Physical Education Paper 2 WASSCE (SC), 2018

Question 4

 

(a)    (i) What is sports competition ?           [3marks]
(ii) Mention three examples of international sports competitions.   [3marks]
(b)   State four objectives of modern Olympics Games.   [4marks]

Observation

 

This question was attempted by many candidates and their performance was fairly good. In part (a)(i) they did fairly well in it. In part (a)(ii) majority candidates did well by mentioning examples of international sports competitions. In part (b) many candidates could not state correctly objectives of modern Olympics Games.
The expected answers are as follow:

 

4(a)(i) SPORTS COMPETITION
Contest between two or more teams/players for a particular honour/prize in which a winner must emerge/explained.
x3 (3 marks)
(ii)       EXAMPLES OF INTERNATIONAL SPORTS COMPETITIONS

-             Olympic games
-             Commonwealth games
-             All Africa games
-             FIFA world cup
-             CAF championship
-             World athletic championship
Any 3 x 1 (3 marks)

(b)       OBJECTIVES OF MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES
-           foster unity among nations of the world
-           recognition of participants
-           improvement and development of new ideas of various sports and games
-           development of bilateral/multilateral agreement among nations
-           cultural exchange
-           facilitate inter-racial marriages
-           develop friendship and socialization
Any 4 X 1  (4 marks)