1. Which among the
following is the main theme of the El Filibusterismo?
A. Curing the social
cancer
B. Ideal means of achieving social reform
2. In his “La
Indolencia del Filipino,” Rizal’s thinking was the rich natural resources of
the Philippines and the favourable climate were not a blessing after all for
the Filipino. Which explains this?
The rich natural resources and the favourable climate of the
country ________ .
A. Made the
Filipinos compere against one another
B. Encouraged the “get-by” mentality
3. Based on the
poem, “Sa Aking Mga Kababata” written by Jose Rizal as a young poet, what was
he advocating?
A. The use of both
the native tongue and multilingual languages
B. The use of one’s native tongue (mother tongue)
4. Which of the
environmental law requires industries to install anti- pollution devices and
bans the use of incinerators?
A. Clean Air Act
B. Environmental
Security Act
5. How do you call
the tax imposed on all employed and practicing professionals?
A. Income tax B. Community tax
6. Which concept
best showcases social and environmental justice interconnection?
A. Industrialized countries’ toxic disposed to poorer countries
B. Desertification
of verdant regions
7. The
fundamental right invoked by filing the
writ of amparo is ________ .
A. Right to due
process
B. Right to life, liberty, and security
8. The right invoked
in the “writ of habeas data.” Is _________
A. Right to search
for information
B. Right to privacy of information
9. The Philippine
government is divided into three branches: executive, legislative and
judiciary. Which among the following doctrines best describes the model of
governance in the Philippines?
A. Division of labor
B. Separation of powers
10. Which of the
following represents the smallest subunit of government in the Philippines at
present?
A. Barangay B. Sitio
11. In which form of
government does power or authority reside in a few persons who govern for their
own interest?
A. Monarchy B. Oligarchy
12. To which type of
political system do we belong?
A. Democracy B. Colonialism
13. With the Batasang
Pambansa performing legislative and executive powers in the Marcos regime,
which form of government was implemented?
A. Presidential B. Parliamentary
14. In the decade of
the 70s, one clamor of the activists who staged street demonstration on the
streets was “Down with the oligarchs!” What did they accuse government of as
suggested by the underlined word? Government was:
A. A rule of the few rich
B. Elitist
15. If the social
system is based on meritocracy, which is a possible effect?
A. Rule by wealthy
and powerful
B. Leadership by the people of talent
16. Which among the
following represents the political process involved in amending or revising the
Philippine constitution to adapt to the present Philippine situation?
A. Constitutional
convention
B. Charter change
17. The tax required
to be paid annually by all adult citizens of the Philippines is the ________ .
A. Community tax B. Income tax
18. Any individual has
the right to question why he is being arrested, and to summon his accuses to
court so that due process may be performed. This right is embodied in which of
the following?
A. Res ipsa loquitor
B. Habeas corpus
19. All Filipino
citizens have the right to vote and to be voted upon as a government official.
What is this constitutional right called?
A. Suffrage B. Electoral
right
20. How is the crime
of rape classified?
A. Malicious
mischief
B. Heinous
21. A losing
senatorial candidate may file a protest against the winner. What body will
assume jurisdiction over the case?
A. COMELEC B. Electoral Tribunal
22. Who has the power
to declare the existence of a state of war?
A. Congress B. President
23. Which refers to
the act of the President to stay the execution of a convict?
A. Pardon B. Reprieve
24. Which condition
contradicts the social justice mandate in the 1987 Constitution?
A. Creation of
economic opportunities for all
B. Sense of dependency among citizens
25. Which is the
fundamental law of the Philippines?
A. The Philippine Constitution
B. The Bill of
Rights
26. Which of the following
is a way for the judiciary to check on the executive branch of government?
A. Determining the
salary of the president and vice president
B. Declaring an act of the president unconstitutional
27. If this principle
is applied well, no branch of government will be too powerful or abusive.
A. Check and balance
B. Impeachment
28. Which department
has the authority to make laws and to alter them when needed?
A. Legislative B. Administrative
29. Which best
describes the division of the Legislature in to the Senate and the House of
Representatives?
A. Bipartisanship
B. Bicameralism
30. 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
31. Which policy of
the state provides preferential attention to the welfare of the less fortunate
members of Philippine society?
A. Distributive
justice B. Social justice
32. How many days are needed after which an
enrolled bill becomes a law?
A. 90 days B. 30 days
33. One instance of
taking away the life of another person without due process is _______ .
A. Salvaging B. Euthanasia
34. Where did the folk
song “Atin Cu Pong Singsing” originate?
A. Ilocanos B. Pampangos
35. Who is considered
as the father of Iloco Literature?
A. Pedro Bucaneg
B. Pedro Paterno
36. He is considered
as the “Father of the Local Government Code”.
A. Jovito Salonga
B. Aquilino Pimentel
37. Who among the
following Filipino statesmen was the most vocal to speak against the country’s
foreign policy of close association with Americans?
A. Claro M. Recto
B. Cayetano Arellano
38. In Philippine
history, who was known as the “The Great Dissenter?”
A. Manuel Roxas B. Claro M. Recto
39. Who was among the
last Filipino generals who fought the Americans and established the so-called
“Tagalog Republic?”
A. Macario Sakay
B. Miguel Malvar
40. Who was the
American president who proclaimed the Benevolent Assimilation policy during the
American colonial years of the Philippines?
A. William Mckinley
B. Franklin
Roosevelt
41. What contain the
concrete promise of the Americans to Filipinos independence “as soon as stable
government can be established”?
A. Preamble of Jones Law
B. Preamble of the
Commonwealth Government
42. Which law 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. Cooper Act B. Jones Law
43. Which law set a
full-tree trade policy abolishing the quota limitations on Philippine exports
to the United States?
A. Payne-Aldrich Act
B. Underwood-Simmons Act
44. What law passed on
August 1909 by the U.S. Congress established a partial free trade in the
Philippines?
A. Payne-Aldrich Act
B. Underwood-Simmons
Act
45. Who was the orator
of the Reform Movement and the first editor of La Solidaridad?
A. Marcelo del Pilar
B. Graciano Lopez Jaena
46. Who was the
founder and editor of the newspaper “La Independencia”?
A. Antonio Luna
B. Graciano Lopez
Jaena
47. He became the
leader of the Magdalo faction.
A. Mariano Alvarez
B. Baldomero Aguinaldo
48. Marcelo H. del
Pilar condemned the hidden control and domination by Spanish religious priests
over the colonial government using this term.
A. Complace B. Frailocracia
49. During the June
12, 1898 declaration of Philippine Independence, a band played the Marcha
Nacional Filipino. What band was this?
A. Malabon Band
B. San Francisco del
Monte Band
50. Gregoria de Jesus
saw her husband ______ charged for treason by fellow Filipinos who have formed
the Philippine revolutionary force to fight Spain.
A. Andres Bonifacio
B. Jose Rizal
51. Even after General
Malvar’s surrender, there was a revolutionary leader who refused to surrender
to the Americans. Instead, he declared himself President and Commander-in-chief
of the supreme Government of the Tagalog Archipelago. Who was this person?
A. Macario Sakay
B. Artemio Ricarte
52. During the Spanish
era, who was the revolutionary leader who waged a long war against the
government because it did not allow proper burial for his brother?
A. Macario Sakay
B. Francisco Dagohoy
53. The last Spanish
Governor-General of the Philippines
A. Basilio Agustin
B. Diego de los Rios
54. Which Spanish
policy provided the resettlement of Filipino communities to form town centers
of cabeceras?
A. Reduccion B. Bandala
55. 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. Paying the
bandala
B. Paying the falla (exemption fee)
56. Governor-General
Narciso Claveria was responsible for the _______ .
A. Use of Spanish surname by Filipinos
B. Establishment of
the Tobacco Monopoly
57. The Spanish
mestizo priest was the pioneering leader of the native secular clergy in the
Secularization Movement of 1861.
A. Father Pedro
Pelaez
B. Father Gregorio Aglipay
58. Which religious
missionaries first arrived in the Philippines?
A. Augustinians B. Franciscans
59. Which of the
following was the first to happen?
A. The Philippines was ceded to the US by the Treaty of Paris
B. Guerilla warfare
against the US was initiated
60. 1565, Legaspi
concluded a blood compact with the chief of Bohol. Who is referred to?
A. In Lakandula B. Sikatuna
61. What economic
policy in 16th century Europe influenced Spain’s expansion is policy to
discover new lands?
A. Mercantilism B.
Colonialism
62. Through the
Galleon Trade, the Philippines had extended contacts with ________ .
A. Mexico B. Spice Islands
63. What was the name
of forced labor imposed during the Spanish regime?
A. Bandala B. Polo
64. The following were
among the five ships involved in Ferdinand Magellan’s voyage, except:
A. Trinidad B. Cartagena
65. Who was the
literary figure known as “Huseng Sisiw”?
A. Jose dela Cruz
B. Juan Matapang
Cruz
66. Who is Quijano de
Martin in Philippine Literature?
A. Nick Joaquin
B. Jose Garcia Villa
67. Angono, Rizal
boasts a famous composer who became a National Artist. Who is this person?
A. San Pedro B. Cayabyab
68. Famous ballerina
who brought ballet to children of various economic levels?
A. Lea Salonga B. Liza Macuja
69. Which among the
following pertains to the passionate Filipino dance that makes use of a fan or
handkerchief to illustrate a couple in romance?
A. El Bimbo B. Carinosa
70. She wrote the 1st
Filipino modern English language short story, Dead Star, published in the
Philippine Herald in 1925.
A. Paz Marquez Benitez
B. Ophelia Dimalanta
71. This person served
as the brains behind the “arena theater”.
A. Montano B. Avellana
72. What building was
the only one left intact after the destruction of Intramuros during the Battle
of Manila?
A. San Agustin Church
B. Manila Cathedral
73. This religious
institution is the only living remnant of the Philippine Revolution of 1896?
A. Philippine Independent Church
B. United Church of
the Philippines
74. In July 1901,
Isabelo delos Reyes founded the first labour union in the country. What was its
name?
A. Union Obrero Democratica
B. Union
Trabajadores de Filipinos
75. The late president
Ferdinand Marcos placed the Philippines under Martial Law through which of the
following laws?
A. Proclamation 1081
B. Kautusang
Tagapagpaganap blg. 25 S. 1974
76. Who first
introduced the Islamic religion to the Philippines?
A. Mukdum B. Rajah
Baguinda
77. What is one of the
man-made wonder of the Philippines?
A. Rice terraces B. Manila Bay
78. What is considered
the earliest form of writing in the Philippines?
A. Abakada B. Alibata
79. Before migrants
crossed the seas from the southern Philippines, there were already aboriginal
settlers in the islands. Who were these?
A. Negritos B. Malayans
80. The Philippines
lies in the ________, an area where volcanoes are active.
A. Wheel of fire B. Ring of fire
81. Egyptian
literature is identified as ________ literature.
A. Mediterranean B. African
82. This person is the
world’s first mythical geographer, and he was recognized due to his vivid
descriptions of lands and people encountered by his hero Ulysses.
A. Virgil B. Homer
83. Indian sacred
hymns are enshrined in this compendium
A. Rig Veda B. Mahabharata
84. Analects which are
short and witty sayings that treat moral values and good human relation, are
attributed to this Chinese writer:
A. Confucius B. Lao-Tzu
85. Where did the
ancient civilization of China exist?
A. Nile River B. Yellow River
86. Hers is … “the
face that launched a thousand ship”
A. Helen of Troy
B. Princess of the
Nile
87. Baghdad is to Iraq
and _______ is to Syria.
A. Jordan B. Damascus
88. Of the seven
continents comprising a continuous land mass surrounded by big bodies of water,
the biggest (30.1 percent of the earth) is _______ .
A. Africa B.
Asia
89. In the speech
progress, which is concerned with amplifying and enriching the voice, using
human amplifiers such as the nose, windpipe and chest?
A. Resonation B. Phonation
90. Among the kinds of
listening, which is the type that most students do in the classroom?
A. For information and ideas
B. For enjoyment
91. If a story is made
out of an exchange of letters, it will be called _______ literature.
A. Epistolary B. Episodic
92. One famous
Japanese poem is known as haiku. It consists of
A. Three lines totaling 17 syllables with nature as topic
B. Four lines that
rhyme with love as topic
93. What is a dramatic
presentation that originated from the traditional armed encounter between the
Christians and Muslim Filipinos?
A. Moro-moro
B. Comedia de Lara y
Espana
94. This Filipino
writer in English used Hispanic-Filipino culture and traditions in his fiction
works.
A. Nick Joaquin B. Jose Garcia Villa
95. Filipino migrant
writer whose fiction stories reflect the Filipino’s concept of American
culture?
A. Bienvenido Santos
B. Ambeth Ocampo
96. The pen name of
Samuel Clemens is _______ .
A. Mark Twain B. George Elliot
97. What are the
greatest lyric poems in the literature of the world?
A. The Psalms of
Praises
B. The Psalms of King David
98. Who was the
foremost French short story writer?
A. Anatole France
B. De Maupassant
99. The Rubaiyat has
the theme:
A. Grasping pleasure while you can
B. Creating your own
world and beautify it
100. Which play by
William Shakespeare features to ill-starred lovers who come from warring
families?
A. Rome and Juliet
B. Anthony and
Cleopatra
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