CURRENT EVENTS & GENERAL INFORMATION - a.

Jose Maria Sison

Select the best the best answer for each and b. Nur Misuari
write the appropriate letter in the blank.
c. Fr. Luis Jalandoni

____1. The only Filipino Silver Medalist d. Fr. Balweg

winner in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics is ____.
6. In September 1996, Nur Misuari became
a. Ramonito Velasco
the _____ of ARMM through an election.

b. Manuel Velasco Jr.

a. Governor
c. Mansueto Velasco Jr.
b. Mayor
d. ONYOK

____2. The volcano that erupted in 1991

c. Congressman
which caused vast damage in Central Luzon is
d. Chairman
____.

a. Mt. Mayon 7. EVAT is an acronym for

b. Kanlaon a. Expanded Value Added Tax

c. Taal Volcano b. Extended Value Added Tax

d. Mt. Pinatubo c. Exempted Value Added Tax
____3. The first woman president in the
d. Evaluated Value Added Tax
Philippines.

a. Amelita Ramos 8. The VAT was implemented by the BIR

under the term of
b. Corazon C. Aquino
a. Luis Sison
c. Imelda R. Marcos
b. Imelda Marcos
d. Miriam D. Santiago

____4. Peace Pact between the Philippine c. Liwayway Vinson Chato

Government and the Moro National Liberation
Front was signed on _____.
d. Corazon Aquino

a. September 1, 1996 9. Philippine national bird is

b. September 2, 1996 a. maya

c. September 3, 1996 b. parrot
d. September 4, 1996 c. eagle
____5. The chairman of the MNLF is ______.
d. lovebirds
10. SPCPD is an acronym for d. Association of Philippine Economic
Council
a. Southern Philippines Coalition for
Peace and Development 14. The host country in the 1996 APEC
meeting.
b. Southern Philippines Council for
Peace and Development a. Philippines

c. Southern Philippines Committee for b. China

Peace and Development
c. Singapore
d. Southern Philippines Christian Peace
and Development d. Canada

11. C-5 was completed under the term of 15. The nun from Calcutta, who is regarded
by many as the Living Saint for her devotion
to the world's destitute is
a. President Corazon Aquino
a. Mother Cecilia
b. President Ferdinand Marcos
b. Mother Teresa
c. President Fidel V. Ramos
c. Mother Mary
d. President Diosdado Macapagal
d. Mother Ignacia
12. One of the biggest achievements of
President Corazon Aquino in her term of 16. The Iraqi President who ordered the
office was attack of Kuwait.

a. infrastructure
a. Saddam Hussein
b. aborting of coup de tat
b. King Fahad
c. the restoration of democracy
c. King Hussein
d. economic boom
d. Minister Syed Hamid Albar
13. APEC is the acronym for
17. The centennial year for the Philippine
a. Asia - Pacific Economic Council Independence will be celebrated in the year

b. Asia - Pacific Economic Corporation a. 1996

c. Association of Philippine Economic b. 1997

Cooperation
c. 1998

d. 2000
18. EDSA Revolution happened on b. Luzon - Batanes - Sulu

a. February 22-25, 1986 c. Mindanao - Batanes - Mindoro

b. February 22-25, 1985 d. Visayas - Mindanao - Pulilio

c. February 22-25, 1987 23. The provinces under ARMM are

d. February 22-25, 1988 a. Bukidnon - Tawi-tawi - Zamboanga

- Misamis Oriental
19. The elected Russian president in 1996.
b. Lanao del Sur - Maguindanao - Sulu
a. Lebed - Tawi-tawi
b. Lenin c. Zamboanga del Sur - Lanao del Sur -
c. Gorbachev Cotabato

d. Yeltsin d. Basilan - Sarangani - Sulu - Tawi-

tawi
20. The groups of islands being claimed by
China, Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, 24. Our national hero is
Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia is a. Andres Bonifacio
a. Celebes Island b. Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo
b. Babuyan Islands c. Dr. Jose P. Rizal
c. Spratly Islands d. Pres. Manuel L. Quezon
d. Batanes Islands 25. The Philippines proclaimed its
21. The Philippine archipelago is composed independence on
of a. July 4, 1946

b. June 19, 1946

a. 8000 islands
c. June 12, 1896
b. 7, 107 islands
d. July 1, 1950
c. 24, 000 islands
26. Jose Rizal was executed by firing squad
d. 5, 000 islands on
22. The Philippines is composed of three
main groups of islands, namely a. December 25, 1896
a. Luzon - Visayas - Mindanao b. December 30, 1896
 c. November 30, 1900

d. January 1, 1900

27. Before the execution, Jose Rizal was

imprisoned at

a. Fort Bonifacio

b. Fort del Pilar

c. Fort Santiago

d. Fort Magsaysay

28. On August 23, 1896, the Philippine

revolution started at Pugad Lawin and was
led by

a. Gen. Aguinaldo

b. Gen. Luna

c. Gen. Bonifacio

d. Joze Rizal

29. The Philippine flag was first made by

a. Bonifacio

b. Rizal

c. Aguinaldo

d. Agoncillo

30. The three stars in our flag represent

a. Visayas - Mindanao - Sulu

b. Luzon - Visayas - Mindanao

c. Palawan - Cavite - Bulacan

d. Mindoro - Palawan - Sulu