SECOND PRE-BOARD
EXAMINATION
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GENERAL EDUCATION
B
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1. You are the sunshine of my life.
a. Simile
b. Irony
c. Metaphor
d. Hyperbole
2. “The writer’s APOCALYPTIC account suggest the end of the world”. The capitalized word means _____.
a. Attractive
c. Prophetic
b. Careless
d. Encouraging
3. For the synecdoche figurative expression, “It was a black tie affair” what is the equivalent meaning?
a. Party for man only
c. Senior citizens meeting
b. Formal gathering
d. Costume party
4. “To be or not to be” is the beginning of soliloquy of ____________.
a. Richard III
c. Macbeth
b. Julius Caesar
d. Hamlet
5. Let us campaign for the total ban ______________ of harmful insecticides.
a. With the use
c. On the use
b. On using
d. With using
6. If I ____________ known you before, we could have arranged a joint project.
a. Have
c. Could
b. Will
d. Had
7. She is known for her PENCHANT for jewelry. The capitalized word means _________.
a. Fondness
c. Avoidance
b. Aversion
d. Dislikes
8. Because of PROFANITY the program was suspended from television.” The capitalized word means
a. Decency
c. Falsehood
b. Obscenity
d. History
9. Several factors must be assessed to arrive at a sound ___________.
a. Change
c. Decision
b. Problem
d. Query
10. My sister and I met an acquaintance of ___________ in the shopping mall.
a. Ours
c. Mine
b. Ourselves
d. Us
11. In Kerima Polotan Tuvera’s short story “The virgin”, why did Ms. Mijares fail to find a man to marry?
a. She is choosy in finding a man
c. She took care of her sick mother
b. She is busy with work
d. She is concentrated in her studies.
12. Which among the following is the part of the newspaper where you can see the opinions of people?
a. Classified Section
c. Obituary
b. Headline
d. Editorial Section
13. To show phonological awareness skill, student say the word and then say the syllable or sound.
a. Rhyming
c. Segmenting
b. Blending
d. Combining
14. In the articulatory speech, which works the most in the sounds like t, d, s, z, n, la, and th?
a. Soft palate
b. Tongue
c. Teeth
d. Lips
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15. How will you classify the peculiarity of speech that is more acceptable in ordinary conversation, but not
in formal speech such as “what a close shave”?
a. Trite expression
c. Jargon
b. Colloquialism
d. Slang
16. “Here the sledges with the bells – silver bells! How they TINKLE, TINKLE, TINKLE
the icy air of night.” The capitalized group of words is an example of ________.
a. Onomatopoeia
c. Irony
b. Metaphor
d. Simile
17. What reading technique is being utilized when a teacher asks his students to read a particular passage,
then he marks mispronounced words?
a. DRTA
c. IRI
b. SQ3R
d. KWL Chart
18. What is meant by the adage “What you reap, is what you sow?”
a. Respect to tradition
c. Right decision
b. Endurance and sacrifices
d. Clean Christian Living
19. Which is NOT characteristic of people with a strong sense of self-efficacy?
a. View challenging problems as tasks to be mastered
b. Recover quickly from setbacks and disappointments
c. Avoid challenging tasks.
d. Develop deeper interest in the activities in which they participate.
20. What is meant by AT SIXES AND SEVENS in the sentence?
We moved into the house last week, but I’m afraid everything, is still at sixes and sevens.
a. The things have not been shipped
c. In an orderly manner
b. In a state of confusion
d. The boxes are still intact
21. What are the prime factors of 273?
a. 2x3x13
b. 2x7x13
c. 3x3x6x9
d. 3x3x7x7
22. It illustrates how a portion of the data relates with the whole.
a. Pie graph
c. Line graph
b. Bar graph
d. rectangle graph
23. How long will it take A and B together to finish a job which can be done by A alone is six days and B
alone in three days?
a. 2 ½ days
c. 4 days
b. 2 days
d. 3 days
24. Add 5x2 y, 4x2y, 8x2y
a. 17x2y
b. 10x2y
c. 6x2y
d. 9x2y
25. Find the amount and compound interest converted quarterly in five years on P20,000.00 at 8%.
a. 22,700.00
c. 29,718.95
b. 19,000.95
d. 25,500.00
26. ABC Co. manufactures beds. In its catalog a double bed is priced at P5,000.00 less a discount to the
trade of 20%. What will Rosas department store have to pay for the bed?
a. P4,150.00
b. P4,100.00
c. P4,000.00
d. P4,200.00
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27. Factorize: 2x2 + 7x – 15
a. (x-5) (2x+3)
b. (2x+5) (x-3)
c. (x+5) (2x-3)
d. (2x-5) (x+3)
28. If a student has an average of 76% in his first two tests and has an average of 85% in the next 4 four
tests. What is his final average in all six tests?
a. 50.5%
c. 82%
b. 82.5%
d. 81.3%
29. A container is a rectangular prism. Its dimension is 50 cm x 40 cm x 10 cm. If it is filled with water, what
is the mass of the water?
a. 20kg
c. 15kg
b. 13kg
d. 20kg
30. In a jar, there are 15 strawberries, 12 cherries, and 3 lemons. If a fruit is picked at the random, what is
the probability of not getting a lemon?
a. 1/10
c. 1/6
b. ½
d. 9/10
31. What is the length of the side of equilateral triangle with a perimeter of 15 cm?
a. 45 cm
c. 1.5 cm
b. 30 cm
d. 5 cm
32. A group of youth from four countries gathered together for an international workshop. 60 from
Manila, 48 from Paris, 54 from Rome and 42 from Seoul. The participants will form discussion groups
with equal number of members from each country in each group. What is the greatest number of
discussion groups that can be formed?
a. 12
c. 6
b. 24
d. 18
33. Which of the following is greater than 1?
a. 1/3 + ¼
b. 1/3 / ¼
c. 1/3 – 1/4
d. 1/3 x ¼
34. James cuts out the largest circle possible from a square whose edge is 10 cm. What is the area of the
circle?
a. 94.2 cm2
c. 78 cm2
b. 15.7 cm2
d. 31.4 cm2
35. Cades score in a game is – 12. How many points Cade must earn to get a score of 18?
a. 20
c. 6
b. 30
d. -6
36. The distance between two towns on a given map is 2 ¾ cm. If ½ cm represents 6 km, what is the
distance between the two towns?
a. 18 km
c. 33 km
b. 36 km
d. 42 km
37. The leg of one right triangle are 9 and 12, while those another right triangle are 12 and 16. How much
longer is the perimeter of the larger triangle than the perimeter of the smaller triangle?
a. 84
c. 7
b. 12
d. 14
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38. A Toyota car travelling at a rate of 70 km. per hour leaves the house 2 hours after a Kia car has left and
overtakes it in 5 hours. At what rate was the Kia car travelling?
a. 50 kilometers per hour
c. 20 kilometers per hour
b. 40 kilometers per hour
d. 30 kilometers per hour
39. The readings on a water meter in April and May are 417.8 kl and 430.4 kl. If there is a basic charge of
23 pesos and the cost per kl is 20 pesos, how much is the billing for water consumption between the
two months?
a. P2,520.00
c. P272
b. P2,543.00
d. P275
40. A time deposit in a bank will mature after 91 days. If the deposit was made on April 28, on what date
will it mature?
a. June 28
c. July 18
b. July 28
d. July 29
41. Typical of Greek civilization (800-600B.C. E) without which a single political unit was able to stay strong.
a. Town and Cities
c. Strong navy
b. Strong Army
d. City States
42. Who was the second editor of “La Solidaridad” with penname Dolores Manapat?
a. Mariano Ponce
c. Marcelo H. Del Pilar
b. Graciano Lopez Jaena
d. Jose Rizal
43. Who was the last Spanish Governor – general of the Philippines?
a. Basilio Agustin
c. Diego de los Rios
b. Fermin Jaudenes
d. Ramon Blanco
44. Who was the Spanish Governor-general who established the Tobacco Monopoly in 1781?
a. Francisco Rizzo
c. Basilio Agustin
b. Jose Basco
d. Rafael Izquierdo
45. Who won the Nobel Prize Collection “Gitanjali,” which express faith, hope, and beauty of the world?
a. Mashou Basho
c. Rabindranath Tagore
b. Tatamkulo Afrika
d. Omar Khayyam
46. The Philippines lies in the ______________, an area where many volcanoes are active.
a. Volcanic rim
c. Wheel of fire
b. Ring of fire
d. Archipelago fault line
47. What the best describes the form of government of English with its parliament, a prime minister, and a
queen (or king)?
a. Theocracy
c. Monarchy
b. Aristocracy
d. Constitutional Monarchy
48. Through the Galleon trade (1565-1815), the Philippines extended contact with:
a. China
c. Spice Island
b. Mexico
d. Spain
49. Which law enacted by the US Congress in 1916. Established a bicameral legislature in the Philippines
with the Senate (Upper House) and House of Representative (Lower House) to be composed of Elected
Filipinos?
a. Mc Kinley Law
c. Jones Law
b. Cooper Law
d. Philippine Legislative Law
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50. The right invoked in the “writ of habeas data “is ____________.
a. The right to transmit data
c. The right to search for information
b. The right to information privacy
d. Right to gather information data
51. First Philippine president from Mindanao.
a. Rodrigo Duterte
b. Benigno Aquino III
c. Manuel Roxas
d. Fidel Ramos
52. Where did the ancient civilization of China exist?
a. Indus river
b. Yellow river
c. Nile river
d. Bay of Bengal
53. What is a dramatic presentation that originated from the traditional armed encounter between the
Christians and Muslims Filipinos?
a. Moro-moro
c. Cenaculo
b. Zarzuela
d. Comedia de Lara y Espana
54. To govern is to rule and the government rules by laws. Whose main duty is the enforcement of laws?
a. Legislative department
c. Executive department
b. Judiciary department
d. Ombudsman
55. Who is remembered for his famous quotation, “My loyalty to my party ends where my loyalty to
country begins?”
a. Carlos P. Garcia
c. Ferdinand E. Marcos
b. Manuel L. Quezon
d. Corazon C. Aquino
56. He was the Spanish mestizo priest who first led the native secular clergy in the Secularization
Movement during the year 1861.
a. Father Pedro Pelaez
c. Father Jose Burgoz
b. Father Jacinto Zamora
d. Father Gregorio Aglipay
57. In economics, ______________ is a rise in general level of prices of goods and services in an economy
over a period of time.
a. Inflation
c. Depression
b. Mercantilism
d. Free trade
58. When parents decide to send their children to a private school and pay their tuition fee instead of
sending them to the public school, they don’t get their share in the benefit derived from the taxes they
pay. This is a case of _______.
a. Social inequity
c. Double taxation
b. Social injustice
d. Double jeopardy
59. What does “presumption of innocence” mean in so far as human right is concerned? A suspect ______.
a. Has the right to remain silent
b. Remains innocent until proven guilty
c. Is considered guilty unless proven otherwise
d. Has the right to a legal counsel
60. Who was the revolutionary leader who refused to surrender to the American, even after General
Malvar’s surrender, and declared himself President and Commander-in-Chief of the Supreme
Government of the Tagalog Republic?
a. Julian Montalan
c. Macario Sakay
b. Licerio Geronimo
d. Artemio Ricarte
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61. A toothpick can sit in a surface of water due to _________.
a. Surface tension
c. Atmospheric pressure
b. Buoyancy
d. Viscosity
62. What organism would most likely be in an arctic environment?
a. Crocodile
c. Turtle
b. Walrus
d. Maya Bird
63. What is the flap-like structure that prevents the food from going the wrong way during swallowing?
a. Epiglottis
c. Esophagus
b. Larynx
d. Pharynx
64. What happen to a plant cell placed in a hypertonic solution?
a. The plant cell will rupture
b. The plant cell will have edema
c. The plant cell will swell
d. The plant cell will shrink
65. In a flame test, the presence of boron in a solution is evident by what color of flame?
a. Bright green
c. Brick red
b. Gold
d. Lilac
66. Air like food and water is an essential element in human existence. Carried by the wind, polluted air
called _______ falls to earth poisoning fish and destroying vegetation.
a. El Niño
c. La Niña
b. Green house rain
d. Acid rain
67. During periods of increased global temperatures, which of the following is most likely to occur?
a. A decrease in earthquake
b. An increase in earthquakes
c. A decrease in atmospheric CO2
d. An increase in atmospheric CO2
68. Which of the following activities help reduce water pollution?
a. Throwing only liquid wastes
b. Cleaning with soap instead of detergents
c. Treating waste water before its discharged
d. Using organic fertilizers in farms
69. The Kyoto Protocol, which requires countries to reduce greenhouse emission, is a practice that
advocates ___________.
a. Environmental protection
c. Ecological destruction
b. Sustainable potential
d. Forest demolition
70. Because it will adversely affect the populations’ food supplies, the most disadvantageous source of
energy is _____________.
a. Wind
c. Sun
b. Geo-thermal
d. Plants
71. Monosaccharides, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides are types of
a. Proteins
c. Lipids
b. Nucleotides
d. Carbohydrates
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72. Who was the father of modern taxonomy and responsible for coining the term Homo sapiens for
Human?
a. Chatton
c. Aristotle
b. H. Copland
d. Linnaeus
73. A sudden push from an underwater fault can produce a wave called:
a. Hurricane
c. Tornado
b. Thunderstorm
d. Tsunami
74. Tropical storms formed in Atlantic Ocean:
a. Hurricane
b. Typhoon
c. Cyclone
d. Tornado
75. What ae the components of a fungal cell wall?
a. Chitin, proteins, and sugar
b. Nucleic acid, protein, and sugar
c. lipids, protein, and sugar
d. cellular and proteins
76. What does seismograph record?
a. Location of the epicenter
b. Rating of the earthquake
c. Movement caused by seismic waves
d. Speed of seismic waves
77. The segmented worm is used in the traditional medicine to facilitate anticoagulation. What is this
organism?
a. Liver fluke
c. Earthworm
b. Leech
d. Bloodworm
78. The interrelation between the physical and biological components of the environment is called ______.
a. Ecosystem
c. Water system
b. Ecological niche
d. Solar system
79. This demonstrated the feeding connections between all life forms.
a. Nutrition cycle
c. food web
b. Biological pathways
d. fossil cycle
80. A forest suffered from wildfires; however, the remains are still considered to be viable. Five years later,
tress and other plants are seen growing in this forest. This condition is called __________.
a. Primary ecological succession
c. Tertiary ecological succession
b. Secondary ecological succession
d. Quarterly ecological succession
81. Likas na palahanga ang mga mamamayang Filipino. Nagpapahayag tayo ng paghanga at pagpuri sa ibat
ibang pagkakataon at gumagamit tayo ng iba’t ibang ekspresyon. Kung magkaminsan, ginagamit natin
ang ekspresyon sa paghanga upang batiin ang taong/kaibigang ating nasasalubong.
Alin sa mga sumusunod na pahayag ang angkop at mabuting gamitin sa ganitong pagkakataon?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Napakapayat mo ngayon, naospital ka ba?
Diyos ko! Bakit nagkaganyan ka? Ang taba-taba mo!
Ang ganda naman ng damit mo! Saan ba ang lakad mo?
Ang kyut-kyut mo! Para kang bibinyagan!
82. May mga pagkakataon na maaaring palitan ng ibang ponema/tunog ang isang ponema nang hindi
magbabago ang kahulugan ng salita tulad ng ______.
a. Ewan-ewan
c. lalaki-lalake
b. Diles-diles
d. Uso-uso
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83. Pillin ang salitang may diptonggo.
a. Yoyong
b. Kamay
c. lawa
d. tihaya
84. Alin sa mga sumusunod ang makapagbabago ng kahulugan ng salitang/kasa.ma/ = ‘companion’?
Baguhin ang ____________ ng bigkas ng salita.
a. Tono
c. Haba
b. Diin
d. Antala
85. May iba’t ibang posisyon ang kinalalagyan ng panlapi sa salita. Anong uri ng panlapi ang matatagpuan
sa salitang “ipagsumigawan”?
a. Unlapi
c. Hulapi
b. Gitlapi
d. Laguhan
86. Alin ang dapat alisin sa pangkat?
a. Kahali-halina
b. Kabigha-bighani
c. Kaakit-akit
d. Kaliga-ligaya
87. Ano ang kasalungat/antonym ng matatag?
a. Matibay
b. Malakas
c. Mabuway
d. Mataba
88. Lagyan ng kapares ang salita upang makabuo ng pagpaparis na magkasama kagaya ng sumusunod:
langit at lupa
liwanag at dilim
puno at dulo
sanhi at _______
a. Dahilan
b. Buhay
c. Buti
d. Bunga
89. Alin ang salitang may karaniwang kahulugan dala ng diksyunaryo o ginagamit sa pinakakaraniwan at
simpleng pahayag?
a. Makunat ang taong iyan
b. “Ayaw ko ng bola,”ang sabi ng bata
c. Berde ang kanyang utak.
d. “Ayaw ko ng bola, “ang sabi ng dalaga.
90. Alin sa mga sumusunod na salita ang may klaster?
a. Diyes
b. Diyip
c. Daram
d. Drakula
91. Ano ang pormasyon ng pantig sa mga titik na pahilig ng salitang prin sesa?
a. KKPK
c. KPK
b. KKP
d. KP
92. Ang mga kasamahan mo ay nagsasabing higit na daw magtrabaho sa ibang bansa pagkatapos ng pagaaral sa Pilipinas. Iba naman ang nasa isipan mo. Paano mo sisimulang ilahad nang magalang ang iyong
lubusang pagsalungat?
a. “Parang maling mali ka......”
b. “Sa puntong iyan, tama ka, pero.....”
c. “Nirerespeto ko ang opinion mo, pero.....”
d. “Sa isip ko tama ka.....”
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93. Pinag-uusapan ng iyong mga kaibigan ang pormograpiya sa mga sining (Pelikula, babasahin at iba pa).
Nais mong magdagdag ng ibang punto sa argumento. Paano mo ito sisimulan?
a. “Pahintultan mong wakasan ko.....”
b. “Bilang paglalahat......”
c. “Pero kung tutuusin.....”
d. “Bukod pa riyan....”
94. May mga mahalagang bagay kayong naiwan sa bahay. Nais ninyong tumawag sa telepono. Hihingi kayo
ng pahintulot sa kalihim ng inyong dekano upang magamit ang telepono. Ano ang magandang simula?
a. “Sige na....”
c. “Sa maikling sabi....”
b. “Sa kabuuan...”
d. “Maari po bang ....”
95. Sa pangungusap sa ibaba, nilalagyan ng isang bar (/) ang isang saglit na paghinto at dobleng bar (//) ang
katapusan ng pahayag. Ano ang ibig sabihin ng pangungusap na ito?
Tito/Juan Anton ang pangalan niya.//
a. Sinasabi ang buong pangalan ng ipinakilala
b. Kinakausap si tito, o kayaý isang tiyo, at ipinakilala si Juan Anton
c. Kausap ang isang tiyo na Juan ang pangalan. Ipinakilala si Anton.
d. Lahat tama.
96. Anong gawi ng pagsasalita ang ginagampanan ng mga sumusunod na pahayag? “Kumusta ka na? “
a. Pagbati
c. Pagpapasalamat
b. Pagbibiro
d. Pagpapakilala
97. “ Pumunta ka’t baka dumating din ako.”
a. Pakikiusap
b. Pag-uutos
c. Pagtanggi
d. Pagpupunyagi
98. Anong tungkulin ng komunikasyon ang ginagampanan ng mga sumusunod na pahaya?
“Tungkol saan ang talakayan ninyo?”
a. Pagkuha ng impormasyon
c. Pagkontrol ng kilos ng iba
b. Pagbabahagi ng damdamin
d. Paglikha
99. “Tena’t may pupuntahan pa tayo.”
a. Pagpapanatili sa pakikipagkapwa
b. Pagbabahagi ng damdamin
c. Pangangarap o paglikha
d. Pagkontrol sa kilos ng iba
100.
Alin sa mga sumusunod ang di pormal na pahayag?
a. Paalam na po.
c. May maitutulong ba ako
b. Hay! Kumusta ka?
d. Ipagpatawad mo.