GENERAL EDUCATION DRILL EXAMINATION [PART 2]

1. What will happen to a cell in a hypotonic solution?

A. The cell will swell

B. The cell will develop a thickened cell wall

C. No effect on the plant cell

D. The Cell will shrivel

 

2. Which is true about lithosphere?

A. Crust and water on it

B. Continents and crust

C. Crust and upper mantle

D. Crust and the core

 

3. Who discovered penicillin?

A. Fleming

B. Mendel

C. Curie

D. Darwin

 

4. A paper clip can sit on the surface of water due to ___.

A. Atmospheric pressure

B. Surface tension

C. Viscosity

D. Buoyancy

 

5. Which kingdom should streptococcus be classified?

A. Plantae

B. Monera

C. Fungi

D. Protista

 

6. Which of the following best demonstrates the greenhouse principle?

A. A vehicle with rolled-up windows

B. A heated aquarium

C. A solar battery-powered calculator

D. A microwave

 

7. Object, person, or situation which when perceived cause action or reaction?

A. Sound

B. Sight

C. Stimulus

D. Scent

 

8. Of the following, which is an example of natural altered state of awareness?

A. Sedation

B. Intoxication

C. Sleep

D. Drug “high”

 

9. The union of an ovum and sperm inside a test tube is ____.

A. Embryology

B. In vivo fertilization

C. Pollination

D. In vitro fertilization

 

10. What organism would most likely be in an arctic environment?

A. Maya bird

B. Turtle

C. Cat fish

D. Walrus

 

11. What is unique feature of fungi?

A. They combined chitins and glucans in cell wall

B. They contain mitochondria

C. They contain genetic material

D. Some are capable of bioluminescence

D. They combined chitins and glucans in cell wall

 

12.What is the molecule that allows plant to capture energy from sunlight?

A. ATP

B. Oxygen

C. Carbohydrates

D. Chlorophyll

 

13. Blocks of road are left with narrow gags in between them in order to

A. Make road with equal blocks and gags

B. Serve as passage of water during rainy days

C. Hold extra dust and small particles of sand

D. Give allowance for expansion during hot days

 

14. If you lose your direction while travelling at night, which star should you look for and in what constellation?

A. Polaris and Ursa Minor

B. Polaris and Ursa Major

C. Sirius and Ursa Major

D. Sirius and URSA Minor

 

15. How many complete pathways of electricity are there in a series circuit?

A. 1

B. 2

C. 3

D. Depends on the number of bulbs

 

16. Why is a silver spoon colder to touch that a wooden spoon when both are placed at room temperature? Because silver is

A. Shinier

B. A better conductor of heat

C. A better insulator of heat

D. A bad radiator of heat

 

17. What must be provided to keep animals alive for the longest possible time?

A. Carbon dioxide

B. Oxygen

C. Light energy

D. Nitrates

 

18. When molecules of a drop of food coloring turn a glassful of water into red, what process has occurred?

A. Solution

B. Diffusion

C. Osmosis

D. Absorption

 

19. Which of the following in an example of a symbiotic relationship?

A. Wolves working together to hunt in a pack

B. Plants growing in the same rolling meadow

C. Weeds clinging the roots of trees in your backyard

D. Humans and their pets living in the same home

 

20. Fungi absorb the nutrients from dead organism. In an ecosystem what role they play?

A. Producers

B. Carnivore

C. Saprophytes

D. Epiphytes

 

21.Why is the Philippines mush hotter than Canada? The Philippines_______?

A. Receive sun rays closer to vertical position

B. Has more vegetation to absorb sunlight

C. Has days with more hours of light

D. Has a denser population than Canada

 

22. Which of the following has the smallest mass when measured in an equal arm balance?

A. 1/3 sheet of pad paper

B. 1/4 sheet of pad paper

C. 1/8 sheet of pad paper

D. 1/2 sheet of pad paper

 

23. Nuclear power relies on which of the following chemical reactions?

A. Nuclear fission

B. Nuclear fusion

C. Binary fission

D. Chemiosmosis

 

24. Which among the following is the single most important effect of radiation debate against nuclear power?

A. Minamata accident

B. Chernobyl accident

C. Haiti incident

D. Ormoc tragedy

 

25. The following are parts of circulatory system EXCEPT

A. Blood

B. Lungs

C. Heart

D. Blood vessel

 

26. Carbon dioxide is produced by plants in the _______.

A. Noon

B. Afternoon

C. Evening

D. Morning

 

27. Which of the following is an alternative to ozone depleting substance?

A. Carbon tetrachloride

B. Methyl bromide

C. Hydrofluorocarbons

D. Chlorofluorocarbons

 

28. A mango left is at which level in the hierarchical organization of life?

A. Tissue

B. Organelle

C. Organ

D. Population

 

29. Which planet is closest to the earth with a distance of 42 million kilometers?

A. Mars

B. Mercury

C. Asteroids

D. Venus

 

30. Iron is what type of magnetic material?

A. Non-magnet

B. Paramagnet

C. Diamagnet

D. Ferromagnet

 

31. An atom of silicon has a mass number of 28 and an atomic number of 14. How many protons are in this atom?

A. 7

B. 12

C. 28

D. 14

 

32. Which of the following is the lowest rank of coal and is otherwise called brown coal?

A. Charcoal

B. Bituminous 

C. Anthracite

D. Lignite

 

33. What is the maximum number of electrons that can occupy f orbital?

A. 6

B. 10

C. 18

D. 14

 

34. What causes night and day?

A. Earth rotates

B. Moon rotates

C. Moon revolves around the earth

D. Earth revolves around the

 

35. Volcanic eruptions are also accompanied by earthquakes. What causes this earthquake?

A. Movement of magma through vents

B. Melting and boiling of rocks inside the volcano

C. Movement of rock layer along fault

D. Throwing out of a huge amount of volcano ash

 

36. Which of the following is an alkaloid?

A. Aspirin

B. Nicotine

C. Eucalyptus

D. Menthol

 

37. Which of the following include all the others?

A. Individual

B. Ecosystem

C. Community

D. Population

 

38. Sounds travel fastest in_________?

A. Air

B. Solid

C. Vacuum

D. Liquid

 

39. What is the main organ for respiration?

A. Esophagus

B. Nose

C. Lungs

D. Heart

 

40. What is the true color of the sky?

A. Blue

B. Sky Blue

C. Violet

D. White

 

41. A recipe calls for 2 eggs for every 5 cups of flour. A local chef will use 35 cups of flour, how many eggs must he have?

A. 12 

B. 13 

C. 14 

D. 16 

 

42. Five out of every seven households have cable TV. If 42,000 households in a certain city have a TV, how many do not have cable TV? 

A. 12,000 

B. 21,000 

C. 30,000 

D. 32,000 

 

43. Miss Santiago's class has 20 boys and 15 girls in her English class. What percent of the students are girls? 

A. 28%

B. 43% 

C. 44% 

D. 50% 

 

44. Jerome answered 80% of the 50 items correctly in a math test. How many items did he answer correctly? 

A. 40 

B. 44 

C. 45 

D. 50 

 

45. Ms. Villamor weighed 60 kg. She lost 4 kg on her first week of exercise, gained 2 kg on her second week, lost 6 kg on the third week and remained her weight during fourth week. What was her weight on the 4th week? 

A. 52 kg 

B. 58 kg 

C. 68 kg 

D. 72 kg 

 

46. In a bundle of new 100 bills, the bills are consecutively numbered RTC3432260 to RTC3432280. How much is the total amount of bills? 

A. 2100 

B. 3400 

C. 2200 

D. 3500 

 

47. The sum of three consecutive integers is 96. What are the integers? 

A. 31, 32, 33 

C. 30, 32, 34 

B. 32, 33, 34 

D. 33, 34, 35 

 

48. The first 5 numbers in a sequence are 2, 3, 5, 8, and 12. What is the 7th number in the sequence? 

A. 15 

B. 23 

C. 19 

D. 20

 

49. A teacher wants to group her pupils into groups of 3 or 5 or 6. However, she found out that if she do that there will always be 1 pupil left. What is the least possible number of pupils in the class? 

A. 81 

B. 21 

C. 31 

D. 11 

 

50.What are the largest two consecutive odd integers whose sum is at most 60? 

A. 27, 33 

B. 29, 31 

C. 28, 32 

D. 26, 34


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