GENERAL SCIENCE

_________1. The disease AIDS or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome can be transmitted by

these means, EXCEPT:
a. physical proximity to infected individual
b. sexual intercourse with infected individual
c. contact of sores with bodily fluids of the infected
d. childbirth and breastfeeding of infected mother
_________2. Which pigments of flowers and fruits are responsible for their change in color upon
reaching maturity?
a. chloroplast
b. fucoxanthin
c. carotinoids
d.
phycocyanins
_________3.New peonies, perennial plants that produce showy flowers can be propagated from
the parent plant by dividing corns that grow underground. This reproductive form resembles a
______.
a. bulb
b. runner
c. seed
d. bud
_________4. . Which of the following is the best example of self-preservation?
a. a mouse runs when it sees a cat
c. a young man decides to quit
smoking
b. a dog barks when it sees its owner
d. a salmon swims back to the place of its
birth to lay eggs

_________5. Which is the most likely reason for a desert plant to have a few or no leaves?
a. to increase photosynthesis
c. to increase transpiration
b. to decrease photosynthesis
d. to decrease transpiration
_________6. Scientists also find that other stalky vegetables such as carrots also help lower blood
pressure. This statement is best classified as?
a. experiment
b. nonessential fact
c. finding
d. prediction
_________7. They are the basic units of heredity found in the cells of all living organisms which
determine the physical characteristics that are transmitted from parent to offspring.
a. gametes
b. phenotypes
c. genes
d. chromosomes
_________8. The relationship between a human infected with amoebiasis and the protest amoeba
which causes it is referred to as:
a. commensalism
b. parasitism
c. mutualism
d. predation
_________9. Which gas is manufactured by green plants into starch?
a. carbon dioxide
b. hydrogen
c. oxygen
d. helium
_________10. Why is velocity classified as a vector quantity? Because velocity is ____________.
a. speed expressed in kilometres per hour
c. rate of motion
b. force and motion
d. speed and direction
_________11. What does a speedometer of a moving car show?
a. average acceleration
b. instantaneous speed c. average speed d. instant
acceleration
_________12. Riders in a bus are pushed forward during a sudden stop. Which law of motion
provides an explanation?
a. hookes law
b. law of universal gravitation c. law of interaction
d. law of inertia
_________13. Which of the following is an application of the thermodynamic property of change in
volume of matter in response to a change in temperature?
a. putting steel utensils in a pot cooking food
b. inflating of a rubber balloon
c. placing small gaps in concrete or steel in railroad tracks and bridges
d. handling hot kitchenware with thick cloth
_________14. The force required to maintain an object at a constant speed in free space is equal
to __________.
a. the force required to stop it
c. zero
b. the mass of the object
d. the weight of the object
_________15. Which of the following is true about distance and displacement?
a. distance and displacement both have magnitude and direction.

b. distance is a vector quantity while displacement is scalar quantity.

c. distance tells how much ground is covered during motion while displacement tells how far out of
place an object is.

d. distance is the overall change in position while displacement is the change in position
only
_________16. Each of the following objects is designed to employ the buoyancy principle except a
___________.
a. life preserver
b. kite
c. submarine
d. canoe
_________17. Polar bears sleep and appear dead through winter after eating more food than
usual during the fall season. By the time they wake up in spring, they have become thinner, but
food is also more available. How is this adaptation to the climate called?
a. estivation
b. torpor
c. hibernation
d. diapauses
_________18. Which among these is the single biggest direct cause of deforestation, especially in
tropical regions?
a. conversion of forests into agricultural and pasture lands
b. legal and illegal logging for timbre
c. infrastructure expansion such as road building
d. accidental forest fires
_________19. What fishing technique used in Southeast Asia involves the use of heavy materials
to pound coral reefs and scare fish out into nets?
a. muro-ami
b. blast fishing
c. bottom trawling d. cyanide fishing
_________20. Which measure can reduce the impact of human activities on global warming and
environmental degradation?
a. replacing human with electricity-powered machines
c. eating more meat, especially
beef
b. using renewable sources of energy
d. cleaning the house with strong
chemical formulations
_________21. Climate in a particular region is greatly affected by _____________.
a. atmospheric pressure and wind
c. temperature and rainfall
b. rainfall and atmospheric pressure
d. wind and temperature
_________22. The point in the earths orbit when the earth is farthest from the sun is called
_______.
a. parallax
b. aphelion
c. perigee
d. perihelion
_________23. All of the following problems may arise in the use of sanitary landfill, EXCEPT:
a. production of methane gas and possible explosion
b. refusal of residents for the construction of sanitary landfill in their area
c. flash floods and degradation of soil
d. pollution of the surrounding soil
_________24. What explains why a coin sinks in water?
a. surface tension of water
c. mass of a coin compared to waters
b. density of a coin compared to waters
d. buoyant force of a coin
_________25. Why does the level of water in a beaker rise after a stone is placed in it?
a. the stone and water occupy the same space
c. the stone has more mass
than the water
b. the stone takes the place occupied by water
d. the water weighs less than
the stone
_________26. Most metals conduct electric current because their _____ are free to move.
a. nuclei
b. valence electrons
c. inner electrons d. protons
_________27. A suspension is a mixture in which the distributed particles are larger than those of
the solvent and in which the particles, in time, will settle. Which of the following is a suspension?
a. pure oxygen
b. dusty air
c. pure gold
d. salt water
_________28. Why does water boil at lower temperature on a mountain than at sea level?
a. the temperature of the air falls as we go higher. c. the atmospheric pressure is lower
as we go higher.
b. the atmospheric pressure is higher as we go higher.
d. the temperature of the air
rises as we go higher.

_________29. Which statement(s) is/are true?

I. flammability and conductivity are chemical properties II. Volume and boiling point are
physical properties
a. I and II are both false
b. I and II are both true
c. Only I is true
d.
Only II is true
_________30. When a pure crystalline yellowish substance is heated in vacuum, a greenish gas
and a red powdery substance were produced. Under which of the following will you classify the
yellowish substance?
a. pure substance
b. compound
c. mixture
d. element

ANSWER KEY
1. A

21. C

2. C

22. B

3. A

23. C

4. A

24. B

5. D

25.B

6. C

26.B

7. C

27.B

8. B

28. C

9. A

29. D

1O. D

30. B

11. B
12. D
13. D
14. C
15. C
16. B
17. C
18. A
19.A
20. B