General Education – PREBOARD EXAM (4) Competency-based means that the standards or

criteria for characterizing good

1. There was HIATUS of two years before I went back to (5) The NCBTS can be used as a self assessment
college. HIATUS means _______. tool for professional development
a. Lapse c. Length a. 2, 4, 3, 1, 5 c. 1, 2, 4, 5, 3
b. Uninterruption d. Continuation b. 3, 4, 5, 1, 2 d. 4, 1, 3, 5, 2
2. I was speaking to Raquel on the phone when suddenly 15. Choose the sentence that expresses the thought
we were _____. clearly and that has no error in structure/spelling.
a. Disconnected c. Hung up a. The farmer did plow, plant, harvest his corn in
b. Cut off d. Broken down record time
3. The surprised teacher asked, “What was all the b. The farmer plowed, planted and harvested his
HUBHUB about?” HUBHUB means _______. corn in record time
a. Hush c. Commotion c. The farmer plowed, has planted and has
b. Serenity d. Stillness harvested his corn in record time
4. Who is the General who said “I shall return” after d. The farmer has plowed, planted and harvested his
training troops in Australia. corn in record time
a. Carlos P. Romulo c. J. de la Torre 16. The traffic flow at the corner was jammed. Manny
b. Douglas McArthur d. Arthur McArthur feared getting late so he _____ with a bus and leaped
5. Thomas Carlyle said, “The man without a purpose is at the door.
like a ship without a rudder…” It could be interpreted as a. Catch up c. Caught up
______. b. Was catching d. Has caught
a. There is a strong driving force in one’s life 17. Teacher Maechelle always tries to help people, but
b. There should be sufficient energy in one’s life recently she has been _________ kind and generous?
c. Direction can never come into one’s life a. Principally c. Especially
d. One’s life doesn’t need to be controlled b. Usually d. Largely
6. Who said, “The Filipino is worth dying for?” 18. “I die just when the dawn breaks to herald the day.”
a. Benigno Aquino c. Fidel V. Ramos This is a famous quote from ____.
b. Carlos P. Garcia d. Jose P. Rizal a. Jose P. Rizal c. Jose Aquino
7. Who is remembered for his famous quotation? “My b. Benigno S. Aquino d. Manuel L. Quezon
loyalty to my party ends where my loyalty to my country 19. Rousseau advised, “Have a good bank account, a
begins.” good cook and a good digestion.” What is being
a. Carlos P. Garcia c. Manuel Quezon referred to?
b. Ferdinand Marcos d. Manuel Roxas a. Investment c. Family
8. Both Nenita and _____ plan to go. b. Security d. Duty
a. I c. Myself 20. Parents admit that text messaging is an easy way of
b. Me d. Me myself knowing their children’s whereabouts. However, they
9. Your brother is paying for your plane ticket, _____? are worried about its effect on _______.
a. Is he c. Aren’t you a. Shortening messages effectively
b. Isn’t it d. Isn’t he b. Ability to spell words correctly
10. We should work for a total ban ____ of pesticides that c. Ability to guess words correctly
are harmful to man. d. Communicating through guessing
a. By the use c. With the use 21. After 10 unfruitful years, Nancy finally quit the job. She
b. On using d. On the use ____ along with her boss for a long time.
11. Joevy _____ in bed too long and missed her classes. a. Hadn’t been getting c. Didn’t get
a. Laid c. Lay b. Hasn’t been getting d. Isn’t getting
b. Lays d. Lied 22. I saw a nasty_ between two cars this morning.
12. Which sentences that clearly and effectively states the a. Happening c. Accident
idea and has no structural errors? b. Damage d. Danger
a. The interest at a loan company is higher than 23. Which passage is expressed effectively and without
at a bank structural error/s?
b. The interest of a loan company is higher than in a a. I would not want to be themselves
bank b. I would not want to be theirselves
c. The interes at a loan company is higher than a c. I would not want to be himself/herself
bank d. I would not want to be he/she
d. The interest if a loan company is higher than a 24. Which passage is expressed effectively and without
bank structural error/s?
13. I should have returned this book last Tuesday, it is now a. Having called the other students and they, the
five days ____. secretary went home
a. Delayed c. Overdue b. Having called the other students and us, the
b. Postponed d. Beyond deadline secretary went home
14. Which among the following is the correct sequence of c. Having called the other students and ourselves,
the sentences below? the secretary went home
(1) The image of a good teacher is one who is d. Having called the other students and we, the
constantly reflecting about how best to help secretary went home
different types of learners how to learn 25. Select the sentence that clearly and effectively states
(2) The National Competency-Based Teacher the idea and has no structural errors.
Standards (NCBTS) define a new paradigm of a. The examines need double pencils simply a
teaching where the teacher is viewed as a calculator and ball pen
knowledge professional who is responsible for b. The examinees need pencils, a calculator and
facilitating learning a ball pen
(3) Good teaching is defined in terms of those c. The examinees need two pencils, a simple
practices that help students learn better calculator, and a ball pen
 d. The examinees need two sharpened pencils, d. You have to pay something before you really
calculator and ball pen value it
26. “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want” is an 34. Which of the following best restates the meaning of the
expression of one’s ____. saying: “The child is the father of the man?”
a. Total poverty a. The experience, and lessons of childhood
b. Total submission to God influence one’s adult life
c. Blind ignorance b. Fathers are dependent on the sights of their
d. Love for self children
27. Which passage is expressed effectively and without c. If there were no children, there could be no fathers
structural error/s? d. Children are naturally wiser than adults
a. The teacher explained that the Mean Percentage 35. Anong bahagi ng pananalita ang nasa malaking titik?
Score (MPS) of high school students in English Malungkot ANG MGA nagtapos na wala pang trabaho.
was much lower than the previous years a. Pananda c. Pang-ukol
b. The teacher explained that the Mean Percentage b. Parirala d. Pangatnig
Score (MPS) of high school students in English 36. “Ang mga mata mo ay tulad ng mga bituin sa
was much lower than it has been in previous kalangitan.” Ano ang ginagamit na pagpahayag ditto?
years a. Pagtutulad c. Pagwawangis
c. The teacher explained that the mean percentage b. Personipikasyon d. Pang-uyam
Score (MPS) of high school students in English 37. Alin sa mga ito ang nagpapahayag sa paraang
was lowest than the previous years organisado at artistiko maging tuluyan o sa berso na
d. The teacher explained that the Mean nagmula sa imahinasyon?
Percentage Score (MPS) in English of high a. Panulaan c. Sanaysay
school students was much lower than it had b. Epiko d. Panitikan
been in previous years 38. Kung ang awit ng pag-iibigan ay kundiman, ano naman
28. Which of the theories of learning, language and literacy sa Bisaya?
views children as having the ability to organize and a. Diona c. Sambotani
integrate information in schemata? b. Kumintang d. Talindaw
a. Sociolinguistic c. Interactive 39. Mag-aalas singko na ___ umaga _____ magising siya.
b. Constructivist d. Reader Response a. ng - nang c. nang - nang
29. Select the sentence that clearly and effectively states b. nang - kapag d. ng - at
the idea and has no structural errors. 40. Sino ang nangungusap sa quotation? “Ang pag-ibig ay
a. The weather service expects temperatures to not hindi pag-ibig kapag nagbabago kung nakakakita ng
rise pagbabago.”
b. The weather service expects temperatures to no a. Geneveva Matute c. Robert Frost
increase b. William Shakespeare d. Jose Rizal
c. The weather service expects temperatures not 41. Ano ang kahulugan ng tagbising panahon?
to rise a. Tag-ulan c. Tag-lamig
d. The weather service expects temperatures not to b. Tag-init d. Tag-tuyot
increase 42. Ang salitang apartment ay binubuo ng dalawang
30. Of the different principles of effective teaching of klaster. Tukuyin ito.
reading, which is IMPROPERLY stated? a. rt & nt c. tm & nt
a. Effective teachers use the four cueing system b. pr & tm d. rt & tm
to support students 43. Ponema ang tawag sa makabuluhang tunog ng wika.
b. Effective teachers select appropriate reading Ilan ang ponema ng Filipino?
materials a. 28 b. 31 c. 20 d. 21
c. Effective teachers go out of the structured 44. Saan hinango ang mga kwentong tinatawag na
classroom to create community of readers parabola?
d. Effective teachers use instructional approaches on a. Mga pinagmulan c. Bibliya
how children learn b. Kasabihan d. Kwentong bayan
31. What virtue is inferred in the poem below? 45. Alin dito ang ginagamit sa pagtuturo ng panitikan lalo
Little Things na sa pagkasunod-sunod ng mga pangyayari sa
It’s the little things we do or say kwento?
That make or break the beauty of the average passing day a. Story grammar c. Character web
Heats, like doors, will open with ease b. Decoding d. Story frame
To every, very little keys. 46. Alin dito ang gamit sa pagtuturo ng replica na yari sa
And don’t forget that two of these isang tunay o sintetik na material?
Are “I thank you” If you please.” a. Dayorama c. Papet
a. Friendliness c. Confidentially b. Mock-up d. Ispesimen
b. Kindness d. Encouragement 47. Ano ang kahulugan ng idyomang ginamit sa
32. “Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.” The meaning pangungusap na “Marami sa mga magsasaka ang
of this aphorism in “Poor Richard’s Almanac” is: INALAT dahil sa patuloy na pagbuhos ng ulan.”
a. Forget what other people have done to hurt a. Nawalan ng pag-asa c. Nagalit
you b. Nanibago d. Minalas
b. It is not easy to forgive and forget
c. Nurse your hurt feelings 48. Sa taas ng mga bilihin ngayon, kahit “kahig ka ng
d. Let bygones be bygones kahig” ay wala pa ring maipon. Ano ang ibig sabihin
33. “What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly”. nito?
When restated means: a. Hindi bumili c. Bawasan ang bili
a. The buying power of the peso is weak so you b. Hanap ng hanap d. Gastos ng gastos
have to buy wisely
b. In buying, what is easy to get to consume 49. Kapani-paniwala ang isang tauhan kung ito ay may
c. You have to value everything in this world katulad na nakikitang nabubuhay sa mundo. Wika
 nga’y totoo itong tao, nagtataglay ng positibo at 63. Which of these has a value different from the other
negatibong katangian, may kapurihan at may three?
kapintasan. May kalakasan at may kahinaan at may a. 15% c. 15
kasamaan. May kawastuan at may kamalian. May b. 2 d. 12
katinuan at may kabaliwan. May kalabisan at may 20 15
kakulangan. May kabanalan at may kasalanan. May 64. The vertex angle of an isosceles triangle is 30. What
katimpian at may kabiglaanan. Lahat ng katangian is the measure of one base angle?
salu-salungat, may bahid siya. Hindi siya taong a. 150 b. 60 c. 75 d. 70
nabubuhay sa daigdig ng kataka-taka na pinakabuod 65. Which of these numbers cannot possibly be a square
ng lahat, gaya ng madalas mapanood sa pelikulang number?
Pilipino, na kapag bida, sa kanya lahat ng positibo at a. 10,217,356 c. 26,275,876
kapag kontrabida, sa kanya naman lahat ng negatibo. b. 35,366,809 d. 2,913,849
Hindi kinai-empatya-han ang tauhang ganito, kina- 66. Which number is wrong in this sequence? What should
antipatiko-han, oo! the number be for the sequence to be correct? 5, 15,
Ang naaangkop na pamagat ng talatang ito ay: 16, 48, 144, 147, 148, 444….
a. Ang Tauhan a. 48; it should be 18
b. Ang Katauhan b. 144; it should be 49
c. Ang Tao sa Mundo c. 147; it should be 145
d. Ang Katangian ng Tao d. 144; it should be 132
50. “Kung anong bukambibig siyang laman ng dibdib.” Ito 67. If July 12, 2003 fell on a Tuesday, on what day will July
ay isang uri ng ____. 12, 2005 fall?
a. Tula c. Bugtong a. Friday c. Sunday
b. Tugmaan d. Salawikain b. Thursday d. Monday
68. Jestoni is 10 years older than his sister. If Jestoni was
51. Aling pamaraan ang ginagamit ng guro na nagsisimula 25 years of age in 1983, in what year could he have
sa mga halimbawa patungo sa paglalahat? been born?
a. Pabalak c. Patuklas a. 1948 b. 1963 c. 1958 d. 1953
b. Pasaklaw d. Pabuod 69. If 8 - √x + 2 = 4, what is the value of x?
a. 6 b. 14 c. 48 d. 2
52. A child can be admitted to Grade 1 if he/she is at least 70. What number is next in this sequence? 11120, 11260,
5 years and 10 months old by June of the school year. 11420, 11600, _______.
Which of these dates of birth will disqualify a child from a. 11820 c. 11720
being admitted to Grade 1 on June 15, 2009? b. 11760 d. 11800
a. June 10, 2003 c. April 30, 2003 71. Which decimal is equal to 3 + 2 + 5
b. January 10, 2003 d. May 5, 2003 100 10 1000
a. 0.532 c. 0.325
53. A water tank contains 8 liters when it is 20% full. How b. 0.0523 d. 0.235
many liters does it contain when it is 75% full? 72. If the counting numbers 1 to 30 are written down how
a. 60 b. 30 c. 58 d. 15 many times does the digit 2 appear?
a. 11 b. 14 c. 12 d. 13
54. Which of these math sentences is incorrect? 73. 259 : 37 as _______.
a. 1/2 + 1/3 = 5/6 a. 84:12 c. 5:1
b. 1/3 + 1/4 = 7/12 b. 25:4 d. 63:441
c. 1/7 + 2/3 = 3/21 74. By how much is 35% of P220 greater than 50% of
d. 1/6 + 1/8 = 14/48 P140?
55. Which of the following has the largest value? a. P10.00 c. P7.00
a. 75 b. 39 c. 64 d. 93 b. P0.00 d. P20.00
56. What is the value of 12 /6 - 2 /8 - 7 /3 + 19 3/4?
1 3 2
75. Which among the following common fraction is
a. 21 1/8 b. 22 c. 21 7/8 d. 21 equivalent to 0.216?
57. In the following numbers, which digit is in the a. 53 c. 21
thousandths place? 5672.13498 250 50
a. 6 b. 4 c. 3 d. 9 b. 27 d. 108
58. One angle of a parallelogram is 35? What are the 125 375
measures of the other three angels? 76. What value of x will make this proportion correct? 13 : x
a. 45, 65, 170 c. 145, 35, 145 = 3.25 : 8.00
b. 85, 135, 140 d. 45, 65, 65 a. 2 b. 3.5 c. 32 d. 20
59. The edges of a rectangular solid have these measures: 77. Maria and Fe do a job together in two hours. Working
1.5 feet x ½ feet x 3 inches. What is its volume in cubic alone Maria does the job in 5 hours. How long will it
inches? take Fe to do the job alone?
a. 324 b. 225 c. 272 d. 27 a. 3 1/3 hrs c. 3 hrs
60. How many degrees are between the hands of a clock b. 2 1/3 hrs d. 2 hrs
at 4:30? 78. What is the greatest common factor of the numbers 48,
a. 140 b. 45 c. 125 d. 150 12 and 32?
61. Which of these three fractions has the largest value? a. 2 b. 4 c. 3 d. 6
a. 4 c. 12 79. A car depreciates by 10% of its new price each year
15 24 and by 15% in each succeeding year. By 2009, what
b. 3 d. 5 would be the market price for a car bought brand new
4 9 for P600,000 in 2004?
62. If x = 3 and y = 2, then 2x + 3y = ______ a. P390,000 c. P210,000
a. 12 b. 10 c. 14 d. 5 b. P480,000 d. P420,000
80. How much greater is the sum of the first 20 counting b. It will loosen the refrigerator’s door
numbers greater than the sum of the first 10 counting c. The warm air outside lowers the temperature
numbers? inside, thus making the refrigerator less
a. 110 b. 55 c. 155 d. 100 efficient
81. How many vertices does a rectangular solid have? d. Repeated opening introduces bacteria into the
a. 8 b. 6 c. 4 d. 12 refrigerator
82. The voltage across a transformer primary coil that has 94. What may occur when there is a severe damage to
turns is 10V. What is the voltage across the secondary some parts of the brain due to lack of blood supply?
coil which has 20V turns? a. Thrombosis
a. 2V b. 20V c. 100V d. 10V b. Cerebrovascular accident
c. Rheumatic heart disease
83. Which is a destructive fishing method wherein fishes d. Myocardial infarction
are driven out of a coral reef by pounding the corals 95. What kind of mirror is used in cars to give the driver a
with a heavy weight? wider area and smaller image of the traffic him/her?
a. Moro-ami a. Double concave c. Plane
b. Cyanide fishing b. Convex d. Concave
c. Reef fishing 96. Lanny placed some mothballs inside her cabinet. After
d. Corals entrapping a week they were all gone. What happened to the
mothballs?
84. Of the state of matter which has the weakest a. They sublimed
intermolecular force of attraction? b. They were dissolved by water in air
a. Plasma c. Solid c. They melted
b. Liquid d. Gas d. They condensed
85. The prevailing wind systems experienced in the 97. You inherited tallness from your father. Physical traits
Philippines are _____. are transmitted from parents to offspring through
a. Northwest and Southeast monsoon _______.
b. Northeast and Southwest monsoon a. Alleles c. Gametes
c. East and West monsoon b. Genes d. Chromosomes
d. North and South monsoon 98. Which of these statements is false?
86. Which statement is false? a. Fire caused by kerosene can be put out if
a. Solid particles have the strongest attractive forces water is poured on the fire
in between b. Water is heavier than oil
b. Solids and liquids have more molecules per unit c. Kerosene is lighter than water
volume, hence their densities are higher d. Rain or distilled water (a pure liquid) boils at
c. Molecules of solids and liquids are more closely constant temperature
packed than those in gases 99. How can we prevent developing osteoporosis?
d. The gas phase has the least kinetic energy a. Estrogen replacement therapy
87. Which has the higher specific heat capacity, water or b. Adequate intake of vitamins A and D
sand? c. Adequate intake of calcium and vitamin D
a. Neither c. Both d. Less exercise to decrease bone density
b. Sand d. Water 100. Which statement correctly differentiates boiling from
88. When you carry a heavy load with one arm, you tend to evaporation?
hold your hand away from your body in order to I. Boiling happens at a definite temperature while
______. evaporation can occur at any temperature.
a. Be ready to grab something in case you fall II. Boiling happens when the vapor pressure exerted
b. Change the weight of your body and load by the liquid becomes equal to the atmospheric
c. Change the mass of your body pressure, while evaporation occurs when high
d. Change the center of gravity of your body and energy molecules at the liquid surface continuously
load escape to the space above the liquid.
89. The direct transformation of a solid into the gas phase III. Boiling is always associated with temperature
without passing through the liquid phase is called: while evaporation is related only to pressure.
a. Sublimation c. Evaporation a. I and III c. II only
b. Compression d. Freeze drying b. I only d. I and II
90. To be safe in the unlikely case of lightning strike, it is 101. Which of the following is heterogeneous?
best to be inside a building framed with ____. a. Rain water
a. Steel c. Iron b. Clean air
b. Cement d. Wood c. Sea water
91. Which of these does not belong to the other three d. Kerosene
terms? 102. Eight out of the top ten leading causes of morbidity
a. Colloid c. Suspension in the Philippines are communicable. To prevent
b. Element d. Solution from happening to your students the best advice you
92. Why should gasoline be stored in tightly covered can give them is to ___.
narrow-mouthed containers and should be placed away a. Avoid dangerous activities
from heat? b. Clean the classroom often
I. To reduce evaporation c. Cover the mouth when sneezing
II. To preserve its qualities d. Wash hands frequently
III. To decrease its potential as fire hazard 103. Iron-deficiency contributes to the poor scholastic
a. I, II and III c. I and III performance of students. Which of the following food
b. I and II d. II and III items is best for iron-deficient students?
93. Why is it not advisable to repeatedly open the door of a a. Pechay c. Sardines
refrigerator? b. Fish d. Liver
a. It leads to wastage in electrical energy
104. The interaction between living organisms and 114. Inclusion is a basic of every Filipino child with special
nonliving elements in the environment is called a/an needs to education, rehabilitation, support services,
______. work training and employment opportunities,
a. Species c. Population community participation and independent living.
b. Community d. Ecosystem What law was passed by Philippines Congress in
105. Which of the following best differentiates an 1995 which forms the total integration of persons
earthquake’s intensity from its magnitude? with disabilities into the mainstream of society?
a. Intensity describes the depth from which the a. RA No. 7776 c. RA No. 7277
earthquake originated while magnitude refers b. RA No. 7722 d. RA No. 7784
to the energy of the earthquake 115. What is the best indicator of “quality,” as invoked in
b. Intensity cannot be measured while magnitude the Constitution?
can be measured using a seismograph a. On participation rate
c. Intensity refers to the strength of the quake b. On cohort survival rate
while magnitude refers to the degree of c. On drop-out rate
destruction it caused at its epicenter d. On educational outcomes
d. Intensity is a measure of how much damage 116. Article XIV Section I of the 1987 Philippines
an earthquake caused at the surface while Constitution mandates that the “State shall protect
magnitude is the strength of the quake and promote the right of all citizens to quality
106. What is the type response exhibited by the roots of education at all levels and shall take appropriate
plants? steps to make education accessible to all.” Which of
a. Negative phototropism the goals of EFA 2015 aims to achieve the above
b. Positive geotropism mentioned constitutional mandate?
c. Positive thigmotropism a. Universal completion of full cycle of basic
d. Negative geotropism education with satisfactory achievement
107. All of the following are effects of deforestation, levels at every grade level
except: b. Universal completion of full cycle of basic
a. Landslides education schooling with satisfactory
b. Global warming achievement levels by all at every grade or year
c. Flash floods c. Universal elimination of drop outs and
d. Destruction of the ozone layer repetition by all at every grade or year including
108. All of the following problems may arise in the use of satisfactory achievement levels
sanitary landfill, except: d. Universal completion of secondary education
a. Production of methane gas and possible with satisfactory achievement levels at every
explosion year level
b. Refusal of residents for the construction of 117. Violation of human rights is a violation of the
sanitary landfill in their area ________ of persons.
c. Flashfloods and degradation of soil a. Dignity c. Emotions
d. Pollution of the surrounding soil b. Intelligence d. Freedom
109. Patients suffering from malfunction of the kidney are 118. An individual has the right to file the WRIT OF
now assisted by machine that serves as artificial AMPARO before the investigation of an
kidney called _________. administrative case filed against him/her. What
a. Homeostatic machine c. Hemoscope fundamental right is invoked by the individual?
b. Pacemaker d. Hemodializer a. Right to life, liberty and security
110. Why do we hear thunder some seconds after seeing b. Right to self-defense
lightning? c. Right to due process
a. Light appears brighter in the sky d. Right to be defended by a public attorney
b. Light travels faster than sound 119. According to the Bill of Rights, private property shall
c. Sound travels 1,331 m/s not be taken for public use without _________.
d. Sounds is released later a. An official survey of the property
111. Meteorology is a very important branch of natural b. A dialogue between individual owner and
science, without which we cannot be informed of government representative
forthcoming ______. c. A notarized deed of sale
a. Earthquake c. Meteor d. Just compensation
b. Tropical cyclone d. Comet 120. Which statement/s on education is/are correct?
112. Which of the following is the primary concern of I. Education is a fundamental human right
marriage? II. Education is an imperfect right
a. The mutual production and security of man III. Education is the key to sustainable
and woman development, peace and stability
b. The companionship of husband and wife a. I and III c. I, II and III
c. The maintenance of social status b. III only d. I only
d. The procreation and education of children 121. In peace education curricula, which does not
113. What is the teacher’s accountability in the belong?
achievement of quality education? a. Independence of nations
a. Be accountable for reporting the performance of b. Global awareness
learners to the school head and stakeholders c. Interdependence among nations
b. Be accountable for the effective delivery of d. Conflict resolution
specified learning objectives and outcomes 122. During the eruption of Mayon Volcano, what
c. Be accountable for the grading performance of message was sent to the barangay folks?
learners a. Everybody call. Everyone evacuate the area
d. Be accountable for reporting the performance of b. Wait for final order of the chief
learners to parents c. Get ready!
d. Everybody leave your carabaos
123. A message was sent by the chief of office. What III. Values are changing
should the subordinate answer? Choose the best a. II only c. I only
response. b. II and III d. III only
a. Sorry, I’m busy sir c. Sir, I got it right
b. Noted, Sir d. I’ll verify Sir 133. If Zandro is surrounded by lazy and dishonest
124. How should this slogan be printed? people, does that mean he will automatically be like
1. Keep right them?
2. Classes are ongoing a. That depends on the strength of the influence of
3. At corridors the group of lazy and dishonest around him
4. Maintain silence b. Yes, because environment influences the
What is the best order? development of man
a. 1, 4, 3, 2 c. 1, 2, 3, 4 c. It depends on the personality type of Zandro
b. 4, 3, 1, 2 d. 3, 4, 2, 1 d. No, he can choose to be different since man
125. Rallies staged against lewd films are reactions for has free will
_____. 134. The valuing process includes three main processes:
a. More freedom of expression choosing from among alternatives, prizing what you
b. More censoring by authorities have chosen and acting upon your choice
c. Disapproval of questionable actors consistently. Teacher Xerneas, a veteran teacher, is
d. Further control of media not in favor of his daughter who plans to take up
126. Farmers were advised about the occurrence of El teaching. Using the three processes as criteria. Does
Niño. This means _________. teacher Xerneas value teaching?
a. There will be famine a. Yes, being a veteran teacher, he has been in
b. There will be abundance the teaching profession for years
c. There will be draught b. Yes, he knows his daughter and may be
d. There will be flood convinced that he does not fit in the teaching
127. How do people react to a boring lecture or even profession
committee hearings? They usually ___. c. No, if he cherishes his profession he will
a. Normally jeer encourage others including his daughter to
b. Walk out in disgust become like him
c. Keep quiet and listen d. No, he had no other choice then so he took up
d. Clap loud and cheer teaching
128. Not all -ED’s in verbs sound alike. Which -ED is 135. We, Filipinos, are perceived to have the tendency to
different? limit our love and concern to our families, to our clan
a. His action is taintED with malice and to people we know. Which Filipino trait is
b. She borrowED a book from the library illustrated?
c. He was executED for his criminal act a. Double-standard mentality
d. She wantED a chaperon b. Particularism
c. Heroism
129. Before giving the test, Teacher Richard tells his d. Universalism
class: “Be honest. If I catch you cheating, beware. If 136. What is a characteristic of a progressive tax system?
it’s a girl caught cheating, that’s worse; it is double a. The tax rate is greater for higher incomes
mortal sin.” What concept is evident in the b. People who earn less pay a larger part of their
advice/warning from the teacher? income in taxes than those people who earn
a. Double standard morality more
b. Machismo mentality c. The tax rate is equal for all citizens
c. Split personality d. All people pay the same percentage of their
d. Cognitive dissonance earnings in taxes
137. Which type of taxation system is pro-poor?
130. From the idealist point of view, which statement on I. Equitable
values is true? II. Equal
I. Values are changing III. Progressive
II. Values are unchanging a. II and III c. I and II
III. Values determine our lifestyle b. I, II and III d. I and III
a. II and III only c. I and III 138. The primary purpose of taxation is to _____.
b. I, II and III d. III only a. Raise revenue for the support of the
government
131. “No pain, no gain; no cross, no crown.” What do b. Reduce inequalities in wealth and incomes
these short statements point to? c. Fortify the government against invaders
a. Be willing to pay the price for every dream d. Make the country a leading industrialized
you want to realize country in the world
b. Why suffer when there are a lot of pain relievers 139. Genuine respect for all people that lead to world
available peace is anchored on the concept that all persons
c. Life is a heavy burden to carry _____.
d. Others make our life miserable many times a. Can contribute to global development
b. Have dignity
132. “Be honest even if others are not. Be honest even if c. Have talents
others cannot.” What does the statement imply about d. Are citizens of the world
values? 140. Which assumption underlines the Comprehensive
I. Values remain to be values even if Agrarian Reform Program?
nobody possesses them a. The wealth of the country is concentrated in the
II. Values are dependent on person, place and hands of a few
time
 b. Our country has very few landed people and b. Two-way communication, intercultural
very many landless facility, cross-cultural awareness, and
c. There is so much poverty in the country interconnectedness of people and systems
because of overpopulation c. Acceptance of people’s value, attitudes,
d. People are more productive if they own what language, culture and environment
they cultivate d. Communication of knowledge, skills,
141. John Dewey’s major contributions to the sociological experiences and cultural awareness
foundation of education are the following except one.
Which one is it? DIRECTION: Read the Paragraphs Below then Answer
a. Facilitating education means being aware of the Questions #148-150.
social condition of the learners The most important source of sediment is earth
b. Education is a social process beginning and rock material carried to the sea by rivers and streams;
unconsciously at birth the same materials may also have been transported by
c. School is a continuation of home; activities at glaciers and winds. Other sources are volcanic ash and
home continue at school lava, shells and skeletons of organisms, chemical
d. “True education” is transmission of knowledge precipitates formed in seawater, and particles from outer
from the teacher to the learner space.
142. The cultural heritage of Southeast Asia has been Water is a most unusual substance because it
designated by UNESCO as _______. exists on the surface of the earth in its three physical states:
a. World International Center ice, water, and water vapor. There are other substances that
b. World Heritage Sites might exist in a solid and liquid or gaseous state at
c. World Cultural Heritage temperature normally found at the earth’s surface, but there
d. World Tourist Spots are no other substances which occur in all three states.
143. Children learn how to open a coconut and other Water is odorless, tasteless, and colorless. It is
common chores in a coconut farm. In this instance, the only substance known to exist in a natural state as a
culture is transmitted by: solid, liquid, or gas on the surface of the earth. It is a
a. Immersion c. Assimilation universal solvent. Water does not corrode, rust, burn, or
b. Enculturation d. Acculturation separate into its components easily. It is chemically
144. Which among the following has been said to be the indestructible. It can corrode almost any metal and erode
strongest factor that drives most Filipino men and the most solid rock. A unique property of water is that it
women to leave their country and work abroad? expands and floats on water when frozen or in the solid
a. Poverty c. Insurgency state. Water has a freezing point of 0C. and a boiling point
b. Illiteracy d. Consumerist mentality of 100C. Water has the capacity for absorbing great
145. What is an indicator of the patronage system in the quantities of heat with relatively little increase in
Philippine society which contributes to poverty and temperature. When distilled, water is a poor conductor of
corruption? electricity but when salt is added, it is a good conductor of
a. Parents have many “kumpares” in the baptism electricity.
of their child Sunlight is the source of energy for temperature
b. A less deserving applicant gets appointed change, evaporation, and currents for water movement
because he has a “padrino” through the atmosphere. Sunlight controls the rate of
c. Most people patronize imported goods Photosynthesis for all marine plants, which are directly or
d. The “pilosopo” type of worker does not get indirectly the source of food for all marine animals.
promoted in his job Migrations, breeding, and other behaviors of marine animals
DIRECTION: Read the Paragraphs Below then Answer are affected by light.
Questions #146-147. Water, as the ocean or sea, is blue because of the
An international education initiative, known as molecular scattering of the sunlight. Blue light, being of short
global competence, was first noted in 1988 in a report wavelength, is scattered more effectively than light of longer
published by the Council on International Education wavelengths. Variations in color may be caused by particles
Exchange. Higher education institutions were enjoined to suspended in the water, water depth, cloud cover,
send students on exchange programs to universities abroad temperature, and other variable factors. Heavy
where Americans are not the majority population and where concentrations of dissolved materials cause a yellowish hue,
English is not the dominant language. while algae will cause the water to look green. Heavy
Educational scholars have proposed definitions for populations of plant and animal materials cause the water to
the term global competence and postulates regarding the look brown.
required knowledge, skills, attitudes and experiences
necessary to become globally competent. Cross-cultural
awareness and interaction, familiarity with an environment, 148. Which of the topics best organizes the information in
intercultural facility, effective two-way communication, the text?
interconnectedness of people and systems, acceptance of a. Properties of seawater, photosynthesis, oceans
the different cultural values and attitudes are integral and seas
components of global competence. b. Properties of water, its physical states,
146. Which of the following published a pioneer report on effects of the sun on water
the concept of global competence? c. Water as substance, water and plants
a. Council on International Scholars Exchange d. State of water as vapor, ice, liquid
b. Council on International Educators 149. Which of the following best defines the word
c. Council on International Education “distilled” as it is used in the last sentence of the third
Exchange paragraph?
d. Council on International Educationists a. Containing wine
147. What are integral concepts/components of global b. Free of salt content
competence? c. Free of electrical energy
a. Cultural values, interconnectedness with d. Dehydrated soil
people, cultural awareness and system
150. According to the passage what is the most unique 164. A fire alarm was rung. What will be done to exit
property of water? properly? What is heard from the principal?
a. Water is chemically indestructible a. “Keep cool. Get down quietly.”
b. Water exists on the surface of the earth in b. “Get in touch with your parents, fast.”
three physical states c. “Leave your things. March down the stair
c. Water is a poor conductor of electricity briskly.”
d. Water is odorless, tasteless and colorless d. “Dismiss your classes.”
151. Which of these capitalized words do not rhyme? 165. Ang sarzuela noong panahong ng Kastila ay dinadaan
a. I know it CLEAR sa:
b. That’s not easy to BEAR a. Pamamagitan ng Kastila
c. Let’s give a CHEER b. Pamamagitan ng salita sa isang bayan
d. It shows, it’s SHEER truth c. Pamamagitan ng halong Tagalog at Kastila
152. Wastes from the kitchen are considered useful if d. Pamamagitan ng halong Tagalog at Ingles
properly separated. How are they classified? 166. The Philippines prides itself as the first presiding
a. A non-degradable c. Metallic recesses officers of the United Nation. Who was this person?
b. Biodegradable d. Degradable a. Ambassador Elizalde
153. An ERRATIC behavior suggests one that is _____. b. General Romulo
a. Normal c. Inconsistent c. Ambassador Maceda
b. Stable d. Predictable d. General Yan
154. Piggery farms affected by FMD are prohibited from: 167. Ang hiling ng namatay na artista ay siya’y ilibing sa
a. Castrating their piglets takip-silim. Anong oras iyon?
b. Isolating their piglets from sows a. Madaling araw
c. Butchering their pigs for the market b. Sa pagitan ng alas-singko at alas sais ng
d. Mating their sows when in heat hapon
155. The driver of the speeding car is CULPABLE. This c. Ika-anim ng umaga
means _______. d. Ika-walo ng gabi
a. Innocent c. Guilty 168. Si Ninoy ay bumalik sa Pilipinas. Ayon sa kanya:
b. Blameless d. Reckless a. Ang lahing Pilipino higit sa lahat ay dapat
156. A child after birth has a right to a name. This is _____. ipaglaban, hanggang kamatayan
a. A right to his identity b. Di dapat buhayin ang mga Pilipino
b. A right for just treatment c. Ang kamatayan ko para sa pamilya lang
c. A right for survival d. Dapat bang magpakamatay dahil lang sa Pilipino
d. A right to suffrage 169. The price of glassware was P160.00 per set. After a
157. What has solved the caste and social strata system in day the price was raised by 10% what was the final
the Philippines society? glassware?
a. Schools in every barangay a. P176.00 c. P166.00
b. Barangay empowerment b. P196.00 d. P276.00
c. Schools for the handicapped
d. Barangay high schools opened 170. What prize will each receive from a first prize of
158. The son of a principal wants to be the valedictorian of P45,000,000. There were 15 recipients of the jackpot?
the class. What should the principal do to avoid a. P2,500,000 c. P3,100,000
criticism? b. P3,000,000 d. P45,000
a. Transfer the brighter student to a lower section
b. Assist the son in his class preparation and 171. In order not to lose the mother’s teeth what is
participation on school activities encouraged in their diet?
c. Call the rivals and give the stern warning a. Iron c. Carbohydrates
d. Confront the teachers on the son’s grade b. Fat d. Vitamins
159. Free trade means ______. 172. The government wants a piece of private land for a
a. Government restrict entry of identified goods government project. The owner resisted. How can the
b. Level of taxing is mutual between countries government own the land?
c. Goods are all imported a. Right of government ownership
d. Goods come in untaxed b. Right of eminent domain
160. How many cubic meters of sand will be required to fill c. Right of habeas corpus
reclamation area of 6 hectares with 1.5 meters depth? d. Right of a sovereign over the governed
a. 90,000 cubic meters 173. Alin sa mga sumusunod ang aral na ibinigay ng ANG
b. 90,900 cubic meters ALAMAT NI MARIA MAKILING na ikinuwento ni Jose
c. 110,000 cubic meters Rizal?
d. 100,000 cubic meters a. Pagyamanin at pangalagaan ang ating bayan at
161. What has made world business fast? lahi pagkat hiyas at yaman natin ito
a. A radio network c. Modern technology b. Pag-ibig ang makapagbabago sa mundong ito
b. New prints d. Computers c. Kabanalan ang magpatawad at tulungan ang
162. A subordinate could not take the insults his superior isang makakasala
does on him daily. What does this relationship d. Dahil sa pagmamalabis at pagsamantala,
indicate? maraming biyaya ang sa kanya’y nawawala
a. Superiors are superior 174. Si Mariano Ponce ay propagandistang may sagisag sa
b. Subordinates feeling and valueless panulat na:
c. Subordinates should be taken as slave a. Tamaraw c. Kapre
d. The value of respect for another is prevailing b. Tikbalang d. Kalapate
163. Wounded, he walked away still suffering from 175. Four mangoes cost P29.00. At that prize what will 2 ½
EXCRUCIATING pain. Describe the pain. dozen mangoes cost?
a. Mild c. Endurable a. P217.50 d. P870.00
b. Unbearable d. Slight b. P188.50 e. None of these
 c. P348.50 a. Pabalana c. Paari
176. Many observe that ___________. b. Palagyo d. Palayon
a. Rich countries abuse their power 189. “I prefer a government run like hell by Filipinos rather
b. Countries with poor economy are subservient than one run by foreigners.” What does this mean?
to the rich a. Filipinos are incapable of running the government
c. Countries that are economically stable are greed b. Though full of difficulties, Filipinos are
d. Countries with no economic problems become preferred to lead
world leader c. Foreign leaders are better in government
177. Which family obligation is especially valued? d. Leadership can be performed only by foreigners
a. Supplying groceries to relatives in remote barrios 190. Alin ang di karaniwang anyo ng pandiwang HINTAY
b. Providing health assistance to relatives living in KA?
the same locale a. Tay c. Intay
c. Keeping immediate family members out of b. Tayka d. Teka
trouble 191. Aling antas ng tono ang lumilitaw sa bahaging may
d. Sending to college relatives in remote barrios salungguhit ng pangungusap na nagdududa?
178. Why are barangay chairman assigned to settle Nagpuputol ng puno ang lalaki.
barangay cases? a. 1 b. 2 c. 4
a. They are competent judges d. 3
b. They know all the residents 192. Which of the following lines is a simile?
c. They have training a. “Holding wonder like a cup”
d. They have bases b. “Life has loneliness to sell”
179. Where would you commit a drug dependent for him to c. “Eyes that love you, arms that hold”
achieve a natural, tensionless and anxiety-free state? d. “Buy it and never count the cost”
a. NFPI c. DARE 193. During a recent shopping spree. Dodo and Ani bought
b. DARN d. Bukang Liwayway Center some new accessories for their apartment. Ani chose a
180. Which has become a prototype of other schemes that crocheted throw pillow at P24.95, and Dod purchased a
defeated the real and true purpose of the CARL rural landscape painting for P135.00. How much did
(Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law)? they actually spend if they paid 7% sales tax on their
a. The stock option scheme of Hacienda Luisita purchased?
b. The conversion of farmlands to industrial a. P171.15 d. P148.75
complexes b. P139.25 e. None of these
c. The conversion from agricultural to subdivision c. P159.95
d. The voluntary offer to sell 194. What is the sum of all the two digit numbers which are
181. The statue was erected in ____ to war heroes. divisible by 5?
a. Irreverence c. Homage a. 945 c. 960 e. None of these
b. Defense d. Protection b. 950 d. 1050
182. Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of 195. Tides, caused by the moon’s gravity, create a frictional
this sentence? force that is gradually slowing down Earth’s rotation
The studies revealing that, for various reasons, girls speed. One million years from now, scientist may
spent less time working with computers than boys. discover that compared to today, Earth’s:
a. Revealing studies a. Day is longer c. Day is shorter
b. Studies revealed b. Year is shorter d. Year is longer
c. Studies revelations 196. Which is the best evidence that helium gas is lighter
d. Studies will reveal than air?
183. What is meant by the idiom “at sixes and sevens”? a. Helium-filled balloons rise in air
a. The things have not been shipped b. Helium has the lowest boiling point of all elements
b. In the state of confusion c. Helium atoms do not combine with other air atoms
c. In an orderly manner d. By volume, helium makes up only 0.0005% of air
d. The boxes are still intact 197. What is the most likely reason for a desert plant to
184. Which word in the passage does not require a change have a few or no leaves?
in pitch to show confidence? “I am the master of my a. To increase photosynthesis
fate; I am the captain of my soul.” b. To decrease transpiration
a. Am c. Master c. To decrease photosynthesis
b. Captain d. Fate d. To increase transpiration
185. Mr. Falucho owns a 10 ½ hectares of land. He plans to 198. Without the process of meiosis, we can infer that
subdivide this tract into ¼ hectare lots. He must first set offspring from sexual reproduction would:
aside 1/6 of the total land for lands. How many lots will a. Be identical
this tract yield? b. Have a high degree of genetic variety
a. 30 c. 42 e. None of these c. Have twice the assigned number of
b. 35 d. 45 chromosomes
186. What would be the next three terms in the progression d. Have a number of mutations
1, 4, 16, ____ ? 199. Each of the following objects is designed to employ the
a. 64, 256, 1024 d. 65, 257, 1025 buoyancy principle except a:
b. 67, 259, 7027 e. None of these a. Life preserver c. Submarine
c. 66, 258, 1026 b. Kite d. Canoe
187. The Magsaysay Memorial features a _____ state of the 200. Which of the following will give the same value as A (B
well-loved President. + C – D)?
a. Drab c. Casual a. AB-AC+AD c. AB+AC-AD
b. Caustic d. Colossal b. ABC-D d. ABCD
188. Nasa anong kaganapan ng pandiwa ang 201. P8,000 is invested at 12% single interest. What is the
pangungusap? amount at the end of 2 years?
May padalang tulong ang pamahalaan para sa kanila. a. P9,600 c. P8,420
 b. P8,960 d. P9,920 a. Bugtong c. Kawikaan
202. A senior class of 50 girls and 70 boys sponsored a b. Salawikain d. Palaisipan
dance. If 40% of the girls and 50% of the boys attended
the dance, approximately what percent attended? 219. He was excused because all he said were white lies.
a. 44 b. 46 c. 42 d. 40 This idiomatic expression means _____.
203. Which of the following is exactly divisible by 3 and 11? a. Lies are written in white pages
a. 3,570,404 c. 991,111 b. Lies that are harmless
b. 114,345 d. 135,792 c. Lies recited are excusable
204. Ano ang uri ng pangungusap na UMAARAW NA? d. He recited the lines in public
a. Panawag d. Sambalita 220. “Kung sa langit ay nabubuhay, ang sa lupa’y
namamatay. Ano ang kinakatatakutan, ang oras ng
b. Phenomenal kamatayan.” Ang saknong ay nagpapahayag ng
c. Pormulasyong panlipunan damdaming ________.
205. Nathan repacks a 60kg of sack of sugar into small a. Maging matatag
packs of 750g. How many small packs can be made? b. Maging matapang
a. 90 b. 45 c. 75 d. c. Maging mapagpasensya
80 d. Maging mapagbigay
206. Which of the theories of learning, wherein language 221. Alin ang pinakatamang pahayag? _______ niya ang
and literacy emphasizes comprehension as students langit.
read? a. Tinitingala c. Sinulyapan
a. Reader response c. Sociolinguistic b. Tinitingan d. Tinitigan
b. Interactive d. Constructivist 222. Anong kayarian mayroon ang pangungusap na “Ang
207. An employee earning P9,200 a month will receive a pagbaha ay mapipigilan at masusugpo kung matatanim
15% increase next month. How much will his/her new tayo ng mga puno”?
salary be? a. Payak c. Tambalan
a. P10,500 c. P10,580 b. Hugnayan d. Langkapan
b. P10,530 d. P10,560 223. Ano ang uri ng pangungusap na walang paksa tulad ng
208. If 50% of x is 20, what is 30% of x? WALANG ANUMAN?
a. 30 b. 12 c. 20 d. 16 a. Eksistensyal
b. Panagot
209. PINASYALAN ng mag-anak ang Enchanted Kingdom c. Pormulasyong panlipunan
noong isang buwan. Ano ang pokus ng pandiwa? d. Patanong
a. Sanhi c. Direksiyon 224. What is the smallest positive number that is a multiple
b. Tagatanggap d. Tagaganap of both 12 and 14?
210. Kung kilala ang Cebu sa kanyang Sinulog, kilala a. 36 b. 42 c. 84
naman ang Iloilo sa kanyang ______ d. 168
a. Dalampasigan c. Ati-atihan 225. Ang tambal na salitang “matang–manok” ay may ibig
b. Kadayan d. Dinagyang sabihing: ______ ang mata.
211. 40% of 35 is what percent of 140? a. Nanlilisik c. Nanlalabo
a. 28% b. 29% c. 10% d. 14% b. Matalas d. Nakakatakot
226. Which principle of taxation does the Philippine lack if it
212. “Magtatrabado ako at ikaw ay mag-aaral upang fails to raise the needed revenue and therefore borrows
makatapos ka ng pag-aaral.” Anong uri ng from other countries to cover its expenses?
pangungusap ito? a. Productivity c. Elasticity
a. Tambalan c. Langkapan b. Equity d. Neutrality
b. Payak d. Hugnayan 227. What is meant by the statement: Values are absolute?
213. “The hostages are free. They paid their way!” What do a. Changing c. Personal
these statements tell us? b. Subjective d. Unchanging
a. They escaped after paying 228. Kailangan ginagamit and IKA na may gitling?
b. They were released after paying a. Kung ginagamit na panlapi sa isang salita
c. They were freed after negotiation b. Kung mismong bilang ang susunod sa
d. They had a peaceful negotiation isusulat
214. The flower smells __________. c. Kung ang ikakabit ay isang panlapi
a. Sweetly c. Sweet d. Kung ang bilang ay isinusulat na buo
b. Sweeter d. More sweet 229. An arithmetic book is 2 1/2cm thick. How many copies
can be placed in a meter-long shelf?
215. The Rizal Day celebration reminds us about heroes a. 44 b. 40 c. 36 d. 45
worth _________. 230. People who are too _____ are liable to be deceived by
a. Appreciating c. Emanating unscrupulous individuals.
b. Emulating d. Reading a. Credulous c. Cynical
216. Which type of reading is CHORAL READING? b. Wary d. Demanding
a. Buddy 231. Teacher Betty always tries to help people, but recently
b. Reading aloud to students she has been _______ kind and generous?
c. Shared a. Principally c. Especially
d. Guided b. Usually d. Largely
217. “Nadurog ang kanyang puso sa tindi ng dalamhati.” 232. We should work for the total ban ____ of pesticides
Ano ang ipinatalastas dito? that are harmful to man.
a. Pagpapalit-tawag c. Pagwawangis a. By the use c. With the use
b. Pagmamalabis d. Personipikasyon b. On using d. On the use
233. Which of the following organisms are responsible for
218. “Walang ligaya sa lupa na di dinilig ng luha.” Ito ay the return of substances in the bodies of the dead
isang _______. plants and animals to the soil?
 a. Decomposers c. First order consumers 248. What is the counting number that is less than 15 and
b. Producers d. Consumers when divided by 3 has a remainder of 1, but when
234. It’s now two hours past his schedule, the facilitator may divided by 4 has a remainder of 2?
not come anymore, but we’ll still be ready in case he a. 5 b. 12 c. 8
_________. d. 10
a. May c. Does 249. Which of the following could be a factor of n (n+1) if
b. Is coming d. Will come n is a positive integer less than 3?
235. “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want” is an a. 8 b. 3 c. 9
expression of one’s _____. d. 5
a. Total poverty 250. If x = -5, what is the value of x2 – 9 ?
b. Blind ignorance x+3
c. Love for self a. 7 b. -6 c. -8
d. Total submission to God d. 5
236. The area of the rectangle on the right is (X2 + X 251. Hindi ko malaman kung bakit ang basura ay
– 12). If its length is X + 4, what is its width? kanyang ________.
a. X + 2 c. X + 1 a. Itinapon c. Tinapon
b. X – 3 d. X + 6 b. Itapon d. Natapon
237. Which of these are characterized as organic 252. Saang dimension nabibilang ang paggamit ng
compounds? globo?
a. They are compounds of any elements a. Kagamitang pansilid
b. They are compounds containing carbon b. Kagamitang biswal
c. They cannot be broken down to simpler substance c. Kagamitang awdyo
d. They always require electrical means to separate d. Kagamitang lingual
238. Our commitments can develop us or can destroy us, 253. Which word does NOT mean the same as the other
but either way, they will define us. Choose the line three?
below that has the same meaning. a. Furnish c. Supply
a. Flexible commitment is what we need today b. Defend d. Equip
b. We must make full commitment to worldly things 254. Business computers have become more complex
c. Our lives are shaped by what we are that necessitate complete training in operating them.
committed to They are now described as SOPHISTICATED
d. Our commitments need not be planned way electronic system, meaning ____.
ahead a. Simple c. Fashionable
239. Those mischievous children _____ tricks on their b. Cosmopolitan d. Uncomplicated
teachers which always got them into a lot of trouble. 255. What is the missing term in the series? 2, 5
a. Used to play c. Could play 11, 23, 47, ____.
b. May have played d. Could have played a. 115 b. 95 c. 105 d. 125
240. Alin sa mga sumusunod na pangungusap ang walang 256. Which explains why work is done when blowing a
simuno? balloon?
a. Ang dumating na hari a. The force of gravity on the balloon increases
b. Balak niyang umawit b. The balloon moves outwards as the blowing
c. Magsumikap ka nang umunlad force is exerted on it
d. May tao pala sa silid c. The balloon has potential energy which is
241. “Nothing that happens in this world ever happens by changed to kinetic energy
chance; it is all part of a grand design.” The author d. The balloon is filled with air which has weight
speaks of one’s ____. and occupies space
a. Destiny c. Dream 257. If she ____ President, she would live in Malacañang.
b. Luck d. Ambition a. Was c. Am
242. With the Cold War in mind, which does not belong? b. Were d. Should be
a. Dialogue c. Tension 258. Find the GCF of 18 and 36.
b. Competition d. Conflict a. 2 b. 6 c. 48
243. Do all persons possess human dignity? d. 9
a. Yes, if they do good 259. Which one is the right to human dignity?
b. No, the beggar does not have it a. Freedom from all forms of racial
c. No, only those who believe in GOD discrimination
d. Yes, no exception b. Rest and leisure
244. Which kind of rock is abundant in the Bicol region? c. Privacy in the family, the home and in
a. Sedimentary c. Metamorphic correspondence
b. Igneous d. Shale d. Reparation and retribution for exploitation
245. 35 is what percent of 560? 260. Ants and honeybees exhibit a “caste system” in
a. 6.5% c. 62% which each member has a specific duty to perform.
b. 16% d. 6.25% This is referred to as ______.
246. Which chemical substance/s is/are contained in a. Adaptive system
detergents which cause/s the foam in stream water? b. Morphology system
a. Alkyl benzene sulfonate c. Polymorphism
b. Phosphorus benzene d. Metamorphism
c. Phosphorus and alkyl 261. Today, car manufacturers have begun to
d. Oil and benzene AUTOMATE their assembly lines by using robots.
247. Which are the food eaters or consumers in an What does this trend mean?
ecosystem? a. Cars are now automatic
a. Autotrophs c. Producers b. Operate through machines
b. Decomposers d. Heterotrophs c. Operates through human workers
d. Produce more efficient cars
262. “Inaawitan ko ang mga alon sa dalampasigan.” Ito ay c. Producers cooperative
halimbawa ng ________. d. Consumers cooperative
a. Personipikasyon c. Paglilipat–wika 277. How does the government tax people’s labor?
b. Pagwawangis d. Patutulad a. Through inheritance tax
263. Alin sa mga sumusunod ang opisyal na wika mula b. Through real estate tax
panahon ng Republika hanggang kasalukuyan? c. Through an income tax
a. Tagalog c. Ingles d. Through value added tax
b. Kastila d. Ingles at Filipino 278. Because of the onset and proliferation of AIDS case,
264. Basahin at sagutin. which social problem gained renewed attention and
Matulog ka na bunso concern?
Ang ina mo ay malayo a. Child labor c. Prostitution
Hindi naman masundo b. Drug addiction d. Pornography
279. Our opposition to divorce could be an influence of
May putik at may balaho
the ______.
Ito ay halimbawa ng awit sa _______ a. Educational system of the Spaniards
a. Pamamangka b. Protestant religion introduced by the Americans
b. Pakikidigma c. Roman Catholic religion introduced by the
c. Pampatulog ng bata Spaniards
d. Pag-ibig d. American constitution
265. How much bigger is 93 than 29? 280. Which statement on Alcoholics Anonymous is
a. 217 b. 73 c. 45 d. 431 correct?
266. What is the average of 1/2, 1/4 and 1/3? a. It is a group of alcoholic fathers and mothers
a. 13 c. 13 who has made it its mission to help alcoholic
36 29 fathers and mothers
b. 13 d. 13 b. It helps alcoholics to avoid alcohol use and
32 24 rebuild their lives
267. Which hormone promotes the development of c. It is a group of businessmen bent on stopping
secondary male sexual characteristics? the manufacture of alcoholic drinks
a. Progresterone c. Estrogen d. It is an association of alcoholics who remain
b. Testosterone d. Gonads unknown to each other
268. If an object has kinetic energy, then it also must 281. Which is the primary factor that drives most Filipino
have an/a ________. men and women to leave their families and work
a. Impulse c. Momentum abroad?
b. Acceleration d. Force a. Poverty
269. Two pots of the same size are filled with boiling b. Illiteracy
water. One pot is colored white and the other is c. Insurgency
black. In which pot will the water cool faster? d. Dissatisfaction with Philippine society
a. In the black pot 282. Each bag of rice contains 50 kg. What would be the
b. In the white pot increase in the price if the cost of one bag of rice
c. Both pots will cool at the same rate goes from P950.00 to P1,200.00?
d. Neither pots a. P250.00 c. P3.75
270. With old age, the bone mass decreases especially in b. P7.50 d. P5.00
the vertebral column which causes it to collapse. 283. What happens to the speed of sound waves as it
What is this syndrome called? travels from a less medium to a denser medium?
a. Osteocytes c. Osteocyclosis a. The speed increases
b. Osteoporosis d. Osteoblasts b. The speed stays the same
271. Physical traits are transmitted from parents to c. Total internal reflection happens
offspring through ________. d. The speed decreases
a. Genes c. Gametes
b. Chromosomes d. Alleles 284. _____ not making the most of ____ opportunities.
272. Which pigments of flowers and fruits are responsible a. You’re – you’re c. You’re – your
for their change in color upon reaching maturity? b. You – your d. You’re – you
a. Chloroplasts c. Carotenoids
b. Fucoxanthin d. Phycocyanins 285. Between January 2008 and August 2008, the price
273. At present, a patient fights cancer either through of gasoline rose from 28.40 to 52.90 per liter. What
surgery or by subjecting him/her to a drug treatment is the percent of increase over the 8-month period?
called _______. a. 97.5% c. 24.5%
a. Irradiation c. Viral treatment b. 86.27% d. 46.81%
b. Immune therapy d. Chemotherapy
274. As the earth revolves, due to the tilting of its axis 286. Sound : Decibel :: ________ : ________.
what natural phenomena occur? a. Area : Square
a. Global warming c. Weather b. Capacity : Hectare
b. Day and night d. Seasons c. Length : Meter
275. Which of the iron containing compounds gives the d. Volume : Cube
red corpuscles its color?
a. Albumin c. Hemoglobin 287. In which of the following medium would sound waves
b. Serum globulin d. Fibrinogen travel the fastest?
276. Which type of cooperative promotes thrift among a. Vibrating objects c. Gases
members and generates funds in order to lend to its b. Liquids d. Solids
members?
a. Service cooperative 288. Which of these characterize/s metals?
b. Credit cooperative I. Good electrical conductors
 II. They are malleable and ductile I. The added heat may result to the
III. They form basic oxides decrease in the amount of dissolved oxygen
a. I, II and III needed by the aquatic organisms
b. I only II. The added heat will accelerate the chemical-
c. I and III only biological process that may alter the
d. II and III only reproductive processes of the aquatic plants
289. We always hear doctors warming us to limit salt and animals
intake. What is the effect of salt on cells? III. The increase in the temperature will increase
a. Salt makes cells swell the amount of dissolved carbon dioxide causing
b. Salt dehydrates the cell the acidity of water to exceed harmful levels for
c. Salt clogs the cell aquatic plants and animals
d. Salt punctures the cell a. I and III c. II only
b. I and II d. I only
290. In the playground for kindergarten kids, 18 children 301. Your father is paying for your plane ticket, _____?
are riding tricycles or bicycles. If there are 43 wheels a. isn’t it c. aren’t you
in all, how many tricycles are there? b. is he d. isn’t he
a. 7 b. 8 c. 9 d. 11 302. This grade on your essay is low. Did your teacher
291. The edges of a cubical frame are made from plastic suggest ___________ another?
straws. How much longer is the total length of the a. you will make c. to write
plastic edges of a 10 cm compared to a cube whose b. revise d. writing
edge is 8 cm? 303. Wise people can ________ with frustration.
a. 24 cm c. 16 cm a. cope up c. cope in
b. 32 cm d. 8 cm b. cope on d. cope
292. In a Mathematics test, 35 students passed and 30% 304. Is this the spot _______ you had the accident?
failed. How many students took the test? a. why c. wherein
a. 60 b. 50 c. 40 d. 30
b. where d. which
293. The legs of one right triangle are 9 and 12, while
those of another right triangle are 12 and 16. How
305. It’s now three hours past her schedule; the president
much longer is the perimeter of the larger triangle
will not come anymore, but we’ll still be ready in case
than the perimeter of the smaller triangle?
she ___________.
a. 84 b. 14 c. 7 d. 12
a. is coming c. does
294. In the capitalist system, monopoly and control of
prices are done through cartels while in the b. may d. will come
cooperative system _______. 306. The words “inappropriate, illegal, irresponsible and
a. There is no monopoly by a powerful group unaware” have prefixes which are classified as:
because efforts are geared toward the a. Positive c. Common
upliftment of the life of the members b. Negative d. Neutral
b. Monopoly and control of prices are done by the 307. Which of the following doesn’t belong to the group?
Chairman of the Board a. Hypothesis c. Conclusion
c. Control of prices is done by the Board of b. Surmise d. Conjecture
Directors and Management staff 308. Which does not belong to the group?
d. Monopoly is done through the members with a. Foot c. Centigrade
the highest capital build up b. Kilometer d. Mile
309. “Blessed are ________ sorrowful for _______ shall be
295. What holds true to a cooperative? comforted.”
a. Membership is open only to a selected few a. the - you c. you - they
b. Each member is entitled to only one vote, b. the - they d. they – they
regardless of his position
c. Distribute of patronage refund is equal for all 310. When I met Diana yesterday, it was the first time I
d. A member who has more shares has more ___________ her since Christmas.
votes a. have seen c. have been seen
296. Which is the supreme body in a cooperative? b. saw d. had seen
a. The elected officers 311. If you want to be recognized, have a finger in the pie.
b. The assembly a. Dip finger in the pie
c. The Board of Directors b. Take an active part in something
d. The management staff c. Take a share of the pie
297. At what rate of interest should P2,400 be invested so d. Join a group
that it will earn P880 in 8 months?
a. 6½% b. 5½% c. 5% d. 6% 312. “Nothing happens in this world by chance; it is all part
298. She described her classmate’s statement as too of a grand design.” The author speaks of one’s
SOPHOMORIC. This means ____. ____________.
a. Grown up c. Wise
a. ambition c. dream
b. Mature d. Immature
b. luck d. destiny
299. Which of the following light has the longest
313. These towels are ______ for us to dry the dishes.
wavelength?
a. Red c. Yellow a. very dry c. too wet
b. Blue d. Green b. very wet d. so wet
300. Some factories use water to cool their equipment, 314. Which sounds like “when”?
warming the water in the process. If the warm water a. while c. whine
is dumped into a river, lake or ocean, how might it b. pin d. pet
affect the ecology of the body of water? 315. Conrado approached the platform with his speech. His
palms were sweaty and his hands were shaking. He
 felt the palpitations of his chest and perspiration began 325. “Katulad ng wika ang isang halaman. Sa matabang
to appear at his forehead. Conrado is experiencing? lupa kusang lalago ito kung may sapat na tubig at
a. heart attack c. stage fright liwanag.” Ang pahayag na ito ni Teongociang ay
b. nausea d. epilepsy umaayon sa:
a. Taglish
316. Do not go gentle into good night, b. Dekolonisasyon
Old age should burn and rage as close a day; c. Intelektwalisasyon
Raged, against the dying of the light. d. Puristang paniniwala
326. Alin sa mga sumusunod ang salitang pambansa?
- Dylan a. Pinoy c. Mapagkumbaba
Thomas b. Kamusta d. Nagdadalantao
The person in the lines above could be characterized 327. Ano ngayon ang tuntunin na susundin sa pagtutumbas
as: sa Filipino ng “rice terraces.”
a. Kung ano ang bigkas siyang sulat
a. pessimistic c. courageous b. Gamitin ang katutubong katumbas
b. violent d. strong c. Tumbasan sa Espanyol at baybayin sa Filipino
d. Hiramin nang ganap
317. What figure of speech is present in this line of the 328. Ang pagkautal ay matatawag na ________ na sagabal
poem “The Brook”? sa pagsasalita.
“This second time, he was like a tiny snake.” a. saykolohikal c. pisikal
a. Personification c. Simile b. pisyolohikal d. semantiko
b. Metaphor d. Apostrophe 329. Sa taong 2008, nakatitiyak ____ sambayanang Filipino
318. The “Rubaiyat”, a loosely joined series of 280 stanzas, na mapaunlad ang ekonomiya ng bansa.
has this general theme. Which one? a. si c. ang
a. Always look forward to a new day b. sina d. ang mga
b. Never give in to death easily 330. Kung ____ bawat isa sa atin ay matututong magsikap
c. Grasp pleasure while you can at magpahalaga sa ating mga ginagawa, ang ating
d. Create your own world and beautify it sarili ay patuloy na uunlad.
319. In Psalm 23 otherwise known as “Psalm of David”, a. ang c. si
what is the closest meaning to the line? b. ang mga d. sina
“He maketh me to lie down in green pasture; he 331. Kailan lamang ay nakita ko _____ Amorsolo na
leadeth me beside the still waters.” nakikipag-usap sa ating mga punong-bayan.
a. si c. ang
a. He will be given riches and mercy b. sina d. ang mga
b. He will be provided peace and prosperity 332. Kung darating _____ Sue at Kelly ay pakisabing nauna
c. He will be known throughout the land na ako.
a. si c. kina
d. He will always obey his master for his glory
b. sina d. sila
320. The Master said:
333. Ang Pilipinas ay ____ mahigit na pitong libong pulo.
“Only one who bursts with eagerness do I instruct. Only
a. may c. mayron
one who bubbles with excitement do I enlighten”. The b. mayroon d. meron
lines give one the idea that true learning: 334. Sinabi ng Kalihim sa Edukasyon na ____ makukuhang
benepisyo ang mga guro sa taong ito.
a. comes with commitment and passion a. may c. mayron
b. makes man a disciple of instruction b. mayroon d. meron
c. involves patience and a dash of lethargy 335. Huwag limutin ang vernacular. Tutuhing iasimila ito sa
d. is capable of making man pambansang wika sa ikauunlad ng kultura at lahi. Ang
321. Alin ang mali sa pangungusap na ito? “Ilang taon ring ibig sabihin ng iasimila ay _________.
namahinga sa pag-awit ang sikat na si Whitney a. Papaunlarin c. Pagyamanin
Houston.” b. Papakinabangan d. Papayabungin
a. ang sikat c. sa pag-awit 336. If July 12, 2003 fell on Tuesday, on what day will July
b. ring d. Ilang taon 12, 2005 fall?
322. Alin ang pinakatamang pahayag? a. Thursday c. Sunday
a. Sinulyapan niya ang langit b. Monday d. Friday
b. Tiningala niya ang langit 337. A map is drawn to scale such that 1.5cm on the map
c. Tinitigan niya ang langit corresponds to 75cm in actual distance. How many
d. Tinitingnan niya ang langit centimeters on the map would represent that distance
323. “You can count on me”. Ang pinakamalapit na salin nito between two towns which are 270cm apart?
ay: a. 2.7 cm c. 1.8 cm
b. 3.6 cm d. 5.4 cm
a. “Maaasahan mo siya.”
338. How much greater is the sum of the first 20 counting
b. “Bilangin mo kami.”
numbers than the sum of the first 10 counting
c. “Maaasahan mo ako.” numbers?
d. “Bilangin mo ako.” a. 110 b. 55 c. 100 d. 155
324. Si Lolo Juanito ay malakas pa kahit alog na ang baba. 339. Which of these statements is always TRUE?
Ang kahulugan ng may salungguhit ay: a. The sum of 3 consecutive pages of a book is
a. Matanda na always odd
b. Masakit ang baba b. The sum of 5 consecutive numbers is always
c. Bata pa divisible by 5
d. Malabo ang mata c. The sum of two square numbers cannot be odd
 d. The sum of the page number of two consecutive following equations shows the total cost (y) of an order
pages of a book is even as a function of the number of calculators ordered (x)?
340. A father and son working together can finish painting a a. y=(850+250)x c. y=850x+250
room in 6 hours. Working alone, a father takes 9 hours b. y=250x+850 d. x=850y+250
to do the painting. How many painting hours will it take 355. How many glasses of cola each to be filled with 150 cu
the son, working alone, to finish painting the room? cm of liquid can be made from 5 family sizes bottles of
a. 18 b. 15 c. 75 cola each containing 1.5 liters?
d. 12 a. 60 b. 45 c. 40 d. 50
341. Which common fraction is equivalent to 0.216?
a. 53 b. 27 c. 21 d. 108 356. The edges of a cubical frame are made from plastic
250 125 50 375 straws. How much longer is the total length of the
342. From a 75m bolt/roll of clothing material, 28 school plastic edges of a cube whose edge is 10 cm
uniforms are made. Each uniform uses 2m. How many compared to a cube whose edge is 8 cm?
meters of material are left? a. 32 cm c. 24 cm
a. 8 ¾ b. 19 c. 16 d. 12 b. 8 cm d. 16 cm
343. Nene takes 3/4 hour to dress and get ready for school. It 357. If the width of a rectangle is reduced by 20% and the
takes 4/5 hour to reach school. If her class start length is also reduced by 20%, what percent of the
promptly at 8:15 A.M.; what is the latest time she can original area is the new area of the rectangle?
jump out of bed in order not to be late for school? a. 60% b. 64% c. 80% d. 36%
a. 6:42 A.M. c. 6:45 A.M.
b. 6:50 A.M. d. 7:22 A.M. 358. How many square inches are in 1 square yard?
344. In a playground for Kindergarten kids, 18 children are a. 900 b. 144 c. 1,296 d. 648
riding tricycles or bicycles. If there 43 wheels in all, how
many tricycle are there? 359. Which of these has the longest perimeter?
a. 8 b. 9 c. 7 d. 11 a. A rectangle 19 cm long and 24 cm wide
345. Simplify 5√75 - 4√12. b. A right triangle whose two legs are 24 and 32
a. 13√5 c. 33√3 cm
b. √63 d. 17√3 c. A square 21 cm on a side
346. A child can be admitted to Grade I if he/she is at least 5 d. An equilateral triangle whose side is 28 cm
years and 10 months old by June of the school year.
Which of these birthdates will disqualify a child from 360. A series of square figures are made with match stick. If
being admitted to Grade I on June 15, 2009? the first three figures are the following, how many
a. June 10, 2003 c. May 5, 2003 matchsticks will be needed to form the 6th figure?
b. January 10, 2003 d. April 30, 2003
347. A time deposit in a bank will mature after 91 days. If the
deposit was made on April 28, on what date will it
mature?
a. June 28 c. July 28
b. July 18 d. July 29
348. The readings on the water meter in April and May are
417.8kl and 430.4kl, respectively. If there is a basic a. 60 b. 5 c. 84 d. 40
charge of 23 pesos and the cost per kl is 20 pesos,
how much is the billing for water consumption between 361. If 1 = a then x equals the _______.
the two months? x b
a. PHP 2,520 c. PHP 275 a. product of a and b
b. PHP 272 d. PHP 2,543 b. quotient of a and b
349. Determine the midpoint of the line segment joining the c. sum of a and b
points (5,-3) and (-1,6). d. difference of a and b
a. (2,3/2) c. (3,3/2) 362. On a certain day, three computer technicians took turns
b. (2, /2)
-3 d. (1,5/2) in manning a 24-hours internet shop. The number of
350. The legs of one right triangle are 9 and 12, while those hours Alpha, Bravo and Charlie were on duty was in
of another right triangle are 12 and 16. How much the ratio 1:2:3, respectively. The shop owner pays them
longer is the perimeter of the larger triangle than the PHP40 per hour. How much would Charlie receive for
perimeter of the smaller triangle? that day?
a. 84 b. 7 c. 12 d. 14 a. PHP 230 c. PHP 160
351. In a circle with center O, arc RS=132 degrees. How b. PHP 960 d. PHP 480
many degrees are there in angle RSO? 363. A bus has seven vacant seats. If there are additional
a. 22 b. 24 c. 20 d. 48 passengers that will enter the bus, in how many
352. One angle of a parallelogram is 35? What are the different ways can they be seated?
measures of the three other angles? a. 6 b. 210 c. 5040 d. 35
a. 45˚, 65˚, 170˚ 364. Roger’s grades in 6 subjects are 88, 89, 84, 90, 91 and
b. 145˚, 35˚, 145˚ 86. What is the least grade that he should aim for the
c. 85˚, 135˚, 140˚ 7th subject if he has to have an average of 88?
d. 35˚, 65˚, 65˚ a. 91 b. 90 c. 88 d. 92
353. One side of a 45˚- 45˚- 90˚ triangle measures 5 cm. 365. In how many ways can 7 people be seated around a
What is the length of its hypotenuse? circular table?
a. 5√3cm b. 5 cm c. 5√3 d. 5√2cm a. 49 b. 720 c. 5,040 d. 14
2cm 366. A committee of 3 is to be selected from a group of 5
girls and 3 boys. What is the probability that two boys
354. An online shop sells a certain calculator for P850 and are selected?
charges P250 for shipping within Manila, regardless of a. 15/56 b. 8/56 c. 3/56
the number of calculators ordered. Which of the d. /56
5
367. A student has ten posters to pin up on the wall of her a. 1 /8sheet of pad paper
room, but there is space for only seven. In how many b. 1 /2sheet of pad paper
ways can she choose the posters to be pinned up? c. 1/4 sheet of pad paper

a. 5040 c. 120 d. 1/3 sheet of pad paper

b. 604,800 d. 7
368. Janina, a retailer, buys candies for PHP 37.50. That 378. Which of the following activities help reduce water
pack has 25 pieces of candies. If she sells each candy pollution?
for PHP 2.25, how much profit does she make? a. Throwing only liquid wastes
a. PHP 15.50 c. PHP 37.50 b. Using organic fertilizers in farms
b. PHP 56.25 d. PHP 18.75 c. Cleaning with soap instead of detergents
d. Treating wastewater before it is discharge
369. In how many ways can four boys and four girls seated
in a row containing eight seats if the boys and girls 379. Leaves are green in sunlight because _______.
must sit in alternate seats? a. they absorb the green light
a. 1,152 c. 40,320 b. their tints bounce off
b. 24 d. 576 c. they absorb the blue and yellow object and yellow
370. During period of increased global temperatures, which light
of the following is most likely to occur? d. they reflect green light
a. A decrease in earthquakes
b. An increase in atmospheric CO2 380. Which of the following is true about light and seeing?
c. An increase in earthquakes a. Light enters the eyes enabling people to see
d. A decrease in atmospheric CO2 objects
b. Light goes out from eyes, hits an object, and then
371. Which of the following human activities reduces the returns to the eyes
level of ozone in the atmosphere? c. Light rays coming from an object meets light
a. Releasing of fluorocarbons from aerosol cans coming from a light source and then enters the
b. Using large banks of solar cells for energy eyes
production d. Light hits an object, bounces, and then enters
c. Using artificial lighting in scientific polar station the eyes
d. Destroying large areas of the equatorial rain
forests
372. If two variables X and Y are directly related, which of 381. A tray filled with ice was left on a table. After one hour,
these is not true? it was observed that some of the ice had changed to
a. When X is low, Y is also low liquid. Which of the following is true about the
b. When X increase, Y decreases temperature of the water and of the ice?
c. As X increase, Y also increases I. The temperature of the ice did not change
d. A high Y is associated with a high X II. The temperature of the ice became higher
373. What is the most significant cause of dwindling III. The temperature of water is higher than the
biodiversity? temperature of the ice
a. Global warming a. II only c. III only
b. Large plant consumption b. I and III d. I only
c. Destruction of habitat
d. Depletion of ozone layer 382. A stainless steel spoon feels colder than a plastic
374. The existence of extraterrestrial life may never be spoon because stainless steel ______.
proven, but this idea will become more scientifically a. absorbs less heat from the hand than plastic does
acceptable over time if: b. is really colder than plastic
a. Alternative hypotheses are proposed and c. has a lower temperature than plastic
confirmed d. conducts heat away from the hand faster than
b. Hypotheses are made related to the idea plastic does
c. Increasing scientific evidence supports the 383. Why does the level of water in a beaker rise after a
idea stone is laced on it?
d. No one disputes this idea in a scientific forum a. The stone and water occupy the same space
375. Why is incineration not favored as a method of waste b. The stone takes the place occupied by the
disposal? water
a. It is expensive for a country like ours c. The stone has more mass than the water
b. It releases noxious gases d. The water weighs less than the stone
c. The country lacks funds to install incineration
d. It requires large energy expenditure 384. In connection with government transactions involving
376. Teacher Monica showed the class the potted plants public interest, which policy, is adopted by the
placed on the window sills. She asked them to observe Constitution to assure the public of accountability and
the direction of their growth. The pupils observe that transparency?
the plants tented to grow outward. Then Teacher a. Rural development and agrarian reform
Monica asked the class this question: “Why do you b. Private enterprise and incentives to needed
think the plants grow outward?” What was Teacher investments
Monica engaging the pupils to do? c. Full public disclosure
a. Observe d. Balanced and healthful ecology
b. Draw conclusion
c. Formulate hypothesis 385. With the Batasang Pambansa performing legislative
d. Design an experiment and executive powers in the Marcos regime, which
form of government was implemented?
377. Which of the following has the smallest mass when a. Monarchial c. Presidential
measured in an equal arm balance? b. Parliamentary d. Dictatorial
386. In President Quezon’s time, the country had the d. Laws were formulated by a law-making body
Philippine Commonwealth. What is true about the appointed by the datu
Philippine Commonwealth? The Filipinos were 395. With which are the words “Cha-Cha” and “Con-Ass”
__________. . associated?
a. partially independent a. Imposition of Martial Law
b. granted total freedom to course their destiny only b. Amendment of the present constitution
on matters of education c. Return to dictatorial form of government
c. citizens of the United State d. Division between Senate and House of
d. fully independent Representatives
396. The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform and cooperatives
387. As a result of EDSA I, the Philippines ______. are meant to:
a. changed its form of government to parliamentary a. bridge the gap between the rich and the poor
b. became known worldwide for its People Power b. improve the country’s literacy rate
Revolution c. make all citizens equal
c. intensified its participation in international affairs d. eradicate poverty in the country
d. saw the impeachment of Joseph Estrada as
president
388. Rizal focused the “La Liga Filipina” to ______.
I. unite the whole country
II. fight violence and justice
III. revolt against the Spaniards
a. I and III c. I and II
b. II and III d. II only
389. What does the “presumption of innocence” mean in so
far as human right is concerned?
a. Remains innocence until proven guilty
b. Has the right to remain silent
c. Is concerned guilty unless proven otherwise
d. Has the right to a legal counsel
390. What development has taken place in our form of
government from the pre-Hispanic Philippines to the
present?
I. We have come from a one-man rule to a
government of the people, by the people, and for
the people
II. We began with a one-man rule and have ended
up with a dictatorial form of government
III. We started with a dictatorial form of government
that has developed into the present democratic
form
a. I and III b. III c. II d. I

391. Which is true of the Philippines?

a. It has been colonized by two European colonial
powers
b. There have been attempts to change its
government to a parliamentary form
c. It has never been united as a nation
d. It is the only Christian country in Asia

392. Which is true of the historical development of the

Philippines?
a. It has been an independent nation
b. It has evolved from a colony to a fully
independent nation
c. It has not achieved full independence from the
very beginning
d. It has been an independent nation ever since
393. This year’s SONA was focused on education and
economy. What is meant by SONA?
a. State of the Nation Address
b. Speech of the Nation Assembly
c. Speech of the Nation Address
d. State of the Nation Advocacy
394. Which statement is true of the pre-Spanish Filipino
government?
a. Laws were formulated by a law making body
elected by the community
b. There was a court created by the datu to hear
complaints
c. The datu exercised all powers of government
 the country’s foreign policy of close associated with
America?
a. Jose P. Laurel and Elpidio Quirino
b. Claro M. Recto and Jose P. Laurel
c. Leon Ma. Guerrero Jr. and Jose P. Laurel
d. Claro M. Recto and Leon Ma. Guerrero

397. How can the Comprehensive Agrarian reform Program

bring about social equity and economic prosperity in
the country?
I. By distributing the ownership of land to farmers for
value charge
II. By transferring the ownership of land to farmers
for value
III. By helping the affected landowners to use their
land compensation in viable business activities
IV. By providing support services to farmer-
beneficiaries
a. I, II and IV c. II, III and IV
b. I, II and III d. I, III and IV
398. When one company controls the supply of sugar, which
terms applies?
a. Economic Stability c. Equilibrium
b. Monopoly d. Inflation
399. When parents decide to send their children to a private
school and pay their tuition fee instead of sending them
to the public school, they don’t get their share in the
benefit derived from the taxes they pay. This is a case
of ____________.
a. double taxation
b. social inequity
c. social injustice
d. double jeopardy

400. Which of the following does one display when he

thinks that what is foreign is the best and that what is
local is inferior?
a. Relativism c. Ethnocentrism
b. Favoritism d. Xenocentrism

401. Upon which is the claim that there is no single

universal standard to be used to judge another
society’s customs or culture?
a. Cultural diversity
b. Cultural shock
c. Cultural relativism
d. Ethical relativism
402. You have to take extra care when you critique the
work of a Filipino. Your negative comment maybe
mistaken to be an attack against his/her person.
Upon which Filipino trait is this advice based?
a. “Bayanihan” spirit
b. Extreme personalism
c. “Sakop” mentality
d. Adaptability
403. 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
404. If they were to come back to life, who among the
following would be the most vocal to speak against
 c. A person is totally conditioned by his/her
environment
d. The “promdi” student does not succeed
because of his/her place of origin
414. What a student can do differs from what he will do.
What does this prove?
405. To stimulate the nation’s economy and increase a. Motivation and ability always together
employment, past President Diosdado Macapagal b. Motivation differs from ability
___________. c. Student of today are hardly motivated
a. borrowed money from the World Bank d. Ability is the opposite of motivation
b. standardized the salaries of government 415. A Biology teacher described herself biologically: “My
employees estrogen level is decreasing and I have signs for
c. abolished government repressive control osteoporosis.” What is true of the Biology teacher?
d. gave incentives to home cottage industries a. She is a chain smoker
406. Art and music are necessary ingredients to a child’s b. She is in her late adolescence
education. Which statement/s, support/s, the idea of c. She is a spinster
this sentence. d. She is in her post-menopausal period
I. Music and arts intensify a child’s 416. A secret word that must be entered into the
imagination computer before a person is allowed to get or
II. Music teaches discipline, team work and poetry change information is called ________.
through rhythm a. program c. statement
III. Painting helps a kinesthetic learner express b. password d. input
abstract concepts in concrete forms 417. The search for related literature by accessing
a. I only c. I and II several databases by the use of a telephone line to
b. I, II and III d. III only connect a computer library with other computers that
407. Rizal said: “There are no tyrants where there are no have database is termed ______.
slaves.” Which logically explain this? a. Manual search
I. If the Filipino were treated as slaves by b. On-line search
the Spaniards it was because they allowed c. Compact disc search
themselves to be treated as such d. Computer search
II. It was equally the fault of the Filipino why the 418. Which refers to a single phrase or word that tells the
Spaniards treated them as slaves computer to do something with a program or file?
III. The Spaniards were tyrants and so they treated a. Password
the Filipino as slaves b. Computer Program
a. I b. III c. I and II d. I c. Command
408. Based on his work “Sa Aking Mga Kabata,” would d. Computer Language
Rizal favor the use of the mother tongue in the early
grades? 419. In writing a letter, which productivity tool is used?
a. He did not express it clearly c. No a. Pagemaker c. Spreadsheet
b. Yes, but mixed with English d. Yes b. Word processing d. Publisher
409. Out of the used illustration boards, students came up
with cute and function bags for school children. 420. Like the typewriter, the computer has _____.
Which Filipino trait is exhibited? a. screen c. keyboard
a. Adaptability c. Family-orientedness b. cursor d. disk drive
b. Creativity d. Pagkabayani
410. On which Filipino trait does Gawad Kalinga build on? 421. Which application program provides one with a
a. Extreme personalism means to organize and present information through
b. Joy and Humor the use of text, numbers, graphs, sounds, and visual
c. Bayanihan spirit image
d. Adaptability a. Powerpoint Presentation
411. The Filipino’s indomitable spirit is shown in his b. Spreadsheet
__________. c. Publisher
a. utang na loob c. self-reliance d. Word processing
b. friendliness d. ability to survive
412. One reason why the NCEE was abolished was 422. Which one links computers to a base computer
because it was anti-poor. Which explanation logically making it possible to share software materials?
supports this reasoning? a. Modern c. Local area network
a. The NCEE served as a measured to counter b. Interface d. Internet
the “diploma mill” mentality of Filipinos 423. What is/are the best ways to a child’s development
b. It’s good that NCEE was abolished because according to the statement?
that would mean only those fit for college would I. Meet the child where the child is.
go to college II. Allow the child to develop according to his/her
c. Most of those who did not pass the NCEE pace.
were graduates of deprived schools III. Compare a child to another in order to motivate
d. College education liberates the poor from the her/him to catch up with other children’s
bondage of poverty development.
a. II and III c. I, II and III
413. You are often told: “Poverty is not a hindrance to b. I and III d. I and II
success.” What does this imply?
a. It is other people that hinder people to succeed Situation 1. (#124-125)
b. What a person becomes in life is a product
of his/her own choice “You can’t make children grow faster by
punishing them, just as you can’t make
flower bloom faster by pulling them.”
 a. Transparency
b. Authoritarian leadership
c. Continuous improvement
d. Partnership
428. In SBM, who is empowered to lead the school and
424. What message does the statement have for the community for improvement?
teachers? a. The parent leaders
a. Just look at the flowers when you are tempted b. The school head
to hurry up the development of a child c. The principal
b. Provide children with developmentally d. The teachers
appropriate practices
c. Games will help develop children naturally Situation 3. (#129-131)
d. Avoid comparing a child with other children
SEASONS OF LOVE
425. Which statement is in support of the statement given
above?
a. A teacher’s moment-by-moment actions and
interactions with children are the most powerful I Love was spring
determinant of learning outcomes and
development When feelings bloomed
b. We can’t make children’s dendrites grow As we first said hello
faster or insist that important connections in
the brain be made And looked into each other’s eyes
c. It is the early childhood educator who has both together
the immense responsibility of creating the
learning environment that will intrigue and
stimulate the whole child
d. Each child’s brain is unique and vastly different II Love become summer
from one another.
When passions rose cold

As we held hands

And said our vows

Without each other

429. “Spring” in the first stanza represents all but one of
the following? .
a. a budding relationship
III Love turned to autumn when we fell apart
b. the beginning of love
c. As things
colorful world of people in love
went sour
d. the end of bachelorhood
Situation 2. (#126-128) And we just can’t stay
430. The word “summer” in the second stanza suggests?
School-based Management (SBM) is in line with the spirit of .
decentralization. It aims to: a. hot environment
IV b. Love
mixed feelings
changed to winter
1. empower the school heads to lead their teachers, c. vacation from school
students, and members of the community in a continuous d. When
heightened
the nightsemotions
grew
school improvement process leading to higher learning
outcomes and improved health and nutrition status of 431. In As
thewethird stanza,
travelled “autumn” may mean all the
life’s road
students; following, except? .
2. bring resources within the control of the schools to a. Without each other
irreconcilable differences waning of feelings
support the delivery of quality educational services in the b. problem faced by lovers
c. falling out of love R.J.V.L
spirit of transparency;
3. strengthen school partnerships with the communities, d. death of the love
local government units to encourage them to invest time,
Situation 4. (#132-134)
money and other resources in providing a better school
learning environment; and
Maraming katulad ang buhay ng tao. Ito’y katulad ng
4. institutionalize participatory and data-based school
improvement process. putahe na “sweet and sour dish.” May matamis at
maasim na lasa. Katulad din ito ng panahon, may
mabagyo at maaraw. Nakararanas tayo ng malulungkot
na pangyayari at kung minsan ay masasayang
426. What kind of improvement process is in keeping with
SBM? karanasan.
I. Data-driven III. Participatory
II. Continuous Kailangan ay lagi tayong handa. Anuman ang
a. I and II c. II and III pangyayaring dumating ay dapat nating harapin ng
b. I and III d. I, II and III buong tapang, maging ito’y mapait na karanasan. Kung
mabagyo ang buhay, lagi nating sabihin ang ganit:
427. Which word/phrase does not go with school-based “Kung kaya nila itong nararanasan ko, kakayanin ko rin.
management? Hindi ito ibibigay ng Panginoon kung hindi ko kaya.
Nagtitiwala ako sa kanya dahil hindi niya ako
papabayaan.”
 b. Yes, there is, but was remedied by the fact that
3 kinds of detergents were used
c. Yes, not only one but several
d. None, it is simple yet a perfect design
432. Ano ang mahalagang pag-uugali ng tao ang
pinapahiwatig ng binasang talataan? 439. How can the experimental design be improved?
a. Maging makatarungan tayo sa lahat ng bagay, I. Focus on one independent variable at a
tao at panahon time, e.g. brand of detergent.
b. Humanda tayo lagi sa mga suliraning darating II. Make use of the same type and size of fish.
sa ating buhay III. Increase the number of fish and reduce the
c. Maging positibo tayo sa pag-iisip at number of detergent brands involved.
pagbibigay pasiya a. I only c. I and II
d. Gawin natin lagi ang magagandang bagay, ang b. I and III d. II only
pagtawag at paghingi ng tulong sa Diyos
433. Ano ang pangunahing paksa na inilahad sa 440. What is the dependent variable?
talataan? a. The amount of water
a. Harapin ang buhay at isipin ang kasabihang b. The effect of detergent on the fish
umasa sa Diyos na hindi magpapabaya c. The amount of detergent
b. Pagkat kaloob ng Diyos sa tao ang pagdurusa, d. The brand of detergent
sikat at suliranin, nariyan Siya upang tayo ay
damayan 441. What is defective with the experimental design?
c. Harapin nang buong tapang ang buhay na a. It is very complicated
may lungkot ay ligaya, at magtiwala sa b. There is no testable hypothesis
Poong Maykapal c. There are so many independent variables
d. Buong giting na humarap sa buhay mabagyo the effects of which are tested at the same
man o maaraw time
434. Saan itinulad ng akda ang ating buhay? d. There’s a lot of biases involved
a. Sa malakas na bagyo
b. Sa masarap na putahe 442. What is the experimental group?
c. Sa init at lamig ng panahon a. The baby junior fish with 1 tbsp of Champion
d. Sa putahe at sa panahon b. The tilapia with 1 tbsp of Tide
c. Cannot be determined
Situation 5. (#135-137) d. The goldfish with 1 tbsp of Surf
Ang tunay na pag-ibig ay walang ibinubunga kung hindi 443. What is the control group?
ang tunay na ligaya at kaginhawaan. Kainlanpama’t a. The baby junior fish with 1 tbsp of Champion
sapin-sapin ang dusang pinapasan ng bayani, at ang b. The tilapia with 1 tbsp of Tide
kanyang buhay ay nalipos ng karukhaan at lungkot, ang c. The goldfish with 1 tbsp of Surf
dahilan ay sapagkat hindi ang tunay na pag-ibig ang d. Cannot be determined
naghahari kung hindi ang taksil na pita sa yama’t bulaang Situation 7. (#144-146)
karangalan.
Sa kadalagahang punlaan ng mga bulaklak na
435. Alin ang hindi bunga batay sa talata? namumunga ay dapat ang babae ay magtipon ng
a. Karukhaan c. Kalungkutan maipamamana sa lalaking anak. Ano kaya ang
b. Ligaya d. Karangalan magiging supling ng babaeng walang kabalaan kundi
436. Ang paghihirap ng bayani ay sanhi ng: ang magbulong ng dasal, walang karunungan kundi
a. digmaan c. kahinaan ng
awit, nobena, at milagrong pang-ulol sa tao, walang
bayani
b. pagkamasarili d. kawalang malay libangan sa iba sa paghingi o magkungpisal kasa sa
437. Kung gagamitan ng paghihibla sa mga konsepto ng malimit ng muli’t muling kasalanan? Gawa ng mga ina
talata, alin ang pinakagitna? ang kalugamian ngayon ng ating kababayan, sa lubos
a. Ligaya c. Pag-ibig na paniniwala ng kanilang masintahing puso, at sa
b. Kabayanihan d. Kaginhawaan malaking pagkaibig ba ng kanilang anak ay
napakagaling. Ang kagulanga’y bunga ng pagkabata,
Situation 6. (#138-143) at ang pagkabata’y nasa kandungan ng ina.
The class was asked to design an experiment to test the Hango sa: Sa mga Kababaihang Taga-Malolos
effect of detergent on fish. One group came up with this
experimental design. For detergent they got Tide, Surf ni Dr. Jose Rizal
and Champion. For fish, they had tilapia fingerling,
444. Ang bulaklak na namumunga na tinutukoy ng talata
goldfish, and baby junior fish contained in different sizes
ay ______.
and shapes of bottles. To the tilapia fingerling, they put 1 a. Dalagang natutukso
tbsp of Tide. To the goldfish, they put 1 tbsp of Surf and b. Inang nagbatak sa hirap
the baby junior fish, 1 tbsp of Champion. c. Babaeng itinakwil ng lipunan
d. Inang nagsisilang
445. Ang kalugamian na tinutukoy ng talata ay ________.
438. Is there any defect in the experimental design? a. Kamangmangan c. Kapighatian
a. Yes, there is, but was compensated for by the b. Kabanalan d. Kapalaluan
use of not only one type of fish
446. Anong diskors ang ginagamit sa pagpahayag ng a. Cooperation as individual and in group
may akda? b. Sharing and cooperation
a. Pangangatwiran c. Paglalarawan c. Democratic principle
b. Paglalahad d. Pagsasalaysay d. Many cultures of families and democracies
447. What are considered major goals of multicultural 456. Happiness is different from pleasure in being an
education? abiding consequence or result which is not destroyed
I. Catering to diversity of learners even by the presence of pain. The best illustration of
II. Considering social class and ethnic groups this principle is ______.
III. Providing equal opportunities to education a. Mother giving birth
IV. Helping individuals and group survive despite b. A jackpot winner collecting his prize
differences in culture and beliefs c. Engaged couple getting married
a. II and III c. III and IV d. Student topping the board examination
b. I, II and IV d. I, II, III and IV 457. Which of the following is another illustration of
448. Which of the following statements accurately reflects happiness?
a strong “school culture”? a. A family dining at a 5-star hotel
a. Has informal rules of behavior b. A family looking at their crops ready for
b. Has a network of communications harvest
c. Has high standards of performance c. A family on their way to a vacation holiday
d. Has definite organizational core values d. A family admiring their newly bought car
449. Ano ang nagpamali sa pahayag na ito? 458. Which antidote would have a similar effect if vinegar or
May ibat’t ibang paraan ng mapaunlad ang citrus juice were not available?
I II III a. Raw egg white c. Vegetable oil
husay sa pagbabasa. b. Water d. Milk
IV 459. A radio with a strong electromagnetic would not be
a. IV b. I c. II d. III placed near the navigation instruments on a plane or
450. On which concept is the cross-cultural undertaking ship because ____________.
advocated by anthropologists and sociologists based a. the radio would draw too much electrical energy,
in order to prevent ethnocentrism? causing the electrical system of the ship or plane
a. Acculturation c. Cultural relativism to discharge
b. Ethical relativism d. Global solidarity b. the accuracy of the compass would be
451. Matter exists in the form of units which can be affected by the magnetic field established by
classified in hierarchies or organizational levels. Which the radio electromagnet
of the following units shows a correct hierarchical c. the radio wouldn’t work because of electrical
organization? interference
a. Cell-tissue-organ-system-organism d. none of these
b. Solids-liquids-gases-plasma 460. Students after a long summer vacation hardly return to
c. Atom-molecule-element-compound-mixture usual study habits. This situation is a post-vacation
d. Protons-neutrons-electrons-ions carry over. It takes two to three weeks to be in such
situation. What post-vacation theory is advanced?
452. Which of the following statements best explains a. Post-vacation should be extended by 4 weeks
recruitment? b. Vacation is worth doing
a. It is the process of ensuring that competent c. Pre-vacation plans are necessary
people are available d. Post vacation habits should be ignored
b. It is the process of obtaining qualified 461. As head of the family, the father is the principal bread
applicants for a job winner. What does it mean?
c. It is a process of obtaining qualified applicants for a. His earning determines the economic condition of
promotion the family
d. It is a process of hiring and firing b. It is his duty to give economic support to his
children
453. What is the reason why the staff wages for the retailer c. He is responsible to support the wife and
and wholesaler are not considered as the direct cost? children
a. Because one person generally sells many d. He should manage the family budget
different products 462. Which of the following is one of the positive values
b. Because cost is not linked to the acquisition of developed as one learns handicrafts?
raw materials a. Exposure to handicrafts principles
c. Because staff wages are taken from the income of b. Enriched vocabulary in handicrafts
the company c. Enhanced self-esteem and well-worth
d. Because the direct costs have to be attributed d. Adeptness in eye-hand coordination
proportionally 463. Why do farmers and gardens often treat the soil with
ammonium sulfate?
454. A person in a dark room looking through a window can a. It increase the oxygen content of the soil
clearly see a person outside in the daylight. But a b. It increase the nitrogen content of the soil
person outside cannot see the person inside. Why c. It reduces the acidity of the soil
does this happen? d. It acts as a pesticides
a. Sunlight is not bright as the other sources of light 464. Which statement is guaranteed by the Civil Code of the
b. There is not enough light being reflected off Philippines?
the person in the room a. Both are given freedom to choose their occupation
c. Light rays cannot pass through the window twice b. Both husband and wife are co-equal
d. Outside light does not pass through windows. c. The husband has the right to object to the
occupation of the wife
455. Since the family is the basic unit in democracy, home d. The wife also has the right to object to the
economics education needs to be based upon _____. occupation of the husband
465. Which of the following is one of the positive values b. Babies are immune from TB
developed as one learns handicrafts? c. Most fathers spit blood and infect babies
a. Love and respect for parents d. Mother sick with TB transmit their disease by
b. Friendship will others breast feeding
c. Optimism in life 476. There is a non-government program that extends
d. Involvement in extra-curricular activities assistance to children who needs hospitalization and
466. Which of the following steps is not included in treatment. What is this non-government project?
determining the proper height of working spaces? a. Bantay Bata Project
a. Let a person get a chair and let him sit down b. Tahanang Walang Hagdan
b. Ask him to place his arms closer to his body and c. Father Angelo’s
bend his arm at the elbow. d. Welfareville
c. Let a person who would use it stand 477. Alin ang ipinahihiwatig ng sumusunod na kuha sa
d. The distance from the floor to the elbow minus two Republikang Basahan ni Teodoro Agoncillo?
inches is the proper height for working “Kasarinlan! Republika! Kayo bagay nauulol
467. The principle under which a thermostat operates is the
same when: Sa ang kalayaa’y tabla na rin ang kabaong!”
a. A chemical change occurs when two substances
combine a. Pagtanggi
b. A gas expands to fill the container in which it is
held b. Galit at marahas na damdamin
c. The level or mercury rises or in a glass tube c. Matindi ngunit matimping damdamin
d. A pendulum swings when it is set into motion d. Pagkabahala
468. In which kingdom should mold be classified? 478. Researches gave rats a dose of 3-m, butyl phtalide and
a. Plantae c. Animalia measured changes in the rats blood pressure. This
b. Prostista d. Fungi statement is best classified as a/an:
469. Pre-school children always watch the body language of a. Experiment c. Hypothesis
their teachers. This means _____. b. Prediction d. Finding
a. Communication is best by words 479. Which of the following is the smallest prime number
b. Communication is best by movement and greater than 200?
gestures a. 214 b. 205 c. 201 d. 211
c. Communication is best by the tone of the voice 480. Ano ang kahulugan nito?
d. Communication is best by group of discussions “Puwit man ng baso’t suot ng mayaman, ang tingin ng
470. Pulmonary tuberculosis has affected 90% of the
tao’y brilyanteng makinang.”
Filipinos. How is this disease transmitted?
a. TB patient allowed to work with other
a. Mapang-api
b. Using dishes of active TB patients
c. Coughing with uncovered mouth b. Pagtingala sa mayaman
d. Sleeping with children c. Mapagbalatkayo
471. Farmers are all enthusiastic in the campaign for d. Tulong sa kabuhayan
“Gintong Ani” for mangoes. Which practice is harmful to 481. We have energy responsible for life on Earth. The
the environment? source of this energy is the ______.
a. Using organic fertilizer every six months a. Moon c. Star
b. Encouraging insects to do pollination b. Wind d. Sun
c. Spraying the trees with herbicides and 482. Alin sa mga pangungusap ang higit na epektibong
pesticides pagpapahayag?
d. Using asexual propagation of mangoes a. Nang nailikas ang mga tao ay bumaha sa aming
472. Children in the mountain ranges are diagnosed as bayan
suffering from goiter. Determine the cause of such b. Nang bumaha sa aming bayan ay nailikas na
disease. ang mga tao
a. Lack of iodine in food c. Pagkalikas sa mga tao ay bumaha sa aming
b. Excess of iodine in diet bayan
c. Excess of vitamins in diet d. Nang lumikas ang mga tao ay bumaha sa aming
d. Lack of iron in diet bayan
473. A boy got tired of getting up early to join the family in 483. Which of the following actions speaks of the main
going to church. Because of this, he decided to change thrust of Reagan’s foreign policy?
his religion. Cite the right he wanted to exercise. a. Giving aid to anticommunist rebels in
a. Right for free worship Nicaragua, Afghanistan and Angola
b. Right to due process b. Setting up summit talks with Gorbachev
c. Arranging peace talks between Israel and PLO
c. Right to change worship as provided by its bible d. Refusing to intervene in the Philippine elections of
1986 between Pres. Marcos and Corazon Aquino
d. Right to abide by family rules 484. Workers in the service sector should trained to act as
474. Which approach does not lessen vehicular air ______ as possible.
pollution? a. Courteously c. Curtly
a. Utilizing the MRT and LRT b. Covertly d. Rudely
b. Ban diesel-using cars on the highway 485. Which metal is used to make container for soft drinks?
c. Ask pedestrians to use bicycles a. Aluminum c. Lead
d. Allow vehicles with more than 20 years of use b. Copper d. Silver
475. Rural health centers conduct home visitation. Babies 486. Potato plants are usually grown from buds, not seeds.
are vaccinated early to avoid pulmonary tuberculosis. The explanation for this is that:
However, what are the WHO findings? a. potatoes cannot be grown from seeds
a. Most children suffer pulmonary complex b. buds are not subject to light as seeds are
 c. buds are more likely to duplicate the qualities c. Condensing and freezing
of the parent plant d. Melting and boiling
d. buds represent a form of asexual reproduction 496. Blocks of asphalt are left with a narrow gap in between
and seeds represent sexual reproduction them in order to ____.
487. Which of the following should you expect to be true a. Hold extra dust and small particles of sand
about the rate of cellular respiration for a group of b. Give allowance for expansion during hot days
students who are the same age, height, and weight? c. Serve as passage of water during rainy days
a. Boys would have a higher rate of cellular d. Make roads with equal blocks and gaps
respiration than girls 497. In plant cells, chloroplasts are active in the chemical
b. Athletes would tend to have higher rates of processes required to make food. Animal cells have no
cellular respiration than non-athletes chloroplasts. Based on this, we can conclude that
c. Non-athletes would have higher rates of cellular _____.
respiration than athletes a. Animals cells are more complex than plant cells
d. Africans would have a higher rate of cellular b. Plant cell are more complex than animal cells
respiration than Asians c. Animals must obtain food from outside
488. Which of the following organic acid occurring in low sources
concentration is essential to human but is highly d. Animal cell are more complex than plant cells
dangerous when human are exposed to high 498. Why does water boil at a lower temperature on a
concentrations of it? mountain than at sea level?
a. Citric acid found in citrus fruits a. The temperature of the sea increases as we go
b. Lactic acid found in milk products higher
c. Folic acid, a form of vitamin B used to treat b. The atmospheric pressure is higher as we go
anemia higher
d. Hydrochloric found in the stomach’s gastric juices c. The temperature of the air falls as we go higher
489. Our commitments can develop us or they can destroy d. The atmospheric pressure is lower as we go
us, but either way, they will define us. Choose the line higher
below that has the same meaning. 499. Which of these drugs are addictive, leading to
a. Half-hearted commitment is what we need today withdrawal symptoms, when their use is discontinued?
b. Our lives are shaped by what we are 1. Alcohol 4. Nicotine
committed to 2. Aspirin 5. Penicilin
c. Our commitments need not be planned way 3. Heroin
ahead a. 4 and 5 c. 1 and 2 only
d. We must make full commitment to worldly goals b. 2 and 3 only d. 1, 3 and 4
490. Our guest of the night was a garrulous speaker. This 500. When ##### replaces numbers in the cell, _______.
means he is ____. a. Use the custom format
a. Talkative b. Return to the general format
b. Reserved c. Indicate a formula error
c. Reticent d. Increase column with
d. Aloof 501. A meter stick was cut into two pieces at the 64 cm
491. Which theory emphasizes that the period of mark? What is the ratio of the smaller piece to the
adolescence is one that the greatest importance in the largest piece?
development of the adult personality? a. 16:25 b. 13:50 c. 9:25 d. 9:16
a. Psycho-Social 502. Find in feet, the amount of farming needed to frame a
b. Humanistic picture 8 ½ inches by 11 inches?
c. Confluent a. 5 ¼ ft c. 4 ¼ ft
d. Psycho-Analytic b. 3 ¼ ft d. 2 ¼ ft
492. The astronauts could not communicate with one 503. A square has an area of 400 sq. cm2. What is its
another while on the moon’s surface? Why? perimeter?
a. There is no weather that occurs a. 80 cm b. 40 cm c. 20 cm d. 100 cm
b. Air waves are irregular 504. Which is the equivalent common fraction of the
c. There is no atmosphere repeating decimal 5.818181…?
d. Temperature shuts down sound a. 67/11 b. 64/11 c. 66/11 d. 65/11
493. Material culture refers to the tangible and concrete 505. If a positive number is increased by 70 percent, and
objects produced by man. Which of the following is an then the result is decreased by 50 percent, which of the
example of material culture? following accurately describes the net change?
a. Ceremonies of tartans a. 15% decrease c. 12% increase
b. Morrriones festivals b. 20% increase d. 20% increase
c. Sinulog celebration 506. What percent of PHP340.00 is PHP30.60?
d. Stone walls of Tasadays a. 7% b. 6% c. 8% d. 9%
494. Which explains why work is done when blowing a 507. What are the next three numbers in this sequence? 1/6;
balloon? 1/3; 1/2; 2/3 ___.

a. The balloon has potential energy which is a. 5/6, 1, 7/6 c. 5/6, 2/6, 7/3
changed to kinetic energy b. 7/3, 4, 9/3 d. 5/2, 7, 5/3
b. The force of gravity on the balloon increases 508. The school cafeteria raises the price of a plate of rice
c. The balloon moves outwards as the blowing from PHP8 to PHP10. If the same rate of increase was
force is exerted on it applied to a regular order of viand which used to cost
d. The balloon is filled with air which has weight and PHP20, how much does an order of viand cost?
occupies space. a. PHP25 b. PHP22 c. PHP26 d. PHP24
495. Which of the following physical changes involve adding 509. With the Batasang Pambansa performing legislative
heat to a substance? and executive powers in the Marcos regime, which
a. Evaporating and condensing form of government was implemented?
b. Boiling and condensing a. Dictatorial c. Parliamentary
 b. Monarchial d. Presidential 519. Which question falls under the Literal Comprehension
510. In connection with government transaction involving Level?
public interest, which policy is adopted by the a. Why is it good to be short?
Constitution to ensure the public accountability and b. What are the advantages and disadvantages of
transparency? being tall & short?
a. Private enterprise and incentives to needed c. Do you agree with the horse when it said, "that it
investments is best to be what you are?"
b. Full public disclosure d. In the story, who is short?
c. Rural development and agrarian reform 520. The line from the Koran, “Woe to every backbiter,” talks
d. Balanced and healthful ecology of ____.
511. If a farmer would want assistance like pricing, a. Punishment for those who say good things
guarantee for all agriculture produce or cooperative b. Misery for those who talks ill of others
management training, where should he go? c. Sorrow for those who oppose other’s opinion
a. Special Agrarian Court under the Regional Trial d. Anguish for those who defend
Court 521. Which statement on alcoholics anonymous is correct?
b. Support Services of the Department of a. It is an association of alcoholics who remain
Agrarian Reform unknown to each other
c. DAR adjudication board b. It helps alcoholics to avoid alcohol use and
d. Land bank rebuild their lives
512. Which of the following is imposed a final tax of ten c. It is a group of businessmen bent on stopping the
percent (12%)? manufacture of alcohol drinks
a. Currency bank deposit d. It is a group of alcoholic parents who has made it
b. Royalties its mission to help alcoholic parents
c. PCSO and lotto wining 522. Our opposition to divorce could be an influence of the
d. Books, literary works and musical _______.
composition a. Protestant religion introduced by the Americans
513. Which of the following refers to an attractive investment b. Roman Catholic religion introduced by the
idea or proposition that provides the possibility of a Spaniards
return of investment for the person taking the risk? c. Americans constitution
a. Business opportunity c. Completion d. Educational system of the Spaniards
b. Capital d. Demand 523. Why is the Filipino trait of “pakikisama” said to be
514. The point in the earth’s orbit when the earth is farthest ambivalent?
from the sun is called ____. a. It makes people show their concern for others
a. Perihelion c. Parallax b. It can be used for or against the person who
b. Aphelion d. Perigee values it
c. It encourages a person to do wrong
d. It helps person develop good values
515. When does the need for sales promotion become 524. You can’t make children grow faster by pushing them,
indispensable? just as you can’t make flowers bloom faster by pulling
a. When the producer wants to make the product them. Which of the following supports the statement?
popular in the market a. It is the early childhood educator who has both the
b. When one takes into account the sales volume of immense responsibility of creating the learning
the products environment that will and stimulate the whole child
c. When the customer satisfaction is of prime b. We can’t make children’s dendrites grow
importance faster or insist that important connections in
d. When there is a great demand for the product the brain be made
c. A teacher’s moment-by-moment actions and
interactions with children are the most powerful
516. In order to use an on-line database service, which of determinant of learning outcomes and
the following are needed? development
a. Computer, tele-computing software and printer d. Each child’s brain is unique and vastly different
b. Computer, phone line, printer and CD-ROM from one another
drive 525. How can farmland be used to transfer the greatest
c. Phone line, tele-computing software, modem and amount of energy to humans?
computer a. By using half the land for crops and half for meat
d. Tele-computing software, phone line and modem production
b. By growing plant crops for people to eat
c. By keeping sheep to provide meat
517. What does an owner’s drawing or personal account d. By keeping cows to provide cheese and milk
include? 526. Which factor contributes to the “green house effect”?
a. The allowance given to the owner a. Destruction of forest
b. The withdrawal of capital by the owner end of b. Use of solar glass to capture radiant energy
period of the profits of the business c. Use of carbon dioxide by land plants
c. The capital contributions of the owner made at the d. Depletion of minerals in the soil by overfarming
inception of the business 527. Engagement is a positive factor to a successful
d. The personal property of the owner marriage. The following factors are considered in
518. Why is the Price Law important? deciding the length of the period of engagement except
a. To show that the product is of high quality one. Which one is it?
b. To discourage & minimize price haggling a. Length of the courtship period
c. To show the price and ask for more discount b. In-law relationship
d. To show the price and to attract buyers c. Extent of preparation
d. Ability to adjust to each other
528. Which of the following factors least indicates how to work in the evening shift. How much would she pay
Filipino regards his family? for a 40-hour week in the evening shift?
a. Commitment and responsibility a. PHP2,700 c. PHP2,900
b. Emotional and material support b. PHP2,400 d. PHP3,200
c. Influence of the behavior of all members 543. Tina placed some sliced green mangoes in a glass of
d. Personal identity drinking water. After a while she took out a few slices
529. The force required to maintain an object at a constant and found the slices very turgid. What can you infer this
speed in free space is equal to ___. observation?
a. Mass of the object a. Water was absorbed by the mangoes
b. Zero b. The mango slices did not change in shape
c. Weight of the object c. The slices became more sour
d. Water moved out of the tissue of mangoes
d. Force required to stop it
530. What is the smallest positive integer that has 6, 8 and
10 as factors? 544. Which is the most reliable way of determining whether
a. 240 b. 120 c. 300 d. 80 or not the students have developed positive attitude
531. Rylie is 10 years older than his sister. If Rylie was 25 toward work?
years of age in 1983, in what year could he have been a. Students debate on work values as teacher listens
born? b. A teacher observes students as they work
a. 1963 b. 1953 c. 1958 d. 1948 c. Students define work
532. What number is next in this sequence? 11120, 11420, d. Students sing a song about the dignity of work
______.
a. 11820 c. 11760
b. 11800 d. 11720 545. Ang mga gulay ay may volatile at non-acids na
533. How many glasses of soda each to be filled with 150 cu nawawala habang niluluto ang mga ito at nagiging
cm of the liquid can be made from 5 family size bottles sanhi ng manila-nilaw na berdeng gulay. Paano it
of soda each containing 1.5 liters? maiwasan?
a. 50 b. 60 c. 40 d. 45 a. Pakuluan ang gulay ng sampung segundo lamang
534. Sa pagsasanay tungkol sa kasarian ng mga pangalang b. Panatilihing nakatakip ang lutuan habang
ipinapakita, mabisang gamitin ang _____. nagluluto
a. Flow chart c. Ginupit na larawan c. Huwang takpan ang lutuan habang nagluluto
b. Plaskard d. Diorama d. Hayaang nakabukas ang lutuan sa unang 10
535. Anong bahagi ng pananalita ang nasa malaking titik? minuto saka ito takpan
Malungkot ANG MGA nagtapos na wala pang trabaho.
a. Pangatnig c. Parirala
b. Pang-ukol d. Pananda 546. If in a routine practice of stunts one of the participants
536. Kung ang awit ng pag-iibigan ay kundiman, ano naman accidentally losses his balance and sustains fracture
sa Bisaya? straight elbow, what precautionary measure should be
a. Sambotani c. Balitaw observed to avoid further injury?
b. Kumintang d. Diona a. Immediately apply cold compress to avoid further
537. Ponema ang tawag sa makabuluhang tunog ng wika. swelling
Ilan ang ponema ng Filipino? b. Do not attempt to bend the elbow to apply a
a. 31 b. 21 c. 31 d. 28 sling
538. Kailan ginagamit ang IKA na may gitling? c. Check the proper location of the splint
a. Kung ang bilang ay isinusulat na buo d. Check for vital signs of the victim
b. Kung mismong bilang ang sumusunod na 547. Which is the undying musical movie that depicts the
isusulat story of a nun named Maria which brought back music
c. Kung ginagamit na panlapi sa isang salita to the family Von Trapp somewhere in Austria during
d. Kung ang ikakabit ay isang panlapi World War I?
539. Anong ayos ng pangungusap ang sumusunod? “Ang a. Sister Act
mga bata ay naglalaro sa lansangan.” b. Sound of Music
a. Di-karaniwan c. Tuwirang layon c. The West Side Story
b. Karaniwan d. Literal d. Titanic
540. Anong mga estratehiya ang gagamitin mo kung nais 548. The following are factors to consider in preparing a
mong malinang ang mga talinong pangkatawan, balanced diet for the family except one. Which one is
kahusayan sa pagkontrol ng katawan, timing, trained it?
responses? a. Size of family members
a. Pagninilay, feeling-toned moments, goal setting b. Lifestyle of the family members
b. Pagsunod sa ritmo, pag-awit, pagra-rap at chants c. Activities of the family members
c. Teatrong pangklasrum, charades, katawang d. Family income
mapa
d. Brainstorming, pagsulat ng journal, pagsasadula
541. Ano ang gamit ng mga ito: spot-semantik, klaster- 549. In Psalm 23 otherwise known as “Psalm of David” what
konsepto, sagot-gagamba, dayagram, hirarkiyal at iba is the closest meaning to the line: “He maketh me to lie
pa? down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still
a. Matukoy ang mahalagang detalye water.”
b. Makagawa ng balangkas a. He will be given riches and mercy
c. Mapag-ugnay o makategorya ang mga b. He will always obey his master for his glory
konsepto c. He will provided prosperity and harmony
d. Mapagsunod-sunod ang mga pangyayari d. He will be known throughout the land
542. As a cashier in a 24-hour supermarket, Cecil gets 550. The first step of the problem solving process in home
PHP60 per hour plus an additional PHP500 per week management is to ___.
 a. Identity the possible consequences of potential c. The Chairman of the Commission on Audit
action
b. Obtain data and information about the problem d. The Chairman of the Civil Service Commission
c. Identity the problem
d. List alternative course of action
551. The housing program for all these years did not
succeed because _____. 560. From whom will all appropriation, revenue or tariffs
a. Squatters sell their allotted houses to merchant bills, bills authorizing increase of the public debt, bills
b. Squatters return to the squatters area
of local application, and private bills originate
c. Squatters are spoiled by politician
d. Squatting is a form of livelihood exclusively?
552. What has solved the caste and social strata system
in the Philippine society? a. The Cabinet
a. Schools in every barangay
b. School for the handicapped b. The Senate
c. Barangay empowerment
d. High school in every barangay c. House of Representatives
553. Only students with ID cards are allowed to enter the
library. Zola studies in the library. Therefore: d. The President
a. Zola reads books in the library
b. Zola has an ID card
c. Zola is a bookworm
d. None of these 561. All bills passed by the Congress, before it becomes
554. After all has been said, the issue was a tempest in a a law, must be presented to the ________.
teapot. What is the meaning of the underlined word?
a. finally settled a. President
b. boiled down to nothing
c. temperature dropped b. Senate President
d. simmered down
555. The sum of 2 odd numbers is an even number. The c. Speaker of the House
numbers 7 and 25 are odd numbers. Therefore:
a. The numbers 7 and 25 are integers d. Chief Justice
b. Even numbers are real numbers
c. The sum of 7 and 25 is an even number 562. All of the following are exempt from taxation except
d. None of these ________
556. Certain animal behaviors, such as mating rituals,
seem to be _________ and therefore, __________ a. Non-profit cemeteries
external factors such as climate changes, food
supply or presence of other animals of the same b. Educational institutions
species.
a. innate---------unaffected by c. Land used for religious purposes
b. specific---------confused with
c. learned---------immune to
d. Charitable institutions
d. memorized---------controlled by
557. “I value a man for the SIZE OF HIS HEART.” The
563. Two planes leave an airport at noon, one flying east
capitalized words mean that:
a. man’s love is measured by the size of his heart at a certain speed and the other flying west at twice
b. the size of heart determines the length of life the speed of the former. If the planes are 2,700 miles
c. man should use his mind over his heart apart in three hours, how fast is the slower plane
d. man’s kindness is most important flying?
558. Who enacted the Code of Conduct and Ethical
Standards for Public Officials and Employees? a. 150 mph c. 900 mph

a. The President b. 300 mph d. 1,020 mph

b. The Supreme Court 564. Dina earns PHP16,100 per month after receiving a
15% raise. What was Dina’s monthly salary before
c. The Civil Service Commission the raise?

d. The Congress a. PHP2,415 c. PHP14,000

559. All of the following constitute the Committee on b. PHP13,685 d. PHP18,515

Awards to Outstanding Public Officials and
Employees except ________. 565. Tickets for the father and son breakfast were P112
for fathers and P84 for sons. If a total of 450 tickets
a. The Ombudsman were sold at P42,000, how many fathers attended
the breakfast?
b. The Chairman of the Commission on
Elections a. 150 b. 200 c. 250 d. 300
 a. Chalkboard c. Flannel board
b. Bulletin board d. Magnetic board
566. She wishes to meet somebody who is “off the beaten 575. Alin ang tamang babala sa pagtatapon ng basura?
track.” This means: a. Dito ang tambakan ng basura
a. at the lowest level b. Huwag magtapon ng basura dito
b. unconventional c. Huwag mag-ipon ng basura dito
c. unbelievable d. Gamitin ang basurahan sa inyong bahay,
d. forceful huwag dito
567. Which one of the following is a household chore that 576. Magbababala ang pulis sa mga tumatawid, alin ang
has to be done every day? tama?
a. Cleaning the ceiling a. Hoy! Pula ang ilaw, tigil
b. Laundering bed sheets b. Bantayan ang ilaw bago tumawid
c. Sweeping the floor c. Tawid na kayo at luntian ang ilaw
d. Dusting the furniture d. Huhulihin ang tatawid sa maling ilaw o signal
577. Alin sa mga sumusunod na salita ang bumubuo ng
pangungusap?
568. The competence to convince, use personal influence a. Dapat isang mapasa ang LET bago maging
and develop explicit strategies to influence people is guro
associated with _____. b. Dapat ang guro LET ang pinasa
a. Opportunity seeking and creativity c. Pinasa dapat ng guro ang LET upang
b. Information seeking and monitoring maging isang ganap na guro
c. Persuasion and networking d. LET lang gamitin sa pagiging guro
d. Self confidence and skill decision making
569. Multiple regression equation analysis in a study
revealed the relative contribution of story elements to 578. What was the controversial anti-drug campaign in
reading achievements, and that the contribution of Manila which was stopped by a court decision?
these story elements is substantial. Which of the a. Posting of pictures of drug users
following conclusions about the correlation of story b. Parading of handcuffed drug addicts
elements to reading achievement is suggested in the c. Arrest of drug pushers
findings? d. Painting of houses of drug pushers
a. That correlation of 1.0 is needed for this study
to be significant
b. That there is little variance between story 579. Siya ay hinirang na taga-sensus ng bahay-bahay.
elements and reading achievement Ano ang kanyang nalikom?
c. That the story elements are important a. Ang data at bilang ng mga tao sa isang bayan
variables to consider in reading b. Ang bilang ng mga tao sa bahay
achievement c. Ang kayamanan ng mga may-bahay
d. That other important story element is included d. Ang data tungkol sa mga naninirahan sa
in the analysis ibat-ibang bahay

570. The prevailing wind systems experienced in the 580. Ano ang isang bagay na di dapat kasangkutan ng
Philippines are __________. isang kagawad ng gobyerno?
a. Northwest and Southeast monsoon a. Magtrabaho habang may sahod
b. East and West monsoon b. Dapat mamahagi ng pera para sa isang
c. Northeast and Southwest monsoon kandidato
d. North and South monsoon c. Dapat magsikap yumaman
d. Di dapat mamulitika
581. Anong hukuman ang siyang ____ ng kasong
571. The Filipino wants to be accepted by his fellowmen kurapsyon?
for what he is and to be treated according to his a. Sandigang Bayan - naglilitis
status. He can achieve this by ________. b. Korte Suprema - maglilitis
a. Participating in group activities that interest him c. Ombudsman - tagapaglilitis
b. Being obedient to all demand that comes his d. Court of Appeals - manglilitis
way 582. “Ang laki sa layaw, karaniwang hubad,” ayon kay
c. Offering his services in whatever form that Balagtas kaya ____.
suits him a. Ang mga bata makapagtapos sa pag-aaral
d. Socializing with his fellowmen within the norms b. Ang mga bata di-sumusunod sa magulang
of society c. Ang mga bata ay laging magalang
572. In which of the following examples is the greatest d. Ang babae ay nag-aartista
pressure exerted? 583. Ang hiling ng namatay na artista ay siya’y ilibing sa
a. A barefooted person standing on the beach takip silim. Anong oras iyon?
b. A brick resting on the ground a. Madaling araw
c. A knife cutting a piece of meat b. Ika-anim ng umaga
d. A book resting on a table c. Ika-walo ng gabi
573. Which of the following environmental conditions has d. Sa pagitan ng alas-5 at alas-6 ng hapon
been blamed for the usual occurrence of fish kills? 584. There are military confrontation is some parts of the
a. Acid rain Philippines. How does the government address the
b. Eutrophication situation?
c. Atmospheric pollution a. Declare war zone
d. Silting of lakes and rivers
574. Which does not belong to the group? b. Declare amnesty for all
 c. Declare cease fire d. Poor hoarding of water in tanks
d. Negotiate with representatives of both 597. Children are discouraged to play in flood water since
panels ____.
585. A maid is continuously molested by a son of a rich a. Urine of rats is contagious
landlord. What must the landlord do to protect the b. Urine of people is around
maid? c. Feces & urine of animals abound
a. Warn the son of his act d. Feces of cockroaches are floating
b. Lock the maid in her room 598. Chicken pox usually occurs in August. At what stage
c. Report the case to the policeman is it very contagious?
d. Terminate the services of the maid a. During the first week
586. Cooperatives are helpful to farmers specially in b. When wounds have swollen
irrigation of rice fields. This is evident when ______. c. When all wound are peeling off
a. Members are accountable for their fellow d. When all wounds have disappeared
members credit lines 599. A family built house in an inner piece of land. He was
b. Members pay their dues after three harvests not allowed to go through a neighbor’s yard. He was
c. Non-members are deprived of water accused of trespassing private property. The law
d. Members take turn in getting water ration allows such passage under the ___.
587. New techniques in food production are learned a. Right of eminent domain
through ____. b. Right of homeowners
a. Barangay forum c. Right of way
b. Radio comments d. Right of travel
c. Television modules 600. The government wants a piece of private land for a
d. Editorial and cartoons government project. The owner resisted the
588. A farmer owned 302 hectare. He planted 1/3 of the government demand. How may the government own
area to coconut. The rest were converted to mango the land?
and other fruits. Give the numbers of hectares used a. Right of eminent domain
for mango and other fruit trees. b. Right of government ownership
a. 202.3 ha c. 204 ha c. Right of habeas corpus
b. 201.33 ha d. 202 ha d. Right of a sovereign over the governed
589. There were 500 houses sold by a subdivision owner. 601. Rabies comes from dog and other bites. How could this
Each occupied 80 square meters each. How big was be prevented?
the whole area? a. Tie the dogs at all times
a. 4 ha b. 5 ha c. 14 ha d. 10 ha b. Have the dog vaccinated with anti-rabies
590. Give the value of N in 26 2/8 + 22 1/2 = N c. Keep the dogs in cage
a. 48 3/4 c. 48 2/18 d. Kill the dog that bites
b. 48 /3 2 d. 48 1/3 602. At XYZ Preschool, Rochelle holds a position senior to
591. Give the final percentage rate of commission gained Ruthe, and Kai holds a junior post to Ruthe. Who holds
by Edna. She sold an appliances for PHP258,000. the junior-most position?
Her commission was PHP37,520 minus PHP5,300 a. Kai c. Rochell
for transportation. b. Ruthe d. None of them
a. 12.48% c. 14.54% 603. A father was misunderstood by his teenage boy
b. 12.05% d. 14.13% because:
592. The youth is considered 55% of the voting a. The father abhorred and mistook modernization
population. Marikina has 1,360 million voters. How as being fresh
many voters are the youth? b. The father imposed on his values on courting
a. 750,000 c. 768,000 and marriage
b. 788,000 d. 748,000 c. The father did not understand the teenage values
593. Cementing of roads are being done in some areas. on dating
One barangay has 2 lanes with 7 by 200 meters long d. The father could not tolerate a live-in arrangement
for each lane. What is the total area to be of his son
cemented? 604. The death of the kidnapped victims by the terrorists
a. 2,800 sq. m. c. 9,000 sq. m. was considered:
b. 14,000 sq. m. d. 1,500 sq. m. a. A deviation from protocol
594. Flood has devastated Mindanao and many b. A revenge for atrocities of civilians
provinces. The root cause is traced to ____. c. A neglect of priorities
a. Conversation of agricultural land to subdivisions d. An affront to the leadership
605. With the Cold War in mind, which does not belong?
b. Wanton destruction of gold mines a. Dialogue c. Tension
c. Using wood for fuel b. Competition d. Conflict
d. Wanton cutting of forest trees 606. Drug addiction, neurosex, and other psychological
595. Rivers in Metro Manila are the identified causes of illness are indicators of ____.
heavy flood. Authorities account this to _______. a. Progress in medical science
a. Waste incineration b. Inner peacelessness
c. Fast pace industrialization
b. Waste classification d. Rapid modernization in society
c. Waste dumping in backyard 607. Which body of the United Nations has peace among as
d. Waste dumping on river banks its major responsibility?
596. Dengue fever has caused death to many children a. Trusteeship Council
and adults. All these are traced to ____.
a. Poor ventilation b. Security Council
b. Poor disposal of waste c. General Assembly
c. Poor maintenance of home compost pits d. International Court of Justice
608. What do we have in common with the beasts? 619. How do countries register dislike or disagreement of
a. Our intelligence another country’s discussion through diplomatic
b. Our material body means?
c. Our manner of survival a. Recall all its nations
d. Our freedom b. File a diplomatic protest
609. “Be honest even if others are not. Be honest even if c. Declare war immediately
others cannot.” What does this statement imply? d. Retaliate by arresting nationals of other country
a. Honesty does not pay 620. How did recipient of operation title transfer react to
b. Honesty remains a value even if nobody taxation?
values it a. They wanted the landlords to pay taxes
c. Filipinos seem not to value honesty anymore b. Assessment of transfer titles are recognized by
d. Honestly is truly a value only if people possess local offices
and live by it c. Cooperatives do not explain the tenants role on
610. Values that are essential must be preferred over those taxation
that are accidental? Which illustrate this? We prefer d. Paying taxes was obviously not the land
_______. owners concern
a. Money over sense of fulfillment 621. Without limiting the rights of parents to rear their
b. Beauty over achievement children, the constitution provides compulsory
c. Health over beauty Elementary Education for:
d. Pleasure over money a. All children of school age
611. It is either one of ours or one of yours. It is not one of b. All children of pre-school age
ours. Therefore, ________. c. All physically able individuals
a. it is not one of yours d. Adult citizens and out-of-school youth
b. it is one of ours 622. Which of the following causes the seasons?
c. it is one of yours a. The rotation of the sun around the earth
d. it is not one of ours b. The distance of the earth from the sun
c. The rotation of the earth around the sun
612. Honey is extracted from bees. To ensure a supply of d. The tilting of the earth on its axis
honey for food and medicine, what has been resorted 623. Which of the following statements best explains why
to lately? copper is the metal most widely used in electrical
a. Culture honey bees for propagation wiring?
b. Encourage bee farm in chosen areas a. It is cheaper than aluminum
c. Gather honey from the forest b. It has high resistance to electricity
d. Discourage the use of pesticides in honey farm c. It is best conductor of electricity
613. Which is the greatest value according o the teachings d. It is better conductor than aluminum and
of Karl Marx? cheaper than silver
a. Absolute equality 624. Parents are worried about student’s interest in the
b. Health internet. In order to safeguard their children, they must:
c. Pleasure a. Check on learners interest while surfing
d. Elimination of selfish desires b. Allow internet only after classes
614. Which expresses a polynomial in the following? c. Supervise internet use with parent’s consent
a. 2x+4x-3 c. x-x+9-3x+10x d. Allow students use of internet instead of using
b. xy-x-6 d. x-4x+2x-x+2 library books
615. Jonas can build a wall in 6 days. Rey had worked on 625. Families of OFW meet a lot of conflict. How does the
the wall for three days alone before Jonas joined him. government address this?
Together, they have completed the wall in three more a. Increase insurance benefits
days. How long will it take Rey to build the wall alone? b. Encourage more opportunities for OFW
a. 10 days c. 16 days c. Provide scholarship for husband left behind to
b. 12 days d. 18 days study
616. Why is it that Filipino Overseas Workers are d. Creation of skills development centers for
considered modern time heroes? OFW
a. They became broad minded, skilled and 626. How does the Department of Science and Technology
economically stable individuals assure quality science teaching in secondary schools?
b. They sacrifice all, for their family and the a. Open up science high school in every province
economy, just to improve their quality of life b. Maintain a scholarship grant for deserving science
c. They have stabilized Philippine economy and mathematics teachers
d. They come home ready to prepare a feast for their c. Share researches and distributes equipment to
town mates and friends schools
d. Carry one science fair every year
617. The volume of a gas is inversely proportional to its 627. Which illustrates the spirit of non-violence?
pressure. When the pressure is 30 cm of mercury, the a. The move towards a gun-less society
volume is 600 cubic cm. Find the pressure when the b. The act to submit oneself to the will of the one
volume is 259 cm. with powers
a. 28 cm of mercury c. The use of strike as a bargaining power
b. 12.5 cm of mercury d. The act to be quiet to preserve peace
c. 69.5 cm of mercury 628. The report from Congress registered rejection of the
d. 65 cm of mercury proposed bill. This means _____.
618. Voting is a privilege in a democracy. Those who are a. Some changed parties
deprived of their votes are normally: b. The majority failed to get the group support
a. Franchised c. Disenfranchised c. Some proved their lack of cooperation
b. Exiled d. Execute d. Some favored the leadership
629. A young girl left her baby at the household of a 4. Accepted several amendments
monastery. The child grew up without knowing her Which is the best arrangement?
mother and father. What right is deprived of the child? a. 2, 1, 4, 3 c. 1, 2, 3, 4
a. Right to assert individuality b. 4, 3, 2, 1 d. 2, 1, 3, 4
b. Right to freedom of choice
c. Right to quality education 639. A swimming contest is held in a four lane swimming
d. Right to life pool of 50 meters long. The contest is for the 200
630. What is the social scientist’s explanation of the meters. How many times will each swimmer run in this
relationship of a leader of history? contest?
a. Leaders are a product of their times a. 10 times c. 5 times
b. History is a reflection of great leaders b. 16 times d. 4 times
c. Every great movement is the lengthened shadow 640. There are many cases of abuse on Filipino overseas
of a great man contract workers. Where can these workers seek
d. Had any great leader been different than he was justice and redress?
631. Army men who are rescued from insurgent kidnap a. International Court of Justice
undergo medical check-up. Why is this done? b. DOJ and Foreign Affairs Consulate Office in
a. To protect the prisoner from further harassment the Foreign country
b. To determine the physical and mental state of c. Department of Labor and Employment
the army man d. Philippine Supreme Court
c. To avoid relapses from illness while in hiding 641. Quality of education they say is:
d. To determine the loyalty of this army man a. Every citizen’s accounting task
b. Every parents and teachers’ responsible task
632. The reporter was accused in court because of his story. c. Everyone’s responsibility
The story was ______. d. Everybody’s concern at times
a. A tainted with malice
b. Full of distorted facts 642. Only 681 examinees passed in the Licensure Exam for
c. A narration of facts Teachers out of 2550 examinees. What is the passing
d. To personal to take percentage?
a. 26% c. 26.8%
633. The menace of drugs has affected the Philippines b. 26.7% d. 26.5%
economy greatly. Which of these drugs is the most 643. To assure healthy banking industry, the Bangko
destructive to one’s brain? Central has encouraged:
a. Opium c. Methyl salicilate a. Bank tie up with foreign banks
b. Marijuana d. Shabu b. Bank Merger
c. Bank Closure and Declared bankruptcy
634. Miss Vanessa has many children. Her husband d. Selling of Stocks to interested buyers
decided to send them to Manila and seek jobs. The
eldest child is only 16 years old. What right is violated 644. The Department of Agriculture noted that only 1/3 of
by the father? the palay produced are used to advantage. What
a. Right of family to family living wage measure was adapted to save observed harvest
b. Right of the children to assistance, proper wastage?
care and attention a. Rice miling process
c. Right to education b. Palay Exchange and Marketing
d. Right of the children to work and exploitation c. Palay-drying and storage
635. A prisoner was made to confess of his guilt. A lawyer of d. Rice Transplanting method
the respondent was present in the confession. What
was violated? 645. In order to avoid unnecessary stress in the ARMM
a. The confession was without due consultant election, what measure was undertaken lately by the
b. The prisoner was approached properly government?
c. The prisoner should have a lawyer of his choice a. Maintained a status quo on personnel
d. The choice of the lawyer was made by the b. Allowed a reorganization of the structure
accuser c. Postponed the election to a later date
636. The hostage victims were heard asking the rescuers to d. Started a motion for recall with the COMELEC
hold on to the fort. What was the message? 646. When +3 is added to -5, the answer is ____.
a. Disregard the peace negotiation a. -15 b. -2 c. -8 d. +2
b. Rescues them fast and early 647. Children in upland places are found affected by
c. Surrender in arms enlarged goiter. Which of this situation may be done for
d. Keep on with the fight this group of children?
637. When do doctors declare dengue fever as an a. Add iodized salt to diet
epidemic? b. Add iron to diet
a. When everyone is suffering from a cold c. Expose the children to ultraviolet rays
b. When two are hospitalized from the neighborhood d. Add iodine drops to diet
c. When the proportion of patients reach at least
15% of the population
d. When every household of fine houses are sick 648. A suit sold for PHP 6,800 while marked at PHP8, 000.
with high fever What is the rate of discount?
a. 12% b. 17% c.15% d. 20%
638. Form a sentence from these words. 649. The Bible goes for parallelism. It says “Blessed are the
1. The senator poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven”. This
2. As a legislator means _________.
3. Although he raised his voice a. Poorness in spirit is not a way to hell
 b. Heaven is not only for the rich but also for the meter. How much will be spent for the purchase of the
poor man carpet?
c. Poor spirit can be open gate to heaven a. PHP 120,000.00 c. PHP 12,000.00
d. The poor can become rich b. PHP 10,000.00 d. PHP 1,000.00

650. At the Philippine General Hospital, doctors reported on 662. Write this ratio in its simplest form: 3 cm to 20 cm.
the abandoned patients. This means: a. 20.30 c. 30.20
a. The patients do not have permanent address b. 02.30 d. 03.20

b. The patients are left behind by relatives 663. The Department of Health allows the sale of drugs and
c. The patients cannot afford to pay their bill medicines after thorough laboratory test. Which of
d. The patients are left by doctors these drugs are discouraged for use because of its
component?
651. The death of men in the mine was caused by: a. Bangkok pills
a. Suffocation c. Erosion b. Vitamin A and B
b. Lethal smell d. Darkness c. Tea and sugar syrup
652. “At time patient is indefatigable in promoting political d. None of these
truth”. The statement means:
a. A hero practices political truth 664. Food markets are encouraged to handle cooked foods
b. Patriots forget selves to serve others well. One incident in a wedding party sent hundreds of
c. Patriots are brave and cunning guest to the hospital. It was found out that the food:
d. Patriots are rich and truthful a. Was left uncovered
653. Ano ang tawag sa mga titik batay sa bigkas ng Ingles?
a. Alivata or baybayin b. Was half cooked
b. Alpabetong Filipino c. Had ptomaine poison
c. Alpabetong Romano d. Was contaminated with dysentery bacteria
d. Alpabetong Pilipino
654. Ayon kng Romulo: “Ang Pilipino ay dugong maharlika.” 665. Eruptions of volcanoes have affected lives in Zambales
Ano ang kahulugan nito. during the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo. Relief and
a. Ang Pilipino ay sadyang matatag ang budhi evacuation were managed by the Philippine Red
b. Ang Pilipino ay nanggaling sa malayang lahi Cross. Which of the following volcanoes is located in
c. Ang Pilipino ay madaling maipagbili at mabola the island of Mindanao?
d. Ang Pilipino ay di purong Pilipino a. Taal Volcano c. Mt. Hibok-hibok
655. Ang Tagalog ang naging opisyal na wika ng Pilipinas b. Mayon Volcano d. Mt. Halcon
dahil sa:
a. Saligang batas ng 1986
666. Modern science has used technology to help determine
b. Saligang batas ng 1973
illness. A child bumped and fell his head hitting a
c. Saligang batas ng 1935
concrete pavement. Which medical approach will
d. Saligang batas ng Malolos
determine the status of the cranial accident?
656. Di katakataka na ilang pulis ay hinihinalang kasangkot
a. Submit the child to chest X-ray
sa pagpalaganap ng krimen. Ano ang kahulugan ng
b. Submit the child to cranial X-ray
kasangkot?
c. Submit the child to cranial scanning
a. Kabalikat c. Kasabwat
d. Open up and so surgical operation
b. Kabilang d. Kasama-sama
667. The city government of Metro Manila had been closing
657. Ang di niya makalimutan ay isang ____ ng anak niya
and raiding night spots. What is the basic reason of the
bago umalis pa Amerika.
campaign?
a. Pagaako c. Pinangako
a. Many homes are destroyed by these night clubs
b. Pagpako d. Pangako
b. The values of the young affected by these
658. A swimming pool is an equilateral triangle in shape.
clubs
One side is 11 meters. How many meters are needed
c. The fast spread of HIV and AIDS are traced to
to enclose the pool?
these places
a. 55 meters c. 44 meters
d. These spots are areas of crimes
b. 45 meters d. 33 meters
668. In the Philippine government, the earliest and smallest
659. Water is rationed in a village everyday. The truck tanks
service of governance is the:
deliver 8 tons of water in 10 hours. How many tons of
a. Municipality c. Barangay
water was delivered in 4 days to each house by the
b. Poblacion d. Barrio
agent?
669. Personal income tax should be paid and filed every
a. 3.2 tons c. 40 tons
year by employees and corporation. Who among the
b. 320 tons d. 80 tons
group are exempt from filling income tax returns,
except:
660. Mrs. Amanda’s bathroom has to be covered with tiles. a. Government employees on daily, contractual
The edge of the bathroom needs a rubberize tile. If the and consultation basis
tub is 2.3 meters long and 1.8 wide, how many meters b. Retired government employees receiving only
of rubberized tiles are required? pensions
a. 9.2 meters c. 4.6 meters c. Government employees receiving less than PHP
b. 8.2 meters d. 2.3 meters 18,000.00 per year
d. Overseas workers
661. An executive office has to be carpeted. The area is 3m
by 4m and the carpet costs PHP 1,000.00 per square
670. When rainfall attains a pH less than 5.6, it becomes
__________. 680. The entry of data and commands into the computer
a. Torrential c. Acidic system is made possible through the:
b. Tropical d. Neutral a. Keyboard c. Printer
671. Philippine eagles are identified as rare species. Lately, b. Diskette d. Monitor
in Davao more eagles were raised through:
a. Eagles, caught in the wild, are raised in cages 681. Which of the following values is closest to the square
b. Artificial insemination through fertilized eggs root of 4,000?
c. Incubating eggs from their nests a. 63 b. 200 c. 22 d. 19
d. Putting up eagle farms under the Bureau of
Wildlife
682. The arithmetic mean of a set of 50 meters is 38. If two
672. All of the following are substances which may be
numbers, 45 and 35, are discarded. The mean of the
broken down by the decomposing action of living
remaining set of numbers is:
organisms like bacteria except:
a. 37.24 b. 37.5 c. 37.91 d. 36.5
a. Potato peelings c. Onion skin
683. An example of a civil and political right is the right to
b. A microchip d. An apple core
_________.
673. The proper disposal of garbage has improved the
a. Work c. Social security
environment. The best process of handling waste is
b. Life and liberty d. Education
through:
a. Utilization of organic compounds
684. If P is a positive integer in the equation 12p=q, then q
b. Burning non-biodegradable waste
must be a:
c. Dumping soluble waste
a. Negative even integer
d. Recycling non-biodegradable waste
b. Positive even integer
674. The nervous system has its specific function. Which is
c. Positive odd integer
the closest function?
d. Negative odd integer
a. The spinal cord links the finger tips to the brain
b. Impulses transmit messages to the brain by
electrical signal 685. Ikaw ba ang dapat sisihin sa nangyari?
c. Human body activities are all in the nervous a. Pagsasadula
system b. Pagbati
d. The nervous system defends most on the brain c. Pagbibigay ng impormasyon
675. A provincial governor was convicted for using prisoners d. Pakikipagkapwa
to build his summer resort. What should the prisoner 686. Alin sa mga sumusunod ang pinakatamang
demands? pangungusap?
a. The right to refuse the job a. Ang mga kabataan sa lansangan ay naglalaro at
b. The right to just compensation nagtatakbuhan sa lansangan
c. The right to suffrage b. Ang mga kabataan ay naglalaro at
d. The right to live in standard rooms nagtatakbuhan sa lansangan kung maliwanag
ang buwan
c. Ang mga kabataan ay naglalaro kung maliwanag
676. A priest gave all his possessions to disabled children.
ang buwan at nagtakbuhan sa lansangan
What right may they claim?
d. Ang mga kabataan kung maliwanag ang buwan
a. Right to just treatment
ay nagtatakbuhan sa lansangan at naglalaro
b. Right to proper treatment
c. Right of disable to equal treatment
d. Right to disabled to equal protection 687. Kabaliwan at paglulustay ang iyong ginagawa taun-
taon. Higit na marami ang maralitang nangailangan ng
salapi. Ang nagsasalita ay:
677. The case of farmers in Sumilao, Bukidnon was won by
a. Maramot c. Matipid
the landowner. How was the case decided by the
b. Praktikal d. Kuripot
Supreme Court?
688. Piliin ang gawi ng pagsasalita: “Ayokong sumunod sa
a. Final judgment was made because of political
mga sinasabi mo.”
pressure
a. Babala c. Pakiusap
b. Final judgment was made after it was
b. Pagtanggi d. Pamungkahi
established that the farmers were not
689. Ikinalulungkot ko ang mga nangyayari.
legitimate holders of titles of the land
a. Pagsagot c. Panghula
c. The farmers were paid beforehand
b. Pagtanong d. Paghingi ng paumanhin
d. The farmers were landholders of a farm
690. Ipinagmamalaki mo siya, BAHAG naman pala ANG
678. A peace officer opens the house of a drug pusher. The
kanyang BUNTOT. Ang ibig sabihin ng may malaking
drug pusher complained on the police officer’s
titik ay:
actuation because he alleged that:
a. Mahiyain c. Kuripot
a. He was not around when the incident happened
b. Traidor d. Duwag
b. The officer had no warrant of arrest
691. What is the range of the following: 86, 70, 83, 90, 85,
c. The officer was armed
78, 79, 81, 87.
d. The right for privacy was violated
a. 12 b. 15 c. 16
d. 20
679. A candidate was detained for working against a 692. Which of the following audio-visual sets of equipment
dominant political party. Which right can be invoked? can best project visual materials in a classroom that is
a. Right to his aspirations difficult to darken?
b. Right to his political beliefs a. Filmstrips c. Opaque
c. Right to seek redress projector
d. Right to vote according to one’s conscience b. Color materials d. Overhead projector
693. Change the following percents to decimals: 23%, 5%,
3%, 3.5%. 704. What is least likely to be a function of a trade
a. 2.3, 500, 0.30, 30.5 association?
b. 0.23, 50, 03, 3.05 a. Protecting the reputation of the industry
c. 0.23, 0.05, 0.03, 0.035 b. Standardizing types of products
d. 0.023, 5.00, 3.0, 03.5 c. Influencing government policy
d. Encouraging completion
694. If the scores of 10 students are: 76, 80, 75, 83, 80, 79, 705. In every society, a certain positions are assigned to
85, 80, 88, 90, the mode is: individuals on the basis of age, sex, marital status,
a. 79 b. 85 c. 80 and other criteria. These patterns are:
d. 88 a. University accepted and practiced
695. A vehicle consumes one liter of gasoline to travel 10 b. Cultural defined
kilometers. After a tune-up, it travels 15% farther on c. Learned from parents
one liter. To the nearest tenth, how many liters of d. Taught in school
gasoline will it take for the vehicle to travel 230
kilometers? 706. To be a moral person is to:
a. 23 liters c. 23.15 liters a. Be integrated in speech, feelings, thinking and
b. 20 liters d. 20.15 liters action
696. If each of the five members in a basketball team b. Known and act upon the “ought to be” and the
shakes hands with every other member of the team “ought to do”
before the game starts, how many handshakes will c. Be able to follow the dictates of one’s
there be in all? conscience
a. 8 b. 10 c. 6 d. Be acceptable by society
d. 9 707. When lighted, the energy of the alcohol in a lamp is:
697. How many twenty thousand are there in one million? a. Transformed from chemical energy to
a. 500 b. 50 c. 100 mechanical energy
d. 1000 b. Transformed from chemical to heat energy
698. Why is 1/5 called a unit fraction? c. Lost while heating is done
a. The number 5 is the denominator d. Completely destroyed
b. The unit is less than one
c. It is between 0 and 1, the basic unit 708. Radium was discovered by:
d. Unit fractions have 1 as the numerator a. Albrecht Von Haller
699. A rectangle has sides of 10 and 12 units. How can the b. Pierre and Marie Curie
area of a square be computed if it has the same c. Joseph John Thomson
perimeter as the rectangle? d. Albert Einstein
a. Add 10 and 12, double the sum, divide by 4, then
multiply by 4
709. Fossils are most likely to be found in:
b. Add 10 and 12, double the sum, divide by 4, then
a. Ocean floor
multiply by 2
b. Sedimentary rocks
c. Add 10 and 12, double the sum, divide by 4,
c. Igneous rocks
then square the quotient
d. Metamorphic rocks
d. Add 10 and 12, double the sum, then multiply by 4
700. Mass society is described as being composed of
anonymous individuals. The word “anonymous” is 710. Four circular holes of equal size arranged from top to
used to convey the idea that the individuals involved: bottom were cut 2 cm apart into a large plastic bottle.
a. Are known only to those who control the mass The holes were covered with tape, and the bottle
media was filled with water. The tape was then removed.
b. Are unaware of other individuals exposed to Which of the following statements will best described
the same stimuli the result?
c. Are unaware that there are mass audience a. The sudden release of water will cause the
d. Have little influence on decision making since bottle to collapse
they are not organized b. Water from each hole will squirt out the
same distance from the bottle
c. Water from the top hole will squirt out the
701. Which of the following characterizes the behavior
farthest
pattern of differed gratification?
d. Water from the bottom hole will squirt out the
a. The minority groups
farthest
b. The lower class
c. The upper class
d. The middle class 711. Symbiosis is defined by biologists as individuals of
702. The El Niño phenomenon which grabbed control of different species living together in intimate
the world’s weather machine is identified by association; regardless of whether the association is
climatologists as: harmful, neutral, or beneficial. All of the following
a. Landslides, flash floods and warm air currents pairs are examples of symbiosis, except:
b. Lack of rains, droughts and crop failure a. Human and tapeworms
c. Heavy downpours and tropical storm in some b. Dogs and fleas
parts of the earth c. Cats and mice
d. All of these d. Ants and aphids
703. A group which has an excess/deficiency of electrons 712. “How much money did you bring for shopping?”
is called: Which of the following would answer this question?
a. Proton c. Electron a. I have some change in my purse.
b. Molecules d. Ion b. None, but I have a credit card
 c. I have PHP500.00 inside the envelope in my d. Comets generally have elongated, elliptical
desk orbits
d. All the cash I have was spent at the grocery 723. A British physician and bacteriologist, Sir Ronald
store yesterday Ross was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine for
713. Adults acquire new word and experience primarily his researches in:
through: a. Liquid fuel rocket
a. Casual explanation from peers b. The prevention of hepatitis
b. Formal instruction in school c. The transmission of malaria
c. Exposure to their use d. The control of cholera
d. Use of thesaurus 724. A thermometer measures:
714. Which of the following is the numerical form for a. Energy c. Pressure
“twenty thousand twenty”? b. Heat d. Temperature
a. 2,020 c. 20,020 725. Which of the following forms of energy travels in
b. 2,000,020 d. 20,000,200 waves?
715. How many ten thousand are there in one million? a. Chemical energy
a. 100 b. 500 c. 50 d. 1000 b. Sound energy
716. Which of the following statement is true of nuclear c. Mechanical energy
fission? d. Electrical energy
a. The energy process is identical to that which
occurs in the sun 726. A readability mismatch happens when the reading
b. Energy is obtained by getting nucleus of the levels of books exceed the reading levels of the
atoms to break up to split students. In this situation, the students experience
c. After the lighter atoms are changed into frustration and they fall short of the expected desired
energy output. A student who finds himself/herself in such a
d. Scientists can combine lighter atoms to form mismatch will likely do which of the following?
heavier atoms a. Present an argument that the selection or
story read was not properly written
717. The skull of a person increase in size rapidly during: b. Write a comprehensive reaction paper
a. Puberty c. Adolescence regarding the selection or story read
b. Babyhood d. Adulthood c. Give an intelligent critique of the selection or
story read
718. Metabolism and combustion are chemically similar. d. Manifest an expected and commensurate
They both result in the oxidation of some emotional reaction to the selection or story read
compounds. If completely oxidized which of the 727. Which of the following principles is declared in the
following foodstuffs would yield the most thermal Constitution?
energy? a. Civilian authority is sometimes supreme over
a. A cup of ice cream the military
b. A cup of sugar b. The Philippine Constitution is a democratic and
c. A cup of milk republican state. Sovereignty resides in the
d. A cup of flour people and all government authority emanating
719. In countries where medical skill and a public from it
understanding about health and disease are wide c. The state has the power to wage war in
spread, which of the following changes are evident? defense against outside attack
I. Accidental deaths have decreased d. The separation of the church and state shall
II. The communicable disease death rate has be inviolable
decreased
III. Infant mortality has decreased 728. Which of the following is defined as a declaration
IV. More people live a full life and enumeration of the individual rights and
V. People live long enough to succumb to privileges which the Constitution is designed to
degenerative disease protect against violation by the government or by an
a. I, II and III c. I, II, III, IV and V individual or group of individuals?
b. II, III, IV and V d. I, II, III and IV a. Power of the State c. Suffrage
b. Bill of Rights d. Human Rights
720. Which of 0the following parts of the circulatory 729. Teachers have a responsibility for the development
system carries digested fats away from the of children’s competence in basic concepts and
intestines? principles of free speech. Therefore, if were children
a. Lacteals to develop their own voices in a free society,
b. Pancreatic duct teachers must support participatory democratic
c. Arterial capillaries experiences in the daily classroom activities through:
d. Pulmonary artery a. Consideration for cultural gender differences
721. When water evaporates, it changed into which of the b. Concepts and principles of free speech
following state? c. Indoctrination of the principles of society
a. Solid c. Gaseous d. Developing children’s citizenship competence
b. Matter d. Liquid 730. Kami ang kabataang siyang magiging pag-asa ng
722. Which of the following statement is not true about bayan.
comets? a. Pagtula c. Pagtukoy
a. Comets may go around the sun in any b. Pagtatanong d. Pasasalamat
direction 731. Ikaw naman kasi, nagpahuli ka pa.
b. Comets are mostly frozen gases and cosmic a. Pagkontrol ng kilos
dust
c. Comets glow by their own light b. Paglikha
 c. Pagbibigay ng impormasyon b. Paleozoic --- Cenozoic --- Precambrian ---
d. Pagbabahagi ng damdamin Mesozoic
732. Alin sa mga sumusunod na mga akdang c. Precambrian --- Paleozoic --- Mesozoic ---
pampanitikang nagdala ng maling impluwensya sa Cenozoic
buong daigdig. d. Cenozoic --- Mesozoic --- Paleozoic ---
a. Ang Romeo at Juliet Precambrian
b. Ang Koran 741. If n<m and a<b, then ____________.
c. Ang Divina Commedia a. n + a > m + b c. n = a
d. Ang Banal na Kasulatan b. m = b d. n + a < m + b
742. If the scores in a Mathematics test of 45 students are
733. Alin sa mga sumusunod ang pinakatamang arranged from the highest to the lowest, the 23rd
pangungusap? score is the:
a. Ang bago’t malaking pabrikang a. Mean c. Median
pinagtrabahuhan nila ay malapit sa amin b. Variance d. Mode
b. Ang pabrikang pinagtrabahuhan nila malapit sa 743. To find perimeter (P) of a rectangle that has a length
amin ay bago’t malaki of 16 inches and width of 12 inches, which of the
c. Ang pinagtatrabahuhan nilang malapit sa amin following equation can be used?
ay bago’t malaking pabrika a. P=2(16)(12) c. P=2(16)=(12)
d. Ang pabrikang malapit sa amin, bago’t malaki b. P=(16)+(12) d. P=2(16+12)
ay pinagtatrabahuhan nila 744. What is the cube root of (32 x 3)?
a. 9 b. 3 x 3 c. 27 d. 3
734. Alin sa sumusunod ang pinakatamang 745. Which of the following is closes to normal body
pangungusap? temperature?
a. Nagpapabata ang pulbos sa kutis na Clinique a. 32 degrees Fahrenheit
b. Nagpapabata sa kutis ang pulbos ng Clinique b. 50 degrees Celsius
c. Nagpapabata ng mukha sa kutis ng pulbos na c. 37 degrees Celsius
Clinique d. 212 degrees Fahrenheit
d. Nagpapabata sa kutis ng mukha ang pulbos 746. A change in the composition of a substance resulting
na Clinique in the formation of a new substance is called:
a. Nuclear change
b. Chemical change
735. Piliin ang gawi ng pagsasalita: “Kasiyahan ko nang
c. Mechanical change
makitang kayo’y nagmamahalan.”
d. Physical change
a. Pagbabahagi ng damdamin
747. Which of the following gives the sum of the
b. Pangarap
polynomials (a2 + b2 + ab) and (3a2 + 4ab – 2b2)?
c. Pagkontrol ng kilos
a. 4a2+b2+5ab c. 3a2+5ab-2b2
d. Pagkuha ng impormasyon
b. 5a2+5b2=5ab d. 4a2+5ab-b2
748. Of the 50 students enrolled in the subject Curriculum
736. Ang kaugnayan ng pagkakapatay kina Burgos, and Instruction, 90% took the final examination at
Gomez at Zamora sa panitikang Pilipino ay: the end of the term. Two-thirds of those who took the
a. Nanatiling masigla ang diwang Pilipino final examination passed. How many students
b. Nakagising sa damdaming makabayan ng passed the exam?
mga Pilipino a. 33 b. 45 c. 34 d. 30
c. Natutong lumabag sa batas at lumaban sa 749. A cube is a rectangle solid, the length, width and
may kapangyarihan ang mga Pilipino height of which have the same measure called the
d. Naimpluwensyahan ang diwa alipin ng mga edge (e) of the cube. The volume of the cube is
Pilipino found by cubing the measure of the edge. What is
the volume of the cube whose edge is 4cm?
737. “Walang tubig kahapon.” Ito ay pangungusap na: a. 27 cm3 c. 206 cm3
a. Walang pandiwa b. 64 cm 3 d. 125 cm3
b. Walang paksa 750. “While attempting to explain the role of imitation in
c. May panaguri language acquisition, investigators studied the
d. May paksa different aspects of language development.” An
inference which parents may make from this
738. A computer system is actually made up of actual passage is that they should:
physical machines known as: a. Realize that their child’s imitations may
a. Monitor c. Printer reflect several aspects of language
b. Hardware d. Software acquisition
b. Be concerned when a child imitates their
739. A vehicle consumes one liter of gasoline to travel 10 language
kilometers. After a tune-up, it travels 15% farther on c. Should be unconcerned as imitation is too
one liter. To the nearest tenth, how many gasolines complex
will it take for the vehicle to travel 230 kilometers? d. Realize that their talking may over-stimulate
a. 20.15 liters c. 23.15 liters their child’s activities
b. 23 liters d. 20 liters 751. Give the value of a, if the statement is 4ab = 20 and b =
740. The history of the earth has been divided by 5.
scientists into eras. Which of the following shows the a. 4 b. 2 c. 1
arrangement of these eras into proper sequence d. 3
from the oldest to the most recent? 752. How do you determine the total length of the clothing
a. Precambrian --- Mesozoic --- Cenozoic --- materials if there are 7 2/10 meters and 15 4/5 meters
Paleozoic available?
a. 23 m c. 18 m
 b. 18 ¼ m d. 18 ½ m a. 32 b. 20 c. 10
753. Hacienda Dos was to be divided among 22 tenants. d. 25
Each tenant will be rewarded 6 hectares each. What 767. Noise can be a pollution of the air. When is it a
was the area of Hacienda Dos? nuisance?
a. 142 hectares c. 152 hectares a. Noise caused by percussion affects hearing
b. 122 hectares d. 132 hectares b. Sound waves can be destructive to the ear
754. Which process occurs when dry ice, CO2 (s) is c. Noise above 140 dB cause pain in the eardrum
changed into CO2 (g)? d. Decibels (dB) can be loud or soft
a. Decomposition c. Condensation 768. Because the moon rotates on its axis at the same time
b. Evaporation d. Sublimation as it _______ around the earth, we see the same side
755. What must be employed to continuously strengthen a always.
school guidance program? a. Revolves c. Is revolving
a. Assignment of responsibilities b. Revolve d. Has been revolving
b. Research 769. She wrote a “first-rate” report. What does it say about
c. Evaluation the report?
d. Program planning a. Run-of-the-mill c. Excellent
756. The first day of June is a Saturday. What day will the b. Ordinary d. Mediocre
last day of June be? 770. She has a penchant for blue dresses. This indicates
a. Sunday c. Thursday ___________.
b. Monday d. Friday a. Dislike c. Avoidance
757. In the count of Monte Cristo, Edmond Dante was b. Fondness d. Strong aversio
wrongfully imprisoned in: 771. “While attempting to explain the role of imitation in
a. The Castle of Chillon language acquisition, investigators studied the different
aspects of language development.” An inference which
b. The Devil’s Island parents will make from this passage is that they should:
c. The Alcatraz a. Realize that their talking may over-stimulate their
d. The Bastille child’s activities
758. A change in the shape of size of an object can be b. Be concerned when a child imitates their
classified as: language
a. Chemical change c. Physical change c. Should be unconcerned as imitation is too
b. Nuclear change d. Mechanical change complex
759. All of the following correctly describes the ballad, d. Realizes that their child imitations may reflect
except: several aspects of language acquisition
a. A ballad is a narrative poem 772. Respect and reverence is in these lines. Choose one:
b. A ballad uses dialogue a. I die just when I see the break of dawn
c. A ballad often rhymes a, b, c, d b. I have but one life to give
d. A ballad often uses learned language c. Have faith in Divine Providence
760. “He is the black sheep in the family.” Which figure of d. Love your country. It’s the home of your people
speech is used? 773. “She is a vision of feminine pulchritude.” This stands for
a. Simile c. Hyperbole the following except:
b. Metaphor d. Synonym a. Comeliness c. Homeliness
761. A good writer supports his generalizations with b. Loveliness d. Physical Beauty
__________ examples. 774. The line “under the bludgeoning of chance, My head is
a. Concrete c. Convenient bloody but un-bowed” depicts the person’s
b. Unfamiliar d. Abstract a. Optimism c. Courage
762. “Values education is integrated in the curriculum of all b. Confidence d. Determination
levels.” Which of the following supports this statement? 775. Shakespeare once said, “My honor is my life, both
a. Additional classroom will be needed grow as one, take honor from me and my life is gone.”
b. New teachers will be hired What is the correct interpretation for this?
c. Values education is stressed in all subjects at a. He values life before honor
all levels b. He values honor as much as his life
d. There is a need for training of teachers to teach c. He prefers honor instead of life
763. “Once I passed through a populous city imprinting my d. His life is determined by his honor
brain for future use with its shows, architecture, 776. Thomas Carlyle said “The man without a purpose is
customs, and traditions. Yet now, of all that city I like a ship without a rudder – a waif...” It could be
remember only a woman I casually met who detained interpreted as ___________.
me for love of me.” This passage is an example of: a. Direction can never come into one’s life
a. Free verse c. Prose b. One’s life doesn’t need to be controlled
b. Blank verse d. Metered poetry c. There should be a strong driving force in one’s
764. Whose values are most evident in children before they life
go to school? d. There should be sufficient energy in one’s life
a. Mother-father value system 777. Mr. Biton calls for a meeting and tells the parents to
b. The maid or yaya value buy big pencils and crayons for their children. Which of
c. Peer value system the following reasons best justifies his action?
d. Teacher-classmate value system a. Big pencils and crayons can be used for a Big
765. A value of the expression 3xy + 5y + 7 when x = 2 and pencils and crayons will help them developed
y = 3 is: their muscles
a. 50 b. 42 c. 36 b. long time
d. 34 c. Muscles of young children are not yet fully
766. If a function is defined by the set of orders pairs (1,2), developed
(2,4), (3,8), (4,16), (5,Y) then the value of Y is: d. Young children could write and draw well with big
pencils and crayons
778. Students are assigned homework. How does the a. Walang mababago ang anoman
teacher manage to check all assignments? b. Ang bunga ng isang kahoy ay galing sa sariling
a. Assign group to counter check student’s works lahi
b. Disregard and proceed to a new lesson c. Walang bungang di galing sa sariling puno
c. Collect assignments after class d. Maaaring magbunga ng bayabas ang isang
d. Assign group leaders check punong santol
779. How do people react to a boring lectures or even 790. Paano nalaman ang mga talaisipan at saloobin ng mga
committee hearings? They usually: matanda ng panahon?
a. Clap loud and cheer a. Pamamagitan ng kartilya
b. Pamamagitan ng kuwento ng mga lola
b. Keep quiet and listen c. Pamamagitan ng sulat sa buho
c. Normally jeer d. Pamamagitan ng awit at verso
d. Walk out in disgust 791. A blind mother was allowed to work in a place where
780. A field commander gave his orders. He meant to drop her fingers could be productive. Why is this possible?
previous order. Which message was heard? a. Blind individuals are discouraged from begging
a. Delete! Delete! c. Repeat! Repeat! b. The disabled and handicapped are given equal
b. Over! Over! d. Negative! protection of the law
Delete! c. Disabled person are given special attention
781. What is implied about the place of our country in d. Blind individuals can still be productive
technology? 792. It has been establish by scientists that when
a. Filipinos are at par with any country in I.T. mechanical work is done what can be observed
b. Filipinos score behind in computers increase in:
c. Filipinos are abreast in I.T. a. Its temperature
d. Filipinos have to learn more from Singapore b. Both its internal energy and temperature
782. Loss of qualified teachers going abroad is one type of c. Its internal energy
___________. d. Its temperature but not its internal energy
a. Unemployment c. Brain drain 793. Foreign students in Philippine International schools are
b. Migration d. Employment required courses in Philippine culture and languages.
783. Ako’y nangangakong matatapos sa isang karera. This makes possible:
Siya’y kasama sa: a. Provides comparison of cultural difference
a. Siya’y hawak ang malamig na bakal b. Promotion of nationalism
b. Ospital sa panganganak ng asawa c. Allows racial prejudice among foreigners
c. Gustong magsuot ng toga isang araw d. International understanding
d. Isang rally sa EDSA 794. In teaching, devices have been classified as hardware
784. Ang kagawaran nang pang-ibang bansa ay gulong-gulo and software. Which is a software of these computer
kapag may giyera sa ibang bansa. Ano ang unang terms?
ginagampanan ng Ambassador sa Bansa: a. Data c. Byte
a. Bayaang masipag-uwian sa sariling sikap ang b. Program d. Information
bawat isa 795. A young girl left her baby at the household of a
b. Alamin ang mga tirahan ng mga Filipino sa monastery. The child grew up without knowing her
bayang iyon mother and father. What right is deprived of the child?
c. Ipunin ang mga maykaya at ipalipad pauwi a. Self defense c. Self assertion
d. Bilangin ang mga lalaki b. Survival trait d. Denial trait
785. Ang mahalagang katangiang dapat taglayin ng isang 796. Alin ang babala na dapat sundin ng mga mamamayan?
tao ay ang pagtitiwala sa sarili, ang wala nito ay a. Gawin ang paghihiwalay ng mga basura
magiging mahiyain, ibinababa ang kanyang sarili, b. Itapon ang basura sa Pasig
mahirap magtagumpay sa kanyang mga hangarin at c. Bayaran ang buwis para ang basura ay hakutin
mananatiling naiinggit lamang. Ang pangunahing d. Itapon ang basura sa tabing dagat
kaisipan ay matatagpuan sa: 797. A child was turned over to an orphanage requesting
a. Ikaapat na pangungusap confidentiality of her parents. One day, the child
b. Ikatlong pangungusap demanded the full disclosure of her mother’s name.
c. Ikalawang pangungusap She went to court. What was the right asserted in this
d. Unang pangungusap case?
786. Health officials advised mothers about preservatives a. Right of an individual to proper identity
used in vegetables. Which advice should be followed to b. Right of parents to keep the confidentiality of the
ensure safe vegetables? child’s parental name
a. Soak the vegetables in cold ice c. Right of individual to have real mother
b. Wash the vegetables very well d. Right of individual to have parents
c. Put vegetables in freezers 798. Children of obese parents have natural tendencies to
d. Wrap the vegetables in newspapers be obese. Doctors advise parents on maintaining the
787. Ano ang tawag sa mga tanong na tulad ng sumusunod: right weight of children age 0-12 by:
“Ang bahay ay paligid ng espada, ano ito? a. Giving balance diets with accompanying
a. Dikreto c. Salaysay exercise
b. Bugtong d. Tula b. Reducing milk intake
788. Maternity leaves are extended to women. What legal c. Encouraging more intake of soda drinks
provision extends this? d. Reducing intake of chocolates, candies and
a. Article XIII Sec 14 Women pastries
b. Article XIV Education 799. After an airplane crush, passengers who choose a fight
c. Article XII Bill of rights would say:
d. Article XIII Role & Right of People’s Organization a. A seat closest to the cockpit be given to me
789. Ang saging kailanman ay di magbubunga ng santol. b. A middle aisle seat would allow easy escape
Ang salawikain ay nagpapahiwatig na: c. I want a reservation on the back seat
 d. A front seat would be safest
800. National surveys are conducted to:
a. Estimate the political gains of presidents Select the letter of the word or phrase that defines the
b. Get the population of the country CAPITALIZED WORD(S) in each sentence.
c. Guide presidents whom to appoint in the cabinet
d. Assesses the perception of the people on cultural 812. Jessa is taller than ANY GIRL in her class.
issues a. Jessa is taller than any other girl in her class
801. During the census, the family was asked on the b. Jessa is the taller than other girls in the class
languages used at home. The response was: c. Jessa is taller than other girls in the class
a. We communicate only in Ilocano d. Jessa is the tallest girl in the class
b. We cannot communicate in Tagalog and English 813. The hunter stalkes the wild boar slowly, cautiously and
c. We are fluent in Spanish IN A SILENT MANNER.
d. We are fluent in English a. And in silence
802. During the national census each household member is b. And also used silence
asked to give: c. And silently
a. His earnings for ten years d. And by acting silently
b. His reason for staying in these house 814. About a thousand people GATHERED, THEY WERE
c. His data - age, sex, language, etc. THERE PROTESTING the construction of a nuclear
d. His nationality and religion power plant.
803. Lately, students are exposed to a series of a. Gather, protesting against
achievement test. Parents observed that: b. Gathered to protest
a. Children learned through periodic teaching c. Gathered for the purpose of protesting
b. Test were used for teaching d. Gathered, they were protesting
c. Teaching was test
d. Test are indices of teacher’s competencies 815. Which is not a characteristic of preventive discipline?
804. A fish tank, which is right rectangle prism, is 40 cm by a. Reactive c. Anticipatory
20 cm. If it is filled with water, what is the mass of the b. Proactive d. Inventive
water? 816. Which of the following is meant to determine student
a. 16 kg c. 15 kg performance at the beginning of instruction?
b. 17 kg d. 18 kg a. Summative assessment
805. Your salary deduction per month includes 10% for b. Diagnostic assessment
income tax, 5% for GSIS and 2% for loan amortization. c. Formative assessment
Your take home pay is P8,300.00. What is your d. Placement assessment
monthly salary? 817. The results of this type of test as basis for remedial
a. P10,000 c. P11,000 instruction. What is the type of test referred to?
b. P10,500 d. P9,500 a. Speed test c. Diagnostic test
806. Several cases of social problems have been traced to b. Achievement test d. Prognostic test
abuse or misuse of drugs. Commonly, drugs start out 818. Which factor is most likely to make a school’s guidance
with smoking. The next step is in: program succeed?
a. Smoking marijuana a. The favorable attitude of teachers toward
b. Injecting self with heroine guidance
c. Using shabu b. Administrative support
d. Taking hard drinks c. A well equipped guidance office
807. Vaccination early in age 1-5 is effective to control d. The availability of a specialist
diseases like polio. What is the vaccine? 819. The value of education, deference to authority and filial
a. Salk vaccine c. Pre-measles piety in the Philippines is an influence by:
b. Anti-rabies d. Anti-B a. Buddhist tradition
808. Which stage according to Erickson is the stage of b. Confucianism tradition
autonomy and shame & doubt? c. Hindu tradition
a. Infancy c. Early childhood d. Taoist tradition
b. Toddler d. Pre-school 820. Which of the following runs counter to the development
809. If after calling on a number of students, a teacher is of honesty and accountability?
unable to obtain the desire response, what should a a. Being vigilant about weights and measures used
teacher do? in the market
a. Probe student’s answer b. Payment of just wages to workers and employees
b. Re-teach parts of the lesson that need re-teaching c. Equal payment of government employee’s
productivity pay
c. leading questions d. Transparent in operation of the barangay and
d. Rephrase the questions other organization through public reporting
810. Which guidelines on the use of chalkboard should a 821. Which of the following statement defines ethics?
teacher avoid? a. The study of being general
a. Limit your board writing to major ideas b. The science of correct thinking
b. Establish routine uses for the chalkboard c. The study of the rightness or wrongness of
c. While writing, proceed from right to left human action
d. Talk to the chalkboard while writing on it d. The study of the nature of human knowledge
811. What is a sign of the underachiever in the classroom? 822. A soda acid type fire extinguisher is recommended for
a. Frustrated about quality of work putting out fires which involves burning:
b. Holds back from class participation unless sure of a. Dry chemicals
self b. Painted woodwork
c. Minimum work output c. Fats or vegetables oil
d. Resists authority & carries on a power struggle d. Insulation on wires
with a teacher
823. Which of the following is closest to normal body c. Under stable only by a select group
temperature? d. Irrefutable proof
a. 32 degrees F c. 100 degrees C 833. The PANORAMA in Palawan is breathtakingly
b. 122 degrees F d. 98.6 degrees F beautiful.
824. A tourist chose his plane to Cebu. He chose PAL which a. entire view c. live music
ad says “Philippine Flag Carrier.” When asked why he b. natural resources d. landscape
chose PAL his remark was:
a. I’m sorry; I’m scared to take PAL 834. A patient collapsed due to her sugar level in the blood.
b. I doubt if PAL arrives on time What first aid must be applied at once?
c. Oh, I believe other planes don’t carry the a. Give a hot glass of milk without sugar
Philippine symbol b. Give a glass of coca cola or sprite
d. All right, PAL can be trusted c. Give a cold glass of coffee with sugar
825. Which type of justice implies the duty of one individual d. Allow the patient to take hot porridge
to give another what he is due? 835. At the onset of the rainy season, the epidemic of
a. Commutative justice dengue is feared. Which practice is the best approach
b. Distributive justice to prevent its occurrence in homes?
c. Social justice a. Submit children to vaccination
d. International justice b. Clean the yards of breeding places for
826. In moral life, responsibility depends on one’s knowingly mosquitoes like old tires, cans, etc.
and freely doing an act. In which of the following c. Avoid mosquito bites in the afternoon
situations would you attribute responsibility? d. Fumigate the house with smoke and chemicals
a. A person unknowingly passes counterfeit money 836. Which of the following is a misconception on pulmonary
b. A nurse administer a medicine despite strong tuberculosis (PTB)?
doubts a. Children of parents with pulmonary tuberculosis
c. An insane person strikes someone’s head with a will inherit the disease
hammer b. PTB is caused by a bad spirit in the
d. A four year old fires a loaded gun killing his own environment
father c. Pulmonary tuberculosis can be transmitted
827. A bomb was dropped in an area where rebels were through blood extraction
hiding. The perimeter of the damage area with 480 d. PTB is transmitted trough kissing
meters and width was 15 meters. What is the length of 837. The government has control of many government
the damage area? corporations and industries. What was deregulated and
a. 200 meter c. 125 meters allowed to raise prices without control?
b. 425 meters d. 225 meters a. Oil industry c. Fishing industry
828. Which among these commodities are VAT exempt? b. Mining industry d. Water source
a. Corned beef and ham 838. Democracy refers to the involvement of all citizens in
b. Milk and juices the control of government, while an oligarchy relegates
c. Flour and baking soda control of government to:
d. Sugar and syrup a. The mother Country
829. The price of gasoline has gone high suddenly. The gas
station ordered 120,000 liters before the price increase; b. A select few
however, only 1,500 liters were sold. How many liters c. An autocrat
are now sold on the new price? d. A religious group
a. 112,000 c. 118,000 839. An aspect of Philippine culture that does much to
b. 11,500 d. 108,500 promote interpersonal communication beyond the
830. The ash from Mt. Pinatubo has been found to have community boundary is the:
gold content of only 20 parts per billion which is far a. Fiesta celebration c. Tagalog movies
below commercial levels. As such, officials have b. Television d. Zarsuela
warned against hopes of a new “gold rush.” 840. Through the process of socialization, the individual is
a. There is new hope for boosting the economy of able to:
the Philippines a. Learn to dialogue with peers and adults
b. The gold content of the ash from Mt. Pinatubo b. Function as a contributing member of the
does not have commercial value group
c. There is a need to explore what else lies beneath c. Satisfy his personal needs and drives
Mt. Pinatubo d. Become an adult member of society
d. There is possibility of existing gold mines beneath 841. A group of Filipinos work in a foreign land. Which sad
Mt. Pinatubo situation has been reported by the office of the
overseas workers?
a. The men and women felt lonely and got entangled
Select the letter of the word or phrase that defines the in due time
CAPITALIZED WORD in each sentence. b. The men did a lot of overtime to maintain their
new wives
831. A BILINGUAL dictionary is very helpful to students of c. There was observed relationship between
philology. sexes
a. a single language d. A group engaged in drinking
b. two languages 842. In the Philippine government, the earliest and smallest
c. the second language services of governance is the:
d. many languages a. Barrio c. Barangay
832. There was an ESOTERIC lecture on holography. b. Poblacion d. Municipality
a. Cryptic
b. Straightforward
843. Hospitals usually required blood transfusion to patients c. Violence and sex
in need of blood. There are religious sets that refuse
bloodletting and transfusion. They are the: d. Adolescent stories
a. Baptist 854. The skull of a person increase in size rapidly during:
b. Catholic Groups c. Puberty c. Adolescence
c. Buddhists d. Babyhood d. Senescence
d. Seventh day Adventists 855. A child discovered a new formula for decreasing the
844. Child caring requires mind growth through proper population of ants. She submitted the research to a
intake of food. What elements is needed and why? teacher who claimed the research as hers. The
a. Carbohydrates be present always teacher:
b. Fat produces strength of the body a. Right to choose
c. Protein build cells of the brain b. Right to intellectual property
d. Minerals should be present in all food c. Violated human rights
845. Not all microorganism are harmful. Which of these are d. Right to live within one’s means
done by yeasts? 856. The impeachment led Filipinos to:
a. Cause milk to become cheese a. Listen to the proceedings
b. Cause Yakult to be milky b. Hate Administration trials
c. Promotes the rising of bread for baking c. Understand the judge’s comments
d. Encourage disease food d. Appreciate the democratic process of
846. Where are flash floods on Metro Manila blamed to? government
a. Overpopulation 857. Sino ang pangulo ng Pilipinas na nagbigay ng buhay
b. Urbanization practices sa wikang Filipino?
c. Volcanic eruption a. Jose P. Laurel c. Corazon Aquino
d. Clogging of rivers with waste b. Elpidio Quirino d. Manuel L. Quezon
847. The decrease of fish in Philippine seas has been 858. Hindi nakayanan ng aking kaibigan ang kanyang
traced. What is the root cause? MASALIMUOT na buhay.
a. Pollution of sea water a. Mahirap c. Magulo
b. Exportation of sea products b. Malabo d. Malungkot
c. Proliferation of nets 859. Ang katumbas sa Filipino ng “national identity” ay
d. Destruction of coral reefs _______.
848. All of the following statements about the routinely use a. Pandaigdig na pagkilala
of pesticides are true, except: b. Pambansang katanyagan
a. It results in the evolution of exciting new types of c. Pambayang pagkakakilala
organism d. Pambansang pagkakilanlan
b. It may not only kill the intended insects but also 860. Piliin ang tinutukoy ng salitang nakahilig: Nasa
those that feed on them PANTALAN ang sasalubong sa President.
c. Pesticides tend to become progressively less a. Airport c. Tabing dagat
effective as the organisms become immune b. Railroad d. Pier
d. Due to the widespread use of DDT, a new type 861. Alin ang tamang babala sa pagtatapon ng basura?
of housefly emerged a. Huwag magtapon ng basura dito
849. The Nibelungenlied is a: b. Dito ang tambakan ng basura
a. Russian folk song c. Huwag mag-ipon ng basura dito
b. Medieval German Epic d. Gamitin ang basurahan sa inyong bahay,
c. Latin Myth huwag dito
d. Chinese legend 862. The committee discussed the issues and everyone
at the end seemed ____ to the findings.
a. Ignorant and civil
Select the letter of the word or phrase that defines the b. Reluctant to accept
CAPITALIZED WORD in each sentence. c. Amendable to consider
d. Negative gets open
850. The EQUINOX usually occurs on or close to March 863. The latest discovery in animal industry is in biological
21 and September 23. science. Where was this mostly used?
a. Time when heavy rains fall a. In the cloning of cows
b. Time when day and night are equal length all b. In the tissue transplant
over the earth c. In the artificial dissemination
c. Time when days are longer than the nights d. In the artificial breeding of cattle
d. Time when days are shorter than the nights 864. The opening of the cement plants requires getting a
851. She had ILLUSIVE dreams of instant wealth. DENR clearance. Which of this clearance are
a. Beyond comprehension required?
b. Moving swiftly a. Environmental Clearance (ECC)
c. Based on false ideas b. Waste disposal
d. Tending to slip away c. Air pollution clearance
d. Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)
852. Philippine economy indicates are closely related to 865. What is meant by this statement? The hostages are
the rise and fall of the: free. They paid their way!
a. London pounds c. US Dollars a. The kidnap victims were freed after a
b. German Mark d. Japanese Yen ransom
853. Watching TV is controlled by parents; children below b. The kidnap victims family negotiated peacefully
18 are discouraged to view this type of film. c. No ransom was demanded of the victims
a. Discovery in Science d. The kidnap victims were safe
b. Historical Battles and bloodshed 866. The reporter was accused in court because of his
news story. The story was:
 a. Full of distorted facts a. This is not possible; there is a definite
b. A narration of facts pattern of growth of bones and muscles
c. Tainted with malice b. This is true because of the protein content
d. Too personal to take c. This is true because of the AD would not have
867. Cultural differences and signals may cause been allowed
miscommunication. Normally, other families go for d. This is not true because there are no specific
kissing one another. But this is taboo to some individuals mentioned
families who: 878. In one drug rehabilitation center most inmates who
a. Disrespect to elders were found deep in prohibited drugs were:
b. Takes it as an affront a. Children wanting of paternal love and care
c. Believe its unsanitary b. Children who had no identity to speak up
d. Losing virginity c. Children who have so much to spend
868. Children are fond of pets. One time a pet dog d. Children who were lazy and vicious
growled and bit a child. How will the owner handle 879. The virus “love bug” is a technological element
the situation? spread by:
a. Kill the dog a. Computer c. Radio
b. Tie the dog & feed it regularly b. Internet d. Television
c. Use the dog’s brain to treat the wound 880. How many grams of shabu will not allow bonds for
d. Allow the dog to be observed for 10-18 days culprits?
before giving anti rabies injection a. 200 grams c. 300 grams
869. The weather bureau gave this warning during b. 250 grams d. 1,000 grams
thunderstorms. Which comes first? 881. A man imprisoned for ten years. After five years, he
a. Lightning flashes first was found innocent. What can this man demand?
b. Thunder follows all lightning a. Compensation for the years under detention
c. Thunder sound spread fast b. Punishment of the arresting officer
d. Lightning and thunders are simultaneous c. Retaliation against the accusers
870. Local peace negotiations should be the primary d. Sanction against the judge
concern of what office? 882. A child left alone by her mother under the care of her
a. Church hierarchy stepfather. Later, the child complained of being rape.
What crime was committed?
b. Philippine National Police a. Child harassment
c. Philippine Marine SWAT force
d. Local Municipal & Provincial Executive b. Rape or heinous crime
871. A change in the composition of a substance resulting c. Sexual harassment
in the formation of a new substance is called: d. Abuse of minors or incest
e. Chemical change 883. A society is healthy if the citizens are healthy
f. Nuclear change physically and mentally. One approach to solve
g. Mechanical change mental illness is:
h. Physical change a. The maintenance of mental health centers
872. There are 18 north maids and 12 south maids b. Isolation in asylum cases of mentally disturbed
serving in a hotel. Give the ratio of the north to the persons
entire group and express them in simple terms? c. Allowing mental cases to return at home
a. 3/5 b. 2/5 c. 3/2 d. 2/3 environment and care
873. The Philippine National Bank soars and has used a d. Conducting periodic visits of mental and
symbol for their advertisement. It is the: physical therapist in homes of patients
a. The hawk c. The pigeon 884. Since the Philippines is a republic country, it elects
b. The parrot d. The eagle its president directly. What is the smallest electoral
874. Text messages are used for fast communication. unit of the government?
What does this message mean? “Ur have to meet a. Electoral tribunal
friends 5 AM”
a. You have to be here at 5 in the afternoon b. Election precinct
b. You should meet your friends at five in the c. Commission on Election
morning d. Representative district
c. You have friends to meet at five AM 885. The advice on the invitation was found. Who failed to
d. Be there at five in the morning get the message?
875. The hostage victims were heard asking the rescuers a. Denims pants are all right
to hold on to the fort. What was the message? b. No barong tagalog please
a. Disregard the peace negotiations c. Come in coat and tie
b. Surrender in arms d. Polo barongs with demins are OK
886. Drug addiction has been found rampant in schools.
c. Rescue them fast and early The initial signs of addiction are in:
d. Keep on with the fight a. Shabby and unkempt appearance
876. The crimes were considered serious because the b. Sleeping during recitation time
penalty was: c. Red nose and checks at noon
a. To die in jail d. Abusive language and behaviors
b. Lethal injection 887. A child wanted to use her father’s family name. Why
c. A life sentence did she insist on this?
d. A total exile in a foreign land a. Every child should have a father
877. There are several advertisements that encourage b. Every individuals has a right to be baptized
people to take this supplement so that they can grow c. Every individual has a right to a proper
three to five inches more even after the age of identity
twenty.
 d. Every child should be called by her paternal b. These hardy decay
name
888. Walang tubig kahapon. Ito ay pangungusap na: c. These invite flies
e. Walang pandiwa c. May panaguri d. These are easy prey to rodents
f. Walang paksa d. May paksa 899. Tomatoes come in abundance at certain times of the
889. Why do nurses and doctors use gloves when year. How can the supply be assured?
injecting patients with AIDS? a. Plant during rainy season
a. AIDS transmitted by touch b. Encourage preservation of tomatoes
b. AIDS virus easily enter open wounds and c. Avoid using tomatoes
pores d. Use substitute to tomatoes
c. AIDS can be cured by injection 900. There was a tourist promo. All students bought
d. A prick of a needle from AIDS patient is tickets for the trip. The promotion was:
dangerous a. Done systematically
890. After two pregnancies some of these mothers loose b. Educational and affordable
a pair of teeth or so. What could be the cause? c. Understood and accepted
a. Lack of iron & other minerals in diet during d. Motivated well and costly
pregnancies
b. Diet during pregnancy lacks sulfur
c. Too much sweets in diet
d. Poor brushing habits
891. The chef mixed wine with other appetizers otherwise
________ the recipe.
a. Everyone will be questioned
b. Everyone will question
c. Everyone will be questioning
d. Everyone will ask and question
892. The carabao is the working animal of farmers.
However, these herds were converted for meat
purposes. How did the government respond to the
lack of carabaos?
a. Put up a carabao project in CLSU
b. Imported buffalos from Australia
c. Distribute tractors and other machinery
d. Converted farms into subdivision and housing
area
893. Student and teacher stand at attention during Flag
ceremonies. School principals assign guards on the
street to stop vehicles during the ceremonies. How
does the public take this practice?
a. Only military and policeman should stop and
salute the flag
b. Only school children should be controlled in this
ceremonies
c. The flag is for all citizens: it’s the symbol of
the nation
d. Stopping traffic is not the job of the school
894. How does the Philippines show its identity in
airlines?
a. Displaying the Philippine flag in carriers
b. Pilots wearing Philippine ensign
c. Stewardess dressed in Philippine costume
d. Playing Filipinos songs in Philippine airlines
plane
895. Which of the following lines is an example of iambic
pentameter?
a. Her desk once red with heroes blood
b. And this alas is more than we would do
c. She loves the way I hold her hand
d. I will lament and cry
896. How many twenty thousand are there in two million?
b. 100 b. 500 c. 50 d. 1000
897. A patient underwent a surgery. The anesthesia
hardly had an immediate effect on him. Where was
the case traced? To his:
a. Being allergic
b. Physical weakness
c. Being an alcoholic
d. Heredity
898. Food remnants, plants and other animals wastes
should be separated in waste disposal since:
a. These can be converted to organic fertilizer