COLLEGE DEPARTMENT

A.Y 2018-2019
Social Studies Reviewer

1. The Philippines ten-year transaction period before the granting of complete independence from the Americans?

A. Commonwealth Government

B. Third Republic

C. Puppet government

D. Revolutionary

Rationalization: A – Also known as the Quezon government

2. The Act/Law that led to the granting of ten-year transition period ?

A. Here-Hawes Cutting Bill

B. Tydings-McDuffie Law

C. Parity Rights

D. Independence Law

Rationalization: B – This Independence mission was headed by Press. Manuel L. Quezon

3. The first appointed head of the Department of Education during Commonwealth period ?

A. Claro M. Recto

B. Sergio Osmeña

C. Rafael Palma

D. Jose P. Laurel

Rationalization: B – He was appointed by Pres. Quezon

4. The leader of Sakdalista uprising ?

A. Benigno Aquino

B. Benigno Ramos

C. Isabelo delos Reyes

D. Isabelle Espiritu

Rationalization: B – Benigno Ramos

The SAKDALISTA coming from the tagalog word sakdal, meaning “to accuse” movement was founded in 1930 by a
right wing leader, Benigno Ramos, a writer and discontented former government clerk. The name of the movement was
based on Emile Zola’s 1898 letter criticizing the French government, J’ accuse

5. The last department turned over by the Americans to be government by a Filipino ?

A. Department of Public Health and Welfare

B. Department of Trade

C. Department of Education

D. Department of Defense

Rationalization: C – To ensure quality education in the Philippines and to preserve the interest of US

6. The Rizal Day Celebration reminds us about heroes worth ?

A. Appreciating

B. Reading about

C. Emulating

D. Studying

Rationalization: C – it encompasses the 3 domains of learning: Cognitive, affective and psychomotor

7. The old name of EDSA during early part of American occupation ?

A. 19 de Junio

B. Highway 54

C. Highway 53

D. Highway 52

Rationalization: A – Epifañio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA, pronounced ed-sah), formerly known as HIGHWAY 54, is
the main circumferential road and highway of Metro Manila in the Philippines. It is an important commuting artery
between the northern and southern parts of the metropolitan area. EDSA is a partially-controlled access, mostly 10-lane
divided highway (expressway), with three general lanes and the two outer lanes reserved for buses and other HOV traffic
lights. EDSA has many interchanges along its length that eliminate the need for traffic lights, though traffic lights exist
where there is insufficient space of funds for a complete interchange.

8. RA 9155 also known as”_____________.”

A. Basic Education Act of 2001

B. Restructured Basic Education

C. Education For All

D. Bridge Program
Rationalization: A – AN ACT INTITUTING A FRAME WORK OF GOVERNMENT FOR BASIC EDUCATION,
ESTABLISHING AUTHORITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, RENAMING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
CULTURE AND SPORTS AS THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

9. President Ramos’ Medium Term Philippines Development Plan (MTPDP). ?

A. Angat Pinoy 2004

B. SONA 2001

C. Philippines 2000

D. Sustainable Development

Rationalization: C – Focal point: human empowerment

10. Historically, Why does the Philippines have a claim over Sabah?

A. The sultan of Sulu, who received the territory as a gift, has given the Philippines Government Power to reclaim his
territory. ?

B. The Malays, the third wave of migrants to the country, own the territory.

C. Sabah was formerly a part of the Philippines archipelago.

D. The Philippines government bought it from the Sultan of Brunei

Rationalization: A - The official filing of the claim took place on June 22, 1962. The claims are of sovereignty,
jurisdiction, and proprietary ownership to North Borneo. Philippines being successor-in- interest of the Sultan of Sulu
derived its legal and historical rights in North Borneo.

11. Which of the following describes the Battle of Manila Bay between American and Spanish naval forces?

A. The Americans ships outnumbered those of the Spaniards.

B. The Spaniards readily won the battle over the Americans.

C. It was a mock naval battle between the Spaniards and the Americans.

D. The Americans won the battle with great difficulty.

Rationalization: A – The Battle of Manila Bay took place on 1 May 1898, during the Spanish-American War. The
American Asiatic Squadron under Commodore George Dewey engaged and destroyed the Spanish Pacific Squadron
under Admiral Patricio Montojo y Pasaron. The engagement took place in Manila Bay in the Philippines, and was the first
major engagement of the Spanish-American War

12. According to him President “… this Nation will be great again…!

A. Pres. Corazon Aquino

B. Pres. Elpidio Quirino

C. Pres. Ferdinand Marcos

D. Pres. Manuel Roxas

Rationalization: C – He delivered this state in one of his inaugural speeches.

13. He had promised sweeping economic changes, and he did make progress in land reform, opening new settlements
outside crowded Luzon island . His death in an airplane crash in March 1957, was a serious blow to national morale.

A. Pres. Ramon Magsaysay

B. Pres. Elpidio Quirino

C. Pres. Ferdinand Marcos

D. Pres. Manuel Roxas

Rationalization: A – The President of the “Common Tao”

14. What is Republic Act 8049?

A. Anti – Hazing Law

B. Anti - sexual harassment Law

C. Law Protection Women and Children against all forms of abuses, discrimination and exploitation

D. Expanded Senior Citizen Act of 2010

Rationalization: A – REPUBLIC ACT No. 8049 – AN ACT REGULATING HAZING AND OTHER FORMS OF
INITIATION RITES IN FRATERNITIES, SOROROTIES, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND PROVIDING
PENALTIES THEREFORE

15. What is Republic Act 9994?

A. Anti – Hazing Law

B. Anti- sexual harassment Law

C. Law Protecting Women and Children against all forms of abuses, discrimination and exploitation

D. Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010

Rationalization: D – AN ACT GRANTING ADDITIONAL BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES TO OTHERWISE

KNOWN, FURTHER AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7432, AS AMENDED, CITIZENS TO NATION BUILDING,
GRANT BENEFITS AND SPECIAL PRIVILEGES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

16.The chairmen of the 1972 Constitutional Convention ?

A. Former Presidents Garcia and Marcos

B. Former Presidents Garcia and Macapagal

C. Former Presidents Garcia and Quirino

D. Former Presidents Garcia and Roxas

Rationalization: D – Conflict is the anti -thesis of peace education

17. The first essay of Rizal ?

A. El Amor Patrio

B. A la Juventud Filipina

C. Sa Aking Kabata

D. Mi Ultimo Adois

Rationalization: A – Days after he arrived in Barcelona in June 1882, he wrote the essay El Amor Patrio (Love of the
Country), which contained the reasons behind that deep fondness

18. The mountain that separates the continents of Asia and Europe ?

A. Ural mountain

B. Mt. Kilimanjaru

C. Mt. Everest

D. Mt. Apo

Rationalization: A – They are rich in various deposits, including metal ores, coal, precious and semi-precious stones, and
since the 18th century have been the major mineral base of Russia.

19. The “yellow Race” also known as:

A. Tigris and Euphrates

B. Hwang-Ho and Yangtze

C. Nile and Indus

D. Aegean and Mekong

Rationalization: B – Is a word used to describe people of East Asian and Southeast Asian origin

20. The major rivers in China

A. Tigris and Euphrates

B. Hwang-Ho and Yangtze

C. Nile and Indus

D. Aegean and Mekong

Rationalization: B – Hwang-Ho river is the second-longest river in China (after the Yangtze River) and the sixth-longest
in the world at the estimated length of 5,464, kilometers (3,395 mi).

21. . Also known as the Bangkok Declaration of 1967

A. APEC
B. UN

C. EU

D. ASEAN

Rationalization: D – Held in Thailand in 1967

22. The World biggest peninsula

A. Arabian peninsula

B. Iberian peninsula

C. Korean peninsula

D. Italy

Rationalization: A – it is the world’s largest peninsula and covers 3,237,500 Km2 (1,250,000 mi2). The area is an
important part of the Middle East and plays a critical geopolitical role due to its vast reserves of oil and natural gas

23. The newly appointed secretary of DSWD by Pres. Noynoy Aquino ?

A. Jinky Soliman

B. Dinky Soliman

C. Pacquito Ochoa, Jr.

D. Butch Abad

Rationalization: B – Current issue

24. RA 4670 also known as”______________”

A. Board of Higher Education

B. The Magna Carta For Public School Teachers

C. State of National Emergency

D. Calibrated Pre-emptive Response

Rationalization: B – Sec. 1. Declaration of Policy. It is hereby declared to be the policy of this Act to promote and
improve the social and economic status of public school teachers, their living and working conditions, their terms of
employment and career prospects in order that they may compare favorably with existing opportunities in other walk of
life, attract and retain in the teaching profession more people with the proper qualification, it being recognized that
advance in education depends on the qualifications, the teaching staff and that education is an essential factor in the
economic growth of the nation as a productive investment of vital importance.

25. Martial law remained in force until 1981 under Proclamation # _________ ?

A. 1081

B. 1425
C. 9994

D. 7610

Rationalization: A – From September 21, 1972 to 1981

26. The old name of Vietnam ?

A. Formosa

B. Siam

C. Persia

D. Annam

Rationalization: D – Now Vietnam

27. Known as the “Isla de Pintados” by the Spaniards

A. Luzon

B. Visayas

C. Mindanao

D. Isla Verde

Rationalization: B – Visayans – The most painted people.

28. The Republic Act that requires us to teach Rizal and other Filipinos patriots to tertiary students

A. RA 7836

B. RA 7610

C. RA 1425

D. RA 9165

Rationalization: C – An act to include in the Curricula of All Public and Private Schools, Colleges and Universities
courses on the life Works and Writings of JOSE RIZAL, particularly his novels NOLI ME TANGERE and EL
FILIBUSTERISMO, Authorizing the Printing and Distribution Thereof, and for Other Purposes.

29. What in SONA stands for?

A. State of the National Address

B. State of the Nation Approval

C. Status of the Nation Address

D. State of the Nation Address

Rationalization: D – Every Fourth Monday of July

30. RA 9155 also known as”_____________.” ?

A. Basic Education Act of 2001

B. Restructured Basic Education

C. Education For All

D. Bridge Program

Rationalization: A – AN ACT INTITUTING A FRAME WORK OF GOVERNMENT FOR BASIC EDUCATION,

ESTABLISHING AUTHORITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, RENAMING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
CULTURE AND SPORTS AS THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES