Ambitambit
Ambitambit
ENGLISH
1. Had I studied very well, I ___ rewarded with vacation in the U.S.
A. Was
C. Will be
D. Would be
A. Ourselves
B. Myself
C. Himself
D. herself
A. Were
B. Was
C. Am
D. is
A. Ours
C. Mine
B. Us
D. Ourselves
A. Him, them
B. Him, we
C. Her, us
D. Him, me
6. On your trip to Tagaytay, if you chance upon Arsenio, please give_____my warm regards.
A. Himself
C. Him
B. Myself
D. Me
A. Were
C. Are
B. Very
D. Is
8. "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."
B. Abundant
C. Miserable
D. Limited
9. "The firgures must be TRANSMUTED in order to understand the grade." The capitalized word
means_______
A. Estimated
C. Surpassed
B. Changed
D. Summed
10. Some preachers suggest the_______ that the end of the world is near.
A. Proposal
C. Prophecy
B. Prophetic
D. Prophet
11. The courage of the child who saved his brother from a raging fire is worth______
A. Emulating
B. Mentoring
C. Narrating
D. Watching
A. Uneducated
B. Low profile
D. Smart
A. Query
B. Decision
C. Change
D. Problem
14. "Because of PROFANITY the program was suspended from television." The capitalized
word means?
A. Obscenity
B. History
C. Decency
D. Falschood
A. Fiction
B. Epistolary
C. Irony
D. Metaphor
A. Simile
B. Hyperbole
C. Episodic
D. Classic
17. What figure of speech is the following: "He is the black sheep of the family."
A. Metaphor
B. Simile
18. "Sturdy and strong, the Filipinos are like the molave" is
A. Simile
B. Irony
A. Simile
B. Hyperbole
C. Alliteration
D. Hyperbole
C. Metaphor
D. Hyperbole
C. Irony
D. Metapor
20. "...it droppeth as a gentle rain from heaven" is what figure of speech?
A. Personification
B. Simile
C. Hyperbole
D. Metaphor
21. In William Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice," Portia, the judge said: "The quality of mercy
is not strained; it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath... It is twice
blesst; it blesseth him that gives and him that takes. 'Tismighter than the mightiest... and one is
likened to God when mercy seasons justice."
The main thought of the excerpt it that
The hour of splendor in the glass, Of glory in the flower, Rather find strength in what remains
behind.
A. Grief
B. Hope
23. Cognitive skills are not easily observable because they are
C. Loss
D. Despairy
A. Overt
B. Psychological
C. Hidden
D. Mental
24. The celebrated play of William Shakespeare about two ill-starred who come from warring
families.
A. Watson
B. Skinner
A. Jacinto
B. Manansala
A. Perceiving
B. Responding
A. Philosphy
B. Morality
C. Thomdike
D. Wundt
D. Cuevas
C. Castrillo
C. Conditioning
D. Teaching
C. Psychology
D. Ethics
29. The Filipinos are deeply religious; however, sometimes this religiousity instills the
NEGATIVE attitude of
30. Which of the following statements is true about textbook laid on the table?
31. Analects which are short and witty sayings that treat of moral values and good human
B. Confucious
C. Mencius
D. Lao-Tzu
32. Which of the following is an artistic tradition that seeks to revive past glory in various forms?
A. Antique
B. Modem
C. Contemporary
D. Classical
33. What is the application of the principles of theories of human behavior in teaching and
learning?
A. Educational theory
B. Educational philosophy
C. Educational psychology
D. Educational sociology
34. "I am a retired public school teacher. As a teacher, I was branded as a terror in school. The
pupils dreaded the day they would enter my class. Little did they know that behind my unpopular
facade was a heart full of compassion. But how did I earn this moniker? I did not tolerate dirty
pupils in my class. I wanter them to know that clealiness of body was good for their health. I
inspected their teeth, nails, footwear, handkerchief, clothes, ears, noses and hair."
A. Cleanliness
B. Study
C. Absence
D. Posture
35. Considering the "tayo-tayo" mentality of the Filipinos, one goal for CHANGE that
C. "Pakikisama"
work
C. Montano
B. Tinio
D. Avellana
B. Edith Trempo
D. Ophelia Dimalanta
A. Rig Veda
B. Mahabharata
C. Upanishad
D. Ramayana
40. Who is the first mythical geographer who was recognized due to his vivid descriptions of
lands and people encountered by his hero Ulysses?
A. Virgil
B. Plato
C. Homer
D. Cicero
42. This Filipino writer in English who used Hispanic Filipino culture and traditions in his fiction
works.
A. Edilberto Tiempo
B. Nick Joaquin
C. Sionil Jose
43. Who is the famous composer from Angono who is also a national artist?
A. Buenaventura
C. San Pedro
B. Cenizal
D. Cayabyab
44. Which among the following is the part of the newspaper where you can see the opinions of
people?
A. Classified Section
C. Headline
B. Obituary
COCIAL SCIENCE
D. Editorial Section
45. 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
A. Ramon Blanco
C. Basilio Agustin
D. Fermin Jaudenes
48. Participation in governance, including the right to vote and seek public office is secured
within the citizenry's
A. Political rights
C. Socio-civic rights
B. Right of suffrage
D. Right to due process
49. Participation in governance, including the right to vote and seek public office is secured
within the citizenry's
C. political rights
D. right of suffrage
B. Socio-civic rights
A. Income tax
C. Community tax
D. Inheritance tax
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51. 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
C. Culture of elitism.
D. Rule by those with noble birth.
53. Which constitutional safeguard prevents one branch of government from becoming
powerful or abusive?
A. Impeachment
B. Ombudsman
A. Optimism
D. Laissez Faire
C. Mysticism
D. Pessimism
B. Secularism
A. Spice-trading
B. Capitalism
D. Colonialism
57. Whose philosphy advocate the use of reason in understanding the existence of God?
A. St. Benedict
B. St. Peter
C. St. John
58. Which is a check on the executive department by the judiciary in the principle check and
balance among branches of the government?
A. Bill of Rights
B. Constitution
D. Ten Commandments
60. Gregoria de Jesus saw her husband charge for treason by fellow Filipinos who have formed
the Philippine Revolutionary force to fight Spain.
B. Emilio Aguinaldo
C. Andres Bonifacio
D. Jose Rizal
61. 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.
A. Black supremacy
C. Non-violence
B. Armed struggle
D. Imprisonment
62. Which band played the Marcha Nacional Filipino of the national anthem on June 12, 1898
during the declaration of Philippine Independence?
A. PangkatKawayan ng Pateros
C. Malabon Band
A. NBI
C. NCAA
B. CCP
D. NCCA
65. Which was the first labour union in the country founded by Isabelop de los Reyes on July
1901?
66. Through the Galleon Trade (1565-1815), the Philippines had extended contacts with
A. Spain
B. Spice Island
C. China
D. Mexico
67. How many days are needed after which an enrolled bill becomes a law?
A. 75 days
B. 90 days
C. 60 days
D. 30 days
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68. What law passed on August 1909 by the U.S. Congress established a partial free trade in
the Philippines?
A. Bell Trace
B. Payne-Aldrich Act
69. In a martriarchal family which family member plays the leading role?
A. Grandmother
B. Mother
C. Oldest sister
D. Aunt
70. Who was the Spanish mestizo priest who first led the native secular clergy in the
Secularization Movement in 1861?
71. What was the term given by Marcelo H. De Pilar to hidden control and domination by
Spanish religious priests over the colonial government?
A. Pase region
B. Las suertepartidas
C. Complace
D. Frailocracia
72. While authority should be respected, its opinion may be an error. Which of the following
represents a better/more certain avenua to the truth?
B. Selective observation
C. Overgeneralization
D. Fallacious reasoning
C. Jovito Salonga
D. Aquilino Pimental
A. Joey Lina
B. Joseph Estrada
74. Who was the first editor of La Solidaridad, and an orator of the Reform Movement?
A. Juan Luna
C. Jose Rizal
A. Communist
C. Christian
B. Buddhist
D. Muslim
76. In social trends, how do you call those who are for the revival of the classics?
A. Existentialists
B. Rationalists
C. Humanist
D. Reformists
77. What happens to a good action when it is perform on account of an evil motive?
A. It becomes good
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78. The tax required to be paid annually by all adult citizens of the Philippines is the
A. Community tax
B. Income tax
D. Inheritance tax
A. Rice terraces
B. Mount Makiling
C. Manila Bay
D. Taal Volcano
B. Appreciative of change
C. Facilitator of learning
83. Whose philosophy gives prominence to faith in understanding the existence of God?
A. St. Benedict
B. St. Peter
C. St. Augustine
D. St. John
84. 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
C. Cayetano Arellano
D. Jose P. Laurel
85. Of the seven continents comprising continues land mass surrounded by big bodies of water,
the biggest (30.1 percent of the earth) is ?
A. Asia
B. Australia
C. Europe
D. Northern America
86. Civilization is where large ideas and tools, as well as human settlements flourished.
A. China
B. Middle East
C. Egypt
D. Jordan
A. China
B. Philippines
C. Japan
D. Thailand
88. What was the power to set aside certain by the Kingdom of Spain to the Governor-General
of the Philippines?
A. Veto power
B. Condign Power
C. Conditioned Power
D. Compensatory power
89. What best describes the form of government of England with its parliament, a prime minister,
and a queen (or king)?
A. Constitutional monarchy
B. Anarchism
C. Ethnocracy
D. Demarchy
90. Who was the revolutionary leader who refused to surrender to the Americans even after
General Malvar's surrender, and declared himself President and Commander-in-Chief of the
Supreme Government of the Tagalog Archipelago?
A. Julian Montalan
C. Licerio Geronimo
B. MacarioSakay
D. ArtemioRicarte
A. Dominicans
B. Franciscan
C. Jesults
D. Augustinians
92. Who were the aboriginal settlers in the islands, prior to succeeding migrants who crossed
the seas from the Southern Philippines?
A. Sumatians
B. Malayans
C. Borneans
D. Negritos
93. What religious institution is the only living remnant of the Philippine Revolution of 1896
today?
SCIENCE
94. The Philippines lies in the an area where many volcanoes are active.
C. Wheel of fire
B. Ring of fire
D. volcanic rim
95. The energy source which is abundant in the Philippines but still not fully developed is the?
A. Gas
C. Sea
B. Sun
A. Palsmodium falciparum
bifidobacteria
B. Influenza sp.
D. Mineral
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C. Probiotics such as
D. Yersinia pestis
A. Proteins
B. Lipids
C. Nucleotides
D. Carbohydrates
98. Air like food and water is an essentail element in human existence. Carried by the wind,
polluted air called vegetation. falls to earth poisoning fish and destroying
A. El Niño
B. Greenhouse rain
C. La Niña
D. Acid rain
100. What is the molecule that allows plants to capture energy from sunlight?
A. Carbohydrates
B. Chlorophyll
C. ATP
D. Oxygen
102. An ant colony stores food in the summer, defends itself by stinging enemies and invades a
competing ant colony and steals larvae and use them as new workers. What is the term to best
describe how this species copes with everyday life?
103. What are the thin structure essential for cytokinesis, amoeboid movement and changes in
cell shape?
A. Ecological defeat
B. Environmental habitation
C. Ecological success
D. Ecological niche
A. Myosin filaments
B. Pseudo filaments
C. Monofilaments
D. Microfilaments
104.
A. Surface tension
B. Buoyancy
C. Atmospheric pressure
D. Viscosity
105. In a flame test, the presence of boron in a solution is evident by what color of flame?
A. Bright green
B. Gold
C. Brick red
D. Lilac
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107. What are the hormones responsible for plant growth, promoting auxillary bud growth and
apical dominance?
108. Which of the following is the CORRECT name for the compound MnF3?
A. Algae
B. Fern
C. Grasshopper
D. Moss
110. Polysaccharides, triglycerides, polypeptides and nucleic acids are classified as
A. Carbohydrates
C. Phopholipids
D. Macromolecular
111. Which of the following is a measure of pressure, defines as one newton per square
meter?
A. Pascal
B. Atomic Units
C. Milliliter
D. Poise
A. 1,000 mg
B. 200 mg
C. 2 kg
D. 100 mg
114. Science provides knowledge through disciplined observation. Which of the following is NOT
characteristic of scientific assertion?
A. Prokaryotes
B. Fungi
C.Magnoliidae
D. Protozoa
B. Empirical support
D. Hearsay
Damage to DNA that is not repaired and then replicated can result in genetic disorders. 115.
A. Mutation
B. Pathology
C. Embryology
D. Speciation
A. Crocodile
B. Walrus
C. Turtle
D. Maya Bird
117. How are bats able to navigate in the dark without bumping into anything?
118.
A. They emit sound waves whose retuming vibrations can detect the presence of objects
C. Fossil cycl
B. Biochemical pathways
D. Food web
119. One instance of taking away the life of another person without due process is
A. Euthanasia
B. Salvaging
C. capital punishment
D. suicide
120. A species of fish lived in a lake. When a dam was constructed in the area a group of fish
was separated and populated a new pond. They then developed differing characteristics and
became a distinct species. Which of the following concepts explain this speciation?
A. Geographical isolation
B. Chronotropic isolation
A. Capsid
C. Episodic isolation
D. Behavioral isolation
B. lambda bacteriophage
C. Virions
D. Capsomeres
122. Air, flood and water are essential elements in human existence. Carried by the wind,
polluted air called falls to earth poisoning fish and destroying vegetation.
A. La Nina
C. Greenhouse rain
B. El Nino
D. Acid rain
124. 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?
125. The Kyoto protocol, which requires countries to reduce greenhouse emission, is a
126. Ecosystem is the relationship between the physical and biological environments in a
certain plain. Among desert ecosystems, the world's largest ecosystem is
A. Hurricane
B. El Nino
C. Typhoon
D. La Nina
A. Twilight sun
B. Northern Light
C. Summer light
D. Midnight Sun
A. Environmental protection
B. Sustainable potential
C. Ecological destruction
D. Forest Demolition
A. Sahara
B. Sonoran
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C. Tian shan
D. Namib
127. In an English test, eight students obtained the following scores: 10, 15, 12, 18, 16, 24. 12.
14. What is the median score?
A. 14
B. 14.5
C. 15.5
D. 15
A. 35
C. 15
B. 140
D. 70
129. A Toyota car travelling at a rate of 70 km per hour leaves the house 2 hours after a Kia car
has left and overtakes it. In 5 hours at what rate was the Kia car travelling?
If the average or arithmetic mean ofx and -5 is 10, then what must be the value of 130. x?
A. 15
B. 25
131. Which of the following gives the numerical value of the population?
A. Range
C. 30
D. 20
B. Statistics
C. Parameter
D. Variable
132. The grades in Mathematics of students in section A are as follows: 80, 75, 60, 95, 100.
What is the population variance of their group?
A. 230
B. 270
C. 264
A. Mode
B. Mean
C. Weighted mean
D. Median
A. 1½
C. 4
D. 1/6
B. 1/3
135. 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?
A. 82.0%
C. 80.5%
B. 82.5%
D. 81.3%
A. y
C. 6
B. 5
D. 10
Α. -26
B. 20
C. 26
D. -20
A. 3x
C. x
D. 1/x
B. X-4
139. In an English test, eight students obtained the following scores: 12, 10, 13, 11, 15, 20, 19,
17. What is the median score?
A. 14
B. 16.5
C. 17
D. 15.5
Α. 3/(x-3)
B. 3/(x+3)
A. 2x2x2x6x5
B. 2x4x3x5
C.3/(x+1)
D. 3/(x-1)
C. 2 x 3 x 4 x 5
D. 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 5
A. 340
C. 120
B. 140
D. 360
143. The least common Multiple (LCM) of2, 3 and 4 is
A. 13
C. 24
B. 14
D. 12
A. y - x
B. x - y
C, - x - (- y)
D. - x + y
A. 4 + 17y
B. - 4x + 17y
4x - 17y
D.-4-17y
A. Area
C. legs
B. Volume
D. perimeter
147. The altitude of a triangle is 5 meters and the base is 20 meters. What is the area of the
triangle?
148. A rectangular block of steel has dimensions of 5 meters x 10 meters x 15 meters and
weights 1000 N. How should this block be placed on a surface to exert the least pressure on the
sruface?
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A. 50 square meters
B. 60 square meters
C. 20 square meters
D. 24 square meters
The measure of an angle is 25 more than its supplement. What is the measure of 149. the
larger angle?
A. 110.5 degrees
B. 95.5 degrees
C. 102. 5 degrees
D. 77. 5 degrees
A. 95
B. 120
C. 105
D. 100
C.38%
B. 30%
D. 40%