MAJORSHIP LET REVIEWER IN SOCIAL SCIENCE /

SOCIAL STUDIES / ARALING PANLIPUNAN

1. Which of the following in NOT a major feature of Southeast Asian geography?

a. Southeast Asia has an extremely long coastline

b. Mountains and seas help to unite Southeast Asia

c. Southeast Asia is a region of islands and Peninsulas

d. Several important cities are located near the river deltas

2. Which of the following would have the greatest effect on the lives of the Chinese people?

a. The mountains

b. The monsoons

c. The north wind

d. The Desert

3. In which production does India lead world?

a. Wheat

b. Tea

c. Spices

d. Jute

4. Which best describes most of Russia’s coastline?

a. It is very good for trade because it is straight.

b. It is very good because it is the longest in the world

c. It is not very useful because there are not too many good ports

d. It is not very useful for trade because it stays frozen part of the year.

5. Why do much of the world’s trade passes through the Middle East

a. Because the people of the Middle East are among the best traders.

b. Because the best harbors are found in the Middle East

c. Because the Middle East connects three continents

d. All of the above

6. The geographic position of Southeast Asia has influenced its development in what way?

a. It is set apart from the rest of the world.

b. It is a natural area for the development of industry

c. It has forced Southeast Asian countries to conquer neighboring lands

d. It has made it an important trade center between the Indian and Pacific Oceans

7. Which of the following statement is true about Chinese geography?

a. The mountains of China are along the east coast.

b. Geography has in part isolated China from the world.�

c. The Rivers of China are navigable for only a short distance.

d. Geography has had little to do with China’s unique development.

8. Which of the following statements about India’s geography is NOT true?

a. Southern India is a land of mountains, forest and jungles

b. The Deccan was isolated China from most of India by geography.

c. Mountain pass through the Himalayas have helped migrations into India.

d. The rivers of India play only a small role in the lives of the people.

9. What climate is most of Russia known for?

a. Tropical

b. Continental

c. Temperate

d. Humid

10. What does the Suez Canal connect?

a. Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean

b. Atlantic Ocean with the Black Sea

c. Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea

d. Mediterranean Sea with the Black Sea

11.If you went from Hanoi to Saigon, you would probably travel in which direction?

a. North

b. South

c. East

d. West

12. As a person travels west in China what will he most likely to find?

a. Mountains and desert country

b. Densely populated cities

c. Large agricultural areas

d. Dry loess plains

13. The earliest civilization of India was located in the valley what river?

a. Ganges River

b. Indus river

c. Brahmaputra river

d. Godavari River

14. Where are the great forests of Russia found?

a. Tundra

b. Taiga

c. Steppe�

d. Desert

15. Most of the land of the Middle East is

a. Jungle

b. Steppe
c. Desert

d. Savanna

16.Saigon is located to the east of what country?

a. Hanoi

b. Rangoon

c. Manila

d. Djakarta

17. The most densely populated areas of China are found in what area?

a. Near industrial areas

b. In the river valleys

c. in the western mountains

d. on the southern plateau

18. Which of the following does NOT affect the climate?

a. Cold winds from central Asia

b. The wide range of latitude

c. The monsoon winds from the south

d. The warm ocean currents along the coast

19. Why were the Mongols able to invade Russia easily?

a. The Russian had an excellent army

b. Many Russians welcomed the Mongols

c. The Mongols had the help of other nations

d. There were no barriers in the steppe to stop them

20. Only 15% of the land of the Middle East is suitable for farming. 85% is unsuitable for what

reason?

a. It is too dry
b. It is too hilly

c. There are too many factories

d. None of these

21. What activities can make significant improvements in students’ communicative effectiveness

and using the world atlas and geography culture, in those students can build up written fluency?

a. Case study method

b. Concept formation activities�

c. Print-based activities

d. on-line activities

22. What teaching strategy is best to use when you like to facilitate the use of matrix headings as a

model to guide the transformation of information?

a. The teacher must first distribute to the class a summary report or descriptive report.

b. The teacher may provide a visual aid when possible to explain abstract concepts.

c. The teacher may use a concept development strategy.

d. The teacher may identify a concept for the observers.

23. What teaching technique is used when you select or create learning supports or an alternative

of providing time to conduct research on the topic, problem, assertion, or question? This technique

requires you to arrange the chairs so that there is a small circle for the student who will actively

discuss and a large outer circle for the observers.

a. Case study

b. Fishbowl

c. dueling documents

d. on line

24. What strategy will you use to examine unique events, issues or a pressing problem that can be

real, fictional or hypothetical? This strategy can also be used to describe the drivers group of
people, cultures, ethnic groups and languages?

a. Gallery walk

b. Synaptic

c. Case studies

d. Concept formation

25. What game to play when the Social Science teacher explains the two documents that are

competing to tell the story of the past and the task is to decide which documents should win the

game?

a. Dueling documents

b. Debriefing

c. gallery walk

d. KWL

26. This is the largest of all the continents. It covers nearly 1/3 of the world’s land surface. This

continent gave the world its earliest civilizations and major religions.

a. Europe

b. Asia

c. Africa

d. North America�

27. This country is known as the "world’s melting pot" and "land of refugees" for having history of

successive migration.

a. Canada

b. Australia

c. United States

d. Great Britain

28. This is often called as the "eternal city" for having been the seat of power during ancient and
modern period.

a. Paris

b. Milan

c. Brussels

d. Rome

29. Melanesia refers to the "black islands" who’s inhabitants are generally short with dark skin and

frizzy hair. Which of the following does NOT belong to the Melanesia group of islands?

a. Papua New Guinea

b. Solomon Islands

c. Vanuatu

d. Tuvalu

30. This is a doctrine in geography which states that nature is passive and man is active who is free

to change his environment.

a. Marxist

b. Possibilism

c. Feminist Geography

d. Critical Geography

31. This is often called as "land of emeralds" because it has 90% of the world’s supply of emeralds.

This country is the only nation with coastlines washed by both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific

Ocean.

a. Colombia

b. Brazil

c. Ecuador

d. Bolivia

32. This is the least developed and poorest country in Central America. This country’s name
originated from Spanish word for "depths". This is also known as the "Banana Republic".

a. Honduras

b. Guatemala

c. Nicaragua

d. El Salvador�

33. Why is Africa often called "Dark Continent" until the 19th century?

a. It is a land of mystery and paradox

b. Its peoples are all black and dark

c. Its forest are impenetrable

d. Its notorious for diseases

34. This is the third largest continent. It is home of megacities like Mexico City, New York and Los

Angeles. Its highest point is Mt. McKinley and lowest point is the Death Valley.

a. South America

b. North America

c. Caribbean

d. Oceania

35. This is the second largest continent, home of the largest desert and was also believed to be the

birthplace of humanity.

a. Africa

b. North America

c. South America

d. Asia

36. This is the best manifestation of the cultural landscape of Islam.

a. Pagodas

b. Mosques
c. Stupas

d. Bazaar

37. This is the largest city in Africa which is also often called "city of victory".

a. Cairo

b. Pretoria

c. Addis Ababa

d. Mogadishu

38. This is popularly called as "Empty Quarter". This is one of the largest true deserts in the world

which has no settlement and no vegetation at all.

a. Rub Al Khali

b. Sahara

c. Nubian

d. Libyan

39. This is the heart of the Mayan civilization. It is most populous country in Central America and

half of the populations are Mayan Indians.

a. Honduras

b. Costa Rica�

c. Guatemala

d. Mexico

40. This is the 6th largest country in the world in terms of land area. In fact, it is the only nation that

is a continent, but it has the highest rate of skin cancer in the world.

a. India

b. Australia

c. USA

d. Canada
41. This is how we call the location is based on the use of longitudes and latitudes.

a. Nominal

b. Relative

c. Astronomical

d. Absolute

42. This literary means "land without people". This country became independent in 1990 and has

one of the highest sand dunes in the world.

a. Angola

b. Ghana

c. Namibia

d. Senegal

43. The name of "Far East" is a misnomer being coined by western geographers and European

mariners. This region refers to

a. India, Pakistan

b. Russia, Kazakhstan

c. Saudi Arabia, Jordan

d. China, Korea, Japan

44. Paradise Lost, that’s the story of this country which was rocked by 66 nuclear blast by the

United States from 1946-1958.

a. Nauru

b. Vanuatu

c. Marshall Is.

d. Tonga

45. The April 1986 Chernobyl explosion is the world’s worst nuclear disaster wherein 3 people

were killed in the initial explosion. Chernobyl is located in

a. Ukraine

b. Russia

c. Latvia

d. Lithuania�

46. The Prime Meridian passes through

a. London

b. Rome`

c. Samoa

d. Warsaw

47. This country assumed full sovereignty over a strategic canal from the United States on

December 31, 1999.

a. Solomon Island

b. Panama

c. Egypt

d. Colombia

48. "Rainbow Warrior", the flagship of the Greenpeace Organization was bombed and sunk in

Auckland by French secret agents due to the former’s nuclear testing. Where is Auckland?

a. Australia

b. New Zealand

c. Guam

d. Japan

49. This often called a "heaven of peace" in Central America. This country had led the way in forest

conservation and demilitarization.

a. Nicaragua

b. Costa Rica
c. El Salvador

d. Honduras

50. This is the second most populated country in the world. This nation still practices caste

determination, child bride, dowry system and girl-child infanticide especially in the rural areas.

a. China

b. India

c. Canada

d. Pakistan

51. During the Vietnam war, wide areas of forest and mangroves were sprayed with this herbicide

which contains dioxin, a high toxic compound. This dioxin later was responsible for fetal

deformities. What do you call this dioxin?

a. Agent Orange

b. Uranium

c. Formalin

d. all of the above�

52. This is one of the world’s leading oil producers. The country has the highest per capital income

in Latin America, though its national wealth is very unevenly distributed. This country helped in the

founding of OPEC.

a. Mexico

b. Brazil

c. Venezuela

d. Ecuador

53. This is the only Portuguese – speaking country in a Hispanic-Latin region.

a. Mexico

b. Aruba
c. Nicaragua

d. Brazil

54. This literally means "Opposite the Arctic". This is the 5th largest landmass and the least

a. Africa

b. North Pole

c. South Pacific

d. Antarctica

55. In 1989, it became the very first country to sanction homosexual marriage and to give

homosexuals most of the legal rights accorded to heterosexuals.

a. Germany

b. Finland

c. Netherland

d. Denmark�

Answer Key

Majorship – Social Science

1. B

2. B

3. B

4. D

5. C

6. D

7. D

8. D

9. B
10. D

11. B

12. A

13. B

14. B

15. C

16. B

17. A

18. B

19. D

20. A

21. C

22. A

23. B

24. C

25. A

26. B

27. C

28. D

29. D

30. B

31. A

32. A

33. A

34. B
35. A

36. B

37. A

38. A

39. C

40. B

41. D

42. C

43. D

44. C

45. A

46. A

47. B

48. B

49. B

50. B

51. A

52. C

53. D

54. D

55. D�

SOCIAL SCIENCES

CLUSTER/SUBJECT COMPETENCIES

Philippine Government and New Constitution

Practice Test

1. All of the following constitute the meaning of political science except:

A.A basic knowledge and understanding of the state.

B.It is primarily concerned with the association of human beings into a political community.

*C.Common knowledge every events taking place in the society.

D.It deals with the relationship among men and groups which are subject to the control by the state.

2. It refers to the community of persons more or less numerous, permanently occupying a definite
portion of territory, having a government of their own to which the great body of inhabitants render
obedience, and enjoying freedom from external control.

A.Sovereignty

B.Nation

C.Citizenship

*D.State

3. It refers to the agency through which the will of the state is formulated, expressed and carried out.

*A.Government

B.Sovereignty

C.Constitution

D.Laws

4. What are the four elements of state?

*A. people, territory, sovereignty, government

B. people, constitution, territory, government

C. government, law, peace, territory

D. constitution, people, land, independence

5. What theory asserts that the early states must have been formed by deliberate and voluntary compact
among the people to form a society and organize government for their common good.

ANecessity Theory

B.Devine Right Theory

*C.Social Contact Theory

D.Social Compact Theory

6. Government exists and should continue to exist for the benefit of the people.

*A.The statement is a general truth.

B.The statement is just an assumption.

C.The statement is a fallacy.

D.There is no basis for judgment.

7. What are the forms of government in which the political power is exercised by a few privilege class.

*A.Oligarchy and Aristocracy

B.Aristocracy and Monarchy

C.Theocracy and Fascism

D.Democracy and Tyranny

8. The pre-colonial Philippines has no established government. Its villages and settlements were called
barangays.

A.Only the first statement is true and correct.

B.Only the second statement is true and correct.

*C.Both statements are true and correct.

D.Both statements are untrue and incorrect.

9. There were four social classes of people in the pre-colonialbarangays. They were the nobles, freemen,
serfs, and the slaves.

A.Only the first statement is true and correct.

B.Only the second statement is true and correct.

*C.Both statements are true and correct.

D.Both statements are untrue and incorrect.

10. What are the two known written codes during the pre-Spanish era in the Philippines?

*A.Maragtas and Kalantiaw Codes

B.Sumakwil and Sulayman Codes

C.Panay and Subanon Codes

D.Hammurabi and Ur Nammu Codes

11. Under the Spanish colonial government, who directly governed the Philippines?

A.The Governor-General

B.The Viceroy of Mexico

C.The Royal Audiencia

*D.The King of Spain

.12. What is the first city to be established in 1565 in the Philippines?

A.Manila
B.Davao

*C.Cebu

D.Iloilo

13.The government which Spain established in the Philippines was defective. It was a government for the
Spaniards and not for the Filipinos.

A.Only the first statement is true and correct.

B.Only the second statement is true and correct.

*C.Both statements are true and correct.

D.Both statements are untrue and incorrect

14. What was the secret society founded in 1896 that precipitated the glorious revolution against the
Spaniards.

*A.The Katipunan

B.The Kalahi

C.The Biak na Bato Republic

D.The Ilustrado

15. Arranged the sequence of governments during the revolutionary era:

1. The Dictatorial Government

2. The Revolutionary Government

3. The Biak-na-Bato Republic

4. The First Philippine Republic

A.2 3 1 4

*B.3 1 2 4
C.4 1 3 2

D.1 2 3 4

16. Arranged according to its establishment during the American Regime:

1. The Commonwealth Government

2. The Military Government

3. The Civil Government

A.1 2 3

*B.2 3 1

C.3 2 1

D.2 1 3

17. What was the civil government established during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines?

A.The Japanese Imperial Government

B.The Philippine Republic

C.The Puppet Government of Japan

*D.The Philippine Executive Commission

18. The Constitution used by the Philippine government from the commonwealth period until 1973.

A.The Malolos Constitution

B.The Biak-na-Bato Constitution

*C.The 1935 Constitution

D.The 1901 Constitution

19. What kind of government was installed under the 1973 Constitution under the Marcos regime?
A.Modified Presidential system

*B.Modified Parliamentary system

C.Military system

D.Bicameral system

20. A de facto government acquires a de jure status when it gains wide acceptance from the people and
recognition from the community of nations.

*A.The statement is true and valid.

B.The statement is an assumption.

C.The statement is a fallacy.

D.The statement is doubtful.

21. It is defined as written instrument by which the fundamental powers of the government are
established, limited and defined and by which these powers are distributed among the several
departments or branches for their and useful exercise for the benefit of the people.

Laws

Statutes

*Constitution

Ordinances

22. There is no Constitution that is entirely written or unwritten.

*The statement is true and correct.

The statement is incorrect.

The statement is partially correct.

There is no basis to conclude.

23. Requisites of a good written constitution.

Brief

Broad
Definite

*All of the given options

24. Who has the authority to interpret the constitution?

Private individual

Courts

Legislative and Executive departments of the government

*All of the given options

25. “We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of Almighty God , in order to build a just and
humane society and establish a government that shall embody our ideals and aspirations, promote our
common good, conserve and develop our patrimony, and secure to ourselves and our posterity the
blessings of independence and democracy under the rule of law and the regime of truth, justice,
freedom, equality and peace, do ordain and promulgate this Constitution.”

What part of Constitution is this?

General Provision

Amendments

*Preamble

National Patrimony

Economics, Taxation, Land Reform, and Cooperative

3.1 Manifest understanding of the Philippine economic condition with respect to taxation, land reform,
cooperative as well as to the growth of its Gross National Product (GNP).

3.2 Apply the economic principles to the current economic condition of the Philippines.

Practice Tests

1. The problem of scarcity _____.

A. arises only in poor countries.

B. exists because the price of goods is too high.

*C. exists because of limited resources.

D. will eventually be solve by better planning.

2. “If an individual is to maximize the utility received from the consumption, he or she should spend all
available income…” This statement assumes ________.

that saving is impossible.

that the individual is not satiated in all goods.

that no goods are “inferior.”

*both A and B.

3. An individual’s demand curve

A. represents the various quantities that the consumer is willing to purchase of a good at various

price levels.

B. is derived from an individual’s indifference curve map.

C. will shift if preferences, price of other goods, or income change.

*D. all of the above.

4. What is a firm?

A president, some vice presidents, and some employees

Any organization that wants to make a profit.

Any accumulation of productive assets.

*Any organization that turns inputs into outputs

5. If more and more labor is employed while keeping all other inputs constant, the marginal physical
productivity of labor _____.

will eventually increase.

*will eventually decrease.

will eventually remain constant.

cannot tell from the information provided.

6. In general, microeconomic theory assumes that the firms attempt to maximize the difference between
______.

total revenue and accounting costs.

price and marginal cost.

*total revenues and economic costs.

economic costs and average cost.

7. In a competitive market, efficient allocation of resources is characterized by ________.

a price greater than the marginal cost of production.

the possibility of further mutually beneficial transactions.

*the largest possible sum of consumer and producer surplus.

a value of consumer surplus equal to that of producer surplus.

8. Price controls _______.

are always popular with consumers because they lower prices.

*create shortages.

increase producer surplus because firms can now sell a greater quantity of a good at a lower price.

are necessary to preserve equity.

9. The excess burden of tax is ____.

The amount of which the price of a good increases

*The loss of consumer and producer surplus that is not transferred elsewhere.

The amount y which a person’s after-tax income decrease as a result of the new tax.

The welfare costs to firms forced to leave the market due to an inward shift of the demand curve.

10. In the opening of the free trade, if world prices of a good are less than domestic prices of that same
good, _________.

domestic consumers will experience a loss of surplus.

*domestic prices will drop to the world price level.

all domestic producers of that good will try to find another market because they can’t compete with
foreign producers.

domestic producers will increase the quantity supplied in order to crowd out the foreign produced
goods.

11. It states that as the price of the commodities increase the amount of goods the consumer is willing
to purchase decrease and as the price of the commodities decrease the willingness of the consumer to
buy increases and other factor remain constant.

Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility

Law of Gravity

Law of Supply

*Law of Demand

12. A deliberate attempt to recognize and transform existing agrarian system with the intention of
improving the distribution of agricultural incomes and thus fostering rural development.

A.Millennium Development Plan B.Water Reform

*C.Land Reform D. Development Goals

13. What is the process by which the productive capacity of the economy is increased over time to bring
about rising levels of national output and income?

*Economic growth Economic development

Industry D. Employment

14. A system whereby the determination of exchange rate is left solely to the market forces.

*Foreign exchange liberalization

Import liberalization

Terms of trade

Foreign investment
15. All are possible results when a high population growth rate continues in the Third World except

growth of slums

spread of diseases due to poverty and poor sanitation

not enough schools, hospitals, roads, bridges, etc.

*increased Gross National Product

16. Which of the following is the nature of power of taxation?

It is inherent in sovereignty.

It is legislative in nature.

It is subject to constitutional and inherent limitations.

*All of the above

17. A kind of tax based on the rate of which decreases as the tax base or bracket increases.

Progressive C*. Regressive

Graduated D. Proportional

18. Agrarian reform program, Philippine experience is a success.

The statement is generally true.

The statement is doubtful.

*The statement is untrue.

There is no basis to conclude.

19. It is also known as the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL)

Presidential Decree # 2

Presidential Decree # 27

*Republic Act 6657

Republic Act 5766

20. The Cooperatives Development Program of the government is designed primarily to support the
agrarian reform program. It aims to achieve a dignified existence for the small farmers free from
pernicious institutional restraints and practices.

Only the first statement is true and correct.

Only the second statement is true and correct.

*Both statements are true and correct.

Both statements are untrue and incorrect

SOCIAL SCIENCE 2

1) He was the last Spanish Governor-General in the Philippines.

a. Diego de los Rios

b. Basilio Agustin

c. Miguel Lopez de Legazpi

d. Narciso Claveria

2) The Republic Act that requires the compulsory teaching of Rizal Course and the lives of other Filipino
patriots is ________.

a. R.A. 7796

b. R.A. 7784

c. R.A. 1425

d. R.A. 8049

3) This Republic Act created the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA):

a. R.A. 7796

b. R.A. 7784

c. R.A. 1425

d. R.A. 8049
4) An Act Stengthening Teacher Education in the Philippines by establishing Centers of Excellence and
creating a Teacher Education Council.

a. R.A. 7796

b. R.A. 7784

c. R.A. 1425

d. R.A. 8049

5) It prohibits hazing and other forms of initiation rites in fraternies, sororities, and other illegitimate
organizations.

a. R.A. 7796

b. R.A. 7784

c. R.A. 1425

d. R.A. 8049

6) Rizal was eight years old when he wrote this poem. He realized the ultimate importance of having a
native tongue.

a. Remembrance to my Hometown

b. Our Mother Tounge

c. To Education

d. Initimate Alliance between Religion and Education

7) 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. Remembrance to my Hometown

b. Our Mother Tounge

c. To Education

d. Initimate Alliance between Religion and Education

8) In this poem, Rizal compared education to the goodness of light, wisdom, hope, peace and truth.

a. Remembrance to my Hometown

b. Our Mother Tounge

c. To Education

d. Initimate Alliance between Religion and Education

9) In this poem, Rizal noted the role of religion in attaining good education.

a. Remembrance to my Hometown

b. Our Mother Tounge

c. To Education

d. Initimate Alliance between Religion and Education

10) 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.

a. To the Filipino Youth

b. They Ask Me for Verses

c. Hymn to Talisay

d. Kundiman

11) Rizal's loneliness is profoundly expressed in this poem which has the lines, "His lyre had long ago
become so mute and broken; his use stammers and no longer smiles at him." What is the title of the
poem?

a. Remembrance to my Hometown

b. Our Mother Tounge

c. To Education

d. Initimate Alliance between Religion and Education

12) Written in 1895, the verses were used against him during his trial in December 1896.

a. Remembrance to my Hometown

b. Our Mother Tounge

c. To Education

d. Initimate Alliance between Religion and Education

13) The poem is one of the two only poems that Rizal wrote in his vernavular. He, however, denied
authorship of such.
a. Remembrance to my Hometown

b. Our Mother Tounge

c. To Education

d. Initimate Alliance between Religion and Education

14) The highest mountain in the continent of Africa is ________.

a. Mount Everest

b. Mount Kilimanjaro

c. Mount Fuji

d. Mount Apo

15) He coined the term "survival of the fittest."

a. Karl Marx

b. August Comte

c. Herbert Spencer

d. Arnold Toynbee

16) 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. ASEAN

c. NAFTA

d. GATT

17) The mountain that separates the continents of Asia and Europe is ________.

a. Ural Mountain

b. Mount Everest

c. Mount Kilimanjaro

d. Mount Fuji
18) The "yellow race" is also known as:

a. Caucasians

b. Mongoloids

c. Negroids

d. Malays

19) Year 2014 has been declared by Pope Francis as Year of the ________.

a. Laity

b. Hope

c. Faith

d. Righteousness

20) The Russian President who gave Crimea to Ukraine in 1954 is ________.

a. Vladimir Putin

b. Michael Gorbachev

c. Joseph Stalin

d. Nikita Krushchev

21) Which of the following countries is located in Central America:

a. Mexico

b. Puerto Rico

c. Panama

d. Colombia

22) The capital city of Australia.

a. Melbourne

b. Sydney

c. Canberra

d. Perth
23) The principle of checks 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. Determining the salaries of the President and the Vice President.

b. Declaring a legislative measure unconstitutional.

c. Declaring an act of the President unconstitutional.

d. Impeaching the President

24) ________ was named "Distinguished and Ever Loyal City" by Legazpi.

a. Manila

b. Cebu

c. Bohol

d. Samar and Leyte

25) A Visayan bamboo drum:

a. Kudyapi

b. Tultogan

c. Silbay

d. Kutibeng

26) The Allies of World War II, called the United Nations from the January 1, 1942 declaration, were the
countries that together opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War. Which among the
countries belongs to the "Allies"?

a. Japan

b. France

c. Italy

d. Germany

27) The first Vice President of the Republic of the Philippines.

a. Sergio Osmeña

b. Mariano Trias
c. Ramon Avanceña

d. Salvador Laurel

28) Who was the Spanish Governor-General who ordered the deportation of Jose Rizal to Dapitan?

a. Gov. Gen. Eulogio Despujol

b. Gov. Gen . Carlos Maria dela Torre

c. Gov. Gen .Camilo de Polavieja

d. Gov. Gen. Fermin Jaudenes

29) Who was the hero of the Battle at Tirad Pass?

a. Macario Sakay

b. Diego Silang

c. Antonio Luna

d. Gregorio del Pilar

30) What is the Bukidnon plateau known for?

a. Strawberry plantation

b. Banana plantation

c. Orchidarium

d. Pineapple plantation

31) Corazon Aquino is to Freedom Constitution as Ferdinand Marcos is to______

a. Subservience to America

b. Ties with Asian nations

c. New society

d. "Filipinos First" policy

32) In whose term was the celebration date of Philippine Independence Day changed from July 4 to June
12?

a. Diosdado Macapagal

b. Carlos P. Garcia
c. Ferdinand Marcos

d. Elpidio Quirino

33) In which order did the following occupy the Philippines?

a. Spaniards, Americans, Japanese, British

b. Spaniards, Americans, British, Japanese

c. British, Spaniards. Americans, Japanese

d. Spaniards, British, Americans, Japanese

34) Which is a visible Hispanic legacy?

a. Love for fast food

b. Love for basketball

c. Prevalence of noodles

d. Prevalence of Spanish surnames among Filipinos

35) Who among the Presidents of the Philippines was known for his love for the "little man" and opened
Malacanang Palace to all?

a. Ferdinand Marcos

b. Ramon Magsaysay

c. Carlos P. Garcia

d. Elpidio Quirino

36) Why is the Philippines described to have the largest Diaspora network in the world?

a. OFWs dollar remittances prop the nation's economy

b. A number of Filipinas marry foreigners

c. Its insular nature makes its people live far apart

d. About 11 % of its population is overseas

37) Who was the Katipunero through whom the Katipunan was discovered by Fr. Mariano Gil?

a. Apolonio de la Cruz

b. Teodoro Patiño
c. Jose del Rosario

d. Daniel Tirona

38) Even though women of the Katipunan were exempted from the pact, who participated in the blood
compact and fought fearlessly, in twelve bloody''battles of the revolution in Bataan including the Battle
of Biak-na-Bato?

a. Agueda Esteban

b. Trinidad Tecson

c. Teresa Magbanua

d. Gregoria de Jesus

39) The first woman in Panay to fight in the Philippine revolution, also known as the Visayan Joan of Arc.

a. Agueda Esteban

b. Trinidad Tecson

c. Teresa Magbanua

d. Gregoria de Jesus

40) In a cooperative, what is the maximum term of a Board of Director?

a. Three consecutive terms

b. two terms but not consecutive

c. One term only

d. two consecutive terms

41) For the organization and registration of a cooperative, what is the required minimum number of
persons?

a. 25

b. 30

c. 15

d. 20

42) A country does not need to specialize in everything. She needs to concentrate on that thing which
she is good at. This thought is in line with the economic principle of_____.
a. profit and loss

b. supply and demand

c. opportunity and cost

d. comparative advantage

43) Which economic system is based on free enterprise?

a. Mixed economies

b. Capitalism

c. Communism

d. Globalism

44) What is GNP in economics?

a. General National Product, a way to detect a country's economic growth.

b. Gross National Product, a way to determine a country's productivity.

c. General National Product, a way to detect a country's productivity.

d. Gross National Product, a way to determine a country's economic growth rate.

45) "Trabaho lang, walang personalan" is a reminder for every Filipino to counteract his ________.

a. lack of discipline

b. tendency to be lazy

c. extreme personalism

d. tendency to overwork

46) Risking his life, a Filipino boy dives into a pool of water to save a drowning boy. Which trait does tie
demonstrate?

a. Bahala na

b. Bahala na with malasakit

c. Flexibility

d. Family-orientedness
47) "No one is above the law", says Principal. She imposes the penalty to all children deserving of
penalty but exempts the son of her kumare from the same penalty that he equally deserves. What
Filipino trait is shown?

a. Utang-na-loob

b. Lack of discipline

c. Extreme personalism

d. Colonial mentality

48) A foreigner once remarked: "I envy Filipinos. They can sleep anywhere." What Filipino trait is being
praised?

a. Faith in God

b. Joy and humor

c. Adaptability

d. Creativity

49) If you want to see the impact of the major religions of the world in people's way of life, in which
continent must you travel?

a. Asia

b. North America

c. Australia

d. Europe

50) Which was the first hominid with marked expansion of the brain?

a. Homo sapiens

b. Homo erectus

c. Homo habilis

d. Neanderthal man

ANSWERS:

1. A

2. C
3. A

4. B

5. D

6. B

7. A

8. C

9. D

10. A

11. B

12. C

13. D

14. B

15. C

16. D

17. A

18. B

19. A

20. C

21. C

22. C

23. A

24. B

25. B

26. B

27. B
28. A

29. D

30. D

31. C

32. A

33. D

34. D

35. B

36. D

37. B

38. B

39. C

40. A

41. C

42. D

43. B

44. D

45. C

46. B

47. A

48. C

49. A

50. C
1. Even though women of the Katipunan were exempted from the pact, who participated in the blood
compact and fought fearlessly, in twelve bloody''battles of the revolution in Bataan including the Battle
of Biak-na-Bato?

a. Agueda Esteban b. Trinidad Tecson√

c. Teresa Magbanua d. Gregoria de Jesus

2. In a cooperative, what is the maximum term of a Board of Director?

√ a. Three consecutive terms

b. two terms but not consecutive c. One term only d. two consecutive terms

3. For the organization and registration of a cooperative, what is the required minimum number of
persons?

a. 25 b. 30 c. 15

√ d. 20

4.Among the developing Asia nations, it is widely promoted to be one of the better solution to poverty
and unemployment problems.

A. Cooperation

B. Importation

C. Industrialization √

D. Privatization

E. Urbanization

5. It refers to the agency through which the will of the state is formulated, expressed and carried out

A.Government√

B. Sovereignty

C.Constitution

D. Laws
6. In what part of the world can you find the longest and largest coral reef which is also known s the
great Barrier reef

A. Africa√

B. Australia

C. Europe

D. North America

E. South America

7. The following occurrences are all natural hazards that the world is experiencing across the time
except for one.

A. Deforestation √

B. Diastrophism

C. El nino and la knina

D. Tsunami

E. Volcanic Eruption

8. What is the longest mountain in the world

A. Andes √

B.himalayas

C.karakoram

D.kunlun

E. Pamir

9. What religious group suffered heavily in Europe during the nazi Holocaust

A. Atheist

B. Buddhist
C. Christian

D. Jewish√

E. Muslim

10. The biggest and most populated island in the Philippines Archipelago

A.cebu

b. leyte

C. Luzon √

D. Mindanao

E.negros

11. As an effect of our geography in which of the following island/a do people travel mostly by water

A.luzon

B.mindanao

C.visayas√

D.visayas and minadanao

12. La Solidaridad is to the reformists while __ is to katipunero

A, pahayag

B. La Propaganda

C. The decalogue

D.kalayaan√

13. Nora Aunor became a legend in the showbusiness because of of her talent,determination and
hardworking.what role does this illustrate.

A. Achieve role√
B. Ascribed role

C.hereditary role

A temporary role

14. As per the agreement in the pact of baic na bato Emilio Aguinaldo was to go into exile in

A.guam

B.Hongkong √

C. Singapore

D.dapitan

15. Who constructed Suez Canal

A. Fyodor Litke

B.pyotr semyonov tyan- shansky

C.voin rimsky korsakov

D.ferdinand de lesseps√

16. Who was the Katipunero through whom the Katipunan was discovered by Fr. Mariano Gil?

a. Apolonio de la Cruz

b. Teodoro Patiño √

c. Jose del Rosario d. Daniel Tirona

17. Why is the Philippines described to have the largest Diaspora network in the world?

a. OFWs dollar remittances prop the nation's economy

b. A number of Filipinas marry foreigner’s

c. Its insular nature makes its people live far apart

d. About 11 % of its population is overseas√

18. Which is a visible Hispanic legacy

A.love for fast food

B.live fir basketball

C,prevalence of noodles

D.prevalence of Spanish surnames among Filipinos√

19. In whose term was the celebration date of Philippine Independence Day changed from July 4 to June
12?

a. Diosdado Macapagal √

b. Carlos P. Garcia

c. Ferdinand Marcos

d. Elpidio Quirino

20. In which order did the following occupy the Philippines?

a. Spaniards, Americans, Japanese, British

b. Spaniards, Americans, British, Japanese

c. British, Spaniards. Americans, Japanese

√ d. Spaniards, British, Americans, Japanese