1. “We listened to a LOQUACIOUS speaker.” The capitalized word means___________.
A. Quiet
B. Simple
C. Verbose
D. Lousy
2. “Because of PROFANITY the program was
suspended from television.” The capitalized word means?
A. Obscenity
B. History
C. Decency
D. Falsehood
3. Vanessa has not forgotten that she was
betrayed by her best friend and carried such _________in her deeply offended
heart for a long time.
a. Rancor
b. offense
c. Souvenir
d. Doubt
4. Even when her friends betray her. Perla
bears no rancor in her heart because she is not_________.
a. Embarrassed
b. Insulter
c. Bitter
d. Consoled
5. The _____________ lesson of the story
is that honesty is the best policy.
a. Morality
b. Moral
c. Moralism
d. Morale
6. What figure of speech is: “O wild west
wind!”
a. Irony
b. hyperbole
c. apostrophe
d. Metaphor
7. What is the figure of speech in the
sentence: “The sun was a ball of fire over the mountain”?
a. Personification
b. Hyperbole
c. Metaphor
d. Simile
8. “If you want the moon I will get it for
you” is an example of ______________.
a. hyperbole
c. Irony
b. personification
d. synecdoche
9. For the synecdoche figurative
expression “It was a black tie affair” what is the equivalent meaning?
a. Party for men only
b. costume party
c. senior citizen’s meeting
d. Formal gathering
10. For the synecdoche figurative
expression “My mother has a green thumb. I can’t wait to show you her garden.”
What is the equivalent meaning?
a. She grows a vegetable garden
b. She is good at gardening
c. She takes care of flowering plants
d. She cultivates a garden
11. Which of the following is a style of
novel written as a series of records that might include letters, newspaper
articles, or diary entries?
A. Fictional diaries
B. Epistolary novels
C. Stream of consciousness
D. First-person narration
12. Imprisoned for 27 years, Nelson
Mandela realized his dream of a free and non-racial South Africa by forgiving
his oppressors and negotiating in good faith for the peaceful transition to
democracy. Nelson Mandela demonstrated his trait of ________________.
a. Friendliness
b. Loyalty
c. Forgiving
d. Determination
13. Read the paragraph and answer the item
that follows: Nelson Mandela sacrificed so much in his life-family, friends and
a big chunk of his life for thing he believed in democratic south Africa, with
equal rights and beacon of hope for the rest of the world. Nelson Mandela’s
dream for South Africa, which was realized was______________,
a. Cooperation
b. Supremacy
c. Democracy
d. Unity
14. Tis mightier than the mightiest... and
one is likened to God when mercy seasons justice.” The main thought of the
excerpt it that ___________________
a. Mercy is only for deserving
c. Mercy is spontaneous and freely given.
b. Mercy comes from the rain.
d. Mercy is limited in extent
15. The public school teacher gives much
importance to her pupils’ _________________________.
a. Cleanliness
b. posture
c. Absence
d. Study
16. Select the most appropriate heading
for the paragraph: “Stephen Crane was born in 1971 in New Jersey, but his
family settled in New York. His father, a Methodist minister, died when Stephen
was nine years old. He came to know New York through its slum and street life,
particularly in Bowery.”
a. Stephen’s family and boyhood
b. Stephen’s genealogy
c. Stephen as an Orphan
d. The New York Slums
17. He wrote ‘The Open Boat’ as a result
of a shipwreck he experienced on his way to Cuba to report a war in progress
there”?
a. A shipwreck
b. Stephen’s Writings
c. The Open Boat
d. Stephen’s educational experience
18. Read the paragraph and answer the item
that follows: “As far back as I can remember, our family had always been an
extended one. Our grandmother was the mainstay in the family the silent
strength behind our mother who is her daughter.” The informal guide and
honorary household chief in the extended family is the________
a. Grandmother
b. aunt
c. father
d. Mother
19. What emotion or feeling is expressed
in the following line? To be or not to be, that is the question. Whether this
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?
a. Sadness
b. Indecision
c. Joy
d. Anger
20. Filipino writer whose stories and
poems depict Filipino Spanish cultural beliefs and traditions.
a. Edilberto Tiempo
b. Nick Joaquin
c. N.V.M. Gonzales
d. Bienvenido Santos
21. During the Hispanic era, native and
Chinese male mestizos 16-60 years old are obligated to do forced labor for
forty days. How can exemption be made?
a. Getting a cedula personal
b. Give santorum tax to the church
c. paying the bandala
d. paying the falla (exemption fee)
22. Which Spanish policy provided the
resettlement of Filipino communities to form town centers of cabeceras?
A. Assimilation
B. Encomienda system
C. reduccion
D. bandala
23. How can Dr. Jose Rizal’s La Liga
organization be likened according to present-day social groups/movements?
A. National political party like LP, NP,
Lakas
B. Shadow government
C. National socio-civic organization
D. Street parliamentarian movement
24. During the Spanish period, it refers
to the privilege of the provincial governor to engage in trade.
a. corregimientos
b. alcaldia
c. alcalde mayor
d. indulto de comercio
25. The Philippine president who was known
as “the man of the masses” was
A. Fidel Ramos
B. Ramon Magsaysay
C. Manuel Quezon
D. Manuel Roxas
26. One of the pledges of the President of
the Philippines is to defend its
A. Constitution
B. Land
C. Citizens
D. Islands
27. A recently awarded national artist for
sculpture was
A. Blaco
B. Abueva
C. Alcantara
D. Luna
28. The stage actress who brought fame to
her country through her international awards for her stage performance was:
A. Isay Alvarez
B. Geneva Cruz
C. Lea Salonga
D. Sharon Cuneta
29. Art is product of man’s need to
express himself with a high degree of sensitivity towards his environment. Who
is the painter of fisherfolks and farmers of his hometown in Rizal?
A. Vicente Manansala
B. Carlos V. Francisco
C. Anita Magsaysay
D. Fernando Amorsolo
30. Which enacted by the U.S. Congress in
1916 established a bicameral legislature in the Philippines with the senator
(upper house) and House of Representative (lower house) to be composed of
elected Filipinos?
A. Philippine Legislative Law
B. Mckinley Law
C. Cooper Act
D. Jones Law
31. What contained the concrete promise of
the Americans to Filipinos independence “as soon as stable government can be
established”?
A. Preamble of the Jones Law
B. Fairfield Bill of 1924
C. Preamble of the Commonwealth Government
D. First 1919 Parliamentary Mission to the
U.S.
32. Which power of the state enables it to
impose charge of burden upon persons, property or property of rights for the
use and support of the government in its discharge of appropriate functions?
A. Eminent domain
B. Expropriation
C. Value added tax
D. Taxation
33. Which condition contradicts the social
justice mandate in the 1987 Constitution?
A. Creation of economic opportunities for
all
B. Sense of dependency among citizens
C. Elimination of cultural inequalities
D. Equitable distribution of wealth
34. Which state policy provides for
preferential attention to the welfare of the less fortunate members of the
Philippine Society?
A. Bill of Rights
B. Social Justice
C. Distributive Justice
D. Criminal Justice
35. Which best describes the division of
the legislature into the Senate and the House of Representatives?
A. Bicameralism
B. Bipartisanship
C. Unicameralism
D. Co-legislative powers
36. Participation in governance, including
the right to vote and seek public office is secured within the citizenry’s
________________.
A. Political rights
B. Right of suffrage
C. Socio-civic rights
D. Right to due process
37. The right invoked in the “writ of
habeas data” is ________________________.
A. The right to information privacy.
B. Right to gather information data.
C. The right to search for information.
D. Right to transmit data.
38. The fundamental right invoked by
filling the “writ of amparo” is ________________.
A. The right to due process
B. The right to self-defense
C. The right to be defended by a public
attorney
D. The right to life, liberty and security
39. Which is the fundamental law of the
Philippines?
A. Bill of Rights
B. Constitution
C. Civil Criminal Code
D. Ten Commandments
40. The economic policy that good action
is one that helps the greatest number of peoples called:
a. Mercantilism
b. Colonialism
c. Capitalism
d. Utilitarianism
41. What kind of cooperative system sells
farmer’s agricultural product?
a. Service cooperative
b. Producers cooperative
c. Marketing cooperative
d. Multi-purpose cooperative
42. What are the small hair-like
structures that serve a sensory function in eukaryotic cells?
A. Cilia
B. Centromere
C. actin filaments
D. plasma membrane
43. What are the thin structure essential
for cytokinesis, amoeboid movement and changes in cell shape?
A. Myosin filaments
B. Pseudo filaments
C. Monofilaments
D. Microfilaments
44. What is the pressure exerting on the
plasma membrane against the cell wall of bacteria, fungi and plant cells?
A. Osmotic pressure
B. Wall pressure
C. turgor pressure
D. plasma pressure
45. The protein shell of a virus is
called____________.
A. Capsid
B. lambda bacteriophage
C. Virions
D. Capsomeres
46. Polysaccharides, triglycerides,
polypeptides and nucleic acids are classified as _______.
A. Carbohydrates
B. Acids and bases
C. Phospholipids
D. Macromolecular
47. This is true of recessive genes:
a. Will only have phenotypic expression if present as a homozygous
phenotype
b. Should be paired with a dominant gene
for it to be expressed
c. Will prevent a dominant gene from
expressing its phenotype
d. Have more superior phenotypic traits
48. Because it will adversely affect the
populations’ food supplies, the most disadvantageous source of energy is
___________________.
A. Wind
B. Sun
C. geo-thermal
D. plants
49. Which of the following is the lowest
rank of coal and is otherwise called brown coal?
A. Bituminous
B. Lignite
C. anthracite
D. charcoal
50. Iron is what type of magnetic
material?
A. Non-magnetic
B. Ferromagnetic
C. Paramagnetic
D. Diamagnetic