LET Reviewer General Education GenEd: English Part 1 d. John F.

Kennedy
Answer: D
1. Robert Frost wrote the poem Acquainted with the
Night from which the stanza is taken: 8. History is the witness that ______ passing of time.
I have been one acquainted with the night. a. testifies
I have walked out in rain-back in rain. b. will testify
I have out walked the farthest city light c. testifies for
The poet in the stanza talks of? d. testifies for the
a. isolation and loneliness Answer: D
b. joy getting out of the house
c. youthful delight playing in the rain 9. When I met Liza yesterday, it was the first time I
d. happiness in having been acquainted with the night _____ her since Christmas.
Answer: A a. saw
b. had seen
2. Which is the BEST WAY to write the underlined c. have seen
portion of this sentence? Researchers also speculate that d. have been seen
some teachers might have given boys more computer Answer: D
time because parents and teachers expected boys to
need computers for future careers. 10. The commander ordered his men to hold on the fort.
a. expected What was the message?
b. expecting a. Surrender in arms
c. will expect b. Keep on with the fight
d. will have expected c. Disregard the peace negotiation
Answer: D d. Rescue the hostage victims fast and early
Answer: B
3. The wounded soldiers were visited by the president
who honoured them with ____ for their _____. 11. “She is a vision of feminine pulchritude.” This stands
a. medals – valor for the following EXCEPT
b. gun salute – bravery a. Loveliness
c. appointments – dedication b. Comeliness
d. money – sacrifice c. Homeliness
Answer: A d. Physical beauty
Answer: C
4. Every June, Manila has its festival of outstanding
Filipino films. This was a project initiated by 12. The Nibelungenlied is a
a. Arsenio Lacson a. Latin Myth
b. German Moreno b. Chinese legend
c. Antonio Villegas c. Russian folk song
d. Ramon Bagatsing d. Medieval German epic
Answer: C Answer: D

5. Which among the sounds below is voiceless? 13. An association wherein the name of something is
a. /b/ substituted by something that represents it.
b. /z/ a. Metonymy
c. /g/ b. Comparison
d. /p/ c. Euphemism
Answer: D d. Personification
Answer: A
6. “Only the heart can see rightly.” This statement is
lifted from what particular novel? 14. Because the moon rotates on its axis at the same
a. The Prince and the Pauper time as it ______ around the earth, we see the same
b. The Little Prince side
c. The Right One a. Revolve
d. The Pearl b. Revolves
Answer: B c. Is revolving
d. Has been revolving
7. He was the American President who said, “Ask not Answer: B
what America will do for you, but what together we can
do for the freedom of man.” 15. In English verse, a poetic foot having 1 stressed
a. Gerald Ford syllable followed by 1 unstressed syllable is ______.
b. Franklin Roosevelt a. Trochaic
c. Henry Truman b. Iambic
c. Dactylic 1986 - they came from all over America - 200,000
d. Anapaestic heroes strong, with their families.
Answer: A a. The writer holds great admiration for the veterans
b. The writer is opposed to the Vietnam War
16. Senators were accused by activists of washing their c. The writer was a veteran of the war
hands with the perfumes of Arabia. This state is d. The writer is a flag-waving patriot
commonly known as Answer: A
a. Guilt
b. Triumph 24. A readability mismatch happens when the reading
c. Indecision levels of books exceed the reading levels of the
d. Aggression students. In this situation, the students experience
Answer: A frustration and they fall short of the expected or desired
output. A student who finds himself/ herself in such a
17. It is a collection of religious poetry written by mismatch will likely do which of the following?
Rabindranath Tagore. a. Give an intelligent critique of the selection or story
a. Mahabharata read
b. Gitanjali b. Write a comprehensive reaction paper regarding the
c. The Ramayana selection or story read
d. Bhagavad Gita c. Present an argument that the selection or story read
Answer: B was not properly written
d. Manifest an expected and commensurate emotional
18. I suggest that he _____ in the room for one week. reaction to the selection or story read
a. Stay Answer: C
b. Stayed
c. Staying 25. What does this mean: Excuses are for losers… those
d. Stays who take responsibility for their actions are real winners
Answer: A in life. This tells of?
a. losers often fail because they find reasons for losing
19. The manager told his workers, “We have to reduce b. a winner can also be a quitter
our workforce.” What did he mean? c. accountability of one’s action tells of bravery
Workers are free to leave d. excuses are needed to justify any failure
Workers are warned of possible lay off Answer: C
Workers have to double time on their jobs
Workers should submit themselves to a reducing gym 26. A couple accepted a wedding invitation. They
Answer: B showed pleasure in these remarks
a. All guests congratulated the organizers and the
20. The parent remarked, “__________ I come late, couple
just lock the door.” b. Guests came in and out of the ceremonies
a. In the absence c. The ceremonies were very impressive
b. In the process d. The couple felt uneasy with the priest
c. In the event Answer: C
d. In the case
Answer: C 27. What correction should be made to this sentence?
One of the theories is that the first child receives more
21. The copyreader found the news story boring. He of the parents' attention than other children so first-
found it full of _____. borns tend to be more intellectual.
a. Adjectives a. Change is to are
b. Verbs b. Insert a comma after children
c. Pronouns c. Change parents' to parent's
d. Adverbs d. Change theories to theory's
Answer: C Answer: B

22. There were three guests on the stage. They were 28. Carl Sundburg wrote "Jazz Fantasia" which has for
made up of a parent, the governor and the principal. its first stanza:
Who should be acknowledged first by the valedictorian? Drum on your drums, batter on your banjos, sob on the
a. The classmates long cool winding saxophones. Go to it, O jazzmen.
b. The principal Which words illustrate alliteration?
c. The governor a. Batter and banjos
d. The parent b. Sob and winding
Answer: C c. Long and cool
d. To and it
23. What is suggested in the opening line? June 13, Answer: A
29. What is meant by AT SIXES AND SEVENS in this 6. It is _________ to try to destroy pest completely
sentence? with pesticides, for as each new chemical pesticide is
We moved into the house last week, but I'm afraid introduced, the pests gradually become _________
everything, is still at sixes and sevens. to it.
a. The things have not been shipped.
A. useless, drawn
b. In a state of confusion
B. futile, resistant
c. In an orderly manner
C. worthwhile, immune
d. The boxes are still intact
Answer: B
D. pointless, vulnerable

30. What is the mood of these lines? 7. The famous Dr. C. Drew’s technique for preserving
Daylight, I must wait for the sunrise and storing blood plasma for emergency use proved
I must think of a new life so _________ that it became the _______ for the
And I mustn't give in. present blood bank system by the Red Cross.
When the dawn comes A. irrelevant, inspiration
tonight will be a memory, too B. effective, model
And a new day will begin. C. complex, blueprint
a. Afraid D. urgent, pattern
b. Sarcastic
c. Depressed
8. An A-rating represents the ULTIMATE honor a film
d. Hopeful
will ever have. Which of the following is the opposite
Answer: D
of the capitalized word?
A. Greatest 
English Part 2
B. Pinnacle 
1. He is more concerned with MUNDANE matters like C. Least
the movement of stock market. The capitalized word D. Supreme
means:
9. The VINDICTIVE politician spread rumors about
A. Simple 
his opponent. Which of the following is an antonym
B. Financial 
of the capitalized word?
C. Worldly 
A. Revengeful 
D. Investments 
B. Forgiving 
C. Spiteful
2. The DEPRAVITY of the criminal’s behavior shocked
D. Malicious
us all. The capitalized word means:
A. Harshness 
10. Vegetarians have a variety of reasons for their
B. Gravity 
beliefs. Some refuse to eat meat because they
C. Deprivations 
believe that the killing of animals is unnecessary or
D. Viciousness
barbaric. They feel that processes such as butchering
are degrading to the people who practice them and
3. INDULGENT parents spoil their children by giving
cruel to the animals slaughtered. Others believe that
in to their every demands and whims.
meat is harmful to the human body and that a purely
A. Loving 
vegetable diet is more nutritious. Still others choose
B. Beneficial 
vegetarianism because they believe that raising
C. Generous 
animals for meat is an inefficient use of land. They
D. Yielding 
say that farmland could be put to better use growing
crops for human consumption. Which of the following
4. Open:Secretive::Forthright: __________
statements is best supported by the above passage?
A. Spiteful 
A. Some vegetarians choose not to eat meat mainly
B. Mask 
for health reasons.
C. Outspoken
B. A purely vegetable diet is more nutritious than a
D. Honest 
diet that includes meat.
C. Vegetarians are opposed to any use of animals for
5. Negligent; Requirement:: Remiss :__________
the benefit of humans.
A. Task 
D. Vegetarians favor laws to reduce the consumption
B. Duty 
of meat.
C. Injury
D. Problem
11. The amount of your retirement benefits from
Social Security depends, in part, on when you retire. C. which 
The earliest that you can begin to receive benefits is D. whose
age 62. The longer you wait to begin receiving
benefits (up to age 70), the higher your benefits will 16. Being too _______ will undoubtedly make other
be. If you were born between 1938 and 1960, you men hate you.
cannot receive “full retirement” benefits until age 66. A. vane 
If you were born in 1960 or later, your full B. vein
retirement age will be 67. If you wait to receive C. vain 
benefits past your full retirement age, the amount D. vanity
you receive will continue to increase until you reach
age 70. There is no advantage to waiting past age 70 17. Because they did not accept his basic _______
to begin receiving benefits. You can continue to work they were ______ by his argument.
while you receive retirement benefits. If you do, the A. assumption, convinced
amount of your benefits will be reduced by one dollar B. bias, impressed
for every two dollars you earn above a certain limit, C. supposition, justified
until you reach your full retirement age. Once you D. motivation, confused
reach your full retirement age, this limit no longer
applies. The amount you earn will have no effect on 18. The failed July 27, 2003 mutiny was believed by
your benefits. According to this passage, which of many as a plan by the Magdalo group as an attempt
the following statements is true? to stage a takeover of government. It was viewed as
A. You cannot receive retirement benefits from Social a desperate attempt by the mutineers who were
Security while you are still working. supported by influential and politically motivated
B. If you were born in 1950, your full retirement age men who financed the mutiny, according to the
is 66. Feliciano Commission. The action was found to be
C. If you continue to work past your full retirement unconstitutional as it violates both the Articles of
age, your benefits will be reduced by one dollar for War and the Revised Penal Code. Such act can lead
every two dollars you earn. to either Court Martial or Civilian proceedings or
D. There is no advantage to waiting past your full even both. The best title for the above article is:
retirement age to begin receiving benefits. A. Failed Mutiny
B. Illegal Soldiers Uprising
12. The volunteers from the fire department C. Coup d’etat
________ quickly and extinguished a fire on North D. Articles of War and Punishment
Country Road.
A. will respond  19. Determine which may be the best order in which
B. responded  the sentences should be arranged to result in a well-
C. will have responded organized paragraph.
D. have responded A. Now we shall do everything we can to enforce this
law.
13. In Tuesday’s paper, the owner of the B. In the struggle against crime, government and
supermarket was recognized for helping a customer people should join hands
who ________ on the icy sidewalk. C. Republic Act 7659, the death penalty law is
A. falls  government’s response in law against cruelty and
B. had fallen heartlessness.
C. would fall  D. The law’s main objective is not retribution but
D. has fallen reform and rehabilitation of offenders and would be
offenders.
14. We arranged the flowers and placed ________ in E. All countries in the world are presently siege by
the center of the table. violent crime.
A. them 
B. it A. CEBAD 
C. this  B. EBCDA 
D. that C. CEDAB 
D. ACEBD 
15. The person ________ made this delicious
cheesecake has my vote. 20. Determine which may be the best order in which
A. that  the sentences should be arranged to result in a well-
B. who organized paragraph.
A. Tagaytay is the destination for us who love
nature.
B. It provides an ideal picnic ground for outdoor
lovers.
C. Unfortunately, the place ends up abused by
outdoor lovers who litter the place.
D. It is a place which can be easily reached by a two-
hour drive from Makati City.
6. The Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines
was agitated when war abroad. What is the role of
ambassador of the country? 
a. Count the wounded and killed 
b. Learn the habitat of Filipinos in that town. 
c. Gather the affluent and ipalipad home. 
d. Let the bear went home self-sufficient each 
Answer: B

A. CDAB  7. What is the focus of the verb to talk "Buy new vehicle
B. ADBC  Angelo?"
C. CBDA  a. Focus in the direction
D. CABD b. Focus on equipment
c. Focus on cause
Answers: 1A 2D 3C 4A 5B 6C 7C 8C 9B 10A 11B d. Focus on actors 
12B 13B 14A 15B 16C 17D 18B 19B 20B Answer: D

LET Reviewer GenEd General Education: Filipino Part 1

8. Madness embezzlement and you are doing every
1. Carlos P. Romulo said in one of his writings, "The year. More are the poor in need of money and know-
Filipinos have royal blood." What does this mean?  how. The speaker
a. The Filipinos came from independent breed  a. miserly
b. The Filipinos are very good conscience.  b. economically
c. The Filipinos from rich race  c. miserly
d. The Filipinos are easy to sell  d. Practical 
Answer: A Answer: D

2. Which of the following best sentence? 9. In the event of any verb sentence?
a. The young people in the streets playing and running Played basketball in Rizal Stadium, the team of our
in the streets. university.
b. The young people are playing at moonlight and a. cause
running in the streets. b. orderly
c. The children are playing and running in the streets at c. equipment
night clear. d. Fullness 
d. The youth will moonlight on the street were running Answer: D
and playing. 
Answer: C 10, In which words will briefly stop if Rose would have
broke the dishes?
3. Select the habits of speech: It's a pleasure seeing you No Rose broke the dishes.
love.  a. Rose
a. Dream  b. not
b. Controlling behavior  c. broke
c. Getting information  d. Dishes 
d. Sharing feelings  Answer: B
Answer: D
11. What figure of speech referring to the statement.
4. The relevance of what pagkakapatay Burgos, Gomez Crushed body fell to the cement Michael.
and Zamora in Philippine literature is  a. simile
a. Remained lively spirit Philippine  b. characterization
b. Nakagising the spirit of patriotism of the Filipino  c. exaggeration
c. Learned to break the law and defy authority Filipinos  d. simile
d. Influenced the spirit of the Filipino servants  Answer: C
Answer: B 12. Who was given the honor as "First True Poet" in
1708?
5. Always brewing in the minds of the father's broken a. Jose dela Cruz
promises of the child. b. Felipe de Jesus
a. touching c. Francisco Balagtas
b. gumugulo d. Jose Corazon de Jesus 
c. alive Answer: B
d. Join 
Answer: B 13. "I will work and you student to complete the study."
What kind of statement is this?  a. The number of people at home
a. Plain  b. The richness of the house
b. Compound  c. Data on children in each home
c. Complex  d. The data about the inhabitants of each house 
d. Compound  Answer: D
Answer: D
22. We the youth will be the hope of the people. How
14. It's almost five _____ _____ morning he awoke. did the underlined word?
a. - of a. reference
b. when - when b. praise
c. of - for c. pronoun
d. when - when  d. Pride 
Answer: C Answer: A

15. The seed carried by dogs, surely nalawayan it. This 23. There is no water yesterday. This statement:
concept refers to the reality of ______. a. the subject
a. theft b. there is no verb
b. elopement c. May predicate
c. marriage d. No subject 
d. Friendship  Answer: D
Answer: B
24. Are you proud of him, he turned his PART BUNTOT.
16. What kind of pronouncing the word "monster"? The meaning of the word is capitalized:
a. grave a. miserly
b. quickly b. Traitor
c. Coarse c. cowardly
d. Penultimate  d. Retiring 
Answer: A Answer: C

17. The designation of a noun, adverb, adjective and 25. Let the habits of words: "No cross, has died here!"
verb? a. threat
a. Palabuuan b. reference
b. structural c. warning
c. Pangnilalaman d. Note 
d. Syntax  Answer: C
Answer: C
26. Most Philippine novel many years published in 1906
18. The bill filed was very deep and hard sound. and dealt closely with the topic of capital against labor
a. catch  and socialism _____.
b. understand a. Crocodile Tears
c. measure b. Glimmer and Famous
d. Remove  c. Predator birds
Answer: B d. Pangginggera 
Answer: B
19. The Filipino language is similar to language in Asia.
Which source language Filipino? 27. According to Balagtas, "spoiled, often naked" so the
a. Indonesian kids 
c. Japanese a. jeproks
d. mandarin b. the acting
d. Malayo-Polynesian  c. graduate study
Answer: D d. Parents do not follow 
Answer: D
20. What is the equivalent of the "Decalogue" by
Apolinario Mabini indicating lesson in Filipino? 28. In 1962, what changes in the printing of the diploma
a. Mosaic Law and certificate of completion?
d. Code of Ethics of Kalantiaw a. Pinahihintutan private schools that publish in English
c. New Society Pres. Mark b. Tagalog printed on the diploma in non-Tagalog people
d. Code of Citizenship Pres. Quezon  c. Printed on the diploma but with Filipino English
Answer: A d. Filipino printed on the diploma 
Answer: D
21. He was appointed to the census from house to
house. What he proceeds? 29. The golden age of the writer during the American
craftsmen working A. Ang lakas ng tao ay nasa pagkakaisa nila.
a. thesis B. Kailangan magkaisa tayong lahat.
b. novel C. Magkakaiba ang mga tao kaya hirap magkaisa.
c. poetry D. Nagkakaisa ang mga tao.
d. Short stories 
Answer: D 8. MALIIT ANG SISIDLAN ni Dian kaya iniiwasan
siyang tuksuhin ng mga kasama. Ano ang ibig
sabihin nito? 
30. Which of the following is the proper use of passive
A. Walang pasensya
verbs?
B. Walang pagtitimpi
a. The ripe papaya tree taken by Marie. 
C. Walang galang
b. Marie took the ripe papaya tree. D. Walang lakas ng loob
c. Took over the ripe papaya Marie.
d. Ripe papaya took over Marie.  9. Siya’y isang bulag ngunit kaya niyang gumuhit ng
Answer: B larawan. Siya’y isang ___________________
A. Imbentor
Filipino Part 2 B. Manunulat
C. Dalubhasa
D. Pintor
1. Hindi totoo ang katapangan na ipinapakita ni
Vincent sa harap ni Lalie sapagkat BAHAG ANG
10. Anong hukuman ang siyang _____________ ng
BUNTOT niya sa harap ng paghihirap.
mga kaso ng korupsyon.
A. Matapang
A. Court of Appeals-manglilitis
B. Matiyaga
B. Sandigan Bayan-naglilitis
C. Duwag
C. Korte Suprema-maglilitis
D. Malakas ang loob
D. Ombudsman-tagapaglitis
2. NAG-ALSA BALUTAN si Claudia dahil sa malimit
11. _________________ mo naman sa kanila na
umanong pananakit ni Reymar.
magdala ng mapagsasaluhan.
A. Lumayas
A. Usap-usapan
B. Nagtampo
B. Usapin
C. Nagtago
C. Ipakiusap
D. Nagmaktol
D. Pakiusap
3. Ang ________________ ng mga Nars ay dininig
12. “Gamitin ninyo sa pakikipagkaibigan ang
ng komite kahapon.
kayamanan ng sanlibutang ito. Maubos man ito ay
A. Pakiusapan
may tatanggap naman sa inyo sa tahanang walang
B. Pakikipag-usap
hanggan.” (Luk 16:9)
C. Ipakiusap
Ano ang kahulugan ng sanlibutan?
D. Pakiusap
A. Mga israelita lamang
B. Apostoles
4. Lumapit si Prink kay Eadji at sinabing, “
C. Dukha
__________ mo si Landon ng pagkain sa kusina.”
D. Katauhan
A. Utusan
13. Ano ang pangungusap na dapat mauna? 
B. Kunin
I. Ngunit ang pagtatalo ay hindi dapat nauuwi sa
C. Kunan
pagkakagalit. 
D. Hanapan
II. Natural lamang ang pagkakaroon ng
magkakaibang pala-palagay ang mga tao. 
5. Nakatulog si Jana sa kanilang opisina dahil sa
III. Sa mga mag-asawa man ay hindi maiiwasan ang
HIMINGTING ng kapaligiran. Ano ang kahulugan ng
pagkakaiba ng opinyon. 
salita na nasa malalaking letra?
IV. Kahit sa magkakapatid, karaniwan na ang hindi
A. Kaingayan
pagkakasundo. 
B. Kapayapaan
V. Upang maiwasan ito, nararapat lamang na maging
C. Lakas ng hangin
bukas ang ating isipan sa paniniwala ng iba. 
D. Katahimikan
A. I.
6. Ang sentro ng pagdiriwang ng SENTENARYO ay sa
B. II
Kawit, Cavite. Ang kasing-kahulugan ng salitang
C. III
nasa malalaking letra ay: 
D. IV 
A. Ika-50 taon
B. Panghabang panahon
14. Alin sa mga sumusunod ang hindi nabibilang na
C. Ikasandaang taon
kasingkahulugan ng salitang pala-palagay? 
D. Ika- 25 taon
A. Opinyon.
B. Kuru-kuro 
7. “Ang sinuman ay makabubuo ng matibay na lubid
C. Paniniwala
kung pagsasama-samahin ang sinulid.” Ang ibig
D. Akala 
sabihin nito ay?
15. May pera sa basura. Huwag mong pagtakhan
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Tiyak na may papel na walang sulat sa likod at boxes after the article for discussion.
maaari mo pa itong sulatan. Kung minsan, may mga
papel at notebook na may sulat pero pwede mo 1. Two buses leave the same station at 8:00 pm. One
namang ipagbili. May mga bukas na lata na maaari bus travels north at the rate of 30 kph and the other
mo rin namang tamnan o kaya’y pwedeng balutin ng
travels east at 40 kph. How many kilometers apart are
wrapping paper upang paglagyan ng lapis, bolpen,
the buses at 10 pm?
krayola, aspile o kaya’y pako. Ang pinagbalatan ng
a. 140 km
sibuyas, patatas at saging, sanga ng kangkong, tira-
tirang pagkain ay maaaring maging pagkain ng b. 100 km
baboy at maaari rin itong maging pataba sa lupa. c. 70 km
Tunay na may pera sa basura kung magtitiyaga d. 50 km
lamang at magiging malikhan upang ang patapong Answer: B
mga bagay ay maging kapaki-pakinabang. Anong uri
ng texto ang seleksyong binasa? 2. Calculate the mean absolute deviation of the following
A. Informativ numbers: 60, 80, 100, 75 and 95
B. Argumentativ a. 12.4
C. Prosijural b. 14.2
D. Narativ c. 16.1
d. 18.9
16. ____________ magtrabaho sina Fred at Jose. 
Answer: A
A. Magkasinbilis 
B. Magkasingbilis
3. Which of the following is the factorization of the
C. Napabilis 
D. Magkasimbilis  binomial x2 - 42?
a. (x + 4)(x + 2)
17. Samahan mo si Lola sa palengke _____ hindi b. (x – 4)2
maligaw.  c. x(x + 2x + 2)
A. kung saan d. (x – 4)(x + 4)
B. noong  Answer: D
C. ng 
D. nang  4. What value of x will satisfy the equation: 0.4(5x -
1470) = x?
18. Upang lalong maging ______________ ang a. 490
patakaran ng Pangulo na mabago ang pamamalakad b. 2,130
sa bansa, ipinasya niyang magkaroon ng
c. 1470
pagbabagong tatag sa lahat ng sangay ng
Answer: D
pamahalaan.
A. marangal
B. mabisa 5. Which of the following has the greatest value:
C. tanyag a. 3 + 32 + (3 + 3)2
D. malinaw b. 33
c. [(3 + 3)2]2
19. Nakalulungkot isipin na ang karamihan sa mga d. (3 + 3 + 3)2
kabataan ngayon ay ______________ sa masamang Answer: C
bisyo.
A. nababalisa
B. nalalayo 6. The average of 5 different counting numbers is 20.
C. nabubuyo What is the highest possible value that one of the
D. nababalot numbers can have?
a. 20
20. ________ ng mga pulis ang kadena sa kanyang
b. 40
mga kamay. 
c. 30
A. Nalagyan
B. Nilagyan d. 90
C. Inilagay Answer: D
D. Naglagay
7. Three brothers inherited a cash amount of P62,000
Answers: 1C 2A 3D 4C 5D 6C 7A 8A 9D 10B 11C and they divided it among themselves in the ratio of
12D 13B 14C 15A 16B 17D 18B 19C 20C 5:4:1. How much more is the largest share than the
smallest share?
a. P75,000
LET Reviewer General Education GenEd: Mathematics b. P30,000
Part 1 c. P24,800
Answer: C c. 65
d. 94
8. What is the missing terms in the series 5, 20, 80, Answer: A
___,1280, ___, 20, 480?
a. 50;210 16. A water tank contains 18 liters when it is 20% full.
b. 40;160 How many liters does it contain when 50% full?
c. 35;135 a. 60
d. 320;5120 b. 30
Answer: D c. 58
d. 45
9. At what rate per annum should P2400 be invested so Answer: D
that it will earn an interest of P800 in 8 years?
a. 6 ½ % 17. The edges of a rectangular solid have these
b. 5 ½ % measures: 1.5 feet by 1½ feet by 3 inches. What is its
c. 4.17 % volume in cubic inches?
d. 6 % a. 324
Answer: C b. 225
c. 972
10. The area of a rectangle is (x2 + 2x - 8). If its length d. 27
is x + 4, what is its width? Answer: C
a. x + 2
b. x - 2 18. In a certain school, the ratio of boys to girls is 5 is to
c. x + 1 7. If there are 180 boys and girls in the school, how
d. x + 6 many boys are there?
Answer: B a. 105
b. 90
11. What is the value of 12⅙ - 3 ⅜ - 5 ⅔ + 20 ¾? c. 45
a. 21 1/8 d. 75
b. 22 Answer: D
c. 23 7/8
d. 21 19. Ruben’s grades in 6 subjects are 88, 90, 97, 90, 91
Answer: C and 86? What is the least grade that he should aim for
in the 7th subject if he has to have an average of 88?
12. The vertex angle of an isosceles triangle is 20°. a. 92
What is the measure of one of the base angles? b. 74
a. 150° c. 88
b. 60° d. 85
c. 75° Answer: B
d. 80°
Answer: D 20. On a certain day, three computer technicians took
turns in manning a 24-hour internet shop. The number
13. Ana and Beth do a job together in three hours. of hours Cesar, Bert, and Danny were on duty was in the
Working alone, Ana does the job in 5 hours. How long ratio 3:4:5, respectively. The shop owner pays them P50
will it take Beth to do the job alone? per hour. How much would Danny receive for that day?
a. 3 and 1/3 hours a. P 230
b. 2 and 1/3 hours b. P500
c. 3 hours c. P160
d. 7 and 1/2 hours d. P480
Answer: D Answer: B

14. How much greater is the sum of the first 50 counting 21. A retailer buys candies for P90.25. The pack has 35
numbers greater than the sum of the first 100 counting pieces of candies. If she sells each candy for P2.25, how
numbers? much profit does she make?
a. 110 a. P11.50
b. 3,775 b. P56.25
c. 3,155 c. P37.50
d. 1200 d. P18.75
Answer: N
22. An online shop sells a certain calculator for P950 and
15. Which of the following has the largest value? charges P150 for shipping within Manila, regardless of
a. 85 the number of calculators ordered. Which of the
b. 39 following equations shows the total cost (y) of an order
as a function of the number of calculators ordered (x)? c. 6:57 am
a. y = (950 + 150)x d. 7:02 am
b. y = 150x +950 Answer: B
c. x = 950y + 150
d. y = 950x + 150 30. Which common fraction is equivalent to 0.215?
Answer: D a. 43/200
b. 27/125
23. One side of a 45° - 45° - 90° triangle measures x c. 21/50
cm. What is the length of its hypotenuse? d. 108/375
a. X √3 cm Answer: A
b. X cm
c. (X √3)/2 cm Mathematics Part 2
d. X √2 cm 1. 120 is 4/5 of what number?
Answer: D A. 150
B. 96
24. The legs of one right triangle are 9 and 12, while C. 30
those of another right triangle are 12 and 16. How much D. 24
longer is the perimeter of the larger triangle than the
perimeter of the smaller triangle?
2. 45 is 60% of what number?
a. 84
A. 75
b. 7
c. 12
B. 27
d. 14 C. 15
Answer: C D. 18

25. Determine the midpoint of the line segment joining 3. What is the ratio of 1/5 to 5/15
the points (7, -3) and (-1, 6). A. 3:5
a. (2, 3/2) B. 1:5
b. (2, -3/2) C. 5:15
c. (3, 3/2) D. 15:75
d. (1, 5/2)
Answer: C 4. What is the value of y is 2x + 2xy + 3y = 25, and
x = 2?
26. Which of these has the longest perimeter?
A. 3
a. A square 21 cm on a side
B. 25
b. A rectangle 19 cm long and 24 cm wide
c. An equilateral triangle whose side is 28 cm
C. 2
d. A right triangle whose two legs are 24 and 32 cm D. 12
Answer: D
5. Ten nurses earn a total average monthly salary of
27. How many square inches are in 2 square yard? P120, 000. The total average income of 6 of them
a. 900 amounts to P80, 000. What is the average total
b. 144 income of each of the remaining workers?
c. 1296 A. P10, 000
d. 2,592 B. P40, 000
Answer: D C. P400
D. P1, 000
28. In a playground for Kindergarten kids, 18 children
are riding tricycles or bicycles. If there are 43 wheels in
6. 2 tablespoons is equivalent to 1 liquid ounce while
all, how many tricycles are there?
10 tablespoons is equivalent to ½ cup. How many
a. 8
b. 9
liquid ounces are there in two cups?
c. 7 A. 20 ounces
d. 11 B. 10 ounces
Answer: C C. 16 ounces
D. 8 ounces
29. Nelia takes ¾ hour to dress and get ready for
school. It takes 4/5 hour to reach the school. If her class 7. A taxi charges P50 for the first kilometer and
starts promptly at 8:00 am; what is the latest time she charges P3 for each additional mile. How far could
can jump out of bed in order not to be late for school? P200 go?
a. 6:42 am A. 50 kilometers
b. 6:27 am
B. 51 kilometers D. 200
C. 66. 67 kilometers
D. 4 kilometers 15. It takes John 25 minutes to walk to the car park
and 45 to drive to work. At what time should he get
8. 20, 10, 40, 10, 60, 20, 80, 60, 100, 240, 120, out of the house in order to get to work at 9:00
____, ____  a.m.?
A. 1200, 140 A. 7:50 am
B. 480, 140 B. 8:00 am
C. 140, 480 C. 8:10 am
D. 1200, 240 D. 8:20 am

9. What is the value of n in the statement 2mn = 50, 16. Kim can walk 4 kilometers in one hour. How long
if m = 1? does it take Kim to walk 18 kilometers?
A. 25 A. 4 ½ hours
B. 2 B. 4 hours
C. 50 C. 5 hours
D. 1 D. 8 hours

10. One store sold twice more apples in the 17. A factory produced 2300 TV sets in its first year
afternoon that in the morning. The store sold 450 of production. 4500 sets were produced in its second
pieces of apples. How many apples are sold in the year and 500 more sets were produced in its third
morning? year than in its second year. How many TV sets were
A. 150 produced in three years?
B. 300 A. 11,800
C. 200 B. 12, 800
D. 350 C. 10, 800
D. 13, 800
11. Joey gathered twice more marbles than Vic and
Tito gathered 2 more marbles than Vic. They 18. Tom and Bob have a total of 49 toys. If Bob has
gathered 26 marbles. How many marbles did Vic 5 more toys than Tom, how many toys does Tom
gather? has?
A. 6 A. 22
B. 12 B. 27
C. 8 C. 23
D. 14 D. 26

12. A child has read 2/3 of a book. The read part of 19. John can eat a quarter of a pizza in one minute.
the book has 100 pages more than the unread. How How long does it take John to eat one pizza and a
many pages is the book? half?
A. 300 A. 6 minutes
B. 200 B. 12 minutes
C. 500 C. 9 minutes
D. 150 D. 3 minutes

13. A number is divided by 5. The result was 20. What is 150% of 298?
subtracted by 154 and the difference is 6. What is A. 447
the number? B. 44.7
A. 800 C. 4.47
B. 160 D. 4470
C. 200
D. 400 Answers: 1A 2A 3A 4A 5A 6A 7B 8A 9A 10A 11A 12A
13A 14D 15A 16A 17A 18A 19A 20A
14. A container contains 23bottles and each bottle
contains 20 marbles. How many marbles are there in LET Reviewer General Education GenEd: Science Part 1
10 bottles?
A. 460 1. Which of the following statements best describes a
B. 400 hypothetical element with an electron configuration of
C. 100 1s22s22p63s23p5?
a. The hypothetical element has an atomic number of
11.
b. The hypothetical element is a member of Group V,
otherwise called the Nitrogen Group.
c. The hypothetical element is in the fifth position in the
p-block, along the third period of the periodic table.
d. The hypothetical element is located at the third
position of the p-block, along the fifth period of the
periodic table.
Answer: C
2. Despite the observed diversity among organisms,
they are all made from the same set of biomolecules
composed of monomeric units except:
a. Proteins
b. Carbohydrates
c. Nucleic Acids
d. Lipids and Fats
Answer: D
3. What will be formed when radium isotope, with 88
protons and 138 neutrons undergoes alpha decay?
a. Radon Atom (Rn222) with 86 Protons
b. Francium Atom (Fr222) with 87 Protons
c. Actinium Atom (Ac222) with 89 Protons
d. Thorium Atom (Th232) with 90 Protons
Answer: A
4. Which of the following examples best illustrates
application of Boyle’s Law?
a. A tire becomes harder as more air is pumped into it.
b. A sealed aerosol can explodes when thrown into a
fire.
c. A balloon expands and bursts when exposed to direct
sunlight.
d. A scuba divers stops at certain depths as he ascends
to the ocean’s surface.
Answer: D
5. Three liquids A, B, C were studied in a laboratory.
Liquid A was found to float over B and C. It was also
found that liquid A flows fastest among the three. What
can be said about liquid A?
a. Densest and most viscous
b. Densest and least viscous
c. Least dense and most viscous
d. Least dense and least viscous
Answer: D
6. Which of the following statements represents a
physical change?
a. An antacid tablet forms bubbles when dissolved in
water.
b. A flashlight beam slowly gets dimmer and finally dies
out over time.
c. The lawn grows thicker every day because fertilizers
were added into the soil.
d. Frozen mango juice melted when left standing at
room temperature for 30 minutes.
Answer: D
7. Which of the following best explains why farmers burn
rice straw and hull during seasons of harvest?
a. Burning rice hulls and straws produce compounds that
act as repellant for pests which may damage plantation.
b. The smoke produced by burning rice hulls and straws
stimulate growth and fruit bearing of trees.
c. Rice hulls and straws are burned so that more spaces
will be available for planting next set of crops.
d. Ash from burnt rice hulls and straws are rich in
compounds that could neutralize acidic soil so that more
crops will grow
8. Acid rain occurs when ____________.
Answer: D
8. Acid rain occurs when _________.
a. carbon dioxide combines with water in the
atmosphere.
b. phosphorus-rich water in lakes evaporates to form
phosphoric acid.
c. sulfur released in burning fossil fuels combines with
water in the atmosphere.
d. excess hydrogen is released into the atmosphere to
produce acids.
Answer: C
9. Why is it difficult to integrate nitrogen gas from the
atmosphere into the nitrogen cycle of the biosphere?
a. Nitrogen is very abundant in the atmosphere
b. Living organisms quickly absorb nitrogen gas
c. Oceans quickly absorb nitrogen gas
d. Few organisms can directly utilize atmospheric
nitrogen
Answer: D
10. Which of the following sentences about greenhouse
effect is INCORRECT?
a. Greenhouse gases trap heat in the atmosphere which
are returned to the earth’s surface.
b. Greenhouse effect is important in maintaining the
temperature of the earth.
c. Greenhouse effect is due to gases that absorb the
green region of light from the sun.
d. Greenhouse effect increases the overall surface
temperature of the earth.
Answer: C
11. When a gardener propagates a plant by taking
cuttings, he plants his cutting in a well-watered soil in a
plant pot. What is the most likely reason why he may
then cover the plant and pot with a lightly perforated
polythene bag?
a. To reduce the water demand of the cutting.
b. To decrease the rate of gaseous exchange by the
plant.
c. To reduce the chance of attack by pests.
d. To protect the plant from cold weather.
Answer: A
12. It is a common observation that mushrooms thrive
few days after lightning strikes. Which among the
following biogeochemical cycles is involved in this
process?
a. Nitrogen cycle amperes in an electrical device, what is the resistance?
b. Carbon-Oxygen cycle a. 95 Ohms
c. Phosphorus cycle b. 20 Ohms
d. Sulfur cycle c. 105 Ohms
Answer: A d. 500 Ohms
Answer: B
13. Which of the following factors contribute to an
increase in human population? 20. Which of the following best differentiates an
I. Immigration II. Emigration earthquake's intensity from its magnitude?
III. Natality IV. Mortality a. Intensity describes 'the depth from which the
a. III and IV earthquake originated’ while magnitude refers to ‘the
b. II and III energy of the earthquake’.
c. I only b. Intensity cannot be measured while magnitude can be
d. I and III measured using a seismograph.
Answer: D c. Intensity refers to the strength of the quake while
magnitude refers to the degree of destruction it caused
14. Shown below is a simple food web in a grassy at the epicenter.
community. The arrow symbol means eaten by. What d. Intensity is a measure of how much damage an
would happen if all snakes are killed? earthquake cause at the surface while magnitude is the
Grass>Grasshopper>Frog>Snake strength of the quake.
Bird>Snake Answer: D
a. Grass population would increase.
b. Grasshopper population would increase. 21. Comparing the speed of sound in liquids, gases, and
c. Bird and frog populations would increase. solids, the speed of sound is usually lowest in ____ and
d. Grasshopper and bird populations would increase. highest in ____.
Answer: C a. solids, gases
b. gases, liquids
15. Which of the following shows mechanical weathering c. liquids, solids
of rocks? d. gases, solids
a. formation of caverns Answer: D
b. acids dissolves rocks
c. freezing water between rock particles 22. Which has a greater density, a lake full of water or a
d. iron in rocks combine with oxygen cupful of water?
Answer: C a. The cup full of water
b. The lake full of water
16. PAGASA announces the approach of the seasonal c. Not enough information
winds. The familiar names used are Amihan and d. They have the same density
Habagat, internationally known as ________ and Answer: D
________ respectively.
a. Northeast and southwest 23. A stainless steel spoon feels colder than a plastic
b. Trade wind and easterlies spoon because stainless steel
c. Southwest and northeast a. absorbs less heat from the hand than plastic does
d. Westerlies and easterlies b. is really colder than plastic
Answer: A c. has a lower temperature than plastic
d. conducts heat away from the hand faster than plastic
17. Fog is a cloud with its base at or very near the does
ground. The formation of fog generally occurs after the Answer: D
ground has lost heat by:
a. Evaporation 24. Why is it NOT advisable to repeatedly open the door
b. Convection of a refrigerator?
c. Conduction a. It will loosen the hinges of the refrigerator's door
d. Radiation b. Leads to wastage in electrical energy.
Answer: D c. Repeated opening introduces bacteria in to the
refrigerator.
18. Why do we see the sun rise in the east? d. The warm air outside lowers the temperature inside
a. The earth revolves eastward. thus making the refrigeration less-efficient.
b. The earth rotates from west to east. Answer: B
c. We are located in the 20th meridian.
d. On the globe, we are located in the east. 25. What kind of mirror is used in cars to give the driver
Answer: B a wider area and smaller image of the traffic behind
him/her?
19. If a voltage of 100 volts produces a current of 5 a. Double concave
b. Convex c. UN
c. Plane d. SEATO
d. Concave Answer: D
Answer: B
3. The theory that population increases by geometrical
26. Why do we hear thunder some seconds after seeing ratio while the means of subsistence increases by
lightning? arithmetical ratio is attributed to?
a. Light appears brighter in the sky. a. Karl Marx
b. Light travels faster than sound. b. Robert Malthus
c. Sound travels 1.331 m/s c. Emile Durkheim
d. Sound is released later actually d. Aristotle
Answer: B Answer: B

27. Water has a higher specific heat than iron. What
does this mean?
a. Water is hotter than iron
b. Water heats more rapidly than iron
c. Water is more dense than iron
d. Water heats more slowly than iron
Answer: D
28. If a colorblind man marries a woman who has
normal vision and no history of the disease, it is most
probable that all of their :
a. daughters will be carriers  Answer: D
b. daughters will be colorblind
c. sons will be carriers
d. sons will be colorblind
Answer: A
29. Albino corn seedlings may grow several inches tall.
However, they will eventually die, primarily because
a. direct sunlight will destroy their cells
b. they lack adequate root system
c. they cannot produce their own food
d. they cannot obtain carbon dioxide
Answer: C
30. Mimosa pudica, locally known as Makahiya is called
as such because its leaflets tend to close when touched.
This organismal response to a given stimuli is called:
a. Hydrotropism
b.Thigmotropism
c. Geotropism
d. Phototropism
Answer: B
4. In what instance is the Filipino double-standard
morality shown?
a. A couple brings their sick child to the doctor then later
to the espiritista
b. Young parents bring up their children in a manner
different from how they were brought up
c. Illiterate parents are eager to send their children to
school even if they themselves did not go to school
d. A married man who flirts with someone else other
than his wife seems acceptable but a married woman
who flirts with another man is condemned.
5. Which part of Asia does the Arabian peninsula
occupy?
a. Northwest
b. Southeast
c. Southwest
d. Northeast
Answer: C
6. The important factors which have contributed to the
weakness in the internalization of desirable values is
the?
a. Lack of models among the very people expected to
exemplify these values
b. Use of approaches which are mainly cognitive rather
than effective
c. Lack of follow up systems from one grade level to
another
d. Minimum recognition and appreciation given to
teachers
Answer: A

LET Reviewer General Education GenEd: Social Science 7. To govern is to rule and the government rules by
Part 1 laws. Whose main duty is the enforcement of laws?
a. Police department
1. What factor was a major cause of both World War I b. Judiciary department
and World War II? c. Legislative department
a. The spread of Marxian ideas into Europe d. Executive department
b. The dropping of atomic bombs Answer: D
c. Nationalism and national borders 8. The term that refers to the class of Filipinos who were
d. The rise of totalitarian fascist states free and independent
Answer: D a. Timawa
b. Maharlika
2. In which organization is the Philippines a member to c. Aliping namamahay
fight communist aggression? d. Aliping saguiguilid
a. APEC Answer: A
b. ASA 9. The Spanish expedition responsible for naming the
archipelago Filipinas Gandhi?
a. Magellan’s expedition a. Promoted a society ruled by religious leaders
b. Loarca expedition b. Rejected violence as a way to political power
c. Legaspi expedition c. Led a successful nationalistic movement in their
d. Villalobos expedition respective countries 
Answer: D d. Supported Marxist philosophy to change existing
10. The third and last military governor of the governments
Philippines was Answer: B
a. Gen. Wesley Merritt 19. Nebuchadnezzar was to the Babylonian Empire as
b. Gen. Elwell Otis Asoka was to the ______ Empire.
c. Gen. Arthur MacArthur a. Roman
d. Gen. Douglas MacArthur b. Gupta
Answer: C c. Greek
11. Which Katipunan member commuted from Cavite to d. Maurya
Manila to buy materials used to make ammunitions? Answer: D
a. Teresa Magbanua 20. With the opposition of the parity rights in mind, who
b. Agueda Esteban does NOT belong to the group?
c. Teodora Alonso a. Claro M. Recto
d. Trinidad Tecson b. Jose Laurel
Answer: B c. Manuel Roxas
12.Which economic system is based on free enterprise? d. Pedro Taruc
a. Globalism Answer: C
b. Mixed economies 21. When the Filipino reformists asked for the
c. Capitalism  assimilation of the Philippines by Spain, what did they
d. Communism ask for? For the Philippines to ____
Answer: C a. Become independent from Spain
13. How is the so-called colonial mentality manifested? b. Become a province of Spain
a. Cultural relativism c. Be independent from Spain with certain conditions
b. Cultural diversity d. Be represented in the Spanish Cortes
c. Xenocentrism Answer: B
d. Ethnocentrism
Answer: C 22. Who among the Presidents changed the date of our
14. Which is a safeguard against unfair trade practices celebration of Independence day from July 4 to June 12?
like short-weighing? a. Ramon Magsaysay
a. Total Quality Movement b. Diosdado Macapagal
b. Consumerism c. Carlos Garcia
c. Consumer vigilance d. Ferdinand Marcos
d. Substandardization Answer: B
Answer: C 23. In which country did the Philippines participate in
15. If the seven continents were arranged from largest the world’s peacekeeping operations by sending doctors,
to smallest, in which order does Australia fall? nurses, soldiers and police?
a. 4th a. Israel
b. 5th b. East Timor
c. 6th c. Iraq
8. 7th d. Iran
Answer: D Answer: C
16. In which continent can we find stormy Cape Horn
which is known as the graveyard of ships and sailors? 24. In which poem did Rizal write about offering one’s
a. Africa life for one’s country?
b. Australia a. A La Juventud Filipina
c. South America b. Song of Maria Clara
d. Asia c. Sa Aking mga Kabata
Answer: C d. Mi Ultimo Adios
Answer: D
17. Which led to the creation of Pakistan as a nation in 25. As an effect of our geography, in which of the
1947? Religious differences between following island/s do people travel mostly by water?
a. Hindus and Christians a. Luzon
b. Christians and Muslims b. Mindanao
c. Hindus and Buddhists c. Visayas
d. Hindus and Muslims d. Visayas and Mindanao
Answer: D Answer: C
18. Which is common to Sun Yat Sen and Mahatma 26. As an insular country, to which principle does the
Philippines adhere when it comes to territorial self-expression and creativity is acknowledged.
boundary? Answer: A
a. Two hundred nautical miles of the country’s coast
b. Three hundred fifty nautical miles from shore 3. He is considered as the “Father of Modern Media in
c. Three-mile territorial limit Education”.
d. Archipelagic doctrine a. Jean Piaget
Answer: D b. Robert Gagne
27. Which part/s of the Visayas has/have comparatively c. B.F. Skinner
more excessively moist climate and limited arable lands? d. Edgar Dale
a. Western Answer: D
b. Eastern
c. Eastern and Central 4. It is a term to denote a whole range of technologies
d. Central and Western associated with processing information and with sending
Answer: B and receiving messages.
28. Which follows Pres. Garcia’s “Filipino First Policy”? a. Educational Technology
Filipinos b. Information and Communication Technology
a. Should buy and consume Filipino products only c. Media Technology
b. Should not contribute to the brain drain problem d. Instructional Systems Design
c. Should be selective in the entry in the entry of foreign Answer: B
professionals in the country
d. Were to be given first preference in all matters 5. A methodology widely used for developing new
related to the economic development of the country training programs.
Answer: D a. Microsoft
b. World Wide Web
29. Aside from the Philippines, which countries claim c. Instructional Systems Design
part of the Spratly islands in the South China Sea? d. Computer Technology
a. China, Thailand, Brunei, Malaysia Answer: C
b. China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia
c. Indonesia, China, Taiwan, Malaysia 6. This is considered to be the first manual data
d. China, Thailand, Brunei, Malaysia processing device developed in China in the 12th
Answer: B century A.D.
30. The following are our constitutional rights EXCEPT a. Hieroglyphics
to  b. Papyrus
a. Free access to legal assistance which shall not be c. Printing Press
denied due to poverty d. Abacus
b. Have access to all records of the government Answer: D
c. Be presumed innocent until proven guilty
d. Form association and labor unions 7. He is considered to be the “Father of Computing”
Answer: B because of his contributions to the basic design of
computer.
LET Reviewer General Education GenEd: Information a. John Napier
and Communication Technology (ICT) Part 1 b. William Oughtred
c. Blaise Pascal
d. Charles Babbage
Answer: D
1. Which of the following is not a benefit of technology
in education? 8. Which is the standard input device that accepts
a. Improves critical-thinking abilities. letters, numbers and commands from the user?
b. Unlimited access to games and other internet sites. a. Trackpad
c. Allows cooperative learning. b. Lightpen
d. Increases self-expression. c. Mouse
Answer: B d. Keyboard
Answer: D
2. Which situation shows that technology can be used to
motivate students to learn? 9. Mr. Rico carefully studies the materials he acquired
a. Teacher Eric employs educational games related to from the internet. He always examines if the author is
the lesson they are taking. qualified to present the material. This practice is?
b. Miss Cleo designs lessons which use cooperative a. necessary to ensure that the materials are reliable.
learning with technology integration. b. unethical because he does not trust the author.
c. Mr. Jimmy utilizes computer assisted instruction c. unnecessary because all resources from the internet
programs so that students will learn at their own pace. are dependable.
d. Teacher Sarah assigns projects to her class where d. just a waste of time.
Answer: A

10. When a teacher asks the consistency of a material

taken from the internet with other available materials,
he/she is concerned with its?
a. relevance
b. accuracy
c. coverage
d. currency
Answer: B