March 2012
March 2012
March 2012
1. For which the state policies on equal access to opportunities for public
service and prohibition political dynasties and strengthening the merit and
rewards system intended?
a. to build an egalitarian society
b. to increase labor protection and social security
c. to put men and women to equal footing
d. to upgrade the quality of public service
2. what do we have in abundance as a result of the insular nature of our
country?
a. beautiful beaches and fishing grounds
b. spa saloons and sing along
c. local and international tourist
d. beautiful ladies and handsome gentlemen
3. When the Filipino reformist asked for the assimilation of the Philippines by
Spain what did they ask for the Philippines?
a. be represented in the spain colonies
b. become a province of spain
c. be independent in spain with certain condition
4. Which is the Philippines finest harbor and is also one of the finest of the
world?
a. Laguna de Bay
b. Poro point
c. Subic bay
d. Manila bay
5. What did the Philippines and United States pledge in their Mutual Defense
Treaty?
c. women empowerment
d. cooperative movement
10. The tasadays use caves for shelter while the negritos construct dwellings
made of stick drive into the ground and thatched with leaves. To which can
you attribute the difference in shelter
a. Human intelligence
b. Gender difference
c. Exposure to Society
d. Availability of materials
11. In which area of the globe is the sun low in the sky with its rays slanted?
a. north pole
b. south pole
c. equator
d. middle latitude
12. Which is the single greatest threat to global biodiversity?
a. human population explosion
b. the human destruction to natural habitats
c. overexploitation of the worlds natural resources
d. unequal distribution and consumption of resources
13. Which applies correctly to Philippines foreign trade? The Philippine/s
a. expenditure on imports and earnings from export fluctuates
b. spend less on imports than it earns from exports
c. spends more on imports than it earns from exports
d. expenditure on imports is balanced with its earnings from exports
14. Which tenet of evaluation states that the mutation occurs in the genetic
sequence of a n organism through environment impacts such as chemicals or
radiation?
a. natural selection
b. adaption
c. microevolution
d. speciation
15. What is meant by the statement the Filipino has many faces?
a. his values are ambivalent
b. he lost the original Filipino traits with the coming of colonizer
c. his one traits is being doble cara
d. he is so flexible that he ends up changing his mind again and again
16. Which statement is true regarding the free Spanish Filipino government?
a. it was democratic
b. there was a clear cut separation of powers
c. there was a mechanism for check and balance
d. there was no separation of powers
17. which term in the Philippine Constitution refers to Filipinos with ethnic,
linguistic and cultural traditions?
a. cultural communities
b. ethnic tribes
c. basic autonomous social institutions
d. indigenous cultural communities
18. Which power does the state exercise in its act requiring teachers to have
license for teaching before they allowed to teach?
a. executive power
b. police power
c. power of taxation
d. eminent power
19. Which department/s is/are charged with the power to administer the
laws?
a. executive and judiciary
b. executive
c. legislative
d. judiciary
20. The Philippines is comparatively a geographically hazardous place
because it?
a. has irregular coastlines
b. has may active volcanoes
c. has island which are below sea level
d. is surrounded by several trenches
21. Which province has an underground river, green surroundings and white
beaches, which lure tourists to come most especially during the dry season?
a. Palawan b. Mindoro c. Davao oriental d. Bohol
22. Through the galleon rade the Philippines had extended historical contacts
with
a. India b. China c. Mexico d. Portugal
23. Considering the subsequent events in the Philippines history, what was
one significance og Magellan expedition?
a. it provided that the earth is water and land
b. the Europeans came to know the existence of our very rich archipelago
c. it proved that the Spaniards were better navigators than the Portuguese
d. it established the continent of asia
b. evasion
c. avoidance
d. shifting
30. Most of the parents in your school for farmers. Their agricultural supplies
are provided by a cooperative which sells their farm produce at the same
time. Of which type of a cooperative are they member?
b. Pakistan
c. Nepal
d. Sri Lanka
37. What could be (a) reason/s why the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
did not develop into strong alliance?
I. India, Indonesia and Japan, three of the largest non-Communist in Asia did
not join
II. The members were divided on the extent of Communist threat and how to
meet it.
III. There were non-Asian nations who were members of the organization.
a. II only
b. I only
c. I and II
d. I, II and III
c. encourage it
d. eliminate and prevent it
39. What does the dependency theory state about modernization? Traditional
cultures ______.
a. cannot help but depend on rich societies for survival
b. are meant to be dependent on rich societies
c. and modern cultures depend on each other for development
d. cannot modernized, they are caught in a dependency relationship with rich
societies
40. The negation of the statement If stocks prices are rising, then food
prices are high is:
a. If food prices are not high, and then stocks are not rising
b. If stocks are not rising, then the food prices are not high
c. If stocks are falling, then food prices are low
d. Stocks are rising but prices are not high
41. Which biological characteristics do humans share with most primates?
I. Acute vision and depths perception
II. Relatively large brains
III. Grasping hands
a. I and IIII b. I,II and III c. I and II d. II and III
42. Which supports the Filipino desire to pursue excellence?
a. make-do mentality
b. looking good not being good mentality
c. meritocracy
d. Intolerance for opposing views
43. The plan for comparative economic development in Southeast Asia is
popular known as the:
a. World Trade Plan b. Operation Brotherhood c. MAPHILINDO Plan d.
Colombo Plan
44. Were all countries of Asia colonized by a foreign power?
a. No. Thailand is the only country that was not colonized by a foreign power
b. Yes, only during the medieval period
c. No, Thailand is one among all the countries that was not belong to the
group
d. Yes, from ancient to modern times
45. With the promotion of social justice in mind, which does not belong to the
group?
b. I and II
c. I and III
d. I, II and III
b. despotic
c. constitutional
d. presidential
d. returns to scale
57. Which of these was a result of the rise of modern industry?
a. the center of industrial activity moved from factory to home
b. after the industrial revolution, the family became a relatively sufficient
economic group
c. the workers gained control of the tools of production
d. the proportion of women gainfully employed outside the home
58. Which of the following can increase investment?
a. increase foreign borrowings
b. increase foreign investment
c. increase in savings
d. All of the above
59. The prominent cause of our being backward in terms of economy
a. poor nationalism
b. lack of discipline and interest in our work
c. unpleased by unattractive incentives
d. incentives for science and research do not seem to be a priority
60. A policy that control taxes and government expenditures
a. trade policy b. monetary policy c. fiscal policy d. none of the above
61. A person can be sent to prison for failure to pay his community tax.
a. false
b. true
c. it depends
d. neither of these
62. The only officials vested with the power and discretion to enter into a
compromise of tax cases
a. President b. BIR Commissioner c. courts d. Senate and Congress
63. The largest percentage of landlord with holdings of seven and more
hectares of land is found:
b. terminator
c. dissolution
69. The most important social function of the agrarian reform program;
a. gives freedom of management
b. challenges to use potential resources
c. redistributes responsibility
d. redistributes wealth among the less privileged
70. The main oppositor of Philippine agrarian reform is/are the
a. church
b. state
c. lawmakers
d. hacienderos
a. years of feudalism
b. defects in land titling and operations
c. onrush agribusiness
d. negligence by past government administrators
72. A large proportion of the level working population is employed in
a. service business b. manufacturing industry c. service business d. none
of the above
73. When the banks limits lending to industries so that monetary expansion
can also benefit agriculture this is an example of:
a. policy coordination b. mortal suasion c. selective control d. reserve
requirement
74. If a businessman manages to shift the burden of tax to customers, the
incidence of the tax is on:
a. the customers
b. both of them
c. the businessman
d. none of them
b. transfer payments
c. current transactions d.
76. Most commonly used index in measuring price increases that reflects
what happens to the living standard:
a. retail price
price index
d. consumer
77. GNP is equal to the additive values factor contributions in the process of
transforming products into final forms:
a. income approach b. Expenditure approach
d. none of the above
c. value-added approach
78. A monopolistic competitor can sell at a price higher than the other
because of
a. the price
b. a monopoly
c. an oligopoly
80. A teacher gives up teaching to work abroad. His income as a teacher is:
a. an implicit cost
cost
b. an opportunity cost
c. a fixed cost
d. an explicit
b. top soil
c. fossil fuels
d. oceanic water
84. Broad, flat stretches of treeless grassland cover large areas of Siberia
and the grass is green in the spring but becomes brown under the scorching
heat of summer. This is called
a. savanna
b. tundra
c. steppe
85. Scientist consider this instrument to get a true notion of the earths land
and forms.
A. maps b. space eye view
astronauts
c. remote sensing
d. photographs taken by
b. Helsinki
c. Paris
d. Athens
b. latitude
c. weather
d. winds
88. If you were planning to go someplace for winter sports, which would be
the best palce to visit?
a. Helsinki
b. Tokyo
c. Paris
d. Bonn
89. The country that is affected by the winds that bring cold weather from
the South Pole is
a. Malaysia
b. Japan
c. Australia
d. United States
90. This is another major that wears away the earth surface on one location
and builds up parts of the land somewhere:
a. erosion
b. drainage basin
c. silt
d. deposition
b. their music
c. their sculpture
d. their sports
95. The idea system of primitive groups of people are highly restricted and
traditional in content and in addition have been transmuted into customary
ways of doing things, the best illustrates:
a. change of ideas into action
b. the repetition of customary ways of doing things
c. how primitive people evaluate the worth of ideas
d. the stability of the primitive social organization
96. It is the attempt to reconstruct and describe the social learned traits of
prehistoric and historic populations:
a. archeology
b. ethnology
c. sociology
d. linguistic
b. Hittites
c. Hebrews
d. Egyptian
105. This ancient schoolboy had to learn the 600 syllables of their written
language:
a. Persian school boy b. Chinese school boy c. Egyptian school boy d.
Babylonian school boy
106. The earliest people started to show their aesthetic sense of beauty:
a. when they discovered other equipment aside from stones and metals
b. when they started to use copper for their tools
c. when they made use of improve metal tools
d. when they started to polish their stone tools
107. The use of this made man take one more giant step towards the world
of fine tools and equipments:
a. use of polish stone b. use of fires c. use of crude stone tools d. use of
metals
108. It is philosophical view that educational institutions are the agencies for
the propagation and perpetuation of cultural traits:
a. Pragmatism
b. Existentialism
c. Essentialism
d. Progressivism
b. Absolutism
c. Realism
d. Pragmatism
b. social minds
c. educative minds
d. philosophical
113. This is the classification of lands of the public domains where the land
maintained by the government is used as a place of beauty and recreation
a. national parks
b. minerals
c. forest or timber
d. agricultural
114. This court has jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases involving graft
and corrupt practices committed by public officials and employees:
a. Court of Appeal
b. Lower Court
c. Sandiganbayan
d. Supreme Court
116. It is that part of the law which creates, defines and regulates right
concerning life, liberty or property:
a. Substantive Rights
b. Integrated bar
c. Legal assistance to the underprivileged
d. Substantive law
117. A compact made between two or more states intended to create
binding rights and obligations upon the parties, there to:
a. Executive agreement b. international agreement c. Treaty d. Alliance
118.It is the type of non-violation on the prohibition against the use of public
money for religious purposes which only temporary and other members of
the community are entitled:
a. Religious use incidental
b. Consideration receive
c. Payment based on contract
d. Payment given as compensation
119. A system where there is a fusion rather than a separation between two
organs, one body performing two governmental functions:
a. French Presidential Parliamentary system
b. Parliamentary system
c. Monarchial system
d. Presidential System
120. The government in ancient manila was by ransom which means
a. one can only be free of any offense if he has the money to pay for his
crime
b. when they desired anything to teach according to his office
c. the people aided each other with money loans
d. lack of money meant that one becomes a slave
121. The different holidays observed in the Philippines, this holiday is Rizals
favorite
a. holy week b. New Years Eve c. town fiesta in Calamba
Eve
d. Christmas
122. Two months before Rizal landed in Manila; his novel was being sold by a
bazaar owned by:
a. Don Jose A. Ramos
b. Dona Saturnina Cuevas
b. father
c. mother
d. grandfather
124. Rizal made another written work that the Literary Academy of Ateneo
presented the intention of which was to receive the love of the Filipinos for
things Philippines:
a. Junto Al Pasig b. The Counsel of the Gods c. The counsel
Filipino Youth
d. To The
b. Germany
c. France
d. New Zealand
127. Which continents cover 1/3 of the earths surface and is home to about
3 billion people?
a. Asia
b. North America
c. Europe
d. South America
128. What is the inner source of strength of the Filipino destitute to keep
going?
a. Faith and Family b. physical stamina c. Bounty of natural resources d.
athletic body
129. One geographical reason why the Philippines does not have enough rice
supply because?
a. its coastal plains are narrow
b. bandalla
c. falla
d. cedula/ctr
a. centralized
b. autocratic
c. dictator
d. democratic
137. They are the last immigrants from mainland Asia to reach the
Philippines:
a. aetas
b. dawnmen
c. Malays
d. Indonesians
b. pleading
c. practice of law
d. protection and
b. sphinxes
c. pyramids
d. temple of karnak
141. Which duty do you fulfill if you give information to the proper authority
on the whereabouts of the wanted criminals of the country?
a. to engaged in gainful work
b. to exercise rights responsibility
c. to uphold the constitution
d. to cooperate with duly constituted authorities
142. The following are our constitution except to______
a. form association labor unions
b. be presumed guilty until proven guilty
c. have access to the record of government
d. be entitled to free legal assistance if we are a pauper litigant
143. Hazing rights in school persist despite their being outlawed. Which is
the purpose of such rites?
a. to foster patriotism
b. to preserve tradition
c. to minimize culture shock
d. to mark changes in n individuals status
144. Which countries are principal purchasers of the Philippine export?
a. United States, China, India
b. China, France, Italy
c. India, Korea, Great Britain
d. United States, Japan, Singapore
145. The Mahatma Gandhi Vidyalaya put out subabul plantation programmed
that would see more than 3 tons lakh trees growing under the care of?
a. teacher
b. parents
c. children
d. servants
146. It is the charter of liberties for the individual and a limitation on the
power of the state:
a. public administrator
state policies
b. bill of rights
d.
147. These are people who enjoy full civil and political privileges and owe
allegiance to the state:
a. citizen
b. national
c. aliens
b. court of appeals
c. barangay court
d. lower court
b. dictatorial
c. republican
d. commonwealth
150. The maximum price that can be legally charged for a good or service is
called _____ ?
a. price floor
b. price ceiling
c. legal wage
d. minimum wage