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GENERAL EDUCATION

MULTIPLE CHOICE:

1. Students should be thought to understand that persons who are involved on the misuse of alcohol include those who
I. Take a drink occasionally
II. Get drunk once or twice a year
III. Always get drunk at social events where alcohol is served
IV. Always take one drink before dinner
a. III only b. I, II, III and IV c. II, III and IV d. III and IV

2. Which of the following content areas in elementary science is taken up first, especially in primary grades?
a. Unit on earth and space c. Unit on matter, energy and motion
b. Unit of environment processes d. Unit on living things

3. Which of the following is the most legitimate goal in teaching science?

a. To develop an inquiring mind c. To prepare children to become scientist
b. To acquire the ability to observed d. To develop skill in making generalization

4. A few drops of iodine on a slice of bread will turn the bread:

a. Blue-black b. Brick-red c. Red-orange d. Black

5. Who is considered the most outstanding among Filipino playwrights in English?

a. Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero b. Severino Montano c. Leon Ma. Guerrero d. Carlos P. Romulo

6. Material culture refers to the tangible and concrete objects produced by man. Which are example of material culture?
a. Sinulog celebration b. Morriones festival c. Ceremonies of Ivatans d. Stone walls of Tasadays

7. Thomas Carlyle said “The man without a purpose is like a ship without rudder-a waif…” It could be interpreted as:
a. One’s life doesn’t need to be controlled c. There is a strong driving force in one’s life.
b. Direction can never come into one’s life. D. There should be sufficient energy in one’s life.

8. “I die just when the dawn breaks to herald the day.” This is famous quote from:
a. Jose P. Rizal b. Benigno Aquino c. Manuel L. Quezon d. Andres Bonifacio

9. Which among the following is considered the “raw materials of personality development”?
a. Heredity b. Culture c. Environment d. Training

10. Ito ang mga opisyal na wika mula sa panahon ng Republika hanggang sa kasalukuyan.
a. Ingles at Kastila b. Ingles at Tagalog c. Filipino at Kastila d. Ingles at Filipino

11. Ano ang karaniwang iisahing pantig lamang at walang katuturang maibibigay kung nag-iisa?
a. Parirala b. Salita c. Kataga d. Sugnay

12. To what biome does the Philippines belong?

a. Tundra b. Tropical rainforest c. Dipterocarp forest d. Grassland

13. Who did the canvassing of votes for President and Vice President in the 2004 election?
a. Senate and Congress c. Supreme Court and Congress
b. Comelec and Chief Justice d. Joint Committee of Congress

14. What does the expression “love begets love” mean?

a. Love is not freely expected from everyone. c. Love is offered, not waiting for love in return
b. If you offer love, you will be loved in return. d. Don’t expect love, even though you love others.
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15. The hostages are free. They paid their way. What does this statement tell us?
a. They escape after paying c. After ransom they were released
b. They negotiated peacefully d. They were freed without ransom

16. Which gas is released by plants during photosynthesis?

a. Nitrogen b. Oxygen c. Carbon dioxide d. Hydrogen

17. The Organism that eat plants only are called:

a. Ovipores b. Carnivores c. Omnivores d. Herbivores

18. An autocratic ruler who seres his people well is sometimes called a______ dictator.
a. Belligerent b. Beneficial c. Benovelent d. Biatant

19. 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 ½ hours c. Six hours d. 2 ¼ hours

20. 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

21. What process is responsible for the transporting of broken pieces of rocks from where they are formed to other places?
a. Gravitation b. Weathering c. Deposition d. Erosion

22. Forty people joined a picnic. If the ratio of adults to children is 5:3, how many children joined the picnic?
a. Eight b. Fifteen c. Twenty five d. Five

23. During investigation, we follow several steps. Arrange the following in the most logical manner.
a. Draw a generalization b. Perform an experiment c. Significant d. Worthless

24. The bilingual project of the DepEd encourages our students to:
a. Be proficient in English as well as Filipino c. Be proficient in English and the dialect
b. Use Filipino in Tagalog speaking regions d. Use English teaching in all subject

25. If my seem Frivolous to you, but its important to me. What does Frivolous means?
a. Practical b. Vital c. Significant d. Worthless

26. Kailan ginagamit ang isang pananalitang patulad?

a. Sa paghahalintulad ng dalawang diwa. c. Sa paghahambing ng magkatulad na bagay
b. Sa paghahalintulad ng dalawang kaisapan d. Sa paghahambing ng dalawang magkaibang bagay

27. Mahusay “maglubid ng buhangin” ang taong gipit

a. Magyabang b. Maghukay c. Magpaikot –ikot d. Magsinungaling

28. Which of the following organisms transmit the malarial parasites?

a. Flies b. Ants c. Anopheles Mosquito d. Culex Mosquitoes

29. Which term refers to the act of the President to postpone the execution of a convict?
a. Reprieve b. Amnesty c. Commutation d. Pardon

30. October 10 is “red letter day” for the Chinese. Classify this expression.
a. Simile b. Idiom c. Metaphor d. Synonyms

31. Evaluate:( 12+3/5)x.45=

a. 3.24 b. 9 c. 5.4 d. 4.5
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32. Who conducted extensive experiments on pea plants.formulated the laws of heredity and is considered “father of
genetics”?
a. J. Lamarck b. Charles Darwin c. Gregor Mendel d. C.Barr

33. How bigger than 2 than 92?

a. 175 b. 431 c. 47 d. 73

34. Which organism receives the least amount of energy in the energy pyramid?
a. Hawk b. Snake c. Corn plants d. Chicks

35. The line from the Koran,”Woe to every black biter”talks of:
a. Anguish from those who defend unrighteousness c. Punishment for those who say good things
b. Sorrow for those who oppose other’s opinion d. Misery for those who talk ill of others

36. Who among the following is known for his “Filipino First Policy” and Austerity Program?
a. Manual Roxas b. Carlos P.Garcia c. Diosdado Macapagal d. Ramon Magsaysay

37. A rope made of three cords is hard to break: It stand for:

a. Cooperation b. Temptation c. Hard Headedness d. Unity

38. “Yumanig ang gusali sa kanyang mga yabang.”Ito’y isang:

a. Metaphor b. Hyperbole c. Personifikasyon d. Sinekdote

39. The Magsaysay memorial feature __________statue of the well love President .
a. Drab b. Casual c. Colossal d. Caustic

40. Why is Uranium classified as a radioactive elements?

a. It is a useful radio component c. it is artificially produced in the laboratory
b. It emits alpha particles d. It is observed to be hyper active

41. The astronaut could not communicate with one another while on the moon’s surface? why?
a. There is no atmosphere c. There is no weather that occurs
b. Air waves are irregular d. Temperature shuts down sound

42. Which is a new X-ray technique used detect tumors and other minute abnormalities?
a. bean scanner b. Radiation scanner c. Micro detector d. Laser

43. The tool for economic, social, political development of society are:
a. Print media b. Mass com c. Broadcast media d. All of the above

44. Which principles is most timely and proper, when our country is beset by formidable social and economic problems
demanding priority ?
a. Borrow money from abroad c. Impose more taxes on the people
b. Serve and protect the people d. Adhere to economic laws

45. The term that includes aliens as subject to regulation by the state for its defenses is known as:
a. Repatriates b. Immigrant c. Mercenaries d. Foreigner

46. The sector with an indispensable role, in national economic development is the:
a. NGO’s b. Public Sector c. Private sector d. Ethnic sector

47. Improvement of people’s life in all aspect_______ social, economic, etc.

a. Service b. Industrial growth c. Social progress d. Development
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48. A student was given an algebraic expression and told to remove the parenthesis and combine like term. He solved the
problem in the steps indicated below:
I. x(=a +b)+ax II. ax+ax+bx III. (xa+xb)+ax IV. 2ax+bx

Which of the basic laws of arithmetic did he employ?

a. Associative and Distributive c. Commutative and Distributive

b. Commutative only d. Associative, commutative and Distributive

49. The greatest common divisor of 3x2 ,3xy,6x2y and 9x2y2 is:
a. 37 b. 3xy c. 3x2y d. 3

50. The associative law in the process of multiplication states that:

a. a(a x b)x c=ax(b x c) b. a +b x a=a + a + b c. a x b=b x a d. a x (b x c)=(a x b)+(a x c)

51. The “3” in the upper right hand corner denotes:

a. Ordinal meaning of the number c. Total collection at a particular point
b. Cardinal meaning of the number d. Fractional part of the total paper

52. In mathematics, counting is defined as the:

a. First operation learned in arithmetic c. Ordered mapping of the object of a set
b. Decimal system of numeration d. Way to arouse interest in numbers

53. Gastric juice aids in the digestion of:

a. Minerals b. Starch c. Protein d. Dextrose

54. The sun has direct effect on the heating of:

a. Dessert b. Air c. Water d. all of the above

55. Granite is a rock that resulted from the:

a. Cooling of molten minerals c. Cementing of sand
b. Sedimentation d. Eruption of a volcano

56. Isotopes of the same elements has different numbers of:

a. Neutrons b. Protons c. Electrons d. Atoms

57. When 5grams of water freeze at 00c,the amount of heat liberated is:
a. 400 calories b. 80 calories c. 288 calories d. no calories

58. The smallest possible number of atoms in a molecule is:

a. Three b. Four c. Two d. None

59. The boiling point of water in degree Kelvin (absolute) is;

a. 373 degrees b. 100 degrees c. 273 degrees d. 212 degrees

60. Rottenstone, rouge and whiting are used for:

a. Sterilizing b. Polishing c. Coloring d. Cleaning

61. The most famous of all portraits of Washington was painted by:
a. Gilbert Stuart b. Benjamin West c. Edward Hopper d. Thomas Sully

62. Of the fallowing schools of painting, the one associated with the technique of “broken color” is:
a. Surrealism b. Pointillism c. Impressionism d. Purism

63. In using tap water to set up an aquarium, the water must:

a. Be hard rather than soft water
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b. Have calcium sulfate crystal added to prevent formation of algae

c. Be treated with chemical to destroy the bacteria present in tap water
d. Be allowed to stand for a period of approximately 24 hrs to dissolved chlorine to escape

64. The statement that a buoyant force on a floating body is equal to the weight of fluid displaced is known as the principle
law of:
a. Archimedes b. Galileo c. Bernoulli d. Newton

65. Bile is used in the human body in the digestion of:

a. Protein b. Fats c. Carbohydrates d. Sugars

66. Potassium and sodium are necessary nutrients because they are used:
a. Aid in tooth and bone development c. Maintain water balance in body fluids
b. Form hemoglobin in red blood cells d. Form hydrochloric acid in the stomach

67. Flower that has no fragrance are usually pollinated by:

a. Insect b. Wind c. Small animals d. Human beings
68. A steep walled basin in a mountainside at the head of a glacial valley is called a:
a. Caldera b. Cirque c. Drumlin d. Pothole

69. One of the major breakthrough in the development of gene splicing was the:
a. Improvement in the resolution power of the electron microscope
b. Discovery of the cancer fighting properties of SV 40
c. Used of plasmid to transport new genes
d. Isolation of the E coli bacteria

70. The amount of light entering the eye is controlled by the:

a. Retina b. Iris c. Optic nerve d. Cornea

71. Which list the life cycle of the butterfly in correct order?
a. Egg, larva, pupa, adult b. Egg, nymph, pupa, adult c. Larva, pupa, egg, adult d. Larva, egg, pupa, adult

72. An area on a weather map marked “high” means high:

a. Temperature b. Reactive humidity c. Air pressure d. Wind speed

73. In most flower pollen is produced in the:

a. Pistil b. Corolla c. Stamen d. Ovary

74. Of the planets below, which has the largest number of satellites?
a. Neptune b. Jupiter c. Mercury d. Earth

75. Which of the following statement best distinguishes electrolytes from non electrolytes?
a. Electrolytes and non electrolytes are really both covalent compound
b. Electrolytes can be covalent or ionic compound but must be ionic in solution
c. Electrolytes are always ionic compounds while non –electrolytes are always covalent
d. Non-electrolytes are usually insoluble in water while electrolytes are always soluble in water.

76. The time it takes for the earth to complete a sixty degrees rotation is:
a. Six hours b. Four hours c. Twenty four hours d. Twelve hours

77. The living material comprising the bulk of a cell is called the:
a. Chloroplast b. Protoplasm c. Cytochrome d. Genes

78. 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
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b. Group AB blood into a group B person d. Group A blood into a group O person

79. Of the following, the lightest element known in earth is:

a. Pitchlende b. Hydrogen c. Chalcopyrite d. Helium

80. Physical education includes which of the following domains

I. Psychomotor II. Cognitive III. Affective
a. I and II b. II and III c. I and III d. I, II and III

81. Which of the following statements is true about the referred food value of the 3 meals each day?
a. The heaviest food value should be at dinner.
b. The heaviest food value should be at breakfast.
c. They should all be the same or nearly the same in food value
d. It makes no difference as long as there is one meal heavy in food value

82. A sound program on tobacco use would include which of the following?
I. Consideration of the effects of tobacco on the body III. A test for knowledge of tobacco and smoking
II. Role playing how to refuse cigarettes from a friend IV. Trying different cigarettes for taste.
a. I, III, and IV b. I, II and III c. I and II only d. All of the above

83. Which of the following explains why it is often misleading to refer to a painting of Peter Paul Rubens as “genuine”?
a. Only copies of his work by his pupils is now exist.
b. “Rubens” was one of Rembrandt’s pseudonyms.
c. Most were begun by Rubens but detailed or completed by others.
d. He never actually painted anything but only managed a painting workshop.

84. Which of the following kinds of scenes is often associated with Paul Cezanne?
a. Formal portrait b. Still life c. Informal portrait d. Action Study

85. 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

86. Which of the following statements does not apply to adolescents?

a. They desire the approval of their parents c. They have a marked sex development
b. They seek dependence on their parents d. None of the above

87. Regarding the sexual maturation of boys and girls, teachers should bear in mind that:
a. There are no marked differences in their time of maturity
b. Girls mature at an earlier stage than boys.
c. Girls mature at a later stage than boys
d. Boys and girls mature at the same time.

88. Which of the following is true of abnormal Psychology?

a. It concentrates on the scholastic performance of the individual.
b. It investigates the educational background of the individual
c. It measures the accomplishments of the individual
d. It studies the causes of personality defects

89. The ratio obtained by dividing mental age by chronological are times 100 is called:
a. Intelligence ratio c. Intelligence quotient or IQ
b. Deviation d. Derived quotient

90. Every citizen has the right to select a profession or course he desires but he is subject to:
a. Fair and reasonable selection c. Equitable admission requirements
b. Academic requirements d. All of the above
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91. Granting free education to the poor but deserving students provided that they comply with the rules of the institution is
known as:
a. Incentive b. Scholarship c. Privilege d. Donation

92. All these are essential elements of national development, except this component:
a. Education b. Technology c. Religion d. Science

93. The path to economic, political, social development must be thru:

a. Dole out system c. Help people help themselves
b. Crab mentality d. Honoraria system

94. One of the following does not constitute the goal of national economy:
a. Expanding productivity c. Equitable distribution of income
b. Reforestation d. Increase in amount of goods

95. the distribution that is steep with a narrow range is called:

a. Platycurtic b. Kutosis c. Mesokurtic d. Leptokurtic

96. Which of the following cannot illustrate two distributions together?

a. Histogram c. Cumulative frequency curve
b. Scattergram d. Cumulative percentage curve

97. In a normal distribution, one standard deviation from the mean is approximately equal to:
a. Fifty percent b. Twenty five percent c. Seventy five percent d. Thirty four percent

98. A clear example of a future oriented test is the:

a. Personality test c. National Achievement test
b. National college entrance d. Otislemon mental ability test

99. Attitudes towards communism or socialism are best measured with:

a. Forced triads c. Checklist & multiple choice test
b. Sociometry d. Questionnaire & interviews

100. A class of 59 was given a test. The mean was 110 and the standard deviation was 12. The Z-score of a score of 120 is:
a. 1 b. 1.5 c. – 1.5 d. – 1

101. Select from the following number statements the one statement in which the mathematical sign ≥ would be
approximately placed with the circle.
a. 64 + 36 ( ) 10 + 80 b. 5 + 16 ( ) 17 + 4 c. 51 + 40 ( ) 8 + 5 d. 20 + 40 ( ) 30 + 10

102. The area of a rectangle is 12.8 cm2 , what is its length if its width is 3.2 cm?
a. 3.8 cm b. 1.6 cm c. 4.5 cm d. 4.0 cm

103. Find the area of a triangle whose base is 14 cm and whose height is 10 cm.
a. 88 cm2 b. 70 cm2 c. 140 cm2 d. 114 cm2

104. What is the expanded form of (2a – 1)3?

a. 6a3 – 10a2 – 6a – 1 b. 4a3 – 4a2 + 1 c. 8a3 – 12a2 + 6a – 1 d. 8a3 – 6a2 + 2a + 1

Select the answer that contains the correct version of the underline word(s):

105. If the parents would have shown more interest, her daughter would have been in college today.
a. If the parents would have showed more interest c. Should the parents have shown more interest
b. If the parents would have shown more interest d. If the parents had shown more interest
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106. Being an intelligent person, the slur was disregarded by him.

a. Being that he was an intelligent person, the slur was disregarded by him.
b. Being that he was an intelligent person, he disregarded the slur.
c. Being an intelligent person, the slur was disregarded by him
d. Being an intelligent person, he disregarded the slur.

107. Whoever the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad.
a. Whomever b. Whosoever c. Whomever d. Whoever

108. The man spoke polite and sensible, belying his bizarre and menacing appearance.
a. polite and sensitively b. politely and sensibly c. polite and made sense d. polite and sensible

109. Her brother never has and never will be dependable.

a. never had b. never has been c. not ever has d. hardly never has

110. The reason Jack is going to Arabia is because he needs a dry climate.
a. is because he needs b. is because he needed c. is on account of he needs d. is that he needs

111. Now kick your feet into the water like Gerry just did.
a. like Gerry just did b. like Gerry just done c. as Gerry just did d. as Gerry just did

112. After he graduated high school, he went to Canada.

a. After he graduated high school c. After he graduated from high school
b. When he graduated high school d. After he had graduated from high school

113. The recurrence of identical sounds help to awaken the emoticons.

a. assist in awakening b. will help to be awakened c. helps to awaken d. help to wake up

114. 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

115. An example of a basic sentence of the Noun-Verb-Noun pattern is:

a. The boy hit the ball c. The dog was killed yesterday
b. Do you live here? d. I cannot go with you.

116. Content word which are usually stresses in sentence are:

a. pronouns and articles c. nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs
b. articles, nouns, prepositions d. interjections and conjunction

117. The core of all language teaching is still:

a. writing composition c. active meaningful pattern drill
b. spelling words aloud d. listening to stories and poem

118. Which of the following procedure would be expected to ensure the reliability of a test? Increasing the:
a. length of the test c. number of types of items in the test
b. heterogeneity of the test d. homogeheity of the test

119. Which of the following scores is meaningless:

a. a stanine of 5 b. raw score of 45 c. a t – score of 60 d. a z – score of 1.5

120. The mid score or median of the following scores: 20, 24, 25, 10, 15, 24, 20: is:
a. Ten b. Twenty c. twenty four d. Fifteen

121. Which of these groups would be more likely to have a distribution of scores very close to a normal curve?
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a. a very bright class of pupils c. a very slow group of pupils

b. a very large group of unselected pupils d. a very small group of unselected pupils

122. The Rorschach test and Thematic association test are both referred to as _____ test.
a. Sociometric b. Analytic c. Projective d. Psychometric

123. Which of the following is considered as a serious with personality tests?

a. Usability b. Reliability c. Validity d. Scorability

124. If we multiply each score by 2, what happens to the standard deviation?

a. multiplied by 1.5 b. multiplied by 2 c. multiplied by 4 d. remains the same

125. What are the prime factors of 128?

a. 2 x 2 x 2 x 4 x 4 b. 1 x 2 x 8 c. 2 x 3 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 d. 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2

126. What is the least common multiple of 24 and 80?

a. 80 b. 360 c. 480 d. 240

127. The exchange rate of US dollars to peso is S1 = Php 47.90 what is the value of 1 in American cents?
a. 02 b. 4.79 c. 479 d. 2

128. Our school has 8 male teachers who comprise 25% of all our teachers. How many teachers do we have?
a. 28 b. 32 c. 24 d. 40

129. The contributory factors to acid rain are the use of:
a. pesticides b. Refrigerants c. fossils fuels d. nuclear energy

130. The thinning down of the ozone layer is believed to cause:

a. Ulcer b. Baldness c. skin cancer d. heat stroke

131. If we experience greenhouse effect, we shall have:

I. Warmer climate III. Cooler climate
II. Increase in the level of CO2 in the atmosphere IV. Increase in the level of O2 in the atmosphere
a. I only b. I and II c. III and IV d. II only

132. The force required to maintain an object at a constant speed in free space is equal to:
a. the mass of the object b. the weight of the object c. Zero d. the force required to stop it

133. What type of eclipse occurs when the moon is directly between the sun and the earth?
a. partial lunar b. Lunar c. Solar d. Stellar

134. The removal of broken pieces of rocks from the parent rock by the action of wind or water is termed:
a. Silting b. Erosion c. Deposition d. Weathering

135. Which is right violated by wiretapping?

a. freedom of expression c. the right to privacy of communication
b. the right to private property d. the right to information on matters of public concern

136. 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

137. What is the term of office of an elective local official?

a. 6 years b. 3 years c. 1 year d. 5 years
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138. Which officials have their term of office determined by Local Code?
a. Local judges b. Local COA c. Barangay officials d. Local municipal judiciary officials

139. What component in the local government unit shall have a sectoral representative as may be prescribed by law?
a. Judiciary b. Executive c. Administrative d. Legislative

140. The following are stretched into the legislative agenda for the furtherance of the socio-economic growth of the
autonomous regions through development:
a. Social b. Economic c. Tourism d. all of the above

141. Who has the control and supervision of all executive departments?
a. The Vice President b. The Secretary of Interior c. The President d. The Executive Secretary

142. The standard territorial and political subdivision of the Philippines is into:
a. municipalities and barangay c. provinces and cities
b. the autonomous regions d. all of the above

143. The local official with the longest term of office is:
a. the provincial office b. the municipal official c. the city official d. the barangay official

144. The official, under the 1987 Constitution, who has the general supervision powers over all the local government is
the:
a. President b. Vice President c. Speaker of the House d. Senate President