GENERAL EDUCATION 4 d) must be physically fit and literate
LET MOCK TESTS - THE CONTEMPORARY
WORLD, SOCIAL SCIENCES
1. How many nautical miles measured from
the baselines are comprised of the states’
territorial seas?*
a) 200 nautical miles
b) 12 nautical miles
c) 14 nautical miles
d) 15 nautical miles
2. In what region could you find Isabela,
Nueva Viscaya and Quirino?*
a) Cagayan Valley Region
b) Cordillera Administrative Region
c) Western Visayas Region
d) Ilocos Region
3. This occurs when a firm or agency gains
control of other firms or agencies performing
similar marketing functions at the same
level in the marketing sequence.*
a) Backward Integration
b) Horizontal Integration
c) Forward Integration
d) Vertical Integration
4. Children learn culture from parents and
teachers. What is the process called?*
a) assimilation
b) enculturation
c) acculturation
d) accommodation
5. Which of the following would refer to the
“Funnel Effect”?*
a) every criminal would be caught and be
punished
b) all crimes are under the same criminal
justice
c) very few criminals are punished
d) criminal justice is fully implemented in the
Philippines
6. Which of the following branches of the
United Nations has the main purpose of
decision-making and upholding the
principles of the UN through its policies and
recommendations?*
a) The International Court of Justice
b) The UN General Assembly
c) The Economic and Social Council
d) The UN Security Council
7. Of the following, which is NOT a required
qualification to have the right to vote?*
a) 18 years old and above
b) resides in the Philippines not less than a
year and at least six months before the
election
c) citizen of the Philippines
8. Which of the following statements best
describe the United Nations Convention on
the Law of the Sea?*
a) All of the statements are correct
b) The UNCLOS created the ITLOS or the
International Tribunal for the Law of the
Sea.
c) This convention is where the Philippines
and other countries should appeal on
maritime disputes with other countries.
d) The UNCLOS is an example of an
International Convention.
9. It is a monotheistic religion developed
among the ancient Hebrews:*
a) Christianity
b) Judaism
c) Islam
d) Buddhism
10. It is of utmost educational importance that
the social basis of human nature should be
habitual when?*
a) man resorts to war, terrorism, or violence to
call the society’s attention
b) man fails to correct some of the worst social
ills
c) man rearranges social circumstances to let
self-restraint give way to social justice
d) man has to learn to fight to protect one’s life
and preserve one’s culture
11. The secret society Jose Rizal established
was designed to promote civic and patriotic
education among Filipinos*
a) To the Filipino Youth
b) Compañerismo
c) Propaganda
d) La Juventud
12. Democracy refers to the involvement of all
citizens in the control of the government,
while an oligarchy relegates control of
government to _____.*
a) an autocrat
b) a select few
c) the mother country
d) a religious group
13. The following are examples of the primary
sectors of the economic system EXCEPT:*
a) farming
b) agriculture
c) construction
d) mining
14. Refers to the passing of culture to the nest
generation*
a) religion
b) education
c) language
d) arts c) provide credit facilities like loans and
financing
15. Which of the following statements best d) provide the necessary support facilities,
describe the Exclusive Economic Zone institutions, and services
(EEZ)?*
22. It is the most important basis in the
a) All parts of the sea that are not within an
EEZ, the territorial sea, internal waters, or formation of the social unit in a society*
archipelagic waters (Article 86, UNCLOS a) mutual interest
III). b) kinship
b) The sovereign right in the EEZ is essentially c) education
exclusive in the sense that no one may d) age and sex
claim it.
c) It comprised the seabed and its subsoil, the 23. These regions are also called formal
adjacent waters, and the airspace. regions wherein some trait is shared with
d) It comprised the submarine areas that relative uniformity across the space.*
extend beyond its territorial sea. a) Vernacular regions
b) Functional regions
16. What term is alternatively used to refer to c) Nodal regions
Third World countries?* d) Uniform regions
a) Superpower
b) Underdeveloped country 24. Britain, France, Germany, Russia,
c) Independent country Netherlands, Japan, and the United States
d) Developing country colonized countries and spread their
empires. These nations have created global
17. It is the societal integration within a region
economic, political, cultural, and social
and an often undirected process of social
connections around the world. The
and economic integration.*
extending of a country's power and
a) ASEAN Integration
b) globalization influence is called:*
c) regionalism a) Communism
d) global governance b) Interactionism
c) Imperialism
d) Fascism
18. The process of two cultures borrowing from
each other* 25. Social media has become a ubiquitous part
a) assimilation of daily life, but this growth and evolution
b) culture area have been in the works since the late 70s.
c) mixed culture
d) diffusion From the primitive days of newsgroups,
listservs, and the introduction of early chat
19. World body with 143 member countries that rooms, social media has changed the way
set governing rules in economic relations we communicate, gather, and share
and trade.* information, and given rise to a connected
a) World Trade Organization global society (Morrison, 2015). This
b) United Nations evolution of social media is what aspect of
c) General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade globalization?*
d) U.N. Conference on Trade and a) Political
Development b) Economic
c) Sociological
20. It is the process of maintaining and d) Cultural
managing an online presence in an
organized way.* 26. Refers to the increasing reliance on
a) Network governance markets, not governments, to guide
b) complex web governance economic activity.*
c) side-by-side governance a) privatization
d) top-down governance b) deregulation
c) liberalization
21. CARP’s (Comprehensive Agrarian Reform d) globalization
Program) primary aim or purpose is:*
a) achieve a dignified existence for the small 27. Economic crisis compels countries together.
farmers An example of this is,*
b) make the tiller the owner of the land he a) When foreign currency speculators
cultivates demanded the Asian government pay back
its loan.
b) When Thailand’s economy collapsed,
ASEAN countries agreed to establish an
emergency fund to anticipate the crisis
c) IMF reversed the crisis
d) When Vietnam invaded Cambodia
28. If the school is considered an agent of
social and cultural change, it should function
as a?*
a)
b) transmitter of culturepioneer of programs
c) perpetuator of tradition
d) innovator of instructions
29. Who theorized that the 1st World was
composed of the "superpowers" - US,
Soviet Union, etc; the 2nd World was
composed of lesser powers, and the 3rd
World was composed of post-colonial
emerging markets?*
a) Nelson Mandela
b) Winston Churchill
c) Mao Zedong
d) Adolf Hitler
30. The Code of Kalantiao which was allegedly
written in 1443 gave the early Filipinos
insights into ______?*
a) families characterized by nobility
b) the formal and informal systems of
education
c) the country’s educational system
d) personal and social relations
31. What are the institutional arrangements
designed to facilitate the free flow of goods
and services and to coordinate foreign
economic policies between countries in the
same geographic region?*
a) Political regionalism
b) Autonomous regionalism
c) Economic regionalism
d) Functional regionalism
32. Why is every government employee
required to submit an annual SALN?*
a) to determine who deserves a promotion
b) to determine who is fit for the job
c) to safeguard the people from corruption
d) to be objective in performance evaluation
33. With which are the words “cha-cha” and
“con-ass” associated?*
a) return to dictatorial form of government
b) division between senate and house of
representatives
c) imposition of Martial Law
d) amendment of the present constitution
34. Economic globalization is the increasing
economic interdependence of national
economies across the world through a rapid
increase in the cross-border movement of
goods, services, technology, and capital.
Some sociologists, like William I. Robinson,
have argued that because a capitalist
economy is premised on growth and
expansion, a globalized economy is the
inevitable result of ________________.*
a) Communism
b) Socialism
c) Capitalism
d) Interactionism
35. It is the power of the state to impose a
charge or burden upon persons, property, or
property rights for the use and support of
the government and to enable it to
discharge its appropriate functions.*
a) expropriation
b) eminent domain
c) taxation
d) police power
36. It is the proneness of the governments and
peoples of two or more states to establish
voluntary associations and to pool together
resources to create common functional and
institutional arrangements and a process
occurring in a given geographical region by
which different types of actors come to
share certain fundamental values and
norms:*
a) Communism
b) Regionalism
c) Fascism
d) Socialism
37. A type of migration that refers to a move
from one area (a province, district, or
municipality) to another within one country:*
a) International migration
b) Return migration
c) Internal migration
d) Seasonal migration
38. As an insular country, to which principle
does the Philippines adhere when it comes
to the territorial boundary?*
a) 350 nautical miles from shore
b) 3-mile territorial limit
c) Archipelagic doctrine
d) 200 nautical miles from the country’s coast
39. In the Hindu traditions, the doctrine of
nonviolence and reverence for all life is
called…?*
a) ahimsa
b) moksha
c) zen
d) nirvana
40. When businesses want to manufacture their system of government or a communist
products at a cheaper rate, they employ the system of government?*
services from developing countries which is a) First World
possible in countries such as China and b) Second World
Cambodia, where manufacturing costs and c) Fourth World
d) Third World
wages are lower than highly developed
countries. This business practice is called 47. Of the branches of the government, which
____________.* has the responsibility to formulate laws?*
a) local employment a) cabinet
b) networking b) judiciary
c) freelancing c) executive
d) outsourcing d) legislative
41. When recession gets prolonged resulting in 48. Which is the Independence Law of the
a slump in business activity, we are in a Philippines?*
period of ______?* a) Tydings-McDuffie Law
a) deflation b) Cooper Act
b) economic boom c) Jones Law
c) inflation d) Hare-Hawes-Cutting Law
d) depression
49. Which of the following is not included in the
42. This is one of the progressive values/forces areas encompassed by regionalism?*
that are considered as products of a) Identities
globalization that is about the independence b) Sustainable Development
of nations* c) Health
a) Peace d) Ethics
b) Autonomy
c) Ecological Sustainability 50. The integration of national markets into a
d) Democracy single world marketplace where goods,
services financial capital, and technology
43. The government wants a piece of private flow unhampered between countries.*
land for a government project but the owner a) globalization
resisted, how may the government own the b) free trade zone
land?* c) market integration
a) right of eminent domain d) market liberation
b) right of habeas corpus
c) right of government ownership 51. The timeframe over which a thing is
d) right of a sovereign over the governed created, passed on to exhibit, and over the
long run removed from the world market*
44. Which statement is TRUE of the pre- a) item life cycle
Spanish Filipino government?* b) market evolution
a) there was a court created by the datu to c) product improvement
hear complaints d) degeneration period
b) the datu exercised all powers of the
government 52. It is a socio-economic and political divide of
c) laws were formulated by a law-making body countries, comprising the three worlds
appointed by the datu known as First, Second, and Third Worlds.*
d) laws were formulated by a law-making body
a) East-West Divide
elected by the community
b) East-North Divide
c) West-South Divide
45. One of the traditional challenges of a
d) North-South Divide
country is an invasion of other countries,
which is also called:* 53. This law allows college students to choose
a) social conflict among the three component programs of
b) external intervention national service namely ROTC, literacy
c) civil war
training service, or civic welfare training.*
d) military unrest
a) National Defense Service Act
46. What was the term used to describe several b) National Integrated Service Act
c) Civil Service Act
industrial countries and the majority of these
d) National Service Training Program Act
countries either practiced a socialistic (NSTP Act)
54. A form of media, such as radio and a) Globalization
television, that reach target audiences using b) Helping the bottom billion
airwaves as the transmission medium:* c) Trade Protectionism
d) Fair Trade
a) digital media
b) new media
61. The exchange rate system was all based on
c) print media
d) broadcast media the value of gold, but it was replaced by a
currency that is determined by its cost
55. Which of the following terms refer to one relative to other currencies.*
who is to be engaged, is engaged, or has a) Fiat currency
been engaged, in a remunerated activity in b) Philippine Peso
a state of which he or she is not a national?* c) Silver
d) Dollar currency
a) OFW
b) refuge
62. There are 3 fundamental human rights
c) tourist
d) migrant worker according to the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights. These are:*
56. What do you call the right of the state which a) life, dignity and security
tells that all states have a right to send and b) life, economy and self-development
receive diplomatic missions, which enables c) life, liberty, and security
d) life, security and self-development
states to carry on friendly intercourse?*
a) the right to independence 63. The following statements best describe the
b) the right to legation
purpose of the World Trade Organization
c) the right to equality
d) the right to territorial integrity and jurisdiction (WTO) EXCEPT:*
a) It operates a global system of trade rules.
57. What is meant by the statement: “The b) It promotes global monetary cooperation
Filipino has many faces.”?* and international financial stability.
c) It is the only global international
a) he lost the original Filipino traits with the
organization dealing with the rules of trade
coming of the colonizers
between nations.
b) he is so flexible that he ends up changing
d) It settles trades disputes between its
his mind again and again
members.
c) his values are ambivalent
d) his one trait is being “doble cara”
64. The phenomenon wherein fertility declines
58. Social stratification is the system used in and life expectancy rises, the proportion of
assigning men their respective ranks in the the population above a certain age rises as
society based on the?* well:*
a) factors such as income, wealth, education, a) fertility
work, and lifestyle b) birth rate
b) acquired social and cultural heritage of his c) population ageing
society d) mortality
c) one’s social stratum to another laterally,
horizontally, and vertically 65. The term Buddha is a Sanskrit word that
d) the person’s view of his social position in means*
the society a) Awakened One
b) Blessed One
59. The member of the third rank (the highest) c) Chosen One
of the Katipunan was called ______ and d) Consecrated One
wore a red shroud and a ribbon edged with
66. In what town in Tarlac did the famous
green piping symbolizing courage and
“Death March”, which started in Bataan,
hope.*
end?*
a) alipin
b) kawal a) Gerona
c) bayani b) Capas
d) kalipon c) Camiling
d) Concepcion
60. This is aimed at a more moral and equitable
67. This means delivering sufficient food to the
global economic system whereby price is
entire world population*
not set by the market rather it is
a) Digitalization
transparently negotiated by both producers
b) Sustainable Development
and consumers* c) Sustainability
d) Global Security 74. He is viewed as the sole God-creator,
sustainer, and restorer of the world in the
68. An example of a large country that has a lot Islam religion:*
of resources to dictate how it participates in a) Brahman
processes of global integration* b) Waheguru
a) Japan c) Yahweh
b) China d) Allah
c) Singapore 75. The most serious challenge faced by
d) USA regionalism*
69. The following statements are correct about a) A resurgence of militant nationalism and
globalization except for the following:* populism
a) Globalization is a process of interaction and b) Disagreement among members
integration among the people, companies, c) Financial Crisis
and governments of different nations, a d) Differing visions of regionalism
process driven by international trade and
investment and aided by information 76. In accordance to Republic Act. No. 9225,
technology. the Philippines recognizes …*
b) Globalization is a recent phenomenon that a) jus sanguinis only
traces its origin in the Information Age and b) citizenship of the parents only
thrived because of the presence of social c) dual citizenship
media and new technologies. d) jus soli only
c) Globalization represents the global
integration of international trade, 77. Who among these Philippine propagandists
investment, information technology, and
used the pennames Dimasalang and
cultures.
d) Globalization is the free movement of LaongLaan?*
goods, services, and people across the a) Julio Llorente
world in a seamless and integrated manner. b) Graciano Lopez Jaena
c) Jose Rizal
70. The phenomenon of driving out the poor in d) Marcelo del Pilar
favor of newer and wealthier residents*
78. How do organizations cope with the
a) Gentrification
b) Cyberbalkanization challenges of globalization?*
c) Banlieue a) By forming eco-net
d) Splinter b) By forming political networks
c) By forming social relations
71. When one company controls the supply of d) By forming regional organizations
sugar, which term applies?*
79. The work that deprives children of their
a) monopoly
b) equilibrium childhood, their potential, and their dignity,
c) economic stability and that is harmful to physical and mental
d) inflation development is called:*
a) child protection
72. Globalization is spatial because it occurs in b) child marriage
physical places. Which of the following does c) child labor
not support the statement?* d) child development
a) Foreign investments and capital move
through cities 80. It is an environmental milestone that
b) People start purchasing high-rise requires industries to install anti-pollution
condominiums devices and ban the use of incinerators.*
c) Cities act on globalization and globalization a) the Environmental Care Act
acts on cities. b) the Anti-Pollution Law
d) More poor people are driven out of city c) the Clean Air Act
centers d) the Greenpeace Act

73. It occurs when prices among different
locations or related goods follow similar
patterns over a long period.*
a) Asian regionalism
b) global Interstate System
c) market Integration
d) cultural hybridization
81. These organizations were established to
link together geographically and
ideologically related states:*
a) public organizations
b) international organizations
c) private organizations
d) regional organizations
82. The theory that population increases by
geometrical ratio while the means of
subsistence increases by arithmetical ratio
is attributed to ________?*
a) Aristotle
b) Marx
c) Malthus
d) Durkheim
83. Which was well accepted by the Filipinos
under Spanish rule?*
a) the practice of polo
b) representation in the Cortes
c) employment of reduccion
d) payment of buwis
84. The level of personal or family income
below which one is classified as poor
according to governmental standards:*
a) Social Class
b) Poverty line
c) Income matrix
d) Lifestyle reference
85. According to some scholars, the oldest
living religion on Earth is ______:*
a) Hinduism
b) Islam
c) Christianity
d) Buddhism
86. The measurement of the total value of a
country’s economic production.*
a) Net National Income
b) Gross National Product (GNP)
c) Per Capita Income
d) National Income
87. Which of the following statements best
describe Multinational or Transnational
Corporations (MNCs or TNCs)?*
a) These are countries that remain
economically dependent on the core in
several ways that tend to reinforce each
other.
b) They often locate their factories in
countries which can provide the
cheapest labor to save up for expenses
in the making of a product.
c) They work with the private sector for
investment and policy reforms to promote
private sector expansion.
d) Corporations that provide technical services
and products not for profit but overall
economic development.
88. Which of the following statements does not
describe the law of the sea?*
a) It is a body of international rules that binds
states and other subjects of international
law in their maritime affairs.
b) The disputes concerning the law of the sea
should be solved with the aid of the
UNCLOS.
c) The principle of freedom should not be
considered as a principle that has a huge
impact on the law of the sea.
d) The law of the sea is in accordance with the
International Law
89. It is a continuing process of forming regions
as geopolitical units, as organized political
cooperation within a particular group of
states, and/or as regional communities such
as pluralistic security communities:*
a) Regionalization
b) Globalization
c) Universalization
d) Internationalization
90. The following statements refer to the history
of the United Nations, EXCEPT?*
a) It is established during World War II.
b) 193 country's representatives met and held
the United Nations Conference
c) United Nations means Allies to fight against
the Axis Powers
d) the United States President Franklin
Roosevelt coined the name United Nations
91. Why do countries form regional
associations?*
a) Military Defense
b) Economic Plan
c) Civil War
d) European conflict
92. What does “presumption of innocence”
mean in so far as human rights are
concerned? A suspect _____?*
a) is considered guilty unless proven otherwise
b) remains innocent until proven guilty
c) has the right to legal counsel
d) has the right to remain silent
93. Which of the following statements is not an
Aim of ASEAN?*
a) Accelerate the economic growth
b) Promote Southeast Asian studies
c) Originates and deals in ideas as a broker
d) Promote regional peace and stability
94. A product that was bought from the global
market.*
a) souvenir
b) trade
c) export
d) import
95. The preservation and development of
Filipino culture should be one of the
responsibilities of the state as provided in
the Constitution to promote _______.*
a) historical awareness
b) national interest
c) national identity
d) international recognition

96. The term used to describe the role of media

in promoting transparency in public life and
public scrutiny of those with power through
exposing corruption, maladministration, and
corporate wrong-doing:*
a) Underdog
b) Sheepdog
c) Watchdog
d) Lapdog

97. Which is the fundamental law of the state,

indicating the framework of the government,
its powers, the rights, and responsibilities of
the citizens?*
a) preamble
b) civil code
c) constitution
d) omnibus code

98. The voyage of Ferdinand Magellan is

considered the greatest single achievement
in the history of sea exploration for it*
a) made Spain the mistress of the sea
b) marked the discovery of a westward route to
the East
c) marked the first circumnavigation of the
globe
d) proved the Earth is not flat

99. This can be defined "as a moral and ethical

disposition that can guide the understanding
of individuals or groups of local and global
contexts, and remind them of their relative
responsibilities within various
communities."*
a) Sustainable Development
b) Global Security
c) Digitalization
d) Global Citizenship

100. Which of the following statements is

true about the effects of globalization?*
a) Globalization promotes interconnection
among diverse national economies.
b) Globalization has influenced the standard of
life and personal satisfaction of people and
families throughout the world.
c) Globalization creates a more level playing
field between nations and businesses.
d) All of the choices.