1. 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
2. Who was the last Spanish
Governor-General of the Philippines?
A. Ramon Blanco
B. Diego de los Rios
C. Basilio Agustin
D. Fermin Jaudenes
3. Which demonstrates interconnectedness
between social and environmental injustice?
A. Industrialized countries’ toxic disposed to poorer countries.
B. Temperature warming and rise of sea
level.
C. Desertification of verdant regions.
D. Extinction of rare animal species.
4. 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
5. Participation in governance, including
the right to vote and seek public office is secured within the citizenry’s
___________________.
A. Right to due process C. political
rights
B. Socio-civic rights
C. political rights
D. right of suffrage
6. Tax imposed on all employed and
practicing professionals
A. Income tax
B. Real estate tax
C. Community tax
D. Inheritance tax
7. Which policy of the state provides
preferential attention to the welfare of the less fortunate members of the
Philippines society?
A. Social justice
B. Criminal justice
C. Distributive justice
D. Bill of rights
8. What is the possible consequence of
meritocracy in a social system?
A. Rule by the wealthy and powerful.
B. Leadership by people of talent.
C. Culture of elitism.
D. Rule by those with noble birth.
9. Which constitutional safeguard prevents
one branch of government from becoming powerful or abusive?
A. Impeachment
B. Ombudsman
C. Check and Balance
D. Laissez Faire
10. What is the predominant characteristic
of eastern religion?
A. Optimism
B. Secularism
C. Mysticism
D. Pessimism
11. What economic policy in 16th century
in Europe influenced Spain’s expansionist policy to discover new lands?
A. Spice-trading
B. Capitalism
C. Mercantilism
D. Colonialism
12. 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.
13. Whose philosophy advocate the use of
reason in understanding the existence of God?
A. St. Benedict
B. St. Peter
C. St. John
D. St. Thomas Aquinas
14. Which is a check on the executive
department by the judiciary in the principle check and balance among branches
of the government?
A. Impeachment of the Chief of Justice of
the Supreme Court.
B. Determining the salary of the President
and Vice-President.
C. Declaring a legislative measure
unconstitutional.
D. Declaring an act of the President unconstitutional.
15. Which is the fundamental law of the
land?
A. Bill of Rights
B. Constitution
C. Civil Criminal Code
D. Ten Commandments
16. Gregoria de Jesus saw her husband
________ charge for treason by fellow Filipinos who have formed the Philippine
Revolutionary force to fight Spain.
A. Marcelo H. Del Pilar
B. Emilio Aguinaldo
C. Andres Bonifacio
D. Jose Rizal
17. What did Nelson Mandela mean to South
African and the rest of thw world? He gave up armed struggle and chose the
peaceful way to freedom.
Nelson Mandela is a world leader who is a
model of _________________.
A. Black supremacy
B. Armed struggle
C. Non-violence
D. Imprisonment
18. Which band played the Marcha Nacional
Filipino of the national anthem on June 12,
1898 during the declaration of Philippine
Independence?
A. Pangkat Kawayan ng Pateros
B. Kawit Cavite Band
C. Malabon Band
D. San Franciscodel Monte Band
19. Agency tasked to nurture Philippine
Arts
A. NBI
B. CCP
C. NCAA
D. NCCA
20. The ultimate objective of the
comprehensive Agrarian Reform is:
A. Abolish share tenancy in favor of lease
tenancy.
B. Distribute all arable lands to the landless.
C. Establish once cultivated land.
D. Ensure the cultivation of an idle
lands.