GENERAL EDUCATION
1. Jacee was confused when she saw the
printout of her speech because it had slashes
after some words. What should she do when
seeing a double slash?
a. Stop the speech
b. Wait for the audience’s reaction
c. Pause for a full second
d. Continue the speech
2. Which of the following does not contribute to
greenhouse effect?
a. deforestation
b. use of detergent
c. forest fires
d. burning of waste
d. -8x
6. The planets of the solar system have mythical
references. They are based on what genre of
mythology.
a. Greek Mythology
b. Roman Mythology
c. European Mythology
d. Norse Mythology
7. Air, when mixed with sulphur oxide coming
from motor vehicles and industrial plants, falls to
earth giving detrimental effects to living and
non-living things. This is known as ___.
a. acid rain
b. greenhouse rain
c. fall out
3. Isang akda ni Padre Modesto de Castro na
binubuo ng palitan ng liham ng dalawang
magkapatid.
a. Indarapatra at Sulayman
b. Dasalan at Tocsohan
c. Barlaan at Josaphat
d. Urbana at Feliza
d. El Niño
8. “Nahulog ang bata!”
pangungusap
ayon
sa
pangungusap na ito?
Anong uri ng
kayarian
ang
a. payak
b. pasalaysay
c. tambalan
4. Year 2014 has been declared by Pope Francis
as year of the _____.
d. padamdam
a. Laity
9. What do we call a traditional Japanese
b. Hope
poem with three lines (with 17 syllables)?
c. Faith
a. Haiku
d. Righteousness
b. Free verse
c. Sonnet
5. x -3p, -2x -2p, -5x –p, _____
a. 8x – p
b. 8x
c. 8x + p
d. Elegy
10. Read the following lines from the
Shakespearean play “Hamlet” and decide
which of the following emotions is most
reflected. To be, or not to be, that is the
question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to
suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous
fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles
and by opposing end them.
two seas; the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of
Azov to the east.
a. Gibraltar
b. Cape of Good Hope
c. Falkland
d. Crimea
a. Doubt
b. Indecision
c. Wrath
15. The Russian President who gave Crimea to
Ukraine in 1954 is _____.
d. Sadness
a. Vladimir Putin
b. Michael Gorbachev
11. “Lumilindol.” Anong uri ito ng pangungusap
na walang tiyak na paksa?
c. Nikita Khrushchev
d. Joseph Stalin
a. Temporal
b. Eksistensyal
c. Penomenal
16. The Russian President who wants to annex
Crimea is named _____.
d. Modal
a. Joseph Stalin
b. Nikita Khrushchev
12. Sa kasaysayan ng ating panitikan, ang
kinikilalang Gintong Panahon ng Panitikan ng
Pilipinas ay ang panahon ng _____.
a. Amerikano
b. Kastila
c. Hapones
d. Kontemporaryo
13. The major rivers in China are _____.
a. Aegean and Mekong
b. Hwang-Ho and Yangtze
c. Nile and Indus
d. Tigris and Euphrates
14. _____ is a major land mass on the northern
coast of the Black Sea that is almost completely
surrounded by water. The peninsula is located
just south of the Ukrainian mainland and west of
the Russia region of Kuban. It is surrounded by
c. Michael Gorbachev
d. Vladimir Putin
17. Social and environmental injustices are
interconnected, as exemplified by which of the
following activities?
a. Toxic wastes from industrialized countries are
disposed to poorer countries.
b. Desertification of verdant regions.
c. Temperature warming and rise of sea level.
d. Extinction of rare animal species.
18. The Kyoto Protocol requires to reduce
greenhouse effect in the environment. This
practice advocates __________.
a. ecological destruction
b. energy conservation
c. sustainable development
d. environmental protection
19. How many gallons of 30% solution of HCI
acid should be added to 2 gallons of 15%
solution of the same acid to make a 20%
solution?
22. At present, scientists report about the
formation of holes in the ozone layer of the
atmosphere. This dangerous trend is being
blamed on which of the following wrong
practices?
a. The use of ozone itself on the surface of the
earth.
a. 2
b. The excessive use of aerosols.
b. 1
c. 1.5
c. Removal of the protective cover like the
green plants.
d. 2.5
d. The use of soil fertilizers on earth.
Let x = no. of gallons 30% solution
30x + 15(2) = 20 (x + 2)
23. Intensive agricultural and industrial practices
may result to eutrophication. Which of the
following is the possible consequence of this
environmental activity?
30x – 20x = 40 – 30
a. The water will be less turbid and odor-free.
10x = 10
b. There will be a significant decrease in the
water harvest by fishermen.
0.30x + 0.15(2) = 0.20 (x + 2)
x=1
20. A mother wants to have 2 children, both girls.
Find the probability that both children will be
girls.
c. The toxicity of water will be lessened.
d. The biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) will
decrease.
b. 1/3
24. Jay is twice as old as John. Ten years ago,
he was 4 times as old as John. Find Jay’s present
age.
c. 1/9
a. 40
d. 1/2
b. 20
a. 1/4
c. 25
21. The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes by Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle, through the investigations
of Sherlock, make people think and guess
about whether their hypotheses are correct.
What is the literary standard shown here?
a. permanence
b. aesthetic value
c. emotional value
d. intellectual value
d. 30
x = present age of John
2x = present age of Jay
2x – 10 = 4 (x – 10)
2x – 10 = 4x – 40
40 – 10 = 4x – 2x
30 = 2x (age of Jay)
30/2 = x
15 = x (present age of John)
29. This is a factor of wellness that has genes
inherited that contribute to our susceptibility or
immunity to diseases.
25. Value of n such that 324n0 is divisible by 3.
a. Family History/Heredity
a. 4
b. Health Habits
b. 2
c. Environment
c. 1
d. Access to Healthcare
d. 3
A number is divisible by 3 if the sum of the digits
is divisible by 3. In case of 32430, the sum of the
digits is 12 which is divisible by 3.
30. Making their guests feel at home is a Filipino
value and trait called _____.
a. Hospitality
26. This refers to the Filipino version of the famous
line “hakuna matata”.
a. Mañana Habit
b. Bahala Na
c. Ningas Kugon
d. Cheerful Personality
27. This facet of wellness has to do with the
ability to have an open mind and welcoming to
new learnings or ideas.
a. Physical
b. Emotional
c. Intellectual
d. Social
28. These are the main or basic types of
learning.
a. Classic and Organizational
b.
Classical
Conditioning,
Operant
Conditioning, Observational Learning
c. Organic, Operational, Conditioning
d. Experimental, Experiential, Spatial
b. Self-sacrifice
c. Family Ties
d. Bayanihan
1. The Philippines’ largest drug store is named
after the Roman gods’ _____.
6. Soil is considered an ecosystem. Which of the
following supports the statement?
a. defender
a. Soil differs in color, odor and water holding
b. messenger
capacity.
c. housekeeper
b. It is the habitat of microorganisms.
d. warrior
c. It consists of living organisms and abiotic
components.
2. “What we know is outside their walls, there is
a garden of bones. Every time they turn away a
traveler, the garden grows.”- Jorah (Game of
Thrones) What happens to the travelers?
a. They disappear without explanation.
b. They serve as slaves.
c. They plant more flowers.
d. They die.
d. It is a mixture of minerals, water and gases.
7. Why are
autotrophs?
green plants
considered as
a. They depend on other sources of food.
b. They can absorb water through the roots.
c. They can build simple inorganic substances
into complex organic compounds.
d. They have green pigments that capture light.
3. “What is essential to the eye” is an example
of a _____.
a. virtue
8. The major concern about global warming
arises from increased concentration of __.
b. moral
a. greenhouse gases
c. theme
b. acid rain
d. speech
c. photochemical smog
d. aerosols
4. Who is the author of Les Miserables?
a. Edgar Allan Poe
c. Alexandre Dumas
9. Of the following listed below, which one is
considered the most disadvantageous source
of energy since it gives detrimental effect on the
population’s food supply?
d. Victor Hugo
a. solar
b. Lewis Carroll
b. geothermal
5. Who among the Filipino writers below focuses
on the beliefs and traditions during the FilipinoSpanish period?
c. wind
d. hydroelectric plant
a. F. Sionil Jose
c. Bienvenido Santos
10. Anong teorya ng wika ang nagsasabing
ang wika ay nalikha bunga ng masidhing
damdamin ng tao?
d. Nick Joaquin
a. Yoheho
b. NVM Gonzales
c. Pooh-pooh
15. One-way fare from Manila to Cebu is ₱3,800.
How many round-trip tickets can be purchased
with the amount of ₱91,200?
d. Bow-wow
a. 8
b. Ding-dong
b. 14
11. Ito ay isang tulang maromansa na kung
saan nakaharap sa mga pakikipagsapalaran
ang mga tauhan at hango sa tunay na buhay.
c. 10
a. Epiko
91,200/(3,800x2)
b. Moro-moro
=91,200/7,600
c. Korido
=12
d. 12
d. Awit
12. Alin sa mga sumusunod ang HINDI epiko ng
Mindanao?
a. Agyu
16. A square and an equilateral triangle have
equal perimeter. If the side of the square is 3
units less than the side of the triangle, what is the
area of the square?
a. 100 sq units
b. Bantugan
b. 81 sq units
c. Bidasari
c. 144 sq units
d. Maragtas
d. 64 sq units
Let x = side of the equilateral triangle
13. Alin sa mga sumusunod ang sadyang isinulat
upang ibigkas sa harap ng madla?
a. talumpati
b. talambuhay
c. anekdota
d. pabula
x – 3 = side of the square
perimeter square = perimeter of triangle
4 (x – 3) = 3x
4x – 12 = 3x
x = 12 units = side of the equilateral triangle
x – 3 = 12 – 3 = 9 units = side of the square
14. Siya ay isang Pilipinong manunulat na
tanyag sa kanyang sagisag-panulat na DimasIlaw.
a. Jose Corazon de Jesus
b. Jose dela Cruz
c. Emilio Jacinto
d. Antonio Luna
Therefore, area of square = 9^2 = 81 sq. units
17. A ball is drawn at random from a box
containing 4 red, 5 white, and 3 blue balls. Find
the probability that the ball is NOT white.
a. 7/12
b. 3/4
c. 2/3
d. 5/12
18. A certain number doubled and decreased
by 12 is 8. What is the number?
c. Mt. Kilimanjaro
d. Mt. Fuji
a. 14
b. 8
c. 12
d. 10
22. In this poem, Rizal compared education to
the goddess of light, wisdom, hope, peace and
truth.
Let x be the number
a. Intimate alliance between religion and good
education
2x – 12 = 8
b. Remembrance to My Hometown
2x = 8 + 12
c. To Education
2x = 20
d. Our Mother Tongue
x = 20/2
x = 10
23. In this poem, Rizal noted the role of religion
in attaining good education.
19. A swimming pool is an equilateral triangle in
shape. One side is 18 meters. How many meters
of rope are needed to enclose the pool?
a. Remembrance to My Hometown
a. 48 m
b. 54 m
b. To Education
c. Our Mother Tongue
d. Intimate alliance between religion and good
education
c. 36 m
d. 50 m
An equilateral triangle has all sides equal.
Perimeter = 3 (18m) = 54 m
20. Originally written in Tagalog, the poem is one
of the only two poems that Rizal wrote in his
vernacular. He, however, denied the authorship
of such.
24. This is a multilateral agreement regulating
international trade. According to its preamble,
its purpose was the “substantial reduction of
tariffs and other trade barriers and the
elimination of preferences, on a reciprocal and
mutually advantageous basis.
a. APEC
b. GATT
a. To the Filipino Youth
c. ASEAN
b. They Ask Me for Verses
d. NAFTA
c. Hymn to Talisay
d. Kundiman
21. The highest mountain in the continent of
Africa is _____.
a. Mt. Everest
b. Mt. Apo
25. Written in 1895, the verses were used against
Rizal during his trial in December 1896.
a. Kundiman
b. To the Filipino Youth
c. They Ask Me for Verses
d. Hymn to Talisay
26. This was a prize winning-poem of Rizal when
he was a student in UST. This poem proved that
an Indio was not only equal but also more
superior than the Spaniards in poetry writing.
dismissed. His term as governor was from 18911893.
a. Kundiman
b. Governor General Despujol
b. Hymn to Talisay
c. Governor General De Los Rios
c. They Ask Me for Verses
d. Governor General Claveria
d. To the Filipino Youth
27. He coined the term “survival of the fittest.”
a. Karl Marx
b. Arnold Toynbee
c. Herbert Spencer
d. August Comte
28. The mountains that separate the continents
of Asia and Europe is _____.
a. Mt. Apo
b. Mt. Everest
c. Mt. Kilimanjaro
d. Ural Mountain
29. Rizal’s loneliness is profoundly expressed in
this poem which has the lines “His lyre had long
ago become so mute and broken; his muse
stammers and no longer smiles at him.” What is
the title of this poem?
a. Hymn to Talisay
b. They Ask Me for Verses
c. To the Filipino Youth
d. Kundiman
30. He was a native of Cataluña and the count
of Caspe. He became governor in 1891, around
the time when La Liga Filipina (Philippine
League) was founded in Manila by Rizal in 1892.
He introduced many reforms; popular with
native but aroused the wrath of religious orders,
who are said to have paid $100,000 for his
a. Governor General Polavieja
1. Ito ay isang uri ng morpema ayon sa
kahulugan na may kahulugan sa ganang sarili.
Ito ay nakakatayo ng mag-isa sapagkat may
angkin
itong
ahulugan
na
hindi
na
nangangailngan ng iba pang morpema.
d. Jose
a. Morpemang Pangkayarian
a. investigating
b. Malayang morpema
b. investigated
c. Di-malayang Morpema
c. being investigated
d. Morpemang Leksikal
d. investigates
2. Ang salitang “parak” ay nasa anong antas ng
wika?
7. The statistics _____ that the dropout ratio this
year is high.
a. Jargon
a. show
b. Pidgin
b. shows
c. Kolokyal
c. had shown
d. Balbal
d. will have shown
3.
Anong uri
ng pangungusap
“Magandang araw po”?
ang
6. The students who made the commotion in the
library are now _____.
a. Temporal
8.
A
duckbilled
platypus
shows
the
characteristic of a mammal and not a bird
because _________.
b. Sambitla
a. it eats other animals
c. Pormulasyong Panlipunan
b. it feeds its young milk
d. Pamanahon
c. it makes a nest and lay eggs
d. it has webbed foot
4. Alin sa mga sumusunod na pangngalan ang
HINDI tahas?
9. 24 is three-fourths of what number?
a. pag-asa
a. 16
b. pagkain
b. 24
c. gamot
c. 32
d. lapis
d. 30
5. Alin sa mga sumusunod
pangngalang palansak?
ang
isang
a. buwig
10. The Department of Education _____ K-12
before the Commission on Higher Education
_____ preparing for 2016.
b. pag-ibig
a. had implemented; began
c. bahay-kubo
b. has begun; implemented
c. had begun; implemented
d. implemented; had begun
b. host
c. medium
11. The Philippine government, with all of its
officials, _____ one of the largest institutions in
Asia.
d. parasite
a. was
16. Which of the following is not considered as
useful function of bacteria?
b. is
c. are
d. were
12. Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez _____ the
position since 2016.
a. They act as decomposers of dead organisms.
b. They can synthesize enzymes to make
vitamins.
c. They clean
hydrocarbons.
up
oil
spill
by
digesting
d. They cause diseases like cholera.
a. has been
b. has been holding
c. will have been holding
d. had been holding
17. Five persons can finish painting a wall within
5 hours. If only 3 people are available, how
many hours do they have to work to finish the
same job?
a. 7 1/2
13. What stage in chicken pox is considered
very contagious?
b. 8
a. During the first week.
d. 8 1/3
b. When wounds have disappeared.
5 persons = 5 hours
c. When wounds have swollen.
3 persons = increased hours
d. When wounds are peeling off.
5: x = 3: 5
c. 9
25 = 3x
14. Hemophilia is a common sex-linked disorder
that is X-linked recessive trait. If a man is
hemophiliac, this means that __________.
a. None of his brothers and sisters will be
hemophiliac.
x = 25/3
x = 8.33 or 8 1/3
b. All his brothers and sisters will be hemophiliac.
18. A car racer covers 259 km in 2 hours. How far
can he go in 2 3/4 hours?
c. He will have children with hemophilia.
a. 250 1/2 km
d. He got the disease from his mother.
b. 340 km
c. 343 3/4 km
15. What term is used to describe an organism
which depends its subsistence on others?
a. prey
d. 356 1/8 km
259 km: 2 ℎrs = �: 2.75 ℎrs
712.25/2 = 356.125 or 356 1/8
19. A rectangular figure is 6 inches wide and 1
foot long. If the width is to be decreased by 2
inches, but the area remains the same, by how
much should the length be increased?
a. 6 inches
b. 8 inches
c. 4 inches
d. 10 inches
a=lxw
d. Gov. Polavieja
22. Which order of government correctly
sequences what happened during the
American regime?
a. Civil, Commonwealth, Military
b. Military, Commonwealth, Civil
c. Military, Civil, Commonwealth
d. Civil, Military, Commonwealth
12 x 6 = 72 (area)
72 = (12 + x) (6 – 2)
72 = (12 + x) 4
23. The Philippines was ruled by Spain through
the _____ until 1814.
72 = 48 + 4x
a. Viceroy of Mexico
72 - 48 = 4x
b. Guam
24 = 4x
c. Puerto Rico
24/4= x
d. Cuba
x=6
72 = 18 x 4
20. 18% of ₱36,000 is what percent of ₱12,960?
a. 25%
b. 50%
c. 5%
24. The Act/Law that led to the granting of tenyear transition period is called _____.
a. Hare-Hawes Cutting Bill
b. Tydings-Mc-Duffie Law
c. Parity Rights
d. Independence Law
d. 10%
__% of 12960 is 6480
25. What values are being promoted by the
Philippine Government when it launched the
“Juan Time” project in 2011?
12960x = 6480
a. Punctuality
6480/12960 = 0.5 or 50%
b. Close family ties
0.18 x 36000 = 6480
c. Austerity
21. The author of “Flora de Filipinas” circa 1837,
the botanical illustrations of plant specimens
that grew into the Philippines herbarium is _____.
d. Palabra de Honor
a. Gov. Narciso Claveria
26. This is the location of the island known as the
“Isla de los Pintados” by the Spaniards.
b. Fr. Manuel Blanco
a. Luzon
c. Padre Emmanuel Gonzales
b. Visayas
c. Isla Verde
d. Mindanao
27. What was our government under the 1935
Constitution?
a. Military
b. Commonwealth
c. Revolutionary
d. Monarchy
28. One of the new seven wonders of nature
that can be found in Palawan is _____.
a. Puerto Princesa River
b. Palawan Underground River
c. El Nido
d. Puerto Princesa Underground River
29. Republic Act 9994 is also known as the __.
a. Prison Modernization Law - RA 10575
b. Anti-child Abuse Law - RA 7610
c. K – 12 Act - RA 10533
d. Expanded Senior Citizens Act
30. What is the very foundation of genuine
peace and reconciliation?
a. Social Justice
b. Joy
c. Happiness
d. Confrontation
1. Philippine, American,
examples of _____.
and
Italian
are
a. verb
b. noun
c. adjective
5. Anong antas ng wika ang salitang DYAHI?
a. Jargon
b. Pidgin
c. Kolokyal
d. Balbal
d. adverb
6. Peter borrowed ₱15,000 from the bank at
2. Ang salitang “bana” ay halimbawa ng
anong antas ng wika?
a. Sosyolek
the rate of 12% per year. How much did he
owe the bank after 18 months?
b. Pabalbal
a. ₱18,700
c. Lalawiganin
b. ₱17,700
d. Idyolek
c. ₱16,000
d. ₱17,000
3. During the Spanish period, this refers to the
privilege of the provincial Governor to engage
in trade.
a. Alcadias
b. Alcalde Mayor
c. Indulto de comercio
d. Corregimientos
I = PRT
A = P + (PRT)
A = 15,000 + (15,000x0.12x1.5)
A = 15,000 + 2700
A = 17,700
7. Of the following organisms listed below, which
one will likely survive in the tundra biome?
4. Ang “pangarap” ay isang pangngalang __.
a. rice bird
a. basal
b. walrus
b. tahas
c. frog
c. pantangi
d. turtle
d. palansak
8. The average of four numbers is 38. If three
Pangngalang Pantangi o Tiyak (proper)
of the four numbers are 48, 36 and 24, what is
Pangngalang Pambalana o Di-Tiyak (common)
the 4th number?
Pangngalang Tahas o Konkreto (concrete)
a. 41
Pangngalang Basal o Di-Konkreto (abstract)
b. 44
Pangngalang Palansak (collective)
c. 40
d. 42
Ave = sum/n
38 = (48 + 36 + 24 + x)/4
x = 210/0.7
minus, plus, plus
x = 300
38 – 48 = -10
38 – 36 = 2
38 – 24 = 14
-10 + 2 + 14 = 6
38 + 6 = 44
38 = (48 + 36 + 24 + x)/4
4(38) = 108 + x
152 - 108 = x
44
9. A father decided that his 30-hectare land be
divided among his 3 children using 1:2:3
partition, the oldest getting the biggest share.
How much did the second child increase?
a. 10 ha
b. 8 ha
11. The fourth-year high school students were
told not to visit the Enchanted Kingdom before
graduation, but they _____ on what they
wanted. Which verb tense will best fit if the writer
wants to create the effect of emphasis?
a. Simple past – insisted
b. past perfect – had instead
c. past progressive – were insisting
d. emphatic past – did insist
12. Coordinators regularly _____ teachers to
determine their competence.
a. are observing
b. have observed
c. observe
d. observes
c. 15 ha
d. 5 ha
total number/total ratio
30/6 = 5
2nd child: 5 x 2 = 10
10. After receiving 30% discount, Jay paid
₱210.00 for an item. What is the regular price of
the item?
a. ₱380
b. ₱400
c. ₱350
d. ₱300
Discount = 30%
₱210 = 70%
70% of ____ is 210
0.7x = 210
13. Hangarin nitong makapagbigay ng wasto
at epektibong pakikipag-ugnayan gamit ang
mga sagisag pangwika?
a. talastasan
b. bokabularyo
c. talasanggunian
d. linggwistika
14. The world _____ the United Nations Day
every October.
a. celebrate
b. celebrates
c. celebrated
d. will celebrate
15. Nasa anong antas ng wika kabilang ang
mga salitang tulad ng NASAN at PA’NO?
a. Pabalbal
b. Kolokyal
c. Panretorika
d. Pampanitikan
19. Some genetic disorders are caused by the
damage to DNA which cannot be repaired. This
shows __________.
a. Speciation
b. Embryology
c. Pathology
d. Mutation
16. What term is given to the state of inactivity
of an organism such as a frog when passing
winter or cold season?
20. Which is true about dominant genes?
a. Cold-blooded Response
a. They prevent the expression of other genes in
the same locus.
b. Dormancy
b. They should be paired with recessive genes.
c. Hibernation
c. They cannot be expressed if heterozygous.
d. Aestivation
d. They are aggressive and express the more
beneficial traits.
17. A salesman gets 15% commission for the first
₱20,000 and 10% for the amount over ₱20,000 of
his total sales. How much does he get for a total
sale of ₱50,600?
21. In economics, _____ is a rise of general level
of prices of goods and services in an economy
over a period of time.
a. ₱5,060
a. Depression
b. ₱7,060
b. Mercantilism
c. ₱6,060
c. Inflation
d. ₱8,060
d. Free trade
A = (0.10 x 30,600) + (0.15 x 20,000)
22. Violation of human rights is a violation of the
_____ of persons.
A = 3,060 + 3,000
A = 6,060
a. freedom
b. dignity
18. Organisms, like ants, behave under specific
conditions such as storing food during summer,
defending themselves by stinging enemies or
even invading other ant colonies. The term used
to describe the behavior of the organism is
called __________.
c. intelligence
d. emotions
a. ecological defeat
23. The most devastating typhoon in 2009, with
a damage of $1.09 billion and 747 fatalities was
known as _____.
b. ecological habitat
a. Reming
c. ecological succession
b. Milenyo
d. ecological niche
c. Habagat
d. Ondoy
24. It is characterized by shared experiences
and mutual responsibilities.
a. Acculturation
b. Enculturation
c. Gemeinschaft
d. Gesellschaft
d. Public interest
29. What form of government did we have
when President Aguinaldo proclaimed the
Philippine Independence on June 12, 1898?
a. Dictatorial
b. Revolutionary
25. The fulfillment of the collective needs to the
human species, including global society is to
pursue _____.
a. common good
b. political will
c. justice
d. public interest
c. Freedom
d. Presidential
30. Those provinces that were pacified and
were already recognizing Spanish rule were
called _____.
a. Indulto de comercio
b. Corregimientos
26. The longest revolt in Philippine History is
called the _____.
a. Diego Silang Revolt
b. Dagohoy Revolt
c. Gabriela Silang Revolt
d. Palaris Revolt
27. The Board of Trustees will be convening _____
ten minutes.
a. beyond
b. in
c. at
d. on
28. This is the determination of the government
to relate to what is perceived as beneficial to
public interest and acts to implement its
decision on such in order to achieve a better
future for its citizens.
a. Political will
b. Justice
c. Common good
c. Alcadias
d. Alcalde Mayor
1. Exchange rate system was all based on the
value of gold, but it was replaced by a currency
which is determined by their cost relative to
other currencies.
a. Dollar
5. Created because of these ideas: Emphasized
the need to form common international
principle (Kant), enshrined principles of
cooperation and respect among nation-states
(Mazzini), democracy and self-determination
(Wilson).
b. Fiat
a. United Nations 1946
c. Silver
b. Wesphalia 1648
d. Peso
c. Bretton Woods 1944
d. GATT 1947
2. Established in 1960 by Kuwait, Iran, Iraq, Saudi
Arabia, and Venezuela to regulate the
production and sale of oil.
a. Gas associations
b. OPEC
c. IMF
d. UN
6. After the World War II, which emerged as new
powers?
a. United States of America and Soviet Union
(USSR)
b. People’s Republic of China and United States
of America
c. South Korea and Soviet Union
3. Most widely known defense grouping formed
during the Cold War when several Western
European countries plus the United States
agreed to protect Europe against the threat of
the Soviet Union.
d. Germany and Soviet Union
a. NAM
a. Fidel Ramos
b. ASEAN
b. Sergio Osmeña
c. NATO
c. Ferdinand Marcos
d. GATT
d. Joseph Estrada
4. Created by presidents of Egypt, Ghana,
India, Indonesia, and Yugoslavia in 1961 to
pursue world peace and international
cooperation,
human
rights,
national
sovereignty, racial and national equality, nonintervention, and peaceful conflict resolution.
8. A UNESCO World Heritage Site in Ilocos Norte
is _____.
a. NAM
b. GATT
c. NATO
d. IMF
7. In whose presidency was the famous
MIRACLE RICE produced?
a. Bangui windmills
b. Paoay Church
c. Pagudpud
d. Currimao Rock Formations
9. Which order of presidents correctly applies
to Philippine history?
I. Carlos P. Garcia
II. Diosdado Macapagal
III. Manuel Roxas
11. One of the types of positive economics that
collects and presents data that can describe
life phenomena is _____.
IV. Ferdinand Marcos
a. growth
a. IV, III, II, I
b. descriptive economics
b. I, II, III, IV
c. stability
c. IV, II, I, III
d. economic theory
d. III, I, II IV
Aguinaldo
Quezon
Laurel
Osmeña
Roxas
Quirino
Magsaysay
Garcia
Macapagal
Marcos Sr.
12. The employees of a review center want to
associate, pool their savings, and use the fund
as soon as possible to grant loans to members
and capitalized and operate the canteen of
the said review center. What type of
cooperative will they organize and register?
a. Service cooperative
b. Producers cooperative
c. Consumer cooperative
d. Credit cooperative
Aquino, C.
13. The earliest mode of economic life in human
history according to Karl Marx is called _____.
Ramos
a. agricultural
Estrada
b. primitive communism
Arroyo
c. enlightened self-interest
Aquino III
d. reciprocity
Duterte
Marcos Jr.
10. An international convention where the
Philippines can validate its claim to the Spratlys
and other territories in the West Philippine Sea is
known as the _____.
14. It refers to any liability to pay money arising
out of a contract, express or implied.
a. Debtors
b. Debt
c. Tax
a. United Nations Convention on the Law of the
Sea (UNCLOS)
d. Poll tax
b. Kyoto Protocol
15. This court shall have jurisdiction over civil and
criminal cases involving graft and corrupt
practices and such offenses committed by
public officers and employees in relation to their
offices as may be determined by law.
c. Rio De Janiero Convention
d. Geneva Convention
a. Court of Appeals
b. Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law
b. Regional Trial Courts
c. Agrarian structure
c. Sandiganbayan
d. Land reform
d. Supreme Court
16. It means that when a person is charged with
an offense and the case is terminated either by
acquittal or conviction or in any other manner
without the express consent of the accused, the
latter cannot again be charged with the same
or identical offense.
a. Writ of Habeas Corpus
b. Writ of Amparo
c. Right against illegal detention
d. Right against double jeopardy
17. The state of entire subjection of one person
to the will of another is called _____.
a. Peonage
20. The families of victims of extrajudicial killings
and enforced disappearances can involve the
writ when the right to life, liberty, or security of a
person is violated or threatened with violation
by an unlawful act or omission of a public
official or employee or of a private individual or
entry.
a. Right against illegal detention
b. Writ of Amparo
c. Right against double jeopardy
d. Writ of Habeas Corpus
21. Rizal was eight years old when he wrote this
poem. He realized the ultimate importance of
having a native tongue.
b. Slavery
a. Intimate alliance between religion and good
education
c. Suppressed
b. To Education
d. Depressed
c. Our Mother Tongue
d. Remembrance to my Hometown
18. Legislation granting special privileges to
senior citizens helps neutralize prejudice and
dissemination towards special category based
on:
22. It prohibits hazing and other forms of
initiation rites in fraternities, sororities, and other
organizations.
a. Ethnicity
a. Republic Act 8049
b. Gender
b. Republic Act 1425 – Rizal Law
c. Race
c. Republic Act 9262 - Anti-violence against
women & children act
d. Age
d. Republic Act 7796 - TESDA
19. The complex set of relationships within the
agricultural sector and between tenure
structure, production structure and the structure
of supporting services is called _____.
a. Agrarian reform measures
23. This poem was written by Rizal when he was
15 years old. His memories of Calamba
demonstrated his innate love of nature that
ultimately developed into a greater love of
nation.
a. Intimate alliance between religion and good
education
b. To Education
c. Our Mother Tongue
a. Order
b. Recall
c. Referendum
d. People’s Initiative
d. Remembrance to My Hometown
24. This Republic Act created the Technical
Education and Skills Development Authority
(TESDA).
a. Republic Act 9994
b. Republic Act 1425
c. Republic Act 9292
28. The Republic Act that requires the
compulsory teaching of Rizal Course and the
lives of other Filipino patriots is _____.
a. Republic Act 7610
b. Republic Act 9292
c. Republic Act 9994
d. Republic Act 1425
d. Republic Act 7796
25. An Act Strengthening Teacher Education in
the Philippines by establishing Centers of
Excellence and creating a teacher Education
Council.
a. RA 7784
b. RA 9262
c. RA 1425
d. RA 8094
26. He became governor, with new capital at
Iloilo, 1898 until Treaty of the Pearls was signed,
December 10, 1898, handling sovereignty over
the Philippines to the United States for $20
million. His term as governor was from August 13,
1898 – December 10, 1898, and Manila on
January 1, 1899.
29. These are the only officials removable by
impeachment.
a. The President, Vice-President, members of the
Supreme Court, members of the Constitutional
Commissions, and the Congressmen/women
b. The President, Vice-President, members of the
Supreme Court, members of the Constitutional
Commissions, and the Commander-in-Chief of
the Armed Forces
c. The President, Vice-President, members of the
Supreme Court, members of the Constitutional
Commissions, and the Ombudsman
d. The President, Vice-President, members of the
Supreme Court, members of the Constitutional
Commissions, and the Senators
a. Diego De Los Rios
30. Isang mahabang tulang pasalysay tungkol
sa kabayanihan ng pangunahing tauhan na
may pambihirang katangian.
b. Miguel Lopez De Legazpi
a. dalit
c. Basilio Agustin
b. parabula
d. Narciso Claveria
c. pabula
27. This is the legal process whereby the
registered voters of a local government unit
may directly propose, enact, or amend any law
or ordinance at polls called for the purpose
independently of the regularly constituted local
legislative body.
d. epiko
1. The Harry Potter series, as well as the renditions
of Destiny classics, have brought together
families (parents and children), friends and
other people from different walks of life in order
to enjoy the stories unfold. What literary
standard is shown here?
c. method-data analysis
d. literature review
a. style
6. Which environmental law requires industries
to install anti-pollution devices and bans the use
of incinerators?
b. emotional value
a. Greenpeace Act
c. permanence
b. Anti-pollution Act
d. universality
c. Environmental Security Act
d. Philippine Clean Air Act
2. This lists the sources used in the study.
a. biography
b. appendices
c. index
d. bibliography
7. The “red tide” phenomenon causes what
particular marine organism to be poisonous for
human consumption?
a. arthropods
b. mollusks
c. earthworms
3. The Greek, Roman and Norse stories have
been very famous despite the passing of time.
What is the term for stories about gods and
goddesses?
d. algae
c. fantasy
8. The main aim of Brundtland Commission is the
development that meets the needs of the
present without compromising the ability of the
future generation to meet their own needs. This
development is classified as ______.
d. short story
a. sustainable development
a. legend
b. myth
b. environmental development
4. How do you call the relationship of Zeus and
Jupiter?
c. ecological development
d. uncompromising development
a. siblings
b. friends
c. enemies
9. One environmental activity that may reduce
water pollution is the __________.
d. counterparts
a. Desalination of sea water to make it potable.
b. Use of detergents to clean the water.
5. “Data from the participants revealed that
92% wanted to go to school.”
a. conclusion
b. result
c. Treatment of wastewater before discharging.
d. Construction of flood control in low-lying
areas.
10. A simple food chain consists of the following:
The cob worm that feeds on the corn is eaten
by the small bird and this bird is then eaten by
the hawk. What will happen to the organisms
involved in the food chain if the worm is killed by
pesticide?
a. tambalan
b. hulapi
c. kabilaan
d. laguhan
a. The corn will decrease.
c. The bird will thrive.
15. Sa ponemang segmental, ano ang
tinataglay ng mga salitang galaw, baliw, lamay
at kahoy?
d. The worm will still reproduce.
a. Pares Minimal
b. The hawk will die.
b. Klaster
11. Anong bantas ang siyang inilalagay sa
pagitan ng unlaping “ika” at “tambilang”?
a. panaklong
b. kuwit
c. gitling
d. tuldok
c. Diptonggo
d. Ponema
16. The probability that the wife will survive in 10
years is 3/5 and that of her husband is 2/3. Find
the probability that either one of them will
survive.
a. 1
12. Ito ay isang sangay ng linggwistika na
sumasaklaw sa pag-aaral ng kayarian o
istruktura ng salita.
b. 2/5
a. Morpolohiya
d. 7/15
b. Sintaks
P = P (wife survives) x P (husband won’t) +
c. Ortograpiya
P (wife won’t) x P (husband survives)
d. Semantika
P = (3/5) (1/3) + (2/5) (2/3) = 3/15 + 4/15 = 7/15
13. Ayon kay Gleason, ang wika ay
pinagkakasunduan ng isang lahi at kaya
naman ay nauunawaan ng lahat ng kasapi ng
lahi.
17. Simplify 5+[-2(-1+3)]2
a. arbitraryo
c. 64
b. dinamiko
d. 21
c. masistema
5+[-2(-1+3)]2
d. likas
GEMDAS
c. 1/2
a. 30
b. 12
5+[-2(-1+3)]2
14. Ibigay ang panlapi na ginamit sa mga
sumusunod
na
salita:
kaligayahan,
pagmamahalan, at pagkatiwalaan.
5+[-2(2)]2
5+[-4]2
5+[16]
Average = sum/n à Sum = n(average)
21
Average = [30(75) + 20(90)]/30 + 20
= 2250 + 1800/50
18. Jack can finish a certain job in 5 days. Jill can
finish the same job in 7 days. Working together,
in how many days they finish the job?
= 4050/50
= 81
a. 12
b. 4 1/3
c. 3
d. 2 11/12
12t = 35
t =35/12 or 2 11/12
19. A pair of dice is rolled. Find the probability
that the sum “9” appears.
a. 2/9
b. 1/9
c. 4/5
d. 1/3
21. Ruining each other’s reputations and pulling
each other down is a Filipino trait called _____.
a. Respect for Elders
b. Crab Mentality
c. Kanya-kanya Attitudes
d. Cheerful Personality
22. In the acronym S-M-A-R-T in setting goals for
success, what does S stands for?
a. Self
b. Smart
c. Special
d. Specific
# favorable outcomes/ # of all
possible outcomes
die = denominator is 6
pair of dice = 36
deck of cards = 52
23. Goals should be something you desire and
want. Achieving goals should have a sense of
purpose. This statement says that goals are
_____.
a. Written-down
P = [(3,6), (4,5), (5,4), (6,3)
b. Focus
4/36 or 1/9
c. Motivating
d. S-M-A-R-T
20. Thirty students had an average of 75,
while 20 students had an average of 90. What
is the average of the entire group?
24. In the acronym S-M-A-R-T in setting goals for
success, what does R stands for?
a. 81
a. Real-life
b. 82
b. Reasonable
c. 82.5
c. Realistic
d. 81.5
d. Relevant
25. Desiring to look more foreign than local and
favoring foreign products than Filipino products
is a trait called _____.
a. Pride
b. Colonial Mentality
c. Crab Mentality
d. Hospitality
26. The function by which school help children
to participate effectively in larger society is
called:
a. enculturation
b. education
c. socialization
d. acculturation
27. The “yellow race” is also known as:
a. Mongoloids
b. Caucasians
c. Negroids
d. Malays
28. Which constitute a quorum in each House
of Congress?
a. Three-fourths of the members of each House
b. One-third of the members of each House
c. Two-thirds of the members of each House
d. A majority of each House
29. The British Prime Minister who supported the
European Union’s measures against Russia on
the issue of Crimea is _____.
a. Margaret Thatcher
b. Winston Churchill
c. David Cameron
d. Tony Blair
30. The principle of check and balances is
intended to maintain balance among
executive, legislative and judicial departments
of the government. Which one is a check on the
executive department by the judiciary?
a. Declaring an
unconstitutional.
act
of
b. Declaring a
unconstitutional.
legislative
the
President
measure
is
c. Impeaching the president.
d. Determining the salaries of the President and
Vice President.
1. His philosophy introduced Dualism. "I think,
therefore I exist."
6. He considered art as an aid to philosophy in
revealing truth.
a. Plato
a. Aristotle
b. Rene Descartes
b. Plato
c. Maurice Merleau-Ponty
c. Tolstoy
d. Kant
2. He was the first philosopher who engaged in
systematic questioning about the self.
a. Plato
b. Socrates
c. Descartes
d. David Hume
3. A mindset that leads to a desire to learn and
therefore a tendency to embrace challenges,
persist in the face of setbacks, see the effort as
the path to mastery, learn from criticism.
a. Fixed mindset
b. Growth mindset
c. Innovation mindset
d. All of the above
7. In what city did the Renaissance begin?
a. Paris France
b. London England
c. Berlin Germany
d. Florence Italy
8. What does the word "Renaissance" mean?
a. Afterdeath
b. Rebirth
c. The Light
d. The study of Greece and Rome
9. "It is better to be feared than loved", is best
attributed to what philosopher?
4. It is a type of motivation when you do
something because you enjoy it, you find it
interesting, or because of other personal
reasons. It is referred to as __.
a. Michaelangelo
a. Intrinsic Value
d. Brunelleschi
b. Durer
c. Machiavelli
b. Intrinsic Motivation
c. Extrinsic Motivation
10. Who is most responsible for the Reformation?
d. Feedback
a. King Henry VIII
b. Michaelangelo
5. It is the belief of a person that his or her actions
are effective or make difference.
a. Self-Confidence
b. Self-Efficacy
c. Self-Respect
d. Self-Esteem
c. Martin Luther
d. Pope Leo
11. This is manifested by creating an image with
a range of value by shading and making forms
to make the art livelier.
d. 2-D
a. Illusion of form
16. This can be defined as the arrangement of
light and shadow
b. Realism
c. Size
d. Point of view
a. Chiaroscuro
b. Highlights
c. Positive Space
d. Forms
12. This refers to the emptiness or area between,
around, above, below, or within objects.
b. Soul
17. This is the technique that artists apply to their
work to create a desirable image by
accurately placing highlights and shadows.
c. Symmetry
a. 2-D
d. Space
b. Point of view
a. Impressionism
c. Illusion of form
13. This makes an object with brighter color
seem closer to you, and objects with dull, light
colors seem to be further away.
a. Size
b. Overlapping
c. Color
d. Shadowing
d. Placement
18. This refers to the angle at which you view an
object.
a. Point of view
b. Overlapping
c. Placement
d. 3-D
14. In this art, the artist could use solid materials
for making their piece like stones, woods,
metals, plaster, marble and clay.
a. Sculpture
b. Abstract
c. Impressionism
d. Detail
19. An art that have different strokes of unmixed
colors and effect of light that reflected the
world we lived.
a. Zoological
b. Impressionism
c. Realism
d. Abstract
15. When using this method, the objects placed
low on the picture plane seems to be closer to
the viewer than objects placed near eye level.
a. Size
b. Placement
c. Point of view
20. This is the type of art that is the same on one
side as the other, a mirroring of portions of an
image.
a. Asymmetry
b. Space
c. Soul
d. Symmetry
25. The phenomenon of driving out the poor in
favor of newer, wealthier residents is called
a. Banlieue
b. Gentrification
21. How do organizations cope with the
challenges of globalization?
c. Splinter
d. Cyberbalkanization
a. By forming regional organizations
b. By forming political network
c. By forming social relations
d. By forming eco-net
26. The sociologist who popularized the term
Global City.
a. Saskia Sassen
b. Herbert Schiller
22. Which of the following countries take
advantage of its strategic location as a
response
to
economic
and
political
globalization?
a. China
b. Singapore
c. Japan
d. USA
c. Peter Berger
d. Max Weber
27. Which of the following plays a critical role in
the global economic supply chain?
a. Shanghai
b. Seoul
c. Tokyo
d. Okinawa
23. OPEC consists of the following countries
except
a. Iran and Iraq
b. Kuwait
c. Saudi Arabia
d. Yugoslavia
28. The ancient trade route, linking China with
the West, that carried goods and ideas
between the two great civilizations of Rome
and China.
a. Galleon
b. Kennon Road
24. Economic crisis compels countries together.
An example of this is
a. When Thailand's economy collapsed, ASEAN
countries agreed to establish an emergency
fund to anticipate the crisis
b. When foreign currency speculators
demanded the Asian government a payback
of its loan.
c. Silk Road
d. Suez Canal
29. This is the global leader of last resort to
prevent individual countries from spiraling into
credit crises.
a. IMF
c. IMF reversed the crisis
b. GATT
d. When Vietnam invaded Cambodia
c. World Bank
d. WTO
30. Inaugurated in 1944 to prevent catastrophes
of the early decades of the century from
reoccurring and affecting international ties.
a. Neoliberalism
b. Bretton Woods
c. Washington Consensus
d. WTO