GENERAL EDUCATION 2

1. The first day of June is a Saturday. What

day will the last day of June be?
A. Sunday
B. Thursday
C. Monday
D.
Frida
2. A good writer supports his generalizations
with __________ examples.
A. Convenient
B. Concrete
C. Unfamiliar D. Abstract
3. Because the moon rotates on its axis at
the same time as it _______ around the
earth, we see the same side always.
A. Revolves
C. Is revolving
B. Revolve
D. Has been revolving
4. She wrote a first-rate report. What does
it say about the report?
A. Run-of-the-mill
B. Excellent
C. Ordinary
D.
Mediocre
5. She has a penchant for blue dresses. This
indicates ___________.
A. Dislike
B. Avoidance
C. Fondness
D.
Strong aversion
6. Values education is integrated in the
curriculum of all levels. Which of the
following supports this statement?
A. Values education is stressed in all
subjects at all levels
B. There is a need for training of teachers
to teach
C. Additional classroom will be needed
D. New teachers will be hired
7. She is a vision of feminine pulchritude.
This stands for the following except:
A. Comeliness
B. HomelinessC.
Loveliness
D.
Physical Beauty
8. Anong uri ng tayutay ang pahayag na ito?
Ang halimuyak ng mga bulaklak ay
mabuting gamot sa isang pusong wasak.
A. Asonans
B. Konsonans
C. Aliterasyon
D.
Onamatopeya
9. Aling lawak ng linggwistika ang tumutukoy
sa maka-agham na pag-aaral ng pagbuo
ng mga salita.
A. Sintaksis
B. Semantika
C. Morpolohiya
D.
Ponolohiya
10. In moral life, responsibility depends on
ones knowingly and freely doing an act.

In which of the following situations would

you attribute responsibility?
A. A
person
unknowingly
passes
counterfeit money
B. An insane person strikes someones
head with a hammer
C. A four year old fires a loaded gun
killing his own father
D. A nurse administers a medicine despite
strong doubts
11. The government has control of many
government corporations and industries.
What was deregulated and allowed to
raise prices without control?
A. Oil industry
C. Fishing industry
B. Mining industry
D. Water source
12. Democracy refers to the involvement of all
citizens in the control of government,
while an oligarchy relegates control of
government to:
A. The mother Country
C. A religious group
B. An autocrat
D. A select few
13. The Nibelungenlied is a:
A. Russian folk song
C. Medieval German Epic
B. Latin Myth
D. Chinese legend
14. The ash from Mt. Pinatubo has been found
to have gold content of only 20 parts per
billion which is far below commercial
levels. As such, officials have warned
against hopes of a new gold rush.
A. There is new hope for boosting the
economy of the Philippines
B. There is a need to explore what else
lies beneath Mt. Pinatubo
C. There is possibility of existing gold
mines beneath Mt. Pinatubo
D. The gold content of the ash from Mt.
Pinatubo does not have commercial
value
15. The EQUINOX usually occurs on or close
to March 21 and September 23.
A. Time when heavy rains fall
B. Time when days are longer than the
nights
C. Time when days are shorter than the
nights
D. Time when day and night are equal
length all over the earth

A. Equity
16. Hindi nakayanan ng aking kaibigan ang
kanyang MASALIMUOT na buhay.
A. Mahirap
B. Malabo
C. Malungkot
D. Magulo
17. Ang katumbas sa Filipino ng national
identity ay _______.
A. Pandaigdig na pagkilala
C. Pambansang pagkakilanlan
B. Pambayang pagkakakilala
D. Pambansang katanyagan
18. Walang
tubig
kahapon.
pangungusap na:
A. Walang pandiwa
C. May panaguri
B. Walang paksa
D. May paksa

Ito

ay

19. A substance that gives up hydrogen ions

to water to form hydronium ions is called:
A. A salt
B. A base
C. An acid
D.
Flour
20. Lunar eclipse occurs when the earth
passes between the moon and the sun,
eclipse of the moon does not occur each
month because:
A. The dark side of the moon rarely faces
the earth
B. The earth is usually between the moon
and the sun
C. The moon rarely comes close enough
to the earth
D. The moons orbit is at an angle to the
earths orbit around the sun
21. How may the established of housing
subdivision to address housing problem
contribute to decreased food production?
A. Housing
divisions
become
over
crowded
B. Men get occupied with construction
and leave their farms untilled
C. Arable lands are reduced for these are
converted into housing subdivision
D. People who flocked to the center
where most subdivisions are located
have no skill
22. Which principle of taxation does the
Philippine government lack if it falls to
raise the needed revenue and therefore
borrows from other countries to cover its
expenses

B. Elasticity
C. Neutrality
D. Adequacy

23. Which of the following pairs show

symbiotic
relationship
where
both
organisms benefit from the interaction?
A. Ants and aphids
B.
Man
and
ascaris
C. Tree and orchids
D.Chicken and snake
24. Ecologist associate the relation between
climate and vegetation and animals life
with the term:
A. Biome
B. Habitat
C. Biosphere
D. Population
25. Which biogas is obtained from biological
wastes such as animals manure?
A. Ester
B. Alcogas
C. Methane
D. Ethylene
26. Only the heart can see rightly. This
statement is lifted from what particular
novel?
A. The heart
B. The Prince
C. The Little Prince
D. The Right One
27. In buying a house, a man pays P100, 000
cash and agrees to pay P75, 000 two
years later. At 6% compounded semiannually, find the cash value of the house?
A. P184, 000
B. P156, 636.50
C. P16, 663.65
D P166, 636.50
28. Which of the following scientific attitude is
shown by the person who keeps seeking
answers to things he is interested with?
A. Curiosity
B.
Resourcefulness
C.
Open
mindedness
D.
Honesty
29. What is the charge of the glass rod when
it loses some electrons when rubbed in a
silk cloth?
A. Neutral
B. Zero
C. Negatively charge
D. Positively charge
30. With the Cold War in mind, which does
NOT belong?

A. Conflict

B. Dialogue
C. Competition
D. Tension

31. The dignity of every human person is

rooted on his/her being:
A. Good
C. Productive
A. Strengthen the will
C. Reflect on the moral
things to do
33. When a manufacturer engages the
production of pirated CDs he violates
other peoples right to
A. Copyright
C. Intellectual property
34. The latest agrarian reform program in the
country is more comprehensive than the
first because:
A. Included sugar & coconut lands in
addition to rice & corn lands
B. Enforced
more
than
nineteen
Presidential Decrees
C. Declared the whole country as a land
reform area
D. Benefitted both tenant and landowner

35. Which is the foundation of genuine justice?

A. Religiosity
C. Social Justice
B. Peace talks
D. End of the arms race
36. A narrative technique in non-dramatic
fiction intended to render the flow of visual,
auditory,
physical
and
associative
impression of the character in story.
A. Narration
C. Flashback
B. Dream sequence
D.
Stream
of
consciousness
37. Which of the following factors contribute to
an increase in human population?
I. Immigration
III. Nationality
II. Emigration
IV. Mortality
C. III and IV
B. I and III
C. I and II
D. II and III

B. Educated
D. Created into Gods
Image & likeness
32. To be ethical and moral, what is the best
thing to do?
B. Discuss what is good to do
D. Conduct seminars on
values education

B. Lawful Income
D. Engage in business
38. How much interest would be paid on a bank
loan of 30,000 for 8 months at 12% annual
interest?
A. P 3,600
B. P 2,800
C. P 2,400
D. 3,240
39. Which is a negative consequence of our
value of close family ties?
A. Stability of the family
C. Double standard mentality
B. Development of prolonged dependence
D.
Permanence
of
marriage
40. Printed on the label of a bottle of cough
medicine is the following instruction. Store
away from light, below 30 degrees C. What
can you infer about the cough medicine?
A. It is in a dark, light proof bottle
C. It should be stored in
the refrigeration
B. It is affected by heat and light
D. It should be stored
hidden
41. Which human right violation is a deliberate
and systematic extermination of an ethnic
or national group?
A. Genocide
B. Murder
C. Homicide
D. Parricide
42. The policeman _____ recited the Miranda
Rights before he arrested the criminal.
A. Is
B. Has
C. Was
D. Had

43. Madalas siyang mapagalitan ng kanyang ina

dahil sa nakagawian niyang pagtataingangkawali.
A. Pagsisinungaling
C. Pagpapanggap
B. Pagbabasag ng kawali
D. Pagbibingi-bingihan
44. Anong
damdamin
ang
namayani
sa
pahayag?
Ikaw ba ang dapat sisihin sa nangyari?
A. Pagbati
B. Pakikipagkapwa
B. Pagbibigay ng impormasyon
D. Pagsasadula
45. Ano ang pokus ng pandiwa sa pahayag na
Bumili ng bagong sasakyan si Angelo?
A. Pokus ng direksyon
C. Pokus na sanhi
B. Pokus ng kagamitan
D. Pokus na actor
46. Magtatrabaho ako at ikaw ay mag-aaral
upang makatapos ka ng pag-aaral, Anong
uri ng pangungusap ito?
A. Payak
B. Hugnayan
C. Tambalan
D. Langkapan
47. I suggest that he _____ in the room for one
week.
A. Stay
B. Stayed
C. Staying
D. Stays
48. Four mangoes cost P29.00 at that price,
what will 2 dozen mangoes cost?
A. P 870.00
B. P 348.50
C. P188.50
D. P 217.50
49. All the seats in the bus are occupied and six
are standing. At the next bus stop, 13
persons got off and 5 got in. How many
seats were empty after this stop?
A. 2
B. 0
C. 23
D. 24
50. If she _____ eating much, she would be
that fat.
A. Was
B. Were
C. Werent
D. Wasnt

51. It is a collection of religious poetry written

by Rabindranath Tagore.
A. Mahabharata
B. Gitanjali
C. The Ramayana
D. Bhagavad Gita
52. Two buses leave the same station at 9pm.
One bus travels north at the rate of 30 kph
and the other travels east at 40 kph. How
many kilometers apart are the buses at
10pm?
A. 50 km
B. 70km
C. 100km
D. 140km
53. The man looks _____ at the food on the
table.
A. Strangest
B. Strange
C. Stranger
D. Strangely
54. Why do leaves with green color look green
in the sunlight?
A. They absorb the blue and yellow object
B. The blue and yellow bounces off from
the leaves
C. They absorb the green light
D. They reflect green light
55. Why do people feel their ears pop or crack
when they are up in the air?
A. Air is cleaner
C. There are more air
particles
B. Air is cooler
D. There are less air
particles
56. What is the bending of light when it changes
speed in passing from one material to
another?
A. reflection
B. refraction
C. diffraction
D.
interference
57. You inherited tallness from your father.
Physical traits are transmitted from parents
to offsprings:
A. Gametes
B. Genes
C. Chromosomes
D.
Alleles
58. If you connect light bulbs together so that
the current through each lightbulb is the
same, you have made which type of circuit?
A. a series circuit
C. a combination circuit

B. a parallel circuit
D. an open circuit
59. Why is just one side of the Moon visible
from Earth?
A. The Moon does not rotate on its axis as
it orbits the Earth.
B. The Moon rotates once in the same
amount of time that it orbits.
C. Half of the Moon is always unlit by the
Sun.
D. Half of the Moon does not reflect light.
60. Stars rise and set in the night sky because
A. Earth orbits the Sun.
C. the North Poles points
toward Polaris
B. Earth rotates.
D. the stars are moving in
space
61. An autocratic ruler who seres his people well
is sometimes called a______ dictator.
A. Belligerent
B. Beneficial
C. Benovelent
D. Blatant
62. An electric current can be used to
decompose, or break down, water into
oxygen gas and hydrogen gas. This is an
example of a
B. physical change
C. phase change
C. chemical change
D. nuclear change
63. How is energy transferred by convection?
A. by direct contact between objects
B. by electromagnetic waves
C. by movement of groups of particles in
gases or liquids
D. by movement of groups of particles in
solid objects
64. Water has a higher specific heat than iron.
What does this mean?
A. Water is denser than iron
C. Water heats more
rapidly than iron
B. Water is hotter than iron
D. Water heats more
slowly than iron
65. An insulator keeps a home warm by
A. slowing the transfer of cold particles
from outside to inside
B. increasing the specific heat of the air
inside

C. slowing the transfer of energy from

inside to outside
D. increasing the thermal energy of the
walls.
66. What characteristic of large bodies of water
explains why the seawater is cooler than the
land in the hot afternoon sun?
A. Water is liquid while the land is solid.
B. Water has a higher specific heat than
land.
C. Land is a better insulator than water.
D. Land has a higher specific heat than
water.
67. Geothermal energy, an energy resource in
the
country,
is
based
on
which
phenomenon?
A. Heat energy from the sun penetrates
deep into the earth
B. Human activity is the largest source of
energy heat on earth
C. There are concentration of heat in some
places of earths crust
D. Earths internal energy heats its surface
more than the sun does
68. Which of these effects generally occurs as a
result of warm air mass and a cooler air
mass converging at earths surface?
A. Winds die down
C.
Stormy
weather
patterns develop
B. The sky becomes cooler
D.
Cloud
formation
decreases
69. To what classification of rights does the
right to live and to love belong?
A. Political
B. Natural
C. Statutory
D.
Constitutional
70. After the revolution, Macario Sacay went
underground and established a republic
based on the ideology of the BonifacioJacinto Katipunan. What do you call the
republic established by Macario.
A. Republika ng Katipunan
C. Republika ng mga
Filipino
B. Republika ng Gitnang Katagalugan
D. Republika ng San
Cristobal
71. Every right has a corresponding duty. This
means that rights and duties are:

A. Different

B. Absolute
C. Reciprocal
D. Related

72. We see nature in poetry. What is predicted

by Blake in these lines? A dog starved at
his masters gate. Predict the ruin of the
state. If this is taken for countries it
predicts:
A. Prosperity
B. Disaster
C. Productivity
D. Famine
73. Before
sleeping
time,
children
are
discouraged to watch____ shows that cause
nightmares.
A. Spiteful
B. Special
C. Spectacular
D. Spectral
74. When it is most important to scan a
computers drives for virus? Immediately
after:
A. Shutting down the computer improperly
B. Defragmenting a computers hard disk
C. Installing software from a disk created
by a friend
D. Downloading a text file from a
government website

additional men could have been hired in

order for the job to have been 1 hour less?
A. fifteen
B. two
C. three
D. ten
79. The Katipunan in Cavite was divided into
two factions the Magdiwang and the
Magdalo. While the Magdiwang in Cavite
was led by Mariano Alvarez, who led the
Magdalo faction?
A. Daniel Tirona
C. Artemio Ticarte
B. Baldomero Aguinaldo
D. Ciriaco Bonifacio
80. The power rating of an electric motor that
draws current of 3A when operated at 120V
is:
A. 360 W
B. 40 W
C. 1,080 W
D. 540 W
81. In English verse, a poetic foot having 1
stressed syllable followed by 1 unstressed
syllable:
A. Trochaic
B. Iambic
C. Dactylic
D. Anapestic

75. Your computer is not receiving the print

command. Which should you do first?
A. Check the computers default printing
settings
B. Reset the printing properties of the
printer
C. Realign the heads of the printers print
D. Replace the ink cartridges

82. The sum total of traditionally derived and

orally
transmitted
literature,
material
culture and custom within predominantly
and technologically advanced is referred to
as:
A. Folk tale
B. Folklore
C. Folk literature
D. Folk song

76. Which property of sound enables us to

distinguish between a particular pitch
produced by a piano and by a violin.
A. Quality
B. Intensity
C. Wavelength
D. Frequency

83. If you lower the frequency of a wave in a

string you will:
A. Lower its speed
C. Lower its amplitude
B. Shorten its period
D. Increase its wavelength

77. You have a property worth P500,000. The

tax is 1%, he pays P5000. If his property is
worth P1,000,000 he pays 10,000. Which
does this illustrate?
A. Equality in taxation
C. Uniformity taxation
B. Equity taxation
D. Progressive taxation

84. Considered as one of the worlds greatest

short stories and it is Edgar Allan Poes story
of terror about a hypochondriac living in
morbid fear.
A. The Raven
B. Macbeth
B. The Fall of the House of Usher
D. Annabel Lee

78. It took 12 men 5 hours to build an airstrip.

Working at the same rate, how many

85. The government program for development

has
identified
provinces
that
are
undeveloped. All these provinces fall under:
A. Social Reform Agenda
C. Government Insurance
System
B. Social Security System
D.
Agrarian
Reform
System

must be obeyed by all applied to everyone

rich or poor, lowly or powerful, without
fear or favor?
A. Social justice
C. Separation of church
and state
B. Rule of law
D. Rule of the majority
92.

Any individual has the right to question

why he is being arrested and to summon
his accusers to court so that due process
may be performed. This right is embodied
in which of the following?
A. Prison major
C. Reclusion perpetua
B. Habeas corpus
D. Res ipsa loquitour

87. Which is the method that uses organisms to

clean up toxic waste?
A. Monoculture
C. Carrying capacity
B. Deforestation
D. Bioremediation

93.

Chalk, limestone and marbles are remains

of seashells deposited in the seas million
years ago. They are all forms of:
A. Sodium sulfide
B. Carbon dioxide
C. Calcium carbonate
D.
Calcium hydroxide

88.

94.

What was the first book published in the

Philippines?
A. Pasiong mahal
C. Del superior Govierno
B. Doctrina Christina
D. Barlaan at Josaphat

95.

A triangle is 4 times as long as it is wide.

If the length is increased by 4 inches and
the width is decrease by 1 inch, the area
will be 60 square inches. What were the
dimensions of the original
rectangle?
A. 4 X 16
B. 2 X 32
C. 5 X 12
D. 3 X 14
The numerator of a fraction is 3 less than
the denominator. If the numerator and the
denominator are each increased by 1, the
value of the fraction becomes . What is
the original fraction?
A. 8/12
B. 6/13
C. 7/12
D. 8/11

86. Why is the Philippines much hotter that

Canada? The Philippines:
A. Has days with more hours of light
C. Has more vegetation to
absorb sunlight
B. Has a denser population than Canada
D. Receive sun rays closer
to vertical position

89.

90.

91.

The
constitution
provides
that
no
educational institution shall be established
exclusively for aliens except those for:
A. Employers of Filipino overseas workers
in the Middle East
B. Citizens of ASEAN member countries
C. Foreign diplomatic personnel and their
dependents
D. Permanent alien resident
One of the major functions of taxes is to
finance real government expenditures.
This function can simply be stated as to:
A. Raise revenues
C. Raise national security
B. Secure price stability
D. Promote development
While travelling at night, you lost
direction. Which star should you look for
and in what constellation?
I.
Polaris
III.
Ursa Major
II. Rigel
IV.
Ursa Minor
A. I and IV
B. I and III
C. II and IV
D. II and III
Which principle states that no man in the
country is above the law and the laws

96.

97.

If a liter of chemical X is 95% pure, how

many liters of water must be added to
make a 50% solution?
A. 0.90 L
B. 0.94 L
C. 0.09 L
D. 0.80 L

98.

99.

A man accepts a position at P14,250 basic

salary with agreement that he will receive
a 2% increase
every year for 3 years.
What will his salary be at the end of 3
years?
A. P 16,500.00
B. P 14, 950.00
C. P 15,105.00
D. P
15,122.21
Which of the following organisms transmit
the malarial parasites?
A. Flies
B. Ants
C. Anopheles Mosquito
D.
Culex Mosquitoes

100. The astronaut could not communicate with

one another while on the moons surface?
why?
A. There is no atmosphere
C. There is no weather
that occurs
B. Air waves are irregular
D.
Temperature shuts
down sound
101. Which of the following statement best
distinguishes
electrolytes
from
nonelectrolytes?
C. Electrolytes and non-electrolytes are
really both covalent compound
D. Electrolytes can be covalent or ionic
compound but must be ionic in
solution
E. Electrolytes
are
always
ionic
compounds
while non electrolytes
are always covalent
F. Non-electrolytes are usually insoluble
in water while electrolytes are always
soluble in water.
102. A 4 cm by 7 cm rectangle is rotated about
its longer side. What is the approximate
volume of the cylinder thus generated?
G. 750.25 cm
B. 176.36 cm
C. 351.86 cmD. 615.75 cm
103. After a series of tutorial lessons at Best
Tutorial Center, Anns grade in Math rose
from 78 to 88. By what percent did her
average increase?
A. 35.75%
B.
12.82%
C. 11.36%
D.
20.16%
104. A large pipe can empty a tank in six
hours, and a smaller pipe can empty it in

ten hours. How long would it take both

pipes to empty the tank?
A. 3.25 hours
B. 4.5 hours
C. 3.75 hours
D. 2 hours
105. Jose Rizal: El Filibusterismo: Graciano
Lopez Jaena:
A. Ninay
C. Noche Buena
B. Fray Botod
D. Cadaquilaan ng Dios
106. Compute the exact simple interest on Php
20, 500 at 2.5% per annum for 60 days.
A. Php 95.50
B. Php 84.25
C. Php 85.42
D. Php 90.64
107. Which is right violated by wiretapping?
A. freedom of expression
B. the right to privacy of communication
C. the right to private property
D. the right to information on matters of
public concern

108. An effective and speedy remedy on the

part of the people to remove official who
is not performing his functions to the
satisfaction of people is known as:
A. Recall
B. Election
C. Referendum
D. Initiative
109. The governments prohibiting the press
from interviewing, constitutes called:
A. Gag order
B. Media law
C. Censorship
D. Prior restraint
Select the answer that contains the correct
version of the underline word(s):
110. If the parents would have shown more
interest, their daughter would have been
in college today.
A. If the parents would have showed
more interest
B. Should the parents have shown more
interest
C. If the parents would have shown more
interest
D. If the parents had shown more
interest

111. As they drifted silently downstream, the

paddles were hardly used.
A. the paddles were hardly used.
C. the paddles were used
hard
B. they hardly used the paddles
D. they use the paddles
hardly at all
112. How do you describe a typical social
structure which describes a pattern
through which relationships at work are
ordered?
A. Communistic
B. Capitalistic
C. Bureaucratic
D.
Technological
113. An association wherein the name of
something is substituted by something
that represents it.
A. personification
B. metonymy
C. comparison
D.
euphemism
114. He was the American President who said
Ask not what America will do for you, but
what together we can do for freedom of
man.
A. Gerald Ford
C. Henry Truman
B. Franklin Roosevelt
D. John F. Kennedy
115. The area of a rectangle is 117 cm 2. Find
its perimeter if its length is 13 cm.
A. 9 cm
B. 30 cm
C. 44 cm
D. 54 cm
116. Two angles are supplementary. One
angles is five times larger than the
What is the measure of the
number?
A. 150
B. 300
0
C. 120
1500

of the
other.
larger
D.

117. Ito ay sinulat ni Harriet Stowe ng Estados

Unidos na tumatawag pansin sa kalagayan
ng mga alipin at naging batayan ng
simulain ng demokrasya.
A. And Book of the Dead
C. Divina Comedia
B. Ang Uncle Toms Cabin
D. Mahabharata
118. What is the expanded form of (2a 1)3?

A. 6a3 10a2 6a 1
C. 4a3 4a2 + 1
3
2
B. 8a 12a + 6a 1
D. 8a3 6a2 + 2a + 1
119. Kabaliwan at paglulustay ang inyong
ginagawa taun-taon. Higit na marami ang
maralitang nanganngailangan ng salapi at
dunog. Ang nagsasalita ay
A. Kuripot
B. Maramot
C. Praktical
D.
Matipid
120. The prevailing wind systems experienced
in the Philippines are:
A. East and west monsoon
C.
North
and
South
monsoon
B. Northeast & Southeast monsoon
D. Northeast & Southeast
monsoon
121. If each of the five members in a
basketball team shakes hands with every
other member of the team before the
game starts, how many handshake will
there be in all?
A. 6
B. 8
C. 10
D. 9
122. Which of the following can cause different
seasons?
I.
Earths revolution
around the sun
II. Earths rotation on its
own axis
III. Tilting of the earths on
its own axis
A. I, II and III
B. I and II
C. I and III
D. II
and III
123. What factor is responsible for the objects
loss of weight when immersed in liquid?
A. Specific gravity
C. Atomic structure
B. Molecular arrangement
D. Buoyant force
124. This is the guarantee given by the
constitution to certain units of government
where
their
approved
annual
appropriations shall be automatically a
regularly released:
A. Fiscal Autonomy
C. Fiscal Discipline

B. Internal Revenue Allocations

D. General Appropriations
Act
125. When the moon is passing the point of its
orbit directly between the earth and the
sun and it cannot be seen, this phase of
the moon is
A. Full moon
B. Crescent
C. Gibbous
D.
New moon
126. What is the least common multiple of 9, 8
and 18?
A. 36
B. 54
C. 72
D.
144
127. Which of the following is NOT true about
the sum of two consecutive odd integers?
A. it is even
C. it is divisible by 4
B. it is only divisible by 12
D. it is always divisible by
1
128. The thinning of the ozone layer is due to
the use of
A. Weed killers and insecticide sprays
C.
Hydrocarbons
like
gasoline
B. Mercury in gold mines
D. refrigerant and aerosol
sprays
129. Comets often have eccentric orbits. This
means that
A. Their orbits are circular
B. They cannot be seen without telescope
C. Their time of arrival is unpredictable
D. The sun is closer to one end of the
orbit
130. Senators were accused by activists of
washing their hands with the perfumes of
Arabia. This is state commonly known as
A. Triumph
B. Guilt
C. Aggression
D.
Indecision
131. Lucille is 4 times as old as Nicole. Six
years from now, she will be twice as old as
Nicole. How old are they now?
A. Lucille 12; Nicole 3
C. Lucille 16; Nicole 4

B. Lucille 3; Nicole 12
D. Lucille 4; Nicole 16
132. If x + y = 2a and x - y = 2b, what is the
value of xy?
A. ab
B. a2 + b2
2
C. (a b)
D. a2
2
b
133. Reports of the death sentence were
awaited by the parents. But the President
decides the postponement for a month or
in legal terms this means
A. Reprieve
B. Pardon
C. Execution
D.
Commutation
134. Two cars start from two places 180 km
apart and travel each other on a super
highway. The speeds of the two cars are
45kph and 35kph, respectively. If they
drive without stopping in, how many hours
will they meet?
A. Four hours
b. 2 hours
C. Six hours
D. 2
hours
135. At the outset of the rainy season the
epidemic of H-fever is feared. Which
practice is the best approach to prevent it
occurrence is homes?
A. Clean the yards of breeding places for
mosquitoes like old tries, cans etc.
B. Fumigate the house with smoke and
chemicals
C. Submit children to vaccination
D. Avoid mosquito bites in the afternoon
136. The founder and first editor of La
Solaridad in Barcelona, Spain and was
considered the greatest orator of the
Filipino colony in Spain?
A. Mariano Ponce
C. Marcelo H. Del Pilar
B. Graciano Lopez Jaena
D. Gregorio H. Del Pilar
137. Find the GCF of 12, 32 and 56.
A. 2
B. 4
C. 6
56

D.

138. The primary source of the objectives of

educations in the Philippines at present is
the
A. Report of the Monroe Commission
C. Tydings McDuffie Act

B. Philippine Constitution
D. The Swanson Report
139. The voyage of Ferdinand Magellan is
considered
the
greatest
single
achievement in the history of exploration
and discovery because it
A. Made proved that the world is not flat
B. Marked the discovery of westward
route to the East
C. Marked the first circumnavigation of
the globe
D. Marked the discovery of the Philippines
140. A car racer covers 225 km. in 2 hours.
How far can he go in 1 hours.
A. 267 km
B. 168 km
C. 394 km
D.
157 km
141. Three-fourth of what number is 12?
A. 9
B. 12
C. 24
D.16
142. What is the difference in elevation
between the top of a mountain 8,520 feet
above sea level and a point in a valley 253
feet below sea level?
A. 8367 feet
B. 8267 feet
C. 8873 feet
D.
8773 feet
143. What do you call the arrangement of a
number of objects in a definite order and
arrangement?
A. Probability
B. Permutation
C. Combination
D.
Factorial
144. An eye defect characterized by clear vision
in one dimension but unfocused vision on
the other is called:
A. Astigmatism
B. Hyperopia
C. Presbyopia
D.
Myopia
145. Which of the following is a function?
A. {(1,2), (2,3), (3,4)}
C. {(1,3), (1,4), (1,5)}
B. {(x, y) / x = 4}
D. {(x, y) / x2 + y2 = 1}
146. There are 40 women in a committee
consisting of 50 members. What is the
ratio of men to the women?

A. 4:5
5:4

B. 4:1
C. 1:4

D.

147. Sounds differ though spelled alike. Which

does not belong to the group?
B. The leader chided the followers
C. She sounded victorious
C. She wanted a chaperon
D. Baby screamed for help
148. A blind mother was allowed to work in a
place where her fingers could be
productive. Why is it possible?
A. Disabled person are given special
attention
B. The disable and handicapped are given
equal protection of the law
C. Blind individuals are discouraged from
begging
D. Blind individuals can still be productive
149. A coin is tossed several times and the
ratio of heads to tails is 24:26. Which
proportion of the tosses are tails?
A. 12/25
B. 12/13
C. 13/25
D.
13/12
150. Of the following, the only safe blood
transfusion would be:
A. Group B blood into a group A person
C. Group O blood into a
group AB person
B. Group AB blood into a group B person
D. Group A blood into a
group O person

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