SHS History · Year 2
Military Rule and the Third Republic (1972-1981) practice questions
The National Redemption Council and Supreme Military Council I under Colonel I.K. Acheampong, the Supreme Military Council II under General Fred Akuffo, the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council under Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, and the Third Republic under the People's National Party government of Dr Hilla Limann (1979-1981).
22 questions in this topic: 7 recall, 13 applying skills and concepts, 1 strategic thinking and 1 extended thinking. Every one carries a written explanation.
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- Question 1Recall
The Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC), which emerged on 4th June 1979 through a military uprising, was led by
- aFlight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings
- bLt. General Fred Akuffo
- cColonel I.K. Acheampong
- dDr Hilla Limann
- Question 2Skills & concepts
By late 1981, inflation under the Limann government had reached approximately
- a100 percent annually
- b10 percent annually
- c25 percent annually
- d50 percent annually
- Question 3Skills & concepts
Among the factors leading to the overthrow of the SMC II government under Akuffo was the devaluation of the cedi on 25th August 1978 by
- a10 percent
- b58.2 percent
- c90 percent
- d25 percent
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