UPLAE

IN THE GRAND MANNER

By Martino Jose

COPYRIGHT 2013
Quezon City, Philippines

UPLAE IN THE GRAND MANNER is a product of over 10-year experience in facilitatin

g UPLAE review classes
at various review centers in Metro Manila. The endeavor of publishing a comprehe
nsive study material for
the UPLAE started when I realized that the competition is getting tougher every
year that even honor
students from different colleges and universities can hardly pass the U.P. Law A
ptitude Examination.
It was in 1997, during my 2 nd year in college taking up B.S. Psychology, that I
attempted to conduct a
research
as part of the requirements to complete the subject STAT 101
with an objectiv
e to understand
the demographics of the UPLAE applicants. It was an interesting statistical inqu
iry for me as I was thinking of
entering the College of Law after my undergraduate studies. Surprisingly, I disc
overed that in the previous
year's UPLAE, about 40% of the takers were honor students, the cream of the crop
from different colleges
and universities in the country. But of this cluster of applicants, only 9% were
able to pass the UPLAE.

It was a big realization for me that in order to enter the country's premier law
school, I had to be more
competitive than those students with "laude" on their transcript of records. But
I was just an average and
sometimes immature student. So as early as my sophomore year, I already planned
how to outsmart other
students, whom I would compete with in the future for the College admission, by
researching on the
coverage of the UPLAE.

UP LA Ei IN THE GRAND MANNER

By Martino Jose
Preface
Getting Ahead i
Tips & Techniques iv
I. Abstract Reasoning or Non-verbal Reasoning 1

Test One: Questions 2

Test One: Answers 17
Test Two: Questions 21
Test Two: Answers 34
Test Three: Questions 38
Test Three: Answers 54
Test Four: Questions 58
Test Four: Answers 72
Test Five: Questions 76
Test Four: Answers 93
II. Verbal Ability 97
Verbal Ability Test 104
Answer Key 109
III. Language Proficiency 110
Test Part I 111
Test Part II 114
Answer Key 145
IV. Logical Reasoning 155
Test: Syllogism 159
Test: Strong and Weak Arguments 165
Test: Implicit Assumptions 168
Test: Courses of Action 180
Test: Statements and Conclusions 188
Test: Common Sense 192
Test: Degree of Truth 198
Test: Data Sufficiency 201
Answer Key 206
V. Quantitative Reasoning 208
Quantitative Reasoning Test 212
Answer Key 222
VI. Reading Comprehension 242
Reading Comprehension Test 245
Answer Key 255
VII. Essay 256