DIRECTION: Analyze the given questions 5.

What book of Reynaldo Illeto can be

below. Shade the letter of the correct answer. considered as a turning point in the history of
Philippine historical writing?
1. This is an essay written by Dr. Jose Rizal
which was published in La Solidaridad.
A) Knowledge and Pacification
B) Filipinos and the Revolution
A) The Philippines a Century Hence C) Pasyon and Revolution
B) A La Juventud Filipina D) The Diorama Experience
C) Review of Madrid
D) The Indolence of the Filipino 6. Who wrote the “Pag-ibig sa Tinubuang
Lupa”?
2. The order of friars that arrived in the
Philippines were the following: A) Andres Bonifacio
B) Marcelo H. del Pilar
C) Emilio Jacinto
A) Augustinian, Fransciscan, Dominican, D) Jose Rizal
Jesuits, Recollect
B) Augustinian, Dominican, Franciscan, 7. This is a satire of the friars in the
Jesuit, Recollect Philippines during the Spanish period written
C) Augustinian, Fransciscan, Jesuits, by Marcelo H. del Pilar.
Dominican, Recollect
D) Augustinian, Dominican, Jesuit, A) Pag-ibig sa Tinubuang Lupa
Franciscan, Recollect B) Fray Botod
C) Pasyon and Revolution
3. Among the Spanish officials who served D) Dasalan at Tocsohan
the country, he can be considered as the
most respected and his “Sucesos de las Islas 8. He was the one who revolutionized the
Filipinas” is one of the most reliable sources writing of Philippine history with his effort to
of information regarding the 16th century write the history of the Philippines using a
Philippines. Filipino standpoint.

A) Dr. Antonio de Morga A) Teodoro Agoncillo

B) Captain Miguel de Loarca B) Fr. Jose Arcilla
C) Thomas de Comyn C) Dr. Antonio Molina
D) Jose Montero y Vidal D) Dr. Conrado Benitez

4. The following were foreign residents and 9. Who wrote the “Cracks in the Parchment
writers who wrote their observation of the Curtain”, which was considered as one of the
Philippines EXCEPT: authoritative works in Philippine pre-history?

A) Antonio Pigafetta A) Dr. Landa Jocano

B) Henry Peddington B) Teodoro Agoncillo
C) Paul de la Goromiere C) William Henry Scott
D) Dr. Feodor Jagor D) Reynaldo Illeto
10. This book of Fray Juan de la Plasencia is C) Estados de las Islas Filipinas en 1810
considered as the first civil code of the D) Relacion de las Islas Filipinas
Philippines.
15. Who wrote the “Historia General de
Filipinas Desde Descubrimiento Hastra
A) Relacion de las Islas Filipinas Nuestros Diaz”?
B) Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas
C) Los Casturibres de los Tagalogs
D) Historia de las Islas Filipinas A) Antonio Pigafetta
B) Jose Montero y Vidal
C) Dr. Antonio de Morga
11. Written by Vicente Rafael, this is a good D) Captain Miguel de Loarca
follow-up to the work of Ileto.
16. Who wrote “Historia de la Provincial del
Santo Rosario” which showcased their
A) Pamathalaan missionary activities?
B) The Philippines: A Past Revisited
C) Revolt of the Masses
D) Contracting Colonialism A) Fr. Baltazar de Santa Cruz
B) Fr. Diego de Advante
C) Zeus Salazar
12. Who wrote “Estado de las Islas Filipinas D) Fr. Diego Colantes
en 1810” which became valuable because of
its description of the colonial economy? 17. He wrote the “Perspective on
Contemporary Philippine Historiography”.

A) Thomas de Comyn
B) Antonio Pigafetta A) Leslie Bauzon
C) Captain Miguel de Loarca B) Renato Constantino
D) Henry Peddington C) Dr. Zeus Salazar
D) Samuel Tan
13. Who wrote the “Relacion de las Islas
Filipinas” which highlighted the material 18. Which refers to the theory and history of
culture of the early Filipinos? historical writing?

A) Antonio Pigafetta A) Historiography

B) Dr. Antonio de Morga B) History
C) Thomas de Comyn C) Historical consciousness
D) Captain Miguel de Loarca D) Historical knowledge

14. Written by Henry Peddington, this book is 19. Who argued the importance of coming up
significant for its accounts of the with terms before engaging in a discourse?
discontentment of Filipinos to Spanish
abuses.
A) Barnes
B) Gottschalk
A) Remarks on the Philippine Islands and C) Shaffer
their Capital Manila, 1818-1822 D) Socrates
B) A Visit to the Philippine Islands
20. He emphasized that the real mover of A) Positivism
history is the masses. B) Culturalism
C) New Historicism
D) Socialism
A) Teodoro Agoncillo
B) Renato Constantino 25. The following are Dominican friars
C) Gregorio Zaide EXCEPT:
D) Reynaldo Ileto

21. He defined history as “mga pangyayari A) Diego de Advante

na may saysay para sa grupo ng taong B) Diego Colantes
sinsaysayan nito”. C) Juan de la Plasencia
D) Vicente Salazar

A) Dr. Zeus Salazar 26. The secular historians during the Spanish
B) Teodoro Agoncillo period can be divided into the following:
C) Renato Constantino
D) Reynaldo Ileto
I. Spanish officials in the islands
22. The following are Filipino historians II. Foreign residents and writers
EXCEPT: III. Filipino Ilustrado

A) Teodoro Agoncillo A) I and II

B) Gregorio Zaide B) I and III
C) Renato Constantion C) I, II, and III
D) E.H. Carr D) I only

23. What does this popular Filipino saying 27. Who wrote the book “A Visit to the
indicate? Philippine Islands” which was significant for
its colorful description of social customs?
“Ang hindi marunong lumingon sa kanyang
nakaraan ay hindi makakarating sa kanyang
paroroonan”. A) Henry Peddington
B) Dr. Jean Mallat
C) Sir John Browning
A) Filipinos have an intrinsic love of their D) Dr. Feodor Jagor
past.
B) Filipinos depend on their future decisions 28. He wrote the article “Ninay” which was
based on the past. one of the articles published in “La
C) Filipinos like history. Solidaridad”.
D) Filipinos just love to create any saying
that doesn’t really mean anything.
A) Marcelo H. del Pilar
B) Jose Rizal
24. This historical approach seeks the C) Emilio Jacinto
interpretation of facts from all perspectives, D) Pedro Paterno
including those that do not concern history
before.
29. The following were considered as the first 33. When was the execution of Dr. Jose
Filipino nationalist-historians who defended Rizal?
the Philippines and the Filipinos from a very
biased portrayal by foreign historians
EXCEPT: A) June 12, 1898
B) December 30, 1896
C) July 04, 1946
A) Jose Rizal D) June 19, 1861
B) Teodoro Agoncillo
C) Pedro Paterno 34. The following are primary sources in
D) Antonio Luna history EXCEPT:

30. This is an essay written by Bonifacio

which is a very good narrative of the A) Eyewitness account
sufferings of Filipinos in the hands of the B) Pieces of creative writing
Spanish colonial government. C) Published research
D) Photographs

A) Pag-Ibig sa Tinubuang Lupa 35. Which is a secondary source?

B) The Philippines a Century Hence
C) Ang Dapat Mabatid ng mga Tagalog A) Artifacts
D) Dasalan at Tocsohan B) Newspaper
C) Fossils
31. The historians during the American D) Letters of Rizal
period can be classified into the following:
36. This type of criticism deals with the
analysis of the content of the documents.
I. Filipino Ilustrado
II. American colonial officials
III. Non-colonial officials A) internal criticism
IV. So-called academic historians B) external criticism
C) positive criticism
D) practical criticism
A) I, II, III, IV
B) I, II, III 37. The following are objectives cited by
C) II, III, IV Rizal when he organized the La Liga Filipina
D) I, II, IV EXCEPT:

A) Reform in education, agriculture and

32. An American historian who tried to industry
discredit Teodoro Agoncillo. B) Defense against abuses and injustice
C) Political, social and moral
D) Unite the entire archipelago into a
A) Leopold Von Ranke compact and homogenous body.
B) Glen Anthony May
C) James Alexander Robertson
D) Dr. Nicolas Zafra
38. Who was named as “Titulado Presidente 42. Which innate character of the Filipinos
de la Republica Tagala” (Titled President of was used as weapon to criticize American
the Tagalog Republic) in a Spanish policy in the country?
periodical entitled La Ilustracion Espanola
American published on February 8, 1897?
A) Filipinos are happy people.
B) Filipinos are ningas cogon.
A) Emilio Jacinto C) Filipinos are fond of mañana habit.
B) Emilio Aguinaldo D) Filipinos love to procrastinate.
C) Teodoro Plata
D) Andres Bonifacio 43. This was a book created by Alfred
McCoy, an American professor, and Alfred
39. The La Ilustracion Espanola Americana Roces, historian, which is a compilation of
published on February 8, 1897, recognized political cartoons during the American era.
the national status of the Katipunan. In this
issue, the Katipunan government was
referred to as the_________________. A) The Politics of Heroin
B) Culture Shock! Philippines
C) Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature
A) Republika ng Katagalugan of the American Era
B) Republika ng Biak-na-Bato D) Kartilya
C) Republika ng Bangsamoro
D) Republika ng Malolos. 44. Who painted the Spoliarium?

40. The structure of the government A) Antonio Luna

Bonifacio formed when he founded the B) Juan Luna
Katipunan was divided into three, these are: C) Fernando Amorsolo
D) Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo

I. Kataas-taasang Sanggunian 45. A type of written source that refers to the

II. Sangguniang Panlungsod interpretation of the writer which involves his
III. Sangguniang Bayan subjectivity.
IV. Sangguniang Balangay

A) Official
A) I, II and III B) Literary
B) I, III and IV C) Both a and b
C) I, II and IV D) None of the above
D) II, III, IV
46. This refers to an original document or
41. This was written by Emilio Jacinto which other material that has not been changed in
served as a guiding philosophy for the any way. Sources that are immediate
members of Katipunan. firsthand account of a topic from people who
had a direct connection with it.

A) La Solidaridad
B) Kartilya A) Secondary Source
C) Kalayaan B) Primary Sources
D) Liwanag at Dilim C) Historical Sources
D) Traditional Sources
47. The famous poem of Dr. Jose Rizal, Sa 50. This editorial cartoon was a criticism
Aking mga Kababata became the subject of against the Board of Health because of its
scrutiny of some scholars. To some scholars failure to address the problem of mosquitoes
of Philippine history, it is impossible that in Metro Manila during the American Period.
Rizal wrote the poem when he was just eight
years old. The argument is Rizal did not
know the word Kalayaan at the time the A) Searching for the Queen
poem was said to have been written. As a B) Where the Mosquito is King
proof, Rizal’s letter to his brother Paciano C) Why Worry
stated that he had difficulties in finding the D) None of the Above
appropriate word that would fit to the German
concept of Freiheit. Rizal could not simply 51. The following are Felix Resurreccion
equate the term to Tagalog word of Hidalgo’s paintings EXCEPT:
Kaligtasan. It is argued that Rizal
encountered the term Kalayaan from Del
Pilar’s translation of his essay Amor Patrio.
A) Virgines Cristianas Expuestas al
Populacho
What type of criticism is this? B) El Violinista
C) El Expoliarium
D) Edipo y Antigona
A) Internal criticism
B) External criticism 52. The following are the controversies in
C) Both a and b Philippine history that have continuously
D) None of the above been subjects of discussions, conflicts, and
at times misunderstanding among friends
48. The “Cry of Balintawak” signaled the start who differ in their views EXCEPT:
of the open rebellion of the Filipino
“Katipuneros” under the leadership of
______________. A) The Retraction of Rizal
B) Site of the first mass in the Philippines
C) Official date of Philippine independence
A) Antonio Luna D) The Cry of Balintawak
B) Andres Bonifacio
C) Gregorio del Pilar 53. Rizal was declared an excommunicado
D) Emilio Aguinaldo because of his attacks on the friars and
practices of the Catholic Church as
49. The following are Philippine Cartoons expressed in his two novels, the Noli Me
under the American Era EXCEPT: Tangerre and the El Filibusterismo. What
does excommunicado mean?

A) Searching for the Queen

B) A Public Post is not Hereditary Crown A) It is a means of communication.
C) Is the Police Force Bribed? B) An official statement or announcement.
D) Lipang Kalabaw C) Expelled from the Catholic Church.
D) It allows you to communicate with
someone.
54. How did the controversy on the 59. Who started the Feudalism in the
Retraction of Rizal started? archipelago?

A) It started with the publication of Retana.

B) It started with the experiences of Rizal. A) Spaniards
C) Rizal plotted it before he was executed. B) Americans
D) The family of Rizal disclosed the matter C) Sultanates of Mindanao
to the friars. D) Japanese

55. Who stirred the controversy of the Cry of 60. What is the basic law of the land?
Pugad Lawin/Balintawak?

A) Ambeth Ocampo A) The Constitution

B) Teodoro Agoncillo B) The People
C) Miguel de Unamono C) The Government
D) Jose Rizal D) The Nation

56. Which character in the novel “Noli Me 61. What was the first significant act of the
Tangere” where Rizal expressed his doubts Malolos Congress?
about the teachings of the Catholic Church
on the salvation of mankind?
A) Establishment of revolutionary
committee abroad
A) Crisostomo Ibarra B) Republic Act 9262
B) Elias C) An Act Granting Philippine Citizenship
C) Pilosopong Tasyo D) Act of the Declaration of Independence
D) Padre Damaso
62. This was the first commission sent to the
57. The only ship that survived during Philippines during the American military
Magellan’s expedition was __________. regime to check on the conditions in the
archipelago.

A) Trinidad
B) Victoria A) The Taft Commission
C) Concepcion B) The Schurman Commission
D) Santiago C) The Constitutional Commission
D) The Forbes Commission
58. What was the book written by Pigafetta,
Magellan’s chronicler, which was based from 63. This law provided that legislative power
his diary during Magellan’s expedition? would reside in a bicameral Philippine
Legislature consisting of an upper house and
lower house.
A) Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas
B) Biblioteca Filipina A) Jones Law
C) A Visit to the Philippine Islands B) Tydings-McDuffie Law
D) The Navigation and Discovery of Upper C) Payne Aldrich Act
India D) Underwood Simmons Act
64. The Tax Reform for Acceleration and 67. A month after Martial Law, President
Inclusion (TRAIN) envisions to achieve the Marcos issued this decree which abolished
following in 2040: tenancy in rice and corn lands.

I. Poverty rate reduced from 22% to A) Proclamation No. 27 or the Tenant

14% (uplifting some six million
Filipinos from poverty).
II. Peace within the country and with our
neighbours.
III. Eradicate extreme poverty
IV. Inclusive economic and political
institutions where everyone has
equal opportunities
Emancipation Decree
B) Proclamation No. 1081
C) Proclamation No. 216
D) None of the Above
68. When Martial Law was lifted in 1981, the
number of farmers who became owners of
corn and rice land numbered 532, 153. Is this
statement TRUE or FALSE?

A) I, III and IV
B) II, III and IV A) True
C) I, II and IV B) False
D) I, II, III and IV C) False, the number of farmers who
became owners is 600,000
D) The statement has insufficient
65. Which is TRUE of the TRAIN Law? information.

69. The following are the aims of CARL or the

I. The personal income tax (PIT) is Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law.
lowered.
II. The estate and donor’s tax is I. Limits the ownership of agricultural
simplified. lands to five hectares only.
III. The value-added tax (VAT) is II. Expropriate from landlords their rice
expanded. and corn lands which exceeded
IV. Automobiles and sweetened seven hectares and distribute them in
beverages is decreased. smaller lots to the tenant farmers.
III. Land Tenure Improvement which
offered support services such as
A) I, II, III, IV infrastructure facilities, marketing
B) I, II and III assistance, credit assistance, and
C) I and II technical assistance programs.
D) IV only

66. The president who created the Land A) I, II, III

Settlement Development Corporation B) I and II
(LASEDECO) in 1950? C) I and III
D) II only

A) Ramon Magsaysay
B) Elpidio Quirino
C) Manuel L. Quezon
D) Manuel Roxas
70. The senator who fought for the extended C) He is a creation of centuries of diverse
CARP Law to be gender-sensitive. social, economic, cultural, political, and
psychological stresses.
D) Blending of the East and the West; the
A) Miriam Defensor Santiago child of Occidental and Oriental.
B) Pia Cayetano
C) Nancy Binay
D) Risa Hontiveros 75. During the Spanish era, who was the
lowest class in the colonial society?
71. How long did the Dictatorial Government
established by Aguinaldo last?
A) Peninsulares
B) Insulares
A) 30 days C) Principalia
B) 60 days D) Masa
C) 3 months
D) 6 months 76. Which of the following is NOT a definition
of Cultural Heritage?
72. The law that was implemented by
American authorities declaring that during
the duration of the war it was treasonable for A) There are two types of cultural heritage,
any Filipino to advocate independence. the social heritage and natural heritage.
B) Refers to cultural aspects like heritage
sites, monuments, churches, folklore,
A) Flag Law traditional activities and practices.
B) Sedition Law C) Cultural heritage is often expressed as
C) Anti-American Law intangible.
D) Public D) Cultural heritage is also often expressed
as tangible.
73. Who is the Governor General of the
Philippines when the Cabinet Crisis of 1923 77. What do you call the priestess during the
took place? pre-Hispanic time?

A) Francis Burton Harrison A) Bathalang Maykapal

B) Theodore Roosevelt B) Friars
C) Leonard Wood C) Babaylan
D) William Howard Taft D) Datu

74. According to Tomas Andres, the Filipino 78. Which is NOT TRUE during the American
is: era?

A) Free primary education was given to the

A) A person with four histories and four
cultures.
B) Filipino personality is permeated with the
Malay, Spanish, American and Japanese
culture.
Filipinos.
B) Religion is still a compulsory subject.
C) They opened a system of education both
for the wealthy and the masses.
D) Strong emphasis on education.
79. What is America’s biggest influence on 84. The president who adopted an all-out
the Filipinos? peace policy against the rebel groups in
Mindanao.

A) Clothing and food to the Philippines.

B) Celebrating Thanksgiving. A) Fidel Ramos
C) Influence on music. B) Joseph Estrada
D) The use of English language. C) Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
D) Corazon Aquino
80. In this amendment, the replacement of
military government with a civil government 85. The capture of Aguinaldo was
in the Philippines happened which was done successfully undertaken by:
after the Filipino-American War.
A) Charles Bates
A) Taft Amendment B) Elwell Otis
B) Schurman Amendment C) Arthur MacArthur
C) Spooner Amendment D) Frederick Funston
D) Bell Amendment
86. The government that was interrupted by
81. Who was the first speaker of the the Japanese occupation.
Philippine Assembly?

A) First Republic
A) Sergio Osmeña B) Second Republic
B) Manuel L. Quezon C) Third Republic
C) Manuel Roxas D) Commonwealth
D) Jose P. Laurel
87. The following are necessary in writing
82. This governor-general stated that “No local and oral history EXCEPT:
other American territory has been more loyal
to the United States than the Philippines.”
A) Methodology to be used.
A) Francis Burton Harrison B) Know what you would like to research on
B) Leonard Wood and write about.
C) William H. Taft C) What and who will be the sources of the
D) Douglas MacArthur data.
D) Gather data from unknown resources.
83. The president who adopted an all-out war
policy against the MILF in October 1999. 88. Which museum is considered as mother
of all modern museums?

A) Fidel Ramos
B) Joseph Estrada A) Greek Museum
C) Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo B) British Museum
D) Corazon Aquino C) Roman Museum
D) American Museum
89. What is the world’s first university art 94. This is where the American flag was
museum? raised on August 13, 1898 to signify the start
of American rule.

A) Princeton University Art Museum

B) Harvard Art Museum A) The Aguinaldo Shrine
C) University of Michigan Museum of Art B) Corregidor
D) The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford C) Luneta Park
D) Fort Santiago
90. What is the largest museum in the world
which was originally The Palace of Versailles 95. This is the center of the country’s
made for King Louis XIV in the 1600s? Independence Day commemoration every
June 12.

A) Vatican Museums A) The Aguinaldo Shrine

B) The British Museum B) Corregidor
C) The Louvre Museum C) Luneta Park
D) National Museum D) Fort Santiago

96. What’s the name of the band that played

91. This is a type of museum that teaches us the Philippine National Anthem?
to learn from our mistakes, to have a glimpse
of the old life, to learn about the past and to
know our cultural heritage. A) Philippine Constabulary Band
B) Juan de la Cruz Band
C) The Magdalo Band
A) Science museums D) San Francisco de Malabon Band
B) Art museums
C) Technology museums 97. This place became a vital combat zone
D) History museums between the Japanese Imperial Army and
the allied forces during the Second World
92. This is considered as the leading War and was the last stronghold to fall into
historical shrine in the country and a the hands of the Japanese forces.
memorial to the country’s national hero.
A) Corregidor
B) Intramuros
A) Lapu-Lapu Shrine C) The Aguinaldo Shrine
B) Bonifacio Monument D) Bataan
C) Magellan Shrine
D) Rizal Monument 98. A famous Filipino sculptor who designed
the Bonifacio Monument in Caloocan City.
93. Who designed the Rizal Monument?

A) Guillermo Tolentino
A) Guillermo Tolentino B) Richard Kissling
B) Richard Kissling C) Napoleon Abueva
C) Napoleon Abueva D) Eduardo Castrillo
D) Eduardo Castrillo
99. Who is known as “The Great Plebeian?

A) Jose Rizal
B) Emilio Aguinaldo
C) Emilio Jacinto
D) Andres Bonifacio

100. The following are tribes who live in the

Mountain Province EXCEPT:

A) Ibaloy
B) Bontocs
C) Kankanai
D) Manobo

101. When illness threatened the life of the

Tinguians of Abra, they observe this ritual.

A) Dawak
B) Bawi
C) Hinaklaran
D) Anituan