, relationship

32. The evaluation approach that measures students actual performance and compares it with the objectives of instruction is called..

(a) Criterion-referenced evaluation

(b) Democratic evaluation

(d) Bureaucratic evaluation

33. In designing instruction for your class, you must assume that instruction is aimed at the…..

(a) Individual and not the group

(b) Group and not the individual

(d) Academically intelligent students

34. Information may be able to obtain permanence in the memory of pupils when there is a strong activity of the…

(a) Long term memory

(b) Sensory memory

(d) Working memory

35. Which of the following has no relation to the behaviorist approach to learning?

(a) Common law applies to humans and animals

(b) The process of learning is call conditioning

(d) Learning requires active mental process

36. Which of the following serve as agents to the curriculum implementation process

(a) Learners

(b) Doctors

(d) Teachers

37. In planning your lesson, it is always important that you start with..

(a) Anticipatory set

(b) Modelling

(c) Objective and purpose

(d) Guided practice

38. For school environment to have a good/healthy climate, the teacher must….

(a) Be strict and unapproachable

(b) Have concern for general well-being of pupils

(d) Be firm and fair in managing his/her class

39. Which of the following is NOT a major focus of educational principles of prominent educational theories

(a) Learning must be gradual, cumulative and progressive

(b) Instruction must be presented according to the stages of readiness of pupil

(c) Pupils must be coerced and forced to learn

(d) (d) Instruction and learning must follow the order of nature

40. A 3-year old pupil in your class who calls a cat a lion and a hen, a vulture may be identified as..

(a) Preoperational child with the ability to classify

(b) Preoperational child with transudative reasoning

(d) Formal operational child

41. Which of the following is the most appropriate research to conduct as a teacher to improve on your professional practice in the classroom?

(a) Basic research

(b) Historic research

(c) Action research

(d) Exploratory research

42. Which of the following influenced the military training requirements among students in the secondary and tertiary levels?

(a) Chinese

(b) Greeks

(d) Romans

43. Students are more likely to remain focused on goals and persist despite setbacks when they develop a perception that..

(a) Skills continue to emerge as the individual grows

(b) Ability can be developed and success is related to effort

(d) (d) assessment is ongoing and peers are achieving at similar levels

44. The Department of Education gives greater emphasis on the development of basic skills. What is the philosophical basis for this?

(a) Essentialism

(b) Existentialism

(d) Pragmatism

45. When administering standardized test for JHS students, the teacher may assist students in which of the following ways?

(a) Reading several sample items for clarity

(b) Repeating the scripted directions exactly

(d) reviewing content using the sample item as a model

46. Teacher G, a Christian Living teacher, puts so much significance on values development and discipline. What could be her educational philosophy?

(a) Idealism

(b) Progressivism

(d) Realism

47. Which of the following factors in an elementary classroom is likely to contribute most to a loss of instructional time?

(a) Limited use of assigned seating

(b) Ineffective transition routines

(d) Inadequate technological resources True

48. A teacher views his students as unique, free-choosing and responsible individuals. All classroom activities revolve around the said premise. What theory underlies this?

(a) Essentialism

(b) Existentialism

(d) Realism

49. A teacher demonstrated the technique on how to group students according to their needs and interests and how to use self-paced instructional materials. Which philosophy is manifested in this activity

(a) Essentialism

(b) Progressivism

(d) Social Reconstructionism

50. The Progressivists emphasized the individuality of the child. What is the concern of the reconstructionist?

(a) Experiential learning

(b) Socialization

(c) Social problem

(d) Personal problems

Literacy 1

1. The panel thought that the suspect … panic, but she didn’t.
a. will
b. shall
c. would
d. should

2. The midwife congratulated the teenager …………….. her delivery of twins.
a. for
b. on
c. at
d. in

3. The contract was executed in accordance ………… the recommended specifications.
a. to
b. by
c. with
d. of

4. No sooner had the workers left the site … the building collapsed.
a. while
b. after
c. since
d. than

5. The students answered the questions according …… they were instructed by their teacher.
a. to
b. as
c. with
d. against

6. It’s high time the players … on recess.
a. will go
b. went
c. goes
d. go

For Questions 47 and 48, choose from the alternatives lettered A –D the one which best represents the indirect speech form of the direct speech.

“Consignments of drugs normally reach their destinations in good time,” said the storekeeper.

7. The storekeeper said that consignments of drugs normally … their destinations in good time.
a. reach
b. reached
c. would reach
d. will reach

8. She said, “We expect the delegation to arrive later today.” She said that …
a. they expect the delegation to arrive later today.
b. we expected the delegation to arrive later today.
c. they expected the delegation to arrive later that day.
d. we expect the delegation to arrive later that day.

For questions 49 and 50, choose from the alternatives lettered A – D the one which is nearest in meaning to the words underlined.

9. The quotations were culled from the numerous works of Shakespeare.
a. analyzed
b. selected
c. written
d. prepared

10. The documents proved that the authorities sanctioned the company’s occupancy of the land.
a. discussed
b. authorized
c. advertised
d. published

For questions 11 and 12, choose from the alternatives lettered A –D the one which represents the active form of the statement.

11. The task has been executed by the workers. The workers … the task.
a. will execute
b. have been executed
c. must be executing
d. have executed

12. The Professional General Knowledge paper is being written today by candidates. Candidates …………….. the Professional General Knowledge paper today.
a. are writing
b. are being writing
c. are to write
d. will write

The sentence below numbered 1-4 contain some errors. Read and identify these errors as indicated in questions 53 – 55.

1. It is no wonder that Fuleratu past the examination with distinction.
2. She put in alot to achieve this feat.
3. When she saw her results, she could not help shedding tears.
4. She knelt down on the pavement, gave a deep sigh and whispered, Thank you, Lord.

13. Which sentence contains a punctuation error?
a. Sentence 1
b. Sentence 2
c. Sentence 3
d. Sentence 4

14. Which sentence contains a wrongly used word?
a. Sentence 1
b. Sentence 2
c. Sentence 3
d. Sentence 4

15. In which sentence have words been wrongly combined?
a. Sentence 1
b. Sentence 2
c. Sentence 3
d. Sentence 4

16. Where did the cyclist see the two men?
a. In an uncompleted building
b. On a lonely dusty road
c. At the police station
d. In the market

17. What made the police open the bags?
a. They suspected the content was money.
b. The two men kept pointing to the bags.
c. The police did not know what to do.
d. The police were afraid of the two men.

18. How did the police know that they had arrested the wrong people?
a. The bags contained only onions.
b. The people could speak neither English nor Akan.
c. The cyclist did not accompany them to the police station.
d. The men were Togolese nationals.

19. What eventually happened to the robbers? They were ………
a. arrested
b. released.
c. killed.
d. punished.

20. Which of the options is nearest in meaning to “interrogated” as used in the passage?
a. Questioned
b. threatened
c. imprisoned
d. detained

Literacy 2

1. There ………. two alligators at the edge of the swamp this morning.
(a) was
(b) were
(c) is
(d) have been

2. Mrs. Abafum teaches in the Akropong School for the ………….
(a) dead
(b) deaf
(c) death
(d) deafs

3. After graduating, he had to choose a career in business and working for his father.
(a) among
(b) between
(c) for
(d) from

4. He was posted to the police ………… to deal with administrative issues.
(a) headquarters
(b) headquarter
(c) headquarters’
(d) headquarter’s

5. A teacher referred to a dead person as the departed. This is an example of a/an
(a) euphemism
(b) hyperbole
(c) idiom
(d) simile

6. This car is not mine but ………………… .
(a) your’s
(b) your own
(c) yours
(d) yours’

7. Our professor is always saying, “Let’s go into that _”
(a) farther
(b) father
(c) feather
(d) further

8. The Agric students report that if it does not rain today all the crops …………. perish.
(a) would
(b) would have to
(c) will
(d) may have to

9. Ask them ………….. car was run over by the armour car.
(a) whose
(b) whom
(c) who
(d) whoever

10. The new teacher …………… was expected to arrive yesterday has still not yet come.
(a) whom
(b) who
(c) which
(d) whose

11. Even though most Christians would prefer the gospel tunes, a lot of them would dance to the ……… music as well.
(a) foreign
(b) secular
(c) circular
(d) local

12. This is a special program for …………
(a) marriage couples
(b) married couple
(c) married couples
(d) marry couples

13. I went home …………… my mother was not there.
(a) also
(b) so
(c) accordingly
(d) but

14. Be careful, Peter, I can’t ……….. with your rude manners any more.
(a) put off
(b) put on
(c) put by
(d) put up

15. ………………… the policeman left the cell, the inmates started smoking again.
(a) As soon as
(b) No sooner had
(c) Soon
(d) Pretty soon

16. I agreed to his marriage proposal ………… he was not very attractive.
(a) but
(b) hence
(c) although
(d) when

17. The chief of my village had …………. for more than fifty years before independence.
(a) reigned
(b) reined
(c) ruined
(d) rained

18. Joseph had constantly ……….. the truth in Adelaide’s explanation.
(a) afforded
(b) arranged
(c) affirmed
(d) told

19. The felling of trees and the indiscriminate burning of the forest contributes to environmental ………….
(a) discrimination
(b) degradation
(c) sanitation
(d) digression

20. There has been some ………… in the media that the price of petroleum products is likely to go up.
(a) theories
(b) visions
(c) speculations
(d) desires

21. The …………… of the waiter was that we eat fried rice and chicken but since that was very expensive, we were……………with the fried plantain and beans stew.

(a) recommendation…..content

(b) suggestions…..hungry

(d) relish…..okay

22. …………… you like it or not, Akwasi will drive the car today.

(a) wither

(b) weather

(c) whether

(d) wether

23. Kwofie and his children ………… here to swim

yesterday.

(a) are

(b) is

(d) were

24. The police had assured all the teaming fans that they had put in place ……………. measures to check …………. at the Accra Sports Stadium.

(a) spectators……disturbances

(b) possible……alarming

(c) stringent……hooliganism

(d) hooliganism……rioting

25. A baby alligator is usually only seven to nine inches long at birth. An adult, …………… , can grow to lengths from six to sixteen feet.

(a) therefore

(b) however

(d) hence

26.……………. snow was too deep for cars and buses to travel on the roads, the schools were closed for one week.

(a) Because

(b) For

(d) So

27. The examiners promised that the examinations were going to be very easy …………….. ?

(a) Isn’t it

(b) Wasn’t they

(d) Didn’t they

28.………….. burdens were laid on the altar.

(a) Their

(b) There

(d) They’re

29.…………… he was wealthy man by the time he was 40 years old, he still enjoyed the simple things of life.

(a) Although

(b) Since

(d) Whilst

30. The students came on ………… knees to apologize to the teachers.

(a) bended

(b) crooked

(d) disguised

31. It was ……………….. boring film that I fell asleep.

(a) as

(b) so

(d) such a

32.………………….. the better team, we lost the match.

(a) despite being

(b) despite of being

(d) despite the fact

33. You …………… to use your mobile so there’s no point in leaving it on.

(a) are allowed

(b) have

(c) aren’t allowed

(d) can’t

34. They have put speed bumps on the road to ………………… accidents.

(a) prohibit

(b) prevent

(d) forbid

35. If they ……………… next to each other on the plane, they wouldn’t have got married.

(a) hadn’t sat

(b) had sat

(d) didn’t sit

36. Drive …………….. otherwise you’ll have an accident.

(a) more careful

(b) less carefully

(c) more carefully

(d) much more careful

37. She has been ……………. of murdering her husband.

(a) charged

(b) arrested

(d) accused

38. When I got home, someone ……………. the window.

(a) broke

(b) brokes

(c) had broken

(d) hadn’t broken

39. I am fed up ……………… this exercise.

(a) to do

(b) to doing

(c) with doing

(d) for doing

40. By this time next year, I …………………… all my exams.

(a) will take

(b) will have taken

(d) take

41. Do you know the athlete ………….. can lead the team to victory?
(a) who
(b) which
(c) by whom
(d) whether

42. If I were to go to the moon, I …………. see many things.
(a) shall
(b) will
(c) would
(d) would have

43. The whole class agreed …………… the suggestion of the teacher.
(a) for
(b) to
(c) about
(d) on

44. If you had sent the telegram, he …………… here by now.
(a) would have been
(b) will have been
(c) would be
(d) will be

45. If you trust me, you …………… take my advice.
(a) will
(b) would
(c) will have
(d) would have

46. If kwesi had run very fast, he …………. first.
(a) would have been
(b) will be
(c) would be
(d) was

47. The boys …………… football when the teacher arrived.
(a) would be playing
(b) would have played
(c) played
(d) were playing

48. Mama, …………… I eat this food?
(a) ought
(b) will
(c) may
(d) might

49. ……………… I do not know you, I cannot speak.
(a) Although
(b) Since
(c) However
(d) Even

50. I do not know ……………. the teacher did not turn up for work today.
(a) what
(b) how
(c) why
(d) although

51. At seven o’clock in the night, the boys agreed that it was …………. dark for them to go out.
(a) too
(b) so
(c) very
(d) quite

52. Whenever a decision is taken it …………..to be carried out.
(a) had
(b) must
(c) has
(d) should

53. It is not known whether Esi is the ………… girl in the school.
(a)tall
(b) tallest
(c) taller
(d) very tall

54. Abena was given a prize for being the best student in class …………. she least deserved it.
(a) even
(b) despite
(c) because
(d) although

55. The fishermen spent one week ……………sea until help finally came to them.
(a) in
(b) on
(c) from
(d) at

56. ………………… hockey is one of his best games.
(a) Playing
(b) To be playing
(c) To have played
(d) By playing

57. Kofi is …………… older than his sister Akosua.
(a) most
(b) much
(c) more
(d) much more

58. I know that his wife is ………….. a good driver.
(a) very
(b) so
(c) too
(d) quite

59. The workers were so tired…………… they decided to rest a little.
(a) because
(b) that
(c) when
(d) then

60. Philip has been promoted to the next grade in his employment ……………. he is a diligent worker.
(a) though
(b) but
(c) because
(d) so

61. The food became so bad ……….. the students refused to eat it.
(a) that
(b) which
(c) but

(d) yet

62. The two cars ………….. which collided are on fire
(a) who
(b) whose
(c) which
(d) whom

63. I have observed that there isn’t ……………. in the school on Saturdays.
(a) no one
(b) someone
(c) anyone
(d) somebody

64. One of the students staying outside the school …………….. always late for classes.
(a) is
(b) are
(c) was
(d) were

65. You believe that you have a stronger team ………………… ?
(a) isn’t it
(b) don’t you
(c) aren’t you
(d) do you

66. Do you remember that …………….. some pencils?
(a) I promised you
(b) I will promise you
(c) I promise to you
(d) I promised them to you

67. John is a friend of ……………. and visits them very often.
(a) him
(b) theirs
(c) them
(d) me

68. It is certain that, that book is…………………. .
(a) Josephine’s
(b) the Josephine’s
(c) Josephines
(d) of Josephine’s

69. Since his ability was below average, he couldn’t fit …………… the next class.
(a) into
(b) at
(c) with
(d) over

70. Kojo was not promoted because he was not as intelligent ……….. his brother.
(a) than
(b) as
(c) such as
(d) like

71. Football is a ……………… entertaining game.
(a) too
(b) very
(c) such
(d) quite

72. The twin brothers have joined the Army; ……………… of them are quite tall.
(a) neither
(b) both
(c) either
(d) none

73. These two men are …………… the richest people in Ghana.
(a) in
(b) out of
(c) among
(d) between

74. I live in a house ……….. has no supply of water.
(a) which
(b) whose
(c) who
(d) and which

75. This is the lady …………… car got burned.
(a) of whom
(b) of whose
(c) which
(d) whose

76. The day is …………… hot to play basketball. (a) so
(b) very
(c) quite
(d) too

77. The book …………….. I bought from the shop is very interesting.
(a) which
(b) who
(c) whom
(d) what

78. Abedi Pele is ……………. footballer than his brother.
(a) the best
(b) the better of
(c) a better
(d) the better

79. The soup is not tasty; “Can you add ………….. salt, please?”
(a) little
(b) few
(c) a little
(d) a few

80. Jim is easily the …………… boy in the whole school.
(a) taller
(b) tall
(c) tallest
(d) most tall

81. Aba worked ……………. hard that she was able to complete her assignment.
(a) too
(b) so
(c) too much
(d) such

82. “Do you have any handkerchiefs, please?” “Yes, I have ……………….. ”
(a) few
(b) little
(c) a little
(d) a few

83. It is …………….. hot to go out for a picnic.
(a) too
(b) quite
(c) very
(d) so

84. In Geography we learn that Mount Everest is the ………….. mountain in the world.
(a) higher
(b) high
(c) highest
(d) most highest

85. When I got the message, I communicated at once to both the Headmaster ………….. the Assistant headmaster about the problem.
(a) and
(b) also
(c) or
(d) with

86. Since he has been dismissed from school, he will not …………. to visit his friends.
(a) dared
(b) dares
(c) dare
(d) daring

87. This wrist-watch which I bought is …………. than yours.
(a) the better
(b) better
(c) the better of
(d) the best

88. He fought ………….. well that he easily defeated his opponent.
(a) much
(b) very
(c) so
(d) quite

89. ……………….. Kojo failed in the test, he was given a driving license.
(a) Even
(b) Before
(c) Because
(d) Although

90. Can you add …………. sugar to the tea, please?
(a) a few
(b) a little
(c) few
(d) little

91. This car is not mine but ………………… .
(a) your’s
(b) your own
(c) yours
(d) yours’

92. Nobody thought that the thief would be ……………. as to wish to jump over that high wall.
(a) more foolish
(b) so foolish
(c) enough foolish
(d) much foolish

93. You want to buy a new ball for this game, …………….. ?
(a) don’t you
(b) isn’t it
(c) is it
(d) do you

94. The report, copies …………… have been made for all students, has been pasted on the Notice Board.
(a) whose
(b) which
(c) that
(d) of which

95. The Chief advised the villagers that each should make a farm which he could call ……………….
(a) their own
(b) of his
(c) his own
(d) of his own

96. The Agric students report that if it does not rain today all the crops …………. perish.
(a) would
(b) would have to
(c) will
(d) may have to

97. We must ensure that we do every homework…………..
(a) by ourselves
(b) ourselves
(c) ourself
(d) ourselve’s

98. Agnes was anxious …………… the work but she found that she was not strong enough.
(a) to have done
(b) doing
(c) to do
(d) to be doing

99. Last year, for my hobby, I ………….. lawn tennis, but I now play basketball
(a) use to play
(b) used to play
(c) have been used to play
(d) am used to playing

100. The new teacher …………… was expected to arrive yesterday has still not yet come.
(a) whom
(b) who
(c) which
(d) whose

Numeracy 1

1. Choose from the options the set of numbers which best completes the sequence: 4, 8, 12, __, __, __, 28.
a. 16, 20, 24
b. 16, 18, 20
c. 14, 18, 22
d. 14, 16, 22

2. What is the place value of the underlined digit in the numeral 1053107?
a. Hundreds
b. Thousands
c. Ten-thousands
d. Hundred thousands

3. A polytank holds 4000 litres of water when full. How many litres of water will be left in the tank when 25% is used?
a. 5000
b. 3000
c. 2000
d. 1000

4. Musa spends 2/5 of his income on food, 1/4 on rent and the rest as bank savings. Which of the following fractions represents his bank savings?
a. 7/20
b. 9/20
c. 11/20
d. 13/20

5. Two wires are 12 metres and 6 metres long. The wires are to be cut into pieces of equal length. What is the maximum length of each piece?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 6
d. 8

6. Yakubu and Fuseni bought food at a restaurant. Yakubu’s food costs y Ghana cedis. If Yakubu’s food costs GH¢15 less than Fuseni’s, which of the following expressions represents the cost of Fuseni’s food?
a. 15-y
b. y-15
c. 15+y
d. 15y

7. The distance around a rectangular community park is 70 metres. If its length is 20 metres, what is its width?
a. 15 metres
b. 25 metres
c. 35 metres
d. 50 metres

8. A rectangular plot of land measures 25 metres by 12 metres. A portion of this plot measuring 8 metres by 8 metres is used for the cultivation of vegetables. Find the area of the remaining plot not cultivated.
a. 64 m²
b. 236 m²
c. 300 m²
d. 364 m²

9. The ages (in years) of 10 newly trained teachers are as follows: 21, 21, 22, 22, 23, 23, 23, 24, 25, 26. What is their mean age?
a. 21
b. 22
c. 23
d. 24

10. Three consecutive odd numbers sum up to 39. What is the product of the least and highest of the numbers?
a. 210
b. 195
c. 165
d. 143

11. If the median of the numbers 13, 18, 22, 13, 15, y, 7 is 14, what is the value of y?
a. 13
b. 14
c. 15
d. 22

12. Days of the week are each written on a card. If a card is drawn at random, what is the probability of selecting at random a card with a day starting with the letter S?
a. 1/7
b. 2/7
c. 3/7
d. 4/7

13. A Red Cross Society in Redeemer JHS has 80 members. If 30 of the members are males, what is the ratio of the number of females to the number of males?
a. 3 : 5
b. 5 : 3
c. 5 : 8
d. 8 : 3

14. When twice a certain number is subtracted from four, the result is the same as twice the number. What is the number?
a. 4
b. 3
c. 2
d. 1

15. If a luggage weighs 40.24 kg, what is the weight of this luggage in grams?
a. 424 g
b. 4024 g
c. 40240 g
d. 42040 g

16. A rectangular swimming pool has a base dimension of 10 metres by 6 metres and is 2 metres deep. What is the maximum amount of water the pool can contain, if 1 m^3 =1000 litres of water?
a. 40,000 litres
b. 80,000 litres
c. 120,000 litres
d. 160,000 litres

17. An examination paper is supposed to start at 7:45 a.m. If the duration of the paper is 2 hours 30 minutes, at what time will the paper end?
a. 10:10 a.m.
b. 10:15 a.m
c. 10:30 a.m.
d. 11:15 a.m.

18. Ama spent 1/3 of her pocket money on books. If she paid GH¢ 30.00 for the books, how much was her pocket money?
a. GH¢ 90.00
b. GH¢ 60.00
c. GH¢ 120.00
d. GH¢ 100.00

19. A square-shaped garden of side 20 metres is to be fenced, leaving a gate of 2 1/2 metres wide. How much money is needed to fence the garden if a metre of wire mesh costs GH¢10.00?
a. GH¢825.00
b. GH¢800.00
c. GH¢775.00
d. GH¢500.00

20. The table below gives the number of students from three schools who attended a career guidance summit. How many more males should have attended the summit to have an equal number of males and females at the summit?

a. 13
b. 18
c. 20
d. 35

21. The figure below shows the plan of 8 building plots. If the scale of the plan is 1 centimetre : 30 metres, how many metres of wire mesh will be needed to fence around the plot?

a. 540 metres
b. 360 metres
c. 270 metres
d. 240 metres

22. Study the pattern of numbers as shown and use it to determine the value of p+q+r.

a. 24
b. 29
c. 36
d. 43

23. What is the value of the expression 2a + 3b – 14, if a = 3 and b = 12?
a. 9
b. 28
c. 42
d. 66

24. Esi and Afi were to share 56 mangoes so that Esi has 8 mangoes less than Afi. What would be Afi’s share?
a. 48 mangoes
b. 32 mangoes
c. 28 mangoes
d. 24 mangoes

25. The width of a rectangular durbar ground is 10 metres less than its length. If the distance around the durbar ground is 180 metres, what is its length?
a. 50 metres
b. 40 metres
c. 30 metres
d. 20 metres

26. There are 60 and 40 employees respectively in the Madina and Nima branches of the same company. Each branch is to raise an amount of GH¢ 6000.00 towards the send-off ceremony of their manager. If the employees at each branch are to contribute equally, how much will each employee at the Nima branch contribute?
a. GH¢ 60.00
b. GH¢ 100.00
c. GH¢ 150.00
d. GH¢ 200.00

27. A teacher handling three classes with class sizes 24, 36 and 42 students wants to form groups such that in every group there is an equal number of students. What number of students in each group will yield the least number of groups?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 6

28. Each worker in the Ho and Kpando branches of the same company is to contribute an equal amount towards an orphanage fundraising. There are 50 and 40 workers respectively in the Ho and Kpando branches. If a total amount of GH¢6000.00 was realized at the Ho branch, what total amount will be realized by the Kpando branch?
a. GH¢ 90.00
b. GH¢ 150.00
c. GH¢ 4,800.00
d. GH¢ 7,500.00

29. The graph below shows sales made at Mr. Ntow’s shop at Kotokoraba in a week. Use the graph to answer the questions 89 and 90. What is the difference in sales recorded on his best and worst day?

a. GH¢40,000
b. GH¢30,000
c. GH¢20,000
d. GH¢10,000

30. On which of the following days did he make the same amount of sales?
a. Wednesday and Thursday
b. Saturday and Sunday
c. Monday and Tuesday
d. Tuesday and Thursday

Numeracy 2

1. A reservoir has 800 liters of water. If 7/10 of the water is drained, how many liters of water are remaining?
A) 56 liters
B) 160 liters
C) 240 liters
D) 400 liters

2. A swimming pool is filled with 750 liters of water. If 2/3 of the water is used for a water balloon fight, how much water remains in the pool?
A) 250 liters
B) 375 liters
C) 500 liters
D) 600 liters

3. There is a tank with 500 liters of water. If 3/4 of the water is consumed, how many liters of water have been used?
A) 125 liters
B) 250 liters
C) 375 liters
D) 450 liters

4.A water container holds 300 liters of water. If 4/5 of the water is poured into the garden, how many liters of water are left in the container?
A) 60 liters
B) 120 liters
C) 150 liters
D) 240 liters

5.If a pair of shoes costs GH¢ 45.00, and you have GH¢ 25.00, how much more money do you need to buy the shoes?
A) GH¢ 10.00
B) GH¢ 20.00
C) GH¢ 45.00
D) GH¢ 5.00

6. Sarah wants to buy a bicycle that costs GH¢ 120.00. She currently has GH¢ 85.00. How much additional money does she need to buy the bicycle?
A) GH¢ 30.00
B) GH¢ 35.00
C) GH¢ 45.00
D) GH¢ 25.00

7. A smartphone costs GH¢ 400.00, and you have GH¢ 250.00. How much more money is needed to purchase the smartphone?
A) GH¢ 150.00
B) GH¢ 200.00
C) GH¢ 50.00
D) GH¢ 100.00

8.If a video game console is priced at GH¢ 300.00 and you have GH¢ 120.00, how much additional money do you need to buy the console?
A) GH¢ 120.00
B) GH¢ 150.00
C) GH¢ 200.00
D) GH¢ 180.00

9.Emily wants to purchase a dress for GH¢ 60.00. She has GH¢ 45.00. How much more money does she need to buy the dress?
A) GH¢ 10.00
B) GH¢ 20.00
C) GH¢ 15.00
D) GH¢ 25.00

10.A toy costs GH¢ 25.00, and you currently have GH¢ 10.00. How much additional money do you need to purchase the toy?
A) GH¢ 15.00
B) GH¢ 5.00
C) GH¢ 20.00
D) GH¢ 25.00

11. David wants to buy a computer for GH¢ 800.00. He has GH¢ 550.00. How much more money does he need to buy the computer?
A) GH¢ 200.00
B) GH¢ 350.00
C) GH¢ 450.00
D) GH¢ 250.00

12. If a concert ticket costs GH¢ 50.00, and you have GH¢ 30.00, how much more money do you need to attend the concert?
A) GH¢ 10.00
B) GH¢ 20.00
C) GH¢ 50.00
D) GH¢ 15.00

13. Maria is saving to buy a camera that costs GH¢ 350.00. She has saved GH¢ 275.00. How much additional money does she need to purchase the camera?
A) GH¢ 75.00
B) GH¢ 100.00
C) GH¢ 50.00
D) GH¢ 25.00

14. A pair of headphones costs GH¢ 60.00, and you have GH¢ 40.00. How much more money is needed to buy the headphones?
A) GH¢ 30.00
B) GH¢ 20.00
C) GH¢ 10.00
D) GH¢ 60.00

Try Your Hands on the following;

1. A store sells 24 pencils for $0.25 each. What is the total cost of the pencils?
a. $5.00
b. $4.75
c. $6.00
d. $7.00

2. If a dozen eggs costs $2.40, what is the cost of a single egg?
a. $0.15
b. $0.20
c. $0.25
d. $0.30

3. A box of 48 crayons costs $6. How much does one crayon cost?
a. $0.12
b. $0.14
c. $0.16
d. $0.18

4. A book costs $12, and a bookmark costs $0.75. If you buy both, what is the total cost?
a. $12.75
b. $12.00
c. $12.50
d. $13.00

5. You purchase 6 liters of milk at $1.50 per liter. What is the total cost of the milk?
a. $6.50
b. $8.00
c. $9.00
d. $10.00

6. If a bag of 5 apples costs $4, what is the cost of a single apple in the bag?
a. $0.60
b. $0.80
c. $1.00
d. $1.20

7. A dozen roses cost $18. How much does one rose cost?
a. $1.00
b. $1.20
c. $1.30
d. $1.50

8. You buy 10 cans of soda for $5. What is the cost per can of soda?
a. $0.25
b. $0.40
c. $0.50
d. $0.75

9. A bag of 50 marbles costs $10. What is the cost of a single marble in the bag?
a. $0.15
b. $0.20
c. $0.25
d. $0.30

10. If a shirt costs $20, and a tie costs $8, what is the total cost if you buy both the shirt and the tie?
a. $25
b. $26
c. $28
d. $30

Abroad Educational Guide

Numeracy 3

1. Round 14.851 to the nearest tenth.
a. 14.85
b. 10
c. 14.9
d. 15

2. Kara brought $23 with her when she went shopping. She spent $3.27 for lunch and $14.98 on a shirt. How much money does she have left?
a. $8.02
b. $4.75
c. $18.25
d. $7.38

3. Lucas purchased his motorcycle for $5,875.98 and sold it for $7,777.77. What was his profit?
a. $1,901.79
b. $2,902.89
c. $1,051.79
d. $1,911.89

4. Mike, Dan, Ed, and Sy played together on a baseball team. Mike’s batting average was 0.349, Dan’s was 0.2, Ed’s was 0.35, and Sy’s was 0.299. Who had the highest batting average?
a. Mike
b. Dan
c. Ed
d. Sy

5. Price Cutter sold 85 beach towels for $6.95 each. What were the total sales?
a. $865.84
b. $186.19
c. $90.35
d. $590.75

6. Rob purchased picnic food for $33.20 to share with three of his friends. They plan to split the cost evenly between the four friends. How much does each person need to pay Rob?
a. $8.05
b. $8.30
c. $7.26
d. $11.07

7. Katie ran 11.1 miles over the last three days. How many miles did she average per day?
a. 3.7
b. 3.0
c. 2.4
d. 3.3

8. Sharon purchased six adult movie tickets. She spent $43.50 on the tickets. How much was each ticket?
a. $4.35
b. $7.75
c. $6.00
d. $7.25

9. Millie purchased six bottles of soda at $1.15 each. How much did she pay?
a. $6.15
b. $6.90
c. $6.60
d. $5.90

10. Round 468.235 to the nearest hundredth.
a. 500
b. 568.235
c. 468.24
d. 468.2

11. Kenny used a micrometer to measure the thickness of a piece of construction paper. The paper measured halfway between 0.24 millimeters and 0.25 millimeters. What is the thickness of the paper?
a. 0.05
b. 0.245
c. 0.255
d. 0.3

12. In her last gymnastics competition Keri scored a 5.6 on the floor exercise, 5.85 on the vault, and 5.90 on the balance beam. What was Keri’s total score?
a. 17.35
b. 12.31
c. 15.41
d. 13.5

13. Linda bought 35 yards of fencing at $4.88 a yard. How much did she spend?
a. $298.04
b. $248.80
c. $91.04
d. $170.80

14. Divide 6.8 × 10^5 by 2.0 × 10^2. Write your answer in scientific notation.
a. 4.8 × 10^3
b. 4.8 × 10^2.5
c. 3.4 × 10^3
d. 3.4 × 10^4

15. Leslie ordered a slice of pizza for $1.95, a salad for $2.25, and a soda for $1.05. What was the total cost of her order?
a. $5.25
b. $5.35
c. $6.25
d. $5.05

16. Last year’s budget was 12.5 million dollars. This year’s budget is 14.1 million dollars. How much did the budget increase?
a. 2.5 million
b. 1.6 million
c. 1.4 million
d. 2.2 million

17. Mrs. Hartill drove 3.1 miles to the grocery store, then 4.25 miles to the salon, and 10.8 miles to her son’s house. How many miles did she drive altogether?
a. 18.15
b. 56.4
c. 8.43
d. 14.65

18. The following are four times from a 400-meter race. Which is the fastest time?
a. 10.1
b. 10.14
c. 10.2
d. 10.09

19. It takes the moon an average of 27.32167 days to circle the earth. Round this number to the nearest thousandth.
a. 27.322
b. 27.3
c. 27.32
d. 27.321

20. Joe’s batting average is between 0.315 and 0.32. Which of the following could be Joe’s average?
a. 0.311
b. 0.309
c. 0.321
d. 0.317

21. Find the product of 5.2 × 10^3 and 6.5 × 10^7. Write your answer in scientific notation.
a. 33.8 × 10^21
b. 3.38 × 10^11
c. 33.8 × 10^10
d. 3.38 × 10^9

22. Brian’s 100-yard dash time was 2.68 seconds more than the school record. Brian’s time was 13.4 seconds. What is the school record?
a. 10.72 seconds
b. 11.28 seconds
c. 10.78 seconds
d. 16.08 seconds

23. Ryan’s gym membership costs him $390 per year. He pays this in twelve equal instalments a year. How much is each instalment?
a. $1,170
b. $42.25
c. $4,680
d. $32.50

24. How much greater is 0.0543 than 0.002?
a. 0.0343
b. 0.0072
c. 0.0523
d. 0.0563

25. Kevin ran 6.8 miles yesterday and 10.4 miles today. How many more miles did he run today?
a. 3.6
b. 4.6
c. 4.4
d. 5.9

26. Jay bought twenty-five $0.37 stamps. How much did he spend?
a. $5.19
b. $7.34
c. $2.38
d. $9.25

27. Which number falls between 5.56 and 5.81?
a. 5.54
b. 5.87
c. 5.6
d. 5.27

28. Hanna’s sales goal for the week is $5,000. So far she has sold $3,574.38 worth of merchandise. How much more does she need to sell to meet her goal?
a. $2,425.38
b. $1,329.40
c. $2,574.38
d. $1,425.62

29. Which of the following decimals is the greatest number?
a. 0.064
b. 0.007
c. 0.1
d. 0.04236

30. Andy earned the following grades on his four math quizzes: 97, 78, 84, and 86. What is the average of his four quiz grades?
a. 82.5
b. 86.25
c. 81.5
d. 87

31. Luis runs at a rate of 11.7 feet per second. How far does he run in 5 seconds?
a. 585 feet
b. 490.65 feet
c. 58.5 feet
d. 55.5 feet

32. Nancy, Jennifer, Alex, and Joy ran a race. Nancy’s time was 50.24 seconds, Jennifer’s was 50.32, Alex’s was 50.9, and Joy’s was 50.2. Whose time was the fastest?
a. Nancy
b. Jennifer
c. Alex
d. Joy

33. Mike can jog 6.5 miles per hour. At this rate, how many miles will he jog in 30 minutes?
a. 3.25 miles
b. 13 miles
c. 3 miles
d. 4.25 miles

34. What decimal is represented by point A on the number line?
a. 0.77
b. 0.752
c. 0.765
d. 0.73

35. Nicole is making 20 gift baskets. She has 15 pounds of chocolates to distribute equally among the baskets. If each basket gets the same amount of chocolates, how many pounds should Nicole put in each basket?
a. 1.3 pounds
b. 0.8 pounds
c. 0.75 pounds
d. 3 pounds

36. A librarian is returning library books to the shelf. She uses the call numbers to determine where the books belong. She needs to place a book about perennials with a call number of 635.93. Between which two call numbers should she place the book?
a. 635.8 and 635.9
b. 635.8 and 635.95
c. 635.935 and 635.94
d. 635.99 and 636.0

37. Michael made 19 out of 30 free-throws this basketball season. Larry’s freethrow average was 0.745 and Charles’ was 0.81. John made 47 out of 86 free-throws. Who is the best free-throw shooter?
a. Michael
b. Larry
c. Charles
d. John

38. Which number below is described by the following statements? The hundredths digit is 4 and the tenths digit is twice the thousandths digit.
a. 0.643
b. 0.0844
c. 0.446
d. 0.0142

39. If a telephone pole weighs 11.5 pounds per foot, how much does a 32-foot pole weigh?
a. 368 pounds
b. 357 pounds
c. 346 pounds
d. 338.5 pounds

40. Amy purchased 6 books at $4.79 each. How much did the books cost altogether?
a. $24.24
b. $24.96
c. $28.74
d. $29.54

41. Bill traveled 117 miles in 2.25 hours. What was his average speed?
a. 26.3 miles per hour
b. 5.2 miles per hour
c. 46 miles per hour
d. 52 miles per hour

42. Tom is cutting a piece of wood to make a shelf. He cut the wood to 3.5 feet, but it is too long to fit in the bookshelf he is making. He decides to cut 0.25 feet off the board. How long will the board be after he makes the cut?
a. 3.25 feet
b. 3.75 feet
c. 3.025 feet
d. 2.75 feet

43. A bricklayer estimates that he needs 6.5 bricks per square foot. He wants to lay a patio that will be 110 square feet. How many bricks will he need?
a. 650
b. 7,150
c. 6,500
d. 715

44. Find the area of a circle with a radius of 6 inches. The formula for the area of a circle is A = πr². Use 3.14 for π.
a. 37.68 square inches
b. 113.04 square inches
c. 9.42 square inches
d. 75.36 square inches

45. Mary made 34 copies at the local office supply store. The copies cost $0.06 each. What was the total cost of the copies?
a. $2.04
b. $1.84
c. $1.68
d. $1.80

46. Tammi’s new printer can print 13.5 pages a minute. How many pages can it print in 4 minutes?
a. 52
b. 48
c. 64
d. 54

47. The price of gasoline is $1.349 cents per gallon. If the price increases by three tenths of a cent, what will the price of gasoline be?
a. $1.649
b. $1.352
c. $1.449
d. $1.379

48. Louise is estimating the cost of the groceries in her cart. She rounds the cost of each item to the nearest dollar to make her calculations. If an item costs $1.45, to what amount will Louise round the item?
a. $1.00
b. $1.50
c. $2.00
d. $1.40

49. A pipe has a diameter of 2.5 inches. Insulation that is 0.5 inches thick is placed around the pipe. What is the diameter of the pipe with the insulation around it?
a. 3.0 inches
b. 4.5 inches
c. 2.0 inches
d. 3.5 inches

50. A 64-ounce bottle of detergent costs $3.20. What is the cost per ounce of detergent?
a. $0.20
b. $0.64
c. $0.05
d. $0.32

51. George worked from 7:00 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. with a 45-minute break. If George earns $10.50 per hour and does not get paid for his breaks, how much will he earn? (Round to the nearest cent.)
a. $89.25
b. $84.00
c. $97.13
d. $81.38

52. Marci filled her car’s gas tank on Monday, and the odometer read 32,461.3 miles. On Friday when the car’s odometer read 32,659.7 miles, she filled the car’s tank again. It took 12.4 gallons to fill the tank. How many miles to the gallon does Marci’s car get?
a. 16 miles per gallon
b. 18.4 miles per gallon
c. 21.3 miles per gallon
d. 14 miles per gallon

53. Martha has $20 to spend and would like to buy as many calculators as possible with the money. The calculators that she wants to buy are $4.50 each. How much money will she have left over after she purchases the greatest possible number of calculators?
a. $0.45
b. $1.25
c. $2.65
d. $2.00

54. What is the smallest possible number that can be created with four decimal places using the numbers 3, 5, 6, and 8?
a. 0.8653
b. 0.3568
c. 0.6538
d. 0.5368

55. Which of the following numbers is equivalent to 12.087?
a. 12.0087
b. 120.087
c. 12.0870
d. 102.087

56. Which of the following numbers will yield a number larger than 23.4 when it is multiplied by 23.4?
a. 0.999
b. 0.0008
c. 0.3
d. 1.0002

57. Kelly plans to fence in her yard. The Fabulous Fence Company charges $3.25 per foot of fencing and $15.75 an hour for labor. If Kelly needs 350 feet of fencing and the installers work a total of 6 hours installing the fence, how much will she owe the Fabulous Fence Company?
a. $1,153.25
b. $1,232.00
c. $1,069.00
d. $1,005.50

58. Thomas is keeping track of the rainfall in the month of May for his science project. The first day, 2.6 cm of rain fell. On the second day, 3.4 cm fell. On the third day, 2.1 cm fell. How many more cm are needed to reach the average monthly rainfall in May, which is 9.7 cm?
a. 8.1 cm
b. 0.6 cm
c. 1.6 cm
d. 7.4 cm

59. How will the decimal point move when 245.398 is multiplied by 100?
a. It will move three places to the right.
b. It will move three places to the left.
c. It will move two places to the right.
d. It will move two places to the left.

60. Mona purchased one and a half pounds of turkey at the deli for $6.90. What did she pay per pound?
a. $4.60
b. $10.35
c. $3.45
d. $5.70

61. Lucy’s Lunch is sending out flyers and pays a bulk rate of 14.9 cents per piece of mail. If she mails 1,500 flyers, what will she pay?
a. $14.90
b. $29.80
c. $256.50
d. $223.50

62. If 967.234 is divided by 10, how will the decimal point move?
a. It will move one place to the right.
b. It will move one place to the left.
c. It will move two places to the right.
d. It will move two places to the left.

Comprehension 1

Read the following passage carefully

Passage 1

A poor article! The writer is comparing BJP with AAP and Anna Hazare. Anna Hazare’s movement was a one issue movement and it died down when the Jan Lokpal Bill was passed. AAP’s fortunes depend on the success of the party’s ideology. It started out on the corruption theme and had to change course midway as just one theme could not sustain the party.

The party failed to walk the talk when it came to taking action on Sheila Dikshit, a former chief minister of the Congress party, which it had promised in its manifesto. However, for keeping up the charade the party filed FIRs against Moily and Ambani.

The party also made wild and unsubstantiated allegations against some politicians. Nitin Gadkari filed a defamation case against Kejriwal and he is now in jail on a matter of principle ostensibly.

BJP is a cadre based party with a long history and the backing of RSS. BJP has also governed the country for six years under Vajpayee. The party has successfully governed various states and boasts a galaxy of leaders with proven ability and success. The party’s CMs have consistently won successive elections.

The party has given an opportunity to Modi, who comes from a humble background and he grabbed the opportunity to become the PM of India. Judging by the way the party and its top leaders have behaved in the post result period one feels the party is very serious and will leave no stone unturned to make a success of its government and carry all sections of society. Modi’s strength is in his capacity for hard work and his ability to get things implemented. There is no reason to doubt his capability, ability, intent, hard work and effort.

Answer the following questions carefully

1. Which parties is Mr Apurva Agnihotri comparing?
A. The BJP party with AAP.
B. The AAP with Anna Hazare.
C. The BJP with Lokpal.
D. The BJP with the RSS.

2. The AAP failed to take action on someone. Who was it?
A. Nitin Gadkari
B. Arvind Kejriwal
C. Moily
D. Sheila Dikshit

3. Why did the AAP change course midway?
A. Because Modi’s strength was his capacity for hard work.
B. Because one issue was not enough and it needed other issues.
C. Because the BJP is serious and will work hard to make its government a success.
D. Because Modi came from a humble background.

4. The BJP has the backing of which organisation?
A. Moily
B. Ambani
C. The RSS
D. The AAP

5. How many issues did the Anna Hazare Movement have?
A. Four issues.
B. Three issues.
C. Two issues.
D. One issue.

6. When did Anna Hazare’s movement die down?
A. When the Jan Lokpal Bill was passed.
B. When no action was taken against Sheila Dikshit.
C. When Nitin Gadkari filed a defamation case against Arvind Kejriwal.
D. When the party failed to walk the talk.

7. BJP had governed the country under Vajpayee for how many years?
A. BJP did not govern the country.
B. Ten years.
C. Six years.
D. Five years.

8. Which of the following leaders come from a humble background?
A. Vajpayee
B. Modi
C. Ambani
D. Moily

9. Which party has a galaxy of leaders with proven ability and success?
A. No party has galaxy of leaders.
B. Congress
C. AAP
D. BJP

10. Who says ‘A poor article’?
A. The writer
B. Ambani
C. Sheila Dikshit
D. Nitin Gadkari

Comprehension 2

Read the following passage carefully

Is the jury out on whether Jack Nicklaus is the greatest golfer in history, even better than Tiger Woods?

Ever since Tiger Woods burst on the golfing scene and started winning Major golf tournaments, golf enthusiasts began to wonder whether he would be the one to outdo Jack Nicklaus. Long before Tiger Woods won his first Major Jack Nicklaus had won 18 Majors. Tiger Woods has won 14 Majors since his first win in 1997.

Tiger Woods was cruising smoothly in the 11 years between 1997 and 2008 when he won 14 Majors and it was just a matter of time before he would race past the Golden Bear. Unfortunately for him, it was not to be. Since his scandal broke out in late 2009, he has not won a Major and it appears that he is unlikely to catch up with the Golden Bear, especially in the light of his injuries that have plagued him over the last few years. Interestingly, he was competing with another great in another sport, Tennis, where he matched Roger Federer Major for Grand Slam. Even Federer has gone past him and has won 17 Grand Slam titles.

As of now, Jack Nicklaus is the greatest golfer in history, ahead of Tiger Woods, and statistics are in favour of Jack Nicklaus, especially in regard to Major titles. While Tiger Woods won his first 14 Majors in 11 years between 1997 and 2008, Jack Nicklaus took 16 years to win his first 14 Majors between 1962 and 1978. In terms of the number of individual Majors, Jack Nicklaus is on par with Woods in winning 3 British Open titles but is one up on Woods both in PGA and US Open titles and 2 up in Masters Titles. Both have won at least two Majors in the same year 4 times with Woods also winning three in one year. But the defining feature of Jack Nicklaus’ career is his longevity. Just imagine, he won his first Major at the age of 22 in 1962 and his last Major at the age of 46 in 1986. The manner in which he won the 1986 Masters title is the stuff reserved for legends. During his career he was the epitome of perfection, winning on all kinds of courses and beating the best players.

One factor in favour of Tiger Woods is his age. He is only 41 years old and if he gets over his traumatic personal life issues and disciplines himself to maintain his body, there is no reason why he cannot surpass Jack Nicklaus and be crowned the greatest golf player in history. He has already surpassed Jack Nicklaus in terms of PGA tour wins by winning 79 titles to Jack Nicklaus’ 73. His overall PGA tour record is awesome, far superior to that of Jack Nicklaus.

There is no player other than Tiger Woods who can measure up to Jack Nicklaus. While Vijay Singh and Phil Mickelson showed some promise, they fizzled out. But a new exciting star is on the horizon in the form of Rory McIlroy who has notched up his fourth Major title at the young age of 25. So, Jack watch out, if the Tiger does not roar there is always Rory.

Answer the following questions carefully

1.To whom does the term ‘Golden Bear’ refer to?
A. Jack Nicklaus
B. Tiger Woods
C. Roger Federer
D. Vijay Singh

2. What do you understand from the term ‘Golden Bear’?
A. That it is a coveted prize that golfers aspire to win.
B. That bears are not allowed on golf courses.
C. That Jack Nicklaus was like a bear.
D. It is the nickname for Jack Nicklaus.

3. ‘Tiger Woods was CRUISING smoothly in the 11 years between 1997 and 2008 when he won 14 Majors, and it was just a matter of time before he would race past the Golden Bear.’
What is the meaning of the word in capitals?
A. To take 11 years to win 14 Major titles.
B. To move at a constant speed that permits maximum efficiency.
C. To move past a bear.
D. The period between 1997 and 2008.

4. Why is Woods unlikely to catch up with Nicklaus in terms of Major titles won?
A. Because Roger Federer has overtaken him.
B. Because Woods is past the age of 41.
C. Because he is plagued by injuries and a scandal.
D. Because Woods has stopped playing.

5. As things stand today who is the greatest golfer in history?
A. Phil Mickelson
B. Rory McIlroy
C. Tiger Woods
D. Jack Nicklaus

6. Who is likely to surpass Nicklaus’ record of Major titles won?
A. Tiger Woods
B. Phil Mickelson
C. Vijay Singh
D. Rory McIlroy

7. ‘During his career he was the EPITOME of perfection, winning on all kinds of courses and beating the best players.’
What is the meaning of the word in capitals?
A. An example of indifference.
B. An apology for something.
C. The most perfect type or example.
D. Something atypical.

8. Apart from Tiger Woods who is the next best bet to surpass Nicklaus’ record of 18 Major titles?
A. Phil Mickelson
B. Rory McIlroy
C. Vijay Singh
D. Roger Federer

9. ‘His overall PGA tour record is AWESOME, far superior to that of Jack Nicklaus.’
What is the meaning of the word in capitals?
A. Poor
B. Ordinary
C. Boring
D. Magnificent

10. ‘So, Jack watch out, if the Tiger does not roar there is always Rory.’
What can you infer from the sentence?
A. That Rory McIlroy may be able to catch up with Nicklaus if Tiger Woods is unable to do so.
B. A tiger is not as good as a bear.
C. While Nicklaus is a bear Woods is a tiger.
D. Rory McIlroy can roar like a tiger