GENERAL EDUCATION - SET 4

1. Even when her friends betray her. Iah bears no rancor in her heart because she is not_________. *

A. Embarrassed

B. Bitter

C. Consoled

D. Insulted

 

2. The _____________ lesson of the story is that honesty is the best policy. *

A. Morality

B. Moralism

C. Morale

D. Moral

 

3. “The figures must be TRANSMUTED in order to understand the grade.” The capitalized word means: *

A. Estimated

B. Surpassed

C. Changed

D. Summed

 

4. What figure of speech is present in this line of the poem “The Brook”: “The second time it was a tiny snake.” *

A. Personification

B. Simile

C. Metaphor

D. Apostrophe

 

5. “He is the black sheep of the family.” This is an example of:

A. Metaphor

B. Simile

C. Personification

D. Hyperbole

 

6. 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 as an Orphan

C. Stephen’s genealogy

D. The New York Slums

 

7. 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. Joy

C. Anger

D. Indecision

 

8. Manolo approached the platform with his speech. His palms were sweaty and his hands were shaking. He felt the palpitations of his chest and perspiration began to appear at his forehead. Manolo is experiencing ___________. *

A. Heart attack

B. Stage fright

C. Nausea

D. Epilepsy

 

9. “My concept of inner peace came from my mother’s daily activities which I now recall with fondness and awe. She was full-time housewife, wholly dependent on my father’s monthly salary. How she made both ends meet, guided us in our studies and did small acts of charity on the side was beyond me.”The mother’s financial resources are________________________.

A. More than enough

B. Miserable

C. Abundant

D. Limited

 

10. 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. Democracy

C. Unity

D. Supremacy

 

11. Which does one display when he thinks that what is foreign is best and that what is local inferior?

A. Relativism

B. Ethnocentrism

C. Favoritism

D. Xenocentrism

 

12. Which of the following was the first to happen? *

A. Aguinaldo declared Philippine Independence.

B. Guerilla warfare against the US was initiated.

C. The Philippines was ceded to the US by the Treaty of Paris.

D. Aguinaldo was captured.

 

13. Analects which are short and witty sayings that treat of moral values and good human relation, are attributed to: *

A. Mao Tze Tung

B. Mencius

C. Confucius

D. Lao-Tzu

 

14. Maternity leaves are extended to women. What legal provision extends this? *

A. Article XIV Education

B. Article XIII Sec 14 women

C. Article XIII Role and Rights of People’s Organization

D. Article XII Bill of Rights

 

15. You have to take extra care when you critique the work of a Filipino. Your negative comment may be mistaken to be an attack against his/her person. Upon which Filipino trait is this advice based? *

A. “Bayanihan” spirit

B. “Sakop” mentality

C. Extreme personalism

D. Adaptability

 

16. Rizal focused on La Liga Filipina to ________. (I.) unite the whole country (II.) fight violence and injustice (III.) revolt against Spaniards *

A. I and III

B. I and II

C. II and III

D. II only

 

17. Which is the largest country in Asia? *

A. China

B. Japan

C. Philippines

D. Thailand

 

18. What is one of the man-made wonders of the Philippines? *

A. Rice terraces

B. Mount Makiling

C. Manila Bay

D. Taal Volcano

 

19. Who was the Spanish mestizo priest who first led the native secular clergy in the Secularization Movement in 1861? *

A. Father Jacinto Zamora

B. Father Pedro Pelaez

C. Father Gregorio Aglipay

D. Father Jose Burgos

 

20. One instance of taking away the life of another person without due process is ____________. *

A. Euthanasia

B. Capital punishment

C. Salvaging

D. Suicide

 

21. Which of the following human activities reduces the level of ozone in the atmosphere? *

A. Using large banks of solar cells for energy production

B. Using artificial lighting in scientific polar stations

C. Releasing of fluorocarbons from aerosol cans

D. Destroying large areas of the equatorial rain forests

 

22. What is the most significant cost of dwindling biodiversity? *

A. Large plant consumption

B. Destruction of habitat

C. Global warming

D. Depletion of ozone layer

 

23. A toothpick can sit on the surface of water due to _________________. *

A. Surface tension

B. Atmospheric pressure

C. Buoyancy

D. Viscosity

 

24. In a flame test, the presence of boron in a solution is evident by what color of flame? *

A. Bright green

B. Brick red

C. Gold

D. Lilac

 

25. Which is true of metalloids? *

A. Conduct heat and electricity less effectively than non-metal.

B. Conduct heat and electricity better than metals.

C. Conduct heat better than metals.

D. Have properties of both metals and non-metals.

 

26. Which of the following is a measure of pressure, defines as one newton per square meter? *

A. Pascal

B. Milliliter

C. Atomic Units

D. Poise

 

27. A metric carat ia a unit of mass for measuring gemstones. It is equivalent to ________. *

A. 1, 000 mg

B. 2 kg

C. 200 mg

D. 100 mg

 

28. When the North Pole is tilted towards the sun, it is summer and when the sun shines all the time both day and night, what is this called? *

A. Twilight Sun

B. Summer Light

C. Northern Light

D. Midnight Sun

 

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

A. ½ sheet of pad paper

B. ¼ sheet of pad paper

C. 1/8 sheet of pad paper

D. 1/3 sheet of pad paper

 

30. Which of the following is the CORRECT name for the compound MnF3? *

A. Manganese fluoride (III)

B. Manganese (III) fluoride

C. Manganese (I) fluoride (III)

D. Manganese (III) fluoride (III)

 

31. The acronym HTML means Hyper Text Mark-up _____________. *

A. Line

B. Language

C. Letter

D. Label

 

32. In writing a letter, which productivity tool is used? *

A. Page maker

B. Spreadsheet

C. Word processing

D. Publisher

 

33. Like the typewriter, the computer has a _________. *

A. Screen

B. Keyboard

C. Cursor

D. Disk drive

 

34. Simplify (8x – 24) / (2x2 – x – 15) *

A. (x – 4) / (x + 4)

B. 8 / (2x + 5)

C. 4 / (x – 13)

D. 5 / (2x – 5)

 

35. Factorize: 2x2+ 7x – 15 *

A. (x – 5) (2x + 3)

B. (2x + 5) (x – 3)

C. (x + 5) (2x – 3)

D. (2x – 5) (x + 3)

 

36. A time deposit in a bank will mature after 91 days. If the deposit was made on April 28, on what date will it mature? *

A. June 28

B. July 28

C. July 27

D. July 29

 

37. How many square inches are in 1 square yard? *

A. 900

B. 1296

C. 144

D. 648

 

38. The legs of one right triangle are 9 and 12, while those another right triangle are 12 and 16. How much longer is the perimeter of the larger triangle than the perimeter of the smaller triangle? *

A. 84

B. 12

C. 7

D. 14

 

39. One angle of a parallelogram is 35? What are the measures of the three other angles? *

A. 145 °, 35°, 145°

B. 85°,135°,140°

C. 45°,65°, 170°

D. 35°, 65°, 65°

 

40. The altitude of a triangle is 5 meters and the base is 20 meters. What is the area of the triangle? *

A. 50 square meters

C. 60 square meters

B. 20 square meters

D. 24 square meters

 

41. If a student has an average of 76 % on his first two tests and has an average of 85 % on the next four tests, what is the final average on all six tests? *

1 point

A. 82.0 %

B. 80.5 %

C. 82. 5 %

D. 81. 3 %

 

42. Ruben’s f=grade in 6 subjects are 88, 89, 84, 90, 91 and 86? What is the least grade that he should aim for in the 7th subject if he has to have an average of 88? *

A. 91

B. 93

C. 90

D. 92

 

43. A map is drawn to scale such that 1.5 cm on the map corresponds to 75km in actual distance. How many cm on the map would represent the distance between the two towns which are 270 km apart? *

A. 2.7 cm

B. 1.8 cm

C. 3.6 cm

D. 5.4 cm

 

44. Ang katumbas na bigkas ng titik Q sa kasalukuyan ay ____________. *

A. Ku

B. Kuyu

C. Kuya

D. Kyu

 

45. Piliin and salitang walang diptonggo. *

A. Musika

B. Kasuy

C. Bahay

D. Sisiw

 

46. Pangungusap na tumutukoy sa pangyayaring pangkalikasan o pangkapaligiran. *

A. Temporal

B. Penomenal

C. Eksistensyal

D. Modal

 

47. Tumutukoy ito sa bilang ng pantig sa bawat taludtod ng tula. *

A. Talinghaga

B. Tugma

C. Kariktan

D. Sukat

 

48. Uri ng panghalip na ginagamit na panturo sa mga bagay. *

A. Palagyo

B. Pamaklaw

C. Pamatlig

D. Palayon

 

49. Uri ng pagbabagong morponemiko na gumagamit ng pagpapalit ng posisyon ng ponema sa salita. *

A. Asimilasyon

B. Pagkaltas

C. Paglapi

D. Metatesis

 

50. Tumutukoy ito sa mga salitang nakapag-iisa at may kahulugan. Kilala rin itong salitang-ugat. *

A. Paglalapi

B. Di – malayang ponema

C. Malayang ponema

D. Morpemang leksikal


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