Part 2 General Education LET Reviewer

1. Let us campaign for the total ban ____________ of

harmful insecticides.

A. With the use

B. On using

C. on the use

D. with using

2. “Your statements are IMPERTINENT to the

case.” The capitalized word means ______________.

A. Important

B. Irrelevant

C. Violent

D. malicious

3. Imprisoned for 27 years, Nelson Mandela

realized his dream of a free and non-racial South

Africa by forgiving his oppressors and

negotiating in good faith for the peaceful

transition to democracy. Nelson Mandela

demonstrated his trait of ________________.

A. Friendliness

B. Determination

C. forgiving

D. loyalty

4. 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 blest; it blesseth him that gives and him

that takes. ‘Tis mightier than the mightiest... and

one is likened to God when mercy seasons

justice.” The main thought of the excerpt it that

___________________

A. Mercy is only for deserving

B. Mercy is limited in extent

C. Mercy is spontaneous and freely given.

5. Who was the first editor of La Solidaridad ?

A. Juan Luna

B. Graciano Lopez Jaena

C. Jose Rizal

D. Marcelo H. Del Pilar

6. A hypothetical ecosystem contains lettuce (the

producer), a caterpillar (the primary consumer),

a small passerine bird (the secondary consumer)

and a lion (the tertiary consumer). A gardener

arrives and sprays pesticide, killing all the

caterpillars. What can happen to the ecosystem?

A. The passerine birds will thrive.

B. The lions will eventually die.

C. the passerine birds will convert to herbivores.

D. the lettuce will wilt and die.

7. Among models of reading strategies, what did

student Jk adopt when she reads back and forth,

attending to both what is in her mind and what’s

on the page?

A. Bottoms-up

B. Interactive

C. Down-top

D. Top-down8. If threat of punishment is necessary on erring

students, how should this best be done?

A.Make the threat and reinforce with warning

B.Make the threat with immediate punishment

C. Warn and threat at the same time

D. First a warning before the threat

9. When USA decided to drop the atomic bomb to

Nagasaki in order to stop the land invasion of

Japan, what degree of moral certitude can

describe this decision of USA?

a. Doubtful

b. Perflexed

c. Certain

d. Callous

10. Isang dulog pampatikan na kung saan ang

pagpapakahulugan sa isang tekstong binasa ay

nakapokus sa sariling panlasa ng mambabasa at

kilala rin sa katawagan na reader-

response theory. a. Impresyonista

b. Patalambuhay

c. antropolohiya

d. pansikolohiya

11. I can’t find ________ calculator; may I use

_________, Prince?

A. My, yours

B. His, yours

C. My, his

D. Yours, mine

12. Neither the teacher nor the students

________________ present in the affairs.

A. Am

B. Was

C. Is

D. Were

13. We admire ___________ when Cynthia speaks

English fluently with _______________.

A. Him, them

B. Her, us

C. Him, we

D. Him, me

14. “The figures must be TRANSMUTED in order

to understand the grade.” The capitalized word

means:

A. Estimated

B. Surpassed

C. Changed

D. Summed

15. Some preachers suggest the _____________ that

the end of the world is near.

A. Proposal

B. Prophecy

C. Prophetic

D. Prophet

16. Filipino writer whose stories and poems

depict Filipino-Spanish cultural beliefs and

traditions.

A. Edilberto Tiempo

B. N.V.M. GonzalesC. Bienvenido Santos

D. Nick Joaquin

17. Tax imposed on all employed and practicing

professionals

A. Income tax

B. Community tax

C. Real estate tax

D. Inheritance tax

18. Who is known as the “Father of the Local

Government Code”?

A. Joey Lina

B. Jovito Salonga

C. Joseph Estrada

D. Aquilino Pimentel

19. An ant colony stores food in the summer

defends itself by stinging enemies and invades a

competing ant colony and steals larvae and uses

them as new workers. What is the term to best

describe how this species copes with everyday

life?

A. Ecological defeat

B. Ecological success

C. Environmental habitation

D. Ecological niche

20. If a die is rolled, what is the probability of

getting a number divisible by 2?

A. 1⁄2

B. 1/3

C. 1⁄4

D. 1/6

21. How long will it take A and B together, to

finish a job which can be done by A alone in 6

days and B alone in 3 days?

A. 2 1/2 days
B. 3 days

C. 2 days

D. 3 1⁄2 days

22. Maternity leaves are extended to women.

What legal provision extends this?

A. Article XIV Education

B. Article XIII Sec 14 women

C. Article XIII Role and Rights of People's

Organization

D. Article XII Bill of Rights

23. Which is the largest country in Asia?

A. China

B. Japan

C. Philippines

D. Thailand

24. What is one of the man-made wonders of the

Philippines?

A. Rice terraces

B. Mount Makiling

C. Manila Bay

D. Taal Volcano

25. Who was the Spanish mestizo priest who first

led the native secular clergy in the Secularization

Movement in 1861? A. Father Jacinto Zamora

B. Father Pedro Pelaez

C. Father Gregorio Aglipay

D. Father Jose Burgos

26. Analects which are short and witty sayings

that treat of moral values and good human

relation, are attributed to:

A. Mao Tze Tung

B. Mencius

C. Confucius

D. Lao-Tzu

27. Which of the following was the first to

happen?

A. Aguinaldo declared Philippine Independence.

B. Guerilla warfare against the US was initiated.

C. The Philippines was ceded to the US by the

Treaty of Paris.

D. Aguinaldo was captured.

28. The acronym HTML means Hyper Text Mark-

up _____________.

A. Line

B. Language

C. Letter

D. Label

29. The fraction halfway between 3/7 and 4/7 is

________________.

A. 1/2

B. 1/3

C. 1⁄4

D. 1/8

30. Simplify (3x – 9) / (x2 – 9)

A. 3 / (x – 3)

B. 3 / (x + 1)

C. 3 / (x + 3)

D. 3 / (x – 1)

31. With the Batasang Pambansa performing

legislative and executive powers in the Marcos

regime, which form of government was

implemented?

A. Monarchial

B. Presidential

C. Parliamentary

D. Dictatorial

32. The “Rubaiyat” a loosely joined series of 280

stanzas, has this general theme. Which one?

A. Always look forward to a new day.

B. Grasp pleasure while you can.

C. Never give in to death easily.

D. Create your own world and beautify it.

33. This demonstrated the feeding connections

between all life forms.

A. Nutrition cycles

B. Fossil cycle

C. Biochemical pathways

D. Food web

34. A toothpick can sit on the surface of water

due to _________________.

A. Surface tensionB. Atmospheric pressure

C. Buoyancy

D. Viscosity

35. In a flame test, the presence of boron in a

solution is evident by what color of flame?

A. Bright green

B. Brick red

C. Gold

D. Lilac

36. Who was the last Spanish Governor-General

of the Philippines?

A. Ramon Blanco

B. Basilio Agustin

C. Diego de los Rios

D. Fermin Jaudenes

37. of the pledges of the President of the

Philippines is to defend its:

A. Constitution

B. Citizens

C. Land

D. Islands

38. The least common Multiple (LCM) of 2, 3 and

4 is ______.

A. 13

B. 24

C. 14

D. 12

39. Which of the following has the smallest mass

when measured in an equal arm balance?

A. 1⁄2 sheet of pad paper

B. 1⁄4 sheet of pad paper

C. 1/8 sheet of pad paper

D. 1/3 sheet of pad paper

40. How many glasses of Cola each to be filled

with 150 cu cm of the liquid can be made from 5

family size bottles of cola each containing 1.5

liters?

A. 60

B. 40

C. 45

D. 50

41. If the average or arithmetic mean of x and -5

is 10, then what must be the value of x?

A. 25

B. 15

C. 30

D. 20

42. In an English test, eight students obtained the

following scores: 10, 15, 12, 18, 16, 24, 12, and

14. What is the median score?

A. 14

B. 15. 5

C. 14. 5

D. 15

Part 2 General Education Answer Keys

1.C 11.A 21.C 31.D 41. A

2.B 12.D 22.B 32.C 42. D

3.A 13.B 23.A 33.A

4.C 14.C 24.A 34.A

5.B 15.D 25.B 35.D

6.C 16.D 26.D 36.C

7.B 17.A 27.A 37.A

8.D 18.D 28.B 38.B

9.C 19.D 29.A 39.A

10.A 20.A 30.A 40.D