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GENERAL EDUCATION
1. The candidate from the Philippines showed admirable composure in front of the huge Miss Universe
audience; her _______ impressed the judges.

a. Nervousness c. Aplomb
b. Excitement d. Agitation

2. Haiku is the traditional Japanese poem consisting of

a. Three lines totaling 17 syllables with nature as topic

b. Eight lines ending in rhyming couplet with death as topic
c. Four lines that rhyme with love as topic
d. Lines of poetry in free verse with ordinary thing as topic

3. Who has always been called the Morning Star of English Literature?

a. Lord Tennyson c. Shakespeare

b. Sir Walter Scott d. Geoffrey Chaucer

4. He is considered as the greatest English writer. He is also known as the “bard of Avon”.

a. Geoffrey Chaucer c. William Shakespeare

b. Sir William Scott d. Francis Bacon

5. What is concerned about the high and low in voice volume and quality?

a. Pitch c. Resonance
b. Tone d. Timbre

6. According to the current linguistic theories, which of the following is the best definition of the meaning
of a word?

a. Its general, dictionary definition c. Its corresponding idea in the mind

b. Its object to which it refers d. Its use in a particular situation

7. Which of the following is misspelled?

a. Accomplishment c. Accommodate
b. Accountancy d. Accuracy

8. What are the two digits which when inserted in the blank spaces will make 234__ divisible by 8?

a. 3 and 2 c. 5 and 6
b. 0 and 0 d. All of the above

9. In the example 10 to the 5th power + 6x the exponent is _________.

a. Y c. 5
b. 6 d. 10

10. Mendoza Company manufactures sofa sets. In its catalog, a rectangular sofa is prices at P5, 000.00
less a discount of 25%. What will Katherine Department Store have to pay for the rectangular sofa?

a. P4, 250.00 c. P4, 000.00

b. P3, 800.00 d. P3, 750.00

11. What is the estimated amount due at the end of two years if P10, 000.00 is invested at 8% annual
simple interest?

a. P10, 600 c. P11, 600

b. P12, 500 d. P13, 500
12. The application of specific concepts and principles.

a. Biology c. Technology
b. Ecology d. Science

13. Messages are easily transported anywhere in the world through the _____________.

a. E-shopping c. E-registry
b. E-mail d. E-learning

14. Professionals going abroad to seek greener pastures is one type of:

a. Brain drain c. Tourism

b. Employment d. Migration

15. Suffrage is a privilege in a democracy. Those who are deprived of their voting rights are normally
___________.

a. Penalized c. Disenfranchised
b. Criminally-liable d. Imprisoned

16. There are 3 fundamental Human rights according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. These
are ______________.

a. Life, security and self-deployment c. Life, economy and self-deployment

b. Life, dignity and security d. Life, liberty and security

17. The fundamental right invoked by filing the “Writ of Amparo” is _______________.

a. The right to due process c. The right to be defended by a public attorney

b. The right to self-defense d. The right to life, liberty and security

18. The government wants a piece of private land for a government project. The owner resisted the
government’s demand. How may the government own the land?

a. Right of eminent domain c. Right of habeas corpus

b. Right of government ownership d. right of a sovereign over the governed

19. First teachers who arrived in the Philippines.

a. Friars c. Thomasites
b. Japanese d. Dominicans

20. Which religious missionaries first arrived in the Philippines?

a. Dominicans c. Jesuits
b. Franciscan d. Augustinians

21. Who was the last Spanish Governor – General of the Philippines?

a. Ramon Blanco c. Diego de los Rios

b. Basilio Agustin d. Fermin Jaudenes

22. Which of the following is not used in the manufacturing of food by green plants?

a. Carbon dioxide c. Water and soil nutrients

b. Sun d. Oxygen

23. A root may perform the following functions except?

a. Photosynthesis c. Food storage

b. Anchorage d. Water absorption
24. Which of the following is a heterotroph?

a. moss c. algae
b. grasshopper d. fern

25. Monosaccharide, Oligosaccharide and polysaccharide are types of ________.

a. lipids c. nucleotides
b. proteins d. carbohydrates

26. Which element has Ca as symbol?

a. Calcium c. Carbon
b. Cadmium d. Californium

27. Piliin ang salitang walang diptonggo.

a. musika c. bahay
b. kasuy d. sisiw

28. Ano ang pinakapayak na anyo ng salita na walang kahalong lapi?

a. ponema c. laguhan
b. gitlapi d. salitang ugat

29. Sa pagbuo ng analohiya, ano sa sumusunod ang may katulad na relasyon ng pares na nakalahad?

a. Parang maamong tupa: mabait

b. Parang malayo ang paningin: mayabang
c. Parang pinitpit na luya: maanghang
d. Parang may paru-paro sa tiyan: nagugutom

30. Anong sawikain ang nagpapahalaga sa “utang na loob?”

a. Huli man daw at magaling ay nahahabol din

b. Habang may buhay ay may pag-asa
c. Kung may isinuksok, may dudukutin
d. Ang hindi lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay di makararating sa paroroonan

31. Who was the literary figure known as Huseng Sisiw?

a. Jose Dela Cruz c. Juan Matapang Cruz

b. Jose Rizal d. Francisco Baltazar

32. Ang kauna-unahang nagsalin sa Tagalog ng MI ULTIMO ADIOS ni Jose Rizal ay si ______.

a. Emilio Jacinto c. Andres Bonifacio

b. Apolinario Mabini d. Rafael Palma

33. Kailan ngsimula ang pagkakataon ng modernisasayong ng Wikang Pambansa?

a. 1974 c. 1997
b. 1987 d. 1988

34. Ayon sa teoryang ito, ang salita ay nagsimula sa tunog ng kalikasan.

a. Bow-wow c. Tarara-boom-de-ay
b. Pooh-pooh d. Teoryang YoHeHo

35. The resettlement of the Filipino communities to town centers called cabeceras was provided by the
Spanish policy called ___________.

a. Encomienda c. Pueblo
b. Reduccion d. Gobernadorcillo

36. Ang mga sumusunod maliban sa isa ay mga sagisag na panulat ni Marcelo H. del Pilar.

a. Pupdoh c. Dolores Manapat

b. Kinting Kulirat d. Piping Dilat

37. Which was the first labor union in the country founded by Isabelo delos Reyes on July 1901?

a. Association of the Philippine Labor c. Union Trabajadores de Filipinos

b. Union Obrera Democratica d. Association de Compania Tabacalera

38. A paperclip can sit on the surface water due to ______________.

a. Surface Tension c. Buoyancy

b. Atmospheric Pressure d. Viscosity

39. Which of the following causes the seasons?

a. The rotation of the Earth around the Sun

b. The rotation of the Sun around the Earth
c. The distance of the Earth from the Sun
d. The tilting of the Earth on its axis

40. Which of the following is a hermaphrodite?

a. Human c. Fungi
b. Earthworm d. Bacteria

41. A change in shape or size of an object can be classified as?

a. Nuclear Change c. Physical Change

b. Chemical Change d. Electrical Change

42. Who is the father of Modern Taxonomy and responsible for coining the term Homo sapiens?

a. Chatton c. Aristotle
b. H. Copland d. Linnaeus

43. Birth place of Rizal.

a. Dapitan c. Laguna
b. Malolos, Bulacan d. Tondo

44. He is widely credited as the pioneering Asian-American writer. His short stories reflect the Filipino’s
concepts of American culture.

a. Bienvenido Santos c. Procopio Solidum

b. Jose Garcia Villa d. N.V.M. Gonzales

45. Salitang maituturing na jargon.

a. Dito na me c. Cheke
b. Owkey d. Check and Balance

46. Ayon sa Bagong Saligang Batas 1987, ang Wikang Pambansa ng Pilipinas ay tatawaging _________.

a. Tagalog c. Pilifino
b. Pilipino d. Filipino
47. All the seats of the bus are occupied and six are standing. At the next bus stop, 13 persons got off and
5 got in. How many seats were emoty on the next stop?

a. 2 c. 3
b. 0 d. 4

48. Each new box of files contains 50 individual files. If laura was told to purchase 25000 boxes of files,
how many individual files would be there?

a. 125 c. 1 250 000

b. 125 000 d. 12 500

49. Lily spends 15% of her monthly income for house rental, 10% for electrical bill and 25% for food and
other miscellaneous expenses. After paying all these expenses, she still ha P6, 000 left. How much
does she earn every month?

a. P15,000.00 c. P8,000.00
b. P9,000.00 d. P12,000.00

50. A stretched rubber band has ___________________.

a. Kinetic Energy c. Electromagnetic Energy

b. Elastic Potential Energy d. Nuclear Energy

“Ask in prayer and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will
be opened to you” Matthew 7:7 (NIV)