General Education Part 6

1. What has solved the caste and social strata system in the Philippines society?

a. Schools in every barangay

b. Barangay empowerment

c. Schools for the handicapped

d. Barangay high schools opened

 

2. The son of a principal wants to be the valedictorian of the class. What should the principal do to avoid criticism?

a. Transfer the brighter student to a lower section

b. Assist the son in his class preparation and participation on school activities

c. Call the rivals and give the stern warning

d. Confront the teachers on the son’s grade

 

3. Free trade means ______.

a. Government restrict entry of identified goods

b. Level of taxing is mutual between countries

c. Goods are all imported

d. Goods come in untaxed

 

4. How many cubic meters of sand will be required to fill reclamation area of 6 hectares with 1.5 meters depth?

a. 90,000 cubic meters 

b. 90,900 cubic meters

c. 110,000 cubic meters

d. 100,000 cubic meters

 

5. What has made world business fast?

a. A radio network                     c. Modern technology

b. New prints                             d. Computers

 

6. A subordinate could not take the insults his superior does on him daily. What does this relationship indicate?

a. Superiors are superior

b. Subordinates feeling and valueless

c. Subordinates should be taken as slave

d. The value of respect for another is prevailing

 

7. Wounded, he walked away still suffering from EXCRUCIATING pain. Describe the pain.

a. Mild                                      c. Endurable

b. Unbearable                          d. Slight

 

8. A fire alarm was rung. What will be done to exit properly? What is heard from the principal?

a. “Keep cool. Get down quietly.”

b. “Get in touch with your parents, fast.”

c. “Leave your things. March down the stair briskly.”

d. “Dismiss your classes.”

 

9. Angsarzuelanoongpanahong ng Kastila ay dinadaansa:

a. Pamamagitan ng Kastila

b. Pamamagitan ng salitasaisangbayan

c. Pamamagitan ng halong Tagalog at Kastila

d. Pamamagitan ng halong Tagalog at Ingles

 

10. The Philippines prides itself as the first presiding officers of the United Nation. Who was this person?

a. Ambassador Elizalde

b. General Romulo

c. Ambassador Maceda

d. General Yan

 

11. Anghiling ng namataynaartista ay siya’yilibingsatakip-silim. Anongorasiyon?

a. Madalingaraw

b. Sa pagitan ng alas-singko at alas sais ng hapon

c. Ika-anim ng umaga

d. Ika-walo ng gabi

 

12. Si Ninoy ay bumaliksaPilipinas. Ayonsakanya:

a. Anglahing Pilipino higitsalahat ay dapatipaglaban, hanggangkamatayan

b. Di dapatbuhayinangmga Pilipino

c. Angkamatayanko para sapamilyalang

d. Dapat bang magpakamataydahillangsa Pilipino

 

13. The price of glassware was P160.00 per set. After a day the price was raised by 10% what was the final glassware?

a. P176.00                      c. P166.00

b. P196.00                       d. P276.00

 

14. What prize will each receive from a first prize of P45,000,000. There were 15 recipients of the jackpot?

a. P2,500,000                  c. P3,100,000

b. P3,000,000                 d. P45,000

 

15. In order not to lose the mother’s teeth what is encouraged in their diet?

a. Iron                             c. Carbohydrates

b. Fat                              d. Vitamins

 

16. The government wants a piece of private land for a government project. The owner resisted. How can the government own the land?

a. Right of government ownership

b. Right of eminent domain

c. Right of habeas corpus

d. Right of a sovereign over the governed

 

17. Alinsamgasumusunodangaralnaibinigay ng ANG ALAMAT NI MARIA MAKILING naikinuwentoni Jose Rizal?

a. Pagyamanin at pangalagaanangatingbayan at lahipagkathiyas at yamannatinito

b. Pag-ibigangmakapagbabagosamundongito

c. Kabanalanangmagpatawad at tulunganangisangmakakasala

d. Dahil sa pagmamalabis at pagsamantala, maraming biyayaangsakanya’ynawawala

 

18. Si Mariano Ponce ay propagandistang may sagisagsapanulatna:

a. Tamaraw                     c. Kapre

b. Tikbalang                  d. Kalapate

 

19. Four mangoes cost P29.00. At that prize what will 2 ½ dozen mangoes cost?

a. P217.50                      d. P870.00

b. P188.50                       c. P348.50

 

20. Many observe that ___________.

a. Rich countries abuse their power

b. Countries with poor economy are subservient to the rich

c. Countries that are economically stable are greed

d. Countries with no economic problems become world leader

 

21. Which family obligation is especially valued?

a. Supplying groceries to relatives in remote barrios

b. Providing health assistance to relatives living in the same locale

c. Keeping immediate family members out of trouble

d. Sending to college relatives in remote barrios

 

22. Why are barangay chairman assigned to settle barangay cases?

a. They are competent judges

b. They know all the residents

c. They have training

d. They have bases

 

23. Where would you commit a drug dependent for him to achieve a natural, tensionless and anxiety-free state?

a. NFPI                            c. DARE

b. DARN                        d. BukangLiwayway Center

 

24. Which has become a prototype of other schemes that defeated the real and true purpose of the CARL (Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law)?

a. The stock option scheme of Hacienda Luisita

b. The conversion of farmlands to  industrial complexes

c. The conversion from agricultural to subdivision

d. The voluntary offer to sell

 

25. The statue was erected in ____ to war heroes.

a. Irreverence                   c. Homage

b. Defense                        d. Protection

 

26. Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence?

The studies revealing that, for various reasons, girls spent less time working with computers than boys.

a. Revealing studies 

b. Studies revealed 

c. Studies revelations

d. Studies will reveal

 

27. What is meant by the idiom “at sixes and sevens”?

a. The things have not been shipped

b. In the state of confusion

c. In an orderly manner

d. The boxes are still intact

 

28. Which word in the passage does not require a change in pitch to show confidence? “I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul.”

a. Am                             c. Master

b. Captain                       d. Fate

 

29. Mr. Falucho owns a 10 ½ hectares of land. He plans to subdivide this tract into ¼ hectare lots. He must first set aside 1/6 of the total land for lands. How many lots will this tract yield?

a. 30               b. 42          c. 35            d. 45

 

30. What would be the next three terms in the progression 1, 4, 16, ____ ?

a. 64, 256, 1024                        d. 65, 257, 1025

b. 67, 259, 7027                        c. 66, 258, 1026

 

31. The Magsaysay Memorial features a _____ state of the well-loved President.

a. Drab                            c. Casual

b. Caustic                        d. Colossal

 

32. Nasa anongkaganapan ng pandiwaangpangungusap?

May padalangtulongangpamahalaan para sakanila.

a. Pabalana                      c. Paari

b. Palagyo                       d. Palayon

 

33. “I prefer a government run like hell by Filipinos rather than one run by foreigners.” What does this mean?

a. Filipinos are incapable of running the government

b. Though full of difficulties, Filipinos are preferred  to lead

c. Foreign leaders are better in government

d. Leadership can be performed only by foreigners

 

34. Alinang di karaniwanganyo ng pandiwang HINTAY KA?

a. Tay                             c. Intay

b. Tayka                          d. Teka

 

35. Alingantas ng tonoanglumilitawsabahaging may salungguhit ng pangungusapnanagdududa? Nagpuputol ng punoanglalaki.

a. 1             

b. 2             

c. 4                       

d. 3

 

36. Which of the following lines is a simile?

a. “Holding wonder like a cup”

b. “Life has loneliness to sell”

c. “Eyes that love you, arms that hold”

d. “Buy it and never count the cost”

 

37. During a recent shopping spree. Dodo and Ani bought some new accessories for their apartment. Ani chose a crocheted throw pillow at P24.95, and Dod purchased a rural landscape painting for P135.00. How much did they actually spend if they paid 7% sales tax on their purchased?

a. P171.15                       c. P148.75

b. P139.25                       d. P159.95

 

38. What is the sum of all the two digit numbers which are divisible by 5?

a. 945                             c. 960   

b. 950                              d. 1050

 

39. Tides, caused by the moon’s gravity, create a frictional force that is gradually slowing down Earth’s rotation speed. One million years from now, scientist may discover that compared to today, Earth’s:

a. Day is longer              c. Day is shorter

b. Year is shorter             d. Year is longer

 

40. Which is the best evidence that helium gas is lighter than air?

a. Helium-filled balloons rise in air

b. Helium has the lowest boiling point of all elements

c. Helium atoms do not combine with other air atoms

d. By volume, helium makes up only 0.0005% of air

 

41. What is the most likely reason for a desert plant to have a few or no leaves?

a. To increase photosynthesis

b. To decrease transpiration

c. To decrease photosynthesis

d. To increase transpiration

 

42. Without the process of meiosis, we can infer that offspring from sexual reproduction would:

a. Be identical

b. Have a high degree of genetic variety

c. Have twice the assigned number of chromosomes 

d. Have a number of mutations

 

43. Each of the following objects is designed to employ the buoyancy principle except a:

a. Life preserver              c. Submarine

b. Kite                            d. Canoe

 

44. At the Philippine General Hospital, doctors reported on the abandoned patients. This means:

 

a. The patients do not have permanent address   

b. The patients are left behind by relatives

c. The patients cannot afford to pay their bill

d. The patients are left by doctors

 

45. The death of men in the mine was caused by:

 

a. Suffocation                 c. Erosion

b. Lethal smell                d. Darkness

 

46. “At time patient is indefatigable in promoting political truth”. The statement means:

 

a. A hero practices political truth 

b. Patriots forget selves to serve others

c. Patriots are brave and cunning

d. Patriots are rich and truthful 

 

47. Ano ang tawag sa mga titik batay sa bigkas ng Ingles?

 

a. Alivata or baybayin    

b. Alpabetong Filipino

c. Alpabetong Romano  

d. Alpabetong Pilipino

 

48. Ayon kng Romulo: “Ang Pilipino ay dugong maharlika.” Ano ang kahulugan nito.

 

a. Ang Pilipino ay sadyang matatag ang budhi 

b. Ang Pilipino ay nanggaling sa malayang lahi 

c. Ang Pilipino ay madaling maipagbili at mabola

d. Ang Pilipino ay di purong Pilipino

 

49. Ang Tagalog ang naging opisyal na wika ng Pilipinas dahil sa:

a. Saligang batas ng 1986   

b. Saligang batas ng 1973 

c. Saligang batas ng 1935 

d. Saligang batas ng Malolos

 

50. Di katakataka na ilang pulis ay hinihinalang kasangkot sa pagpalaganap ng krimen. Ano ang kahulugan ng kasangkot?

 

a. Kabalikat                               c. Kasabwat

b. Kabilang                               d. Kasama-sama

 

51. Ang di niya makalimutan ay isang ____ ng anak niya bago umalis pa Amerika.

 

a. Pagaako                                c. Pinangako

b. Pagpako                                d. Pangako

 

52. A swimming pool is an equilateral triangle in shape. One side is 11 meters. How many meters are needed to enclose the pool?

 

a. 55 meters                     c. 44 meters

b. 45 meters                    d. 33 meters

 

53. Water is rationed in a village everyday. The truck tanks deliver 8 tons of water in 10 hours. How many tons of water was delivered in 4 days to each house by the agent?

 

a. 3.2 tons                      c. 40 tons

b. 320 tons                      d. 80 tons

554. Mrs. Amanda’s bathroom has to be covered with tiles. The edge of the bathroom needs a rubberize tile. If the tub is 2.3 meters long and 1.8 wide, how many meters of rubberized tiles are required?

 

a. 9.2 meters                    c. 4.6 meters

b. 8.2 meters                  d. 2.3 meters

 

55. An executive office has to be carpeted. The area is 3m by 4m and the carpet costs PHP 1,000.00 per square meter. How much will be spent for the purchase of the carpet?

 

a. PHP 120,000.00          c. PHP 12,000.00

b. PHP 10,000.00            d. PHP 1,000.00

 

56. Write this ratio in its simplest form: 3 cm to 20 cm.

 

a. 20.30                           c. 30.20

b. 02.30                          d. 03.20

 

57. The Department of Health allows the sale of drugs and medicines after thorough laboratory test. Which of these drugs are discouraged for use because of its component?

 

a. Bangkok pills

b. Vitamin A and B

c. Tea and sugar syrup  

d. None of these

 

58. Food markets are encouraged to handle cooked foods well. One incident in a wedding party sent hundreds of guest to the hospital. It was found out that the food:

 

a. Was left uncovered     

b. Was half cooked 

c. Had ptomaine poison  

d. Was contaminated with dysentery bacteria

 

59. Eruptions of volcanoes have affected lives in Zambales during the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo. Relief and evacuation were managed by the Philippine Red Cross. Which of the following volcanoes is located in the island of Mindanao?

 

a. Taal Volcano                        c. Mt. Hibok-hibok

b. Mayon Volcano                    d. Mt. Halcon

 

60. Modern science has used technology to help determine illness. A child bumped and fell his head hitting a concrete pavement. Which medical approach will determine the status of the cranial accident?

 

a. Submit the child to chest X-ray  

b. Submit the child to cranial X-ray 

c. Submit the child to cranial scanning

d. Open up and so surgical operation

 

61. The city government of Metro Manila had been closing and raiding night spots. What is the basic reason of the campaign?

 

a. Many homes are destroyed by these night clubs

b. The values of the young affected by these clubs

c. The fast spread of HIV and AIDS are traced to these places

d. These spots are areas of crimes

 

62. In the Philippine government, the earliest and smallest service of governance is the:

 

a. Municipality               c. Barangay

b. Poblacion                    d. Barrio

 

63. Personal income tax should be paid and filed every year by employees and corporation. Who among the group are exempt from filling income tax returns, except:

 

a. Government employees on daily, contractual and consultation basis

b. Retired government employees receiving only pensions

c. Government employees receiving less than PHP 18,000.00 per year

d. Overseas workers

 

64. When rainfall attains a pH less than 5.6, it becomes __________.

 

a. Torrential                    c. Acidic

b. Tropical                      d. Neutral

 

65. Philippine eagles are identified as rare species. Lately, in Davao more eagles were raised through:

 

a. Eagles, caught in the wild, are raised in cages

b. Artificial insemination through fertilized eggs

c. Incubating eggs from their nests

d. Putting up eagle farms under the Bureau of Wildlife

 

66. All of the following are substances which may be broken down by the decomposing action of living organisms like bacteria except:

 

a. Potato peelings            c. Onion skin

b. A microchip               d. An apple core

 

67. The proper disposal of garbage has improved the environment. The best process of handling waste is through:

 

a. Utilization of organic compounds 

b. Burning non-biodegradable waste

c. Dumping soluble waste 

d. Recycling non-biodegradable waste

 

68. The nervous system has its specific function. Which is the closest function?

a. The spinal cord links the finger tips to the brain

b. Impulses transmit messages to the brain by electrical signal

c. Human body activities are all in the nervous system

d. The nervous system defends most on the brain

 

69. A provincial governor was convicted for using prisoners to build his summer resort. What should the prisoner demands?

 

a. The right to refuse the job   

b. The right to just compensation

c. The right to suffrage 

d. The right to live in standard rooms

 

70. A priest gave all his possessions to disabled children. What right may they claim?

 

a. Right to just treatment  

b. Right to proper treatment 

c. Right of disable to equal treatment

d. Right to disabled to equal protection

 

71. The case of farmers in Sumilao, Bukidnon was won by the landowner. How was the case decided by the Supreme Court?

 

a. Final judgment was made because of political pressure

b. Final judgment was made after it was established that the farmers were not legitimate holders of titles of the land

c. The farmers were paid beforehand

d. The farmers were landholders of a farm

 

72. A peace officer opens the house of a drug pusher. The drug pusher complained on the police officer’s actuation because he alleged that:

 

a. He was not around when the incident happened  

b. The officer had no warrant of arrest

c. The officer was armed 

d. The right for privacy was violated

 

73. A candidate was detained for working against a dominant political party. Which right can be invoked?

 

a. Right to his aspirations 

b. Right to his political beliefs 

c. Right to seek redress 

d. Right to vote according to one’s conscience

 

74. The entry of data and commands into the computer system is made possible through the:

 

a. Keyboard                   c. Printer

b. Diskette                      d. Monitor

 

75. Which of the following values is closest to the square root of 4,000?

 

a. 63            b. 200          c. 22            d. 19

 

76. The arithmetic mean of a set of 50 meters is 38. If two numbers, 45 and 35, are discarded. The mean of the remaining set of numbers is:

 

a. 37.24       b. 37.5         c. 37.91       d. 36.5

 

77. An example of a civil and political right is the right to _________.

 

a. Work                                     c. Social security

b. Life and liberty                   d. Education

 

78. If P is a positive integer in the equation 12p=q, then q must be a:

 

a. Negative even integer

b. Positive even integer  

c. Positive odd integer 

d. Negative odd integer

 

79. Ikaw ba ang dapat sisihin sa nangyari?

 

a. Pagsasadula   

b. Pagbati  

c. Pagbibigay ng impormasyon

d. Pakikipagkapwa

 

80. Alin sa mga sumusunod ang pinakatamang pangungusap?

a. Ang mga kabataan sa lansangan ay naglalaro at nagtatakbuhan sa lansangan

b. Ang mga kabataan ay naglalaro at nagtatakbuhan sa lansangan kung maliwanag ang buwan

c. Ang mga kabataan ay naglalaro kung maliwanag ang buwan at nagtakbuhan sa lansangan

d. Ang mga kabataan kung maliwanag ang buwan ay nagtatakbuhan sa lansangan at naglalaro

 

81. Kabaliwan at paglulustay ang iyong ginagawa taun-taon. Higit na marami ang maralitang nangailangan ng salapi. Ang nagsasalita ay:

 

a. Maramot                     c. Matipid

b. Praktikal                    d. Kuripot

 

82. Piliin ang gawi ng pagsasalita: “Ayokong sumunod sa mga sinasabi mo.”

 

a. Babala                         c. Pakiusap

b. Pagtanggi                  d. Pamungkahi

 

83. Ikinalulungkot ko ang mga nangyayari.

 

a. Pagsagot                       c. Panghula

b. Pagtanong                    d. Paghingi ng paumanhin

 

 

84. Ipinagmamalaki mo siya, BAHAG naman pala ANG kanyang BUNTOT. Ang ibig sabihin ng may malaking titik ay:

 

a. Mahiyain                    c. Kuripot

b. Traidor                        d. Duwag

 

85. What is the range of the following: 86, 70, 83, 90, 85, 78, 79, 81, 87.

 

a. 12             

b. 15             

c. 16 

d. 20

 

86. Which of the following audio-visual sets of equipment can best project visual materials in a classroom that is difficult to darken?

 

a. Filmstrips                    c. Opaque projector

b. Color materials           d. Overhead projector

 

87. Change the following percents to decimals: 23%, 5%, 3%, 3.5%.

 

a. 2.3, 500, 0.30, 30.5   

b. 0.23, 50, 03, 3.05

c. 0.23, 0.05, 0.03, 0.035  

d. 0.023, 5.00, 3.0, 03.5

 

88. If the scores of 10 students are: 76, 80, 75, 83, 80, 79, 85, 80, 88, 90, the mode is:

 

a. 79             

b. 85          

c. 80             

d. 88

 

89. A vehicle consumes one liter of gasoline to travel 10 kilometers. After a tune-up, it travels 15% farther on one liter. To the nearest tenth, how many liters of gasoline will it take for the vehicle to travel 230 kilometers?

 

a. 23 liters                                 c. 23.15 liters

b. 20 liters                                d. 20.15 liters

 

90. If each of the five members in a basketball team shakes hands with every other member of the team before the game starts, how many handshakes will there be in all?

 

a. 8             

b. 10             

c. 6             

d. 9

 

91. How many twenty thousand are there in one million?

 

a. 500         

b. 50           

c. 100         

d. 1000

 

 

92. Why is 1/5 called a unit fraction?

 

a. The number 5 is the denominator 

b. The unit is less than one    

c. It is between 0 and 1, the basic unit

d. Unit fractions have 1 as the numerator

 

93. A rectangle has sides of 10 and 12 units. How can the area of a square be computed if it has the same perimeter as the rectangle?

 

a. Add 10 and 12, double the sum, divide by 4, then multiply by 4

b. Add 10 and 12, double the sum, divide by 4, then multiply by 2

c. Add 10 and 12, double the sum, divide by 4, then square the quotient

d. Add 10 and 12, double the sum, then multiply by 4

 

94. Hindi totoo ang katapangan na ipinapakita ni Vincent sa harap ni Lalie sapagkat BAHAG ANG BUNTOT niya sa harap ng paghihirap.

A. Matapang

B. Matiyaga

C. Duwag

D. Malakas ang loob

 

95. NAG-ALSA BALUTAN si Claudia dahil sa malimit umanong pananakit ni Reymar.

A. Lumayas

B. Nagtampo

C. Nagtago

D. Nagmaktol

 

96. Ang ________________ ng mga Nars ay dininig ng komite kahapon.

A. Pakiusapan

B. Pakikipag-usap

C. Ipakiusap

D. Pakiusap

 

97. Lumapit si Prink kay Eadji at sinabing, “ __________ mo si Landon ng pagkain sa kusina.”

A. Utusan

B. Kunin

C. Kunan

D. Hanapan

 

98. Nakatulog si Jana sa kanilang opisina dahil sa HIMINGTING ng kapaligiran. Ano ang kahulugan ng salita na nasa malalaking letra?

A. Kaingayan

B. Kapayapaan

C. Lakas ng hangin

D. Katahimikan

 

99. Ang sentro ng pagdiriwang ng SENTENARYO ay sa Kawit, Cavite. Ang kasing-kahulugan ng salitang nasa malalaking letra ay:

A. Ika-50 taon

B. Panghabang panahon

C. Ikasandaang taon

D. Ika- 25 taon

 

100. “Ang sinuman ay makabubuo ng matibay na lubid kung pagsasama-samahin ang sinulid.” Ang ibig sabihin nito ay?

A. Ang lakas ng tao ay nasa pagkakaisa nila.

B. Kailangan magkaisa tayong lahat.

C. Magkakaiba ang mga tao kaya hirap magkaisa.

D. Nagkakaisa ang mga tao.


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