GENERAL EDUCATION 2019 8.

Let us campaign for the total ban ______ of

harmful insecticides.
1. Neither the teacher nor the students _______ A. With the use
present in the affairs. B. On using
A. Am C. On the use
B. Was D. With using
C. Is
D. Were 9. Imprisoned for 27 years, Nelson Mandela
realized his dream of a free and non-racial
2. We admire ________ when Cynthia speaks South Africa by forgiving his oppressors and
English with _________. negotiating in good faith for the peaceful
A. Him, them transition to democracy. Nelson Mandela
B. Her, us demonstrated his trait of _____________.
C. Him, we A. Friendliness
D. Him, me B. Determination
C. Forgiving
3. Some preachers suggest the _________ that D. Loyalty
the end of the world is near.
A. Proposal 10. Who was the first editor of La Solidaridad?
B. Prophecy A. Juan Luna
C. Prophetic B. Graciano Lopez Jaena
D. Prophet C. Jose Rizal
D. Marcelo H. del Pilar
4. Filipino writer whose stories and poems
depict Filipino-Spanish cultural beliefs and 11. A hypothetical ecosystem contains lettuce
traditions (the producer), a caterpillar (the primary
A. Edilberto Tiempo consumer), a small passerine bird (the
B. NVM Gonzales secondary consumer), and a lion (the tertiary
C. Bienvenido Santos consumer). A gardener arrives and sprays
D. Nick Joaquin pesticide, killing all the caterpillars. What can
happen to the ecosystem?
5. Tax imposed on all employed and practicing A. The passerine birds will thrive.
professionals B. The lions will eventually die.
A. Income Tax C. The passerine birds will convert to
B. Community Tax herbivores.
C. Real estate tax D. The lettuce will wilt and die.
D. Inheritance tax
12. Among models of reading strategies, what
6. An ant colony stores food in the summer student Kara adopt when she reads back and
depends itself by stinging enemies and forth, attending to both what is in her mind
invades a c competing ant colony and steals and what is on the page?
larvae and uses them as new workers. What is A. Bottoms-up
the term to best describe how this species B. Interactive
copes with everyday life? C. Down-top
A. Ecological defeat D. Top-down
B. Ecological success
C. Environmental habitation 13. If threat of punishment is necessary on erring
D. Ecological niche students, how should this best done?
A. Make the threat and reinforce with
7. How long will it take A and B together, to warning
finish a job which can be done by A alone in 6 B. Make the threat with immediate
days and B alone in 3 days? punishment
A. 2 ½ days C. Warn and threat at the same time
B. 3 days D. First a warning before the threat
C. 2 days
D. 3 ½ days
14. When US decided to drop the atomic bomb to 21. Analects which are short and witty sayings
Nagasaki in order to stop the land invasion of that treat of moral values and good human
Japan, what degree of moral certitude can relation, are attributed to
describe this decision of USA? A. Mao Tze Tung
A. Doubtful B. Mencius
B. Perplexed C. Confucius
C. Certain D. Lao-Tzu
D. Callous
22. Which of the following was the first to
15. Isang dulog pampanitikan na kung saan happen?
pagpapakahulugan sa isang tekstong binasa A. Aguinaldo declared Philippine
ay nakapokus sa sariling panlasa ng independence
mambabasa at kilala rin sa katawagan na B. Guerilla warfare against the US was
reader-response theory. initiated
A. Impresyonista C. The Philippines was ceded to the US by
B. Patalambuhay the treaty of Paris
C. Antropolohiya D. Aguinaldo was captured
D. Pansikolohiya
23. The acronym HTML means Hyper Text Mark-
16. I can’t find ______ calculator; may I use up __________.
_____, Prince? A. Line
A. My, yours B. Language
B. His, yours C. Letter
C. My, his D. Label
D. Yours, mine
24. The faction halfway between 3/7 and 4/7 is
17. Maternity leaves are extended to women. ________.
What legal provision extends this? A. ½
A. Article XIV, Education B. 1/3
B. Article XIII Sec 14 Women C. ¼
C. Article XIII Role and Rights of People’s D. 1/8
Organization
D. Article XII Bill of Rights 25. In an English test, eight students obtained the
following scores: 10, 15, 12, 18, 16, 24, 12,
18. What is the largest country in Asia? and 14. What is the median score?
A. China A. 14
B. Japan B. 15.5
C. Philippines C. 14.5
D. Thailand D. 15

19. What is one of the man-made wonders of the 26. With the Batasang Pambansa performing
Philippines? legislative and executive powers in the
A. Rice terraces Marcos regime, which form of government
B. Mount Makiling was implemented?
C. Manila Bay A. Monarchial
D. Taal Volcano B. Presidential
C. Parliamentary
20. Who was the Spanish mestizo priest who first D. Dictatorial
led the native secular clergy in the
Secularization Movement in 1861? 27. The “Rubaiyat” a loosely joined series of 280
A. Father Jacinto Zamora stanzas, has this general theme. Which one?
B. Father Pedro Pelaez A. Always look forward to a new day
C. Father Gregorio Aglipay B. Grasp pleasure while you can
D. Father Jose Burgos C. Never give in to death easily
D. Create your own world and beautify it
28. In a flame test, the presence of boron in a 35. “The prodigal son, who is the black sheep of
solution is evident by what color of flame? the family, has returned home.” What figure
A. Bright green of speech was used in the given statement?
B. Brick red A. Metaphor
C. Gold B. Simile
D. Lilac C. Irony
D. Oxymoron
29. Who was the last Spanish Governor-General
of the Philippines? 36. Ano ang tinataglay ng mga sumusunod na
A. Ramon Blanco salita: tanaw, aliw, kamay, reyna?
B. Basilio Agustin A. Diptonggo
C. Diego de los Rios B. Pares Minimal
D. Fermin Jaudenes C. Klaster
D. Ponema
30. Of the pledges of the President of the
Philippines is to defend its: 37. It is common observation that mushrooms
A. Constitution thrive few days after lightning strikes. Which
B. Citizens among the following biogeochemical cycles is
C. Land involved in this process?
D. Islands A. Carbon – Oxygen Cycle
B. Nitrogen Cycle
31. The Least Common Multiple of 2, 3 and 4 is C. Phosphorous Cycle
_______. D. Sulfur Cycle
A. 12
B. 13 38. What kind of mirror is used in cars to give the
C. 14 driver a wider area and smaller image of the
D. 24 traffic behind him/her?
A. Double concave
32. Which of the following has the smallest mass B. Plane Mirror
when measured in an equal arm balance? C. Convex
A. ½ sheet of pad paper D. Concave
B. ¼ sheet of pad paper
C. 1/8 sheet of pad paper 39. In which organization is the Philippines a
D. 1/3 sheet of pad paper member to fight communist aggression?
A. APEC
33. How many glasses of Cola each to be filled B. ASA
with 150 cu.cm. of the liquid can be made C. SEATO
from 5 family size bottles of cola each D. UN
containing 1.5 liters?
A. 40 40. What is the area of the rectangle whose
B. 45 length is 6 meters and width is 8 meters?
C. 50 A. 54 sq. m
D. 60 B. 48 sq. m
C. 50 sq. m
34. If the average or arithmetic mean of x and – 5 D. 52 sq. m
is 10, then what must be the value of x?
A. 15 41. An Act mandating all the schools observe flag
B. 20 ceremony.
C. 25 A. RA 1265
D. 30 B. RA 7722
C. RA 7796
D. RA 7836
42. Which is the Child Protection Policy Act? 49. In 1565, which religious missionary order first
A. RA 9165 arrived in the Philippines?
B. RA 7836 A. Augustinian
C. RA 7314 B. Dominican
D. RA 7610 C. Jesuit
D. Franciscan
43. A given gas occupies 2000 cc at a pressure of
90 cm of mercury. What volume will the same 50. These are the only officials removable by
gas occupy if the pressure becomes ½ of the impeachment.
original pressure? A. The President, Vice-President, members
A. 1000 cc of the Supreme Court, members of the
B. 3000 cc Constitutional Commissions, and the
C. 2000 cc Ombudsman
D. 4000 cc B. The President, Vice-President, members
of the Supreme Court, members of the
44. The subject we were able to take last Constitutional Commissions and the
semester was too difficult for Jacky and Senators
_______. C. The President, Vice-President, members
A. me of the Supreme Court, members of the
B. I Constitutional Commissions and the
C. myself Congressmen/women
D. we D. The President, Vice-President, members
of the Supreme Court, members of the
45. What term is given to the surface of the earth Constitutional Commissions and the
between the tropic of cancer and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.
equator?
A. Great circle
B. Zone
C. Meridian
D. Solstice

46. If a story is made out of an exchange of

letters, it will be called ________ literature.
A. Fiction
B. Episodic
C. Epistolary
D. Classic

47. The Holy Bible contains a lot of lessons.

Specifically, it contains those that teach
values. How do you call a story that is based
on the Bible, particularly the Gospels?
A. Tale
B. Anecdote
C. Legend
D. Parable

48. Sa pananaliksik, saang kabanata matatagpuan

ang mga kaugnay na pag-aaral at literature?
A. Kabanata I
B. Kabanata III
C. Kabanata II
D. Kabanata IV
ANSWER KEY

1. D
2. B
3. B
4. D
5. A
6. D
7. C
8. C
9. C
10. B
11. B
12. B
13. D
14. C
15. A
16. A
17. B
18. A
19. A
20. B
21. C
22. A
23. B
24. A
25. C
26. C
27. B
28. A
29. C
30. A
31. A
32. C
33. C
34. C
35. A
36. A
37. B
38. C
39. C
40. B
41. A
42. D
43. D
44. A
45. B
46. C
47. D
48. C
49. A
50. A