Back to: PRIMARY SEVEN P7 SOCIAL STUDIES SST TOPICAL QUESTION AND ANSWERS
Smuggling What is smuggling?
✓ Smuggling is the illegal exportation and importation of goods.
Qn. State any four ways smuggling is dangerous to a country.
✓ It reduces tax base.
✓ It reduces goods in the country.
✓ It leads to importation of expired goods.
✓ It leads to loss of market for local goods.
Qn. State any thee ways of controlling smuggling
✓ By strengthening border security.
✓ By educating people about the dangers of smuggling.
✓ By enforcing strict laws on smuggling.
Qn. Give one way smuggling affects the health sector of a country.
✓ Smuggling leads to importation of expired drugs.
✓ Smuggling leads to illegal exportation drugs.
✓ Smuggling reduces taxes which could increase revenue to buy drugs.
Imports
Qn. What are imports?
✓ Imports are goods which enter the country.
Qn. Mention four major imports of Africa
✓ Expertise
✓ Medicine
✓ Vehicles
✓ Machines
Qn. What name is given to the tax imposed on imports?
✓ Customs duty
Exports
Qn. What are exports?
✓ Exports are goods which leave a country.
Qn. Name the major export of African countries.
✓ Agricultural products.
Qn. What do we call the tax charged on locally manufactured goods?
✓ Excise duty
Qn.Give any two reasons why most African countries export more raw materials than finished goods.
✓ Due to shortage of skilled labour used in production of finished goods.
✓ Due to poor technology to process raw materials into finished goods.
Qn. How many countries are in Africa as a continent?
✓ 54 countries
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