JSS 1 Social and Citizenship Studies Flashcards: Meaning, Types, Causes and Effects of Social Vices

Question 1

What are social vices?

Accepted Answer

harmful behaviours that violate society’s accepted values

Question 2

Cheating or using unfair means to pass an examination is called ____.

Accepted Answer

exam malpractice

Question 3

The harmful use of drugs for non-medical purposes is called ____.

Accepted Answer

drug abuse

Question 4

Membership of a secret group involved in intimidation, violence or illegal rituals is called ____.

Accepted Answer

cultism

Question 5

Repeatedly intimidating or deliberately harming a weaker person is called ____.

Accepted Answer

bullying

Question 6

A student spreads cruel rumours to isolate a classmate. This is ____ bullying.

Accepted Answer

emotional

Question 7

Friends who pressure a learner to join them in cheating are showing ____.

Accepted Answer

negative peer pressure

Question 8

Lack of guidance, discipline and moral teaching at home is known as ____.

Accepted Answer

poor home training

Question 9

The desire to become rich without honest work can encourage ____.

Accepted Answer

social vices

Question 10

One effect of drug abuse on an individual is ____.

Accepted Answer

poor health

Question 11

A student caught cheating may face suspension, expulsion or ____.

Accepted Answer

academic failure

Question 12

When a person’s vice destroys people’s confidence in him, the result is ____.

Accepted Answer

loss of trust

Question 13

Medical bills and legal fees caused by a family member’s vice create a ____.

Accepted Answer

financial burden

Question 14

Widespread theft and violence make a community experience ____.

Accepted Answer

increased insecurity

Question 15

Social vices contribute to poverty when they cause people to lose jobs and ____.

Accepted Answer

drain family resources

Question 16

Exam malpractice promotes inequality because it gives dishonest learners ____.

Accepted Answer

an unfair advantage

Question 17

The main purpose of educating young people about social vices is to help them ____.

Accepted Answer

make informed, responsible choices

Question 18

Parents can reduce social vices by supervising children and providing ____.

Accepted Answer

moral guidance

Question 19

A person recovering from drug abuse may need counselling and ____.

Accepted Answer

rehabilitation

Question 20

A learner is being bullied at school. The safest responsible response is to ____.

Accepted Answer

report to a trusted adult

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