MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Many a child ___left to care of relatives while the parents work.

a. are c. will

b. is� d. has been

2. She hurt ____when she was slicing the onions.

a. himself c. herself�

b. myself d. ourselves

3. If you forgot ___textbook, you can use ___, Mark.

a. yours, ours c. our, hers

b. his, hers d. your, mine�

4. Mr. Tolentino was concerned about the safety of motorist and so he issued a circular containing _____
safety instructions.

a. himself c. his

b. themselves d. their�

5. The green revolution refers to food production by planting vegetables and fruit trees. A natural
resource that has not been sufficiently developed is the world’s bodies of water which promise abundant
source of food. Referred to as blue revolution this food source refers to _____.

a. corals c. algae

b. fsh �d. seashells

6. Some animals perform services to assist man. Canines serve in war and in peace. Cats safeguard the
home from pests. Pigeons can transmit messages. This is possible if these animals are ____.

a. fed c. trained�

b. drugged d. kept

7. Read the paragraph and answer the item that follows:

Nelson Mandela sacrifced so much in his life—family, friends and a big chunck of his life for things he
believed in a democratic South Africa, with equal rights and a beacon of hope for the rest of the world.
Nelson Mandela’s dream for South Africa, which was realized, was

a. cooperation c. democracy�
b. unity d. supremacy

8. Read the paragraph and answer the item that follows:

“As far back as I can remember, our family had always been an extended one. Our grandmother was the
mainstay in the family, the silent strength behind our mother who is her daughter.”

The informal guide and honorary household chief in the extended family is the ____

a. grandmother �c. father

b. mother d. aunt

9. Shirley has not forgotten that she was betrayed by her best friend and carried such ___in her deeply
offended heart for a long time.

a. rancor �c. souvenir

b. doubt d. offense

10. Even when her friends betray her, Perla bears no rancor in her heart because she is not ____.

a. embarrassed c. bitter�

b. consoled d. insulted

11. Clara would read any book or magazine she could lay her hands on and read from cover to cover in
one sitting. She is such a _____ reader.

a. tedious c. leisurely

b. serious d. voracious�

12. A lot of water ___needed to irrigate the parched land.

a. is �c. is being

b. are being d. are

13. You ___fnished eating before we arrived.

a. have c. have been

b. should �d. will have

14. Let us campaign for the total ban ___of harmful insecticides

a. on the use �c. on using

b. with the use d. with using

15. “She is a vision of feminine pulchritude”. The underlined word means ___

a. homeliness c. plain

b. loveliness �d. ugliness

16. “If you want the moon I will get it for you” is an example of ____

a. hyperbole �c. irony

b. synecdoche d. personifcation

17. “We listened to a loquacious speaker.” The underlined words means ____

a. quiet c. verbose�

b. simple d. lousy

18. What emotion or feeling is expressed in the following lines?

To be, or not to be, that is the question.

Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous Fortune, or to take arms
against a Sea of Troubles, and by opposing end them?

a. sadness c. joy

b. anger d. indecision�

19. How is “mercy” decribed in the following lines?

The quality of mercy is not strained,

IT droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven

Upon the place beneath; it is twice blest:

It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.

a. Everybody deserves mercy �c. Mercy drops as rain

b. Mercy is difficult to give d. mercy is given only to few

20. What fgure of speech is the following : “he is the black sheep of the family.”

a. metaphor �c. hyperbole

b. simile d. alliteration

21. “The princess is a phantom of delight” is ____

a. simile c. metaphor�

b. hyperbole d. irony

22. Poem which is usually composed of fourteen lines which follow specifc patterns of rhyme is called _

a. haiku c. elegy

b. sonnet �d. free verse

23. “..It droppeth as a gentle rain from heaven” is what fgure of speech?

a. personifcation c. metaphor

b. simile �d. hyperbole

24. Haiku is traditional Japanese poem consisting of ___

a. three lines totaling 17 syllables with nature as topic�

b. eight lines ending in rhyming couplet with death as topic

c. four lines that rhyme with love as topic

d. lines of poetry in free verse with ordinary things as topic

25. Jose Rizal’s novel which revealed the abuses of the Spanish government in the Philippines and the
sufferings of the Filipinos.

a. Noli Me Tangere c. La Solidaridad

b. Mi Ultimo Adios d. La Independencia

26. Ang mga salitang teka, saan, tena, dali as nagtataglay ng __

a. pagkaltas c. metatesis

b. tono d. asimilasyon

27. Tumutukoy ito sat as-baba ng bigkas ng pantig ng isang salita upang maging mabisa ang pakikipag-
usap.

a. diin c. tono

b. antala d. segmental

28. Ang mga salitang tanaw, aliw, kamay, reyna ay mga halimbawa ng ___

a. diptonggo c. klaster
b. pare minimal d. ponema

29. Uri ng pangatnig na ginagamit sa pagpili, pagbubukod at pagtatangi ay

a. pamukod c. paninsay

b. panapos d. panlinaw

30. Alin sa mga sumusunod ang nararapat sa komunikasyon na pasulat?

a. pagkibit ng balikat c. lakas ng boses

b. Maliksing mga mata d. Maayos na pagpapalugi

31. Ang wikang nabuo mula sa pangunahing wika ng isang lalawigan na sinasalita sa ibang bayan ng
naturang lalawigan ay tinatawag na ___

a. ekolek c. etnolek

b. dayalek d. sosyalek

32. Wikang nabuo mula sa pangunahing wika ng isang lugar o lalawigan na kadalasang sinasalita sa ibang
bayan ng naturang lugar.

a. ekolek c. dayalek

b. etnolek d. sosyalek

33. Bantas na ginagamit sa pagitan ng panlalaping ika at tambilang

a. gitling c. panaklong

b. kuwit d. tuldok

34. Ang pariralang nalaglag-nahulog ay nagpapakahulugan ng ___

a. magkahawig c. magkapares

b. magkasalungat d. idyoma

35. Ano ang kahulugan ng “neneng is the apple of Daddy’s eye?”

a. Paborito ni Daddy ang mansanas

b. Mahal ni Daddy si Neneng

c. Si Neneng ay tulad ng mansanas

d. Tawag-pansin ang mansanas

36. Uri ng pagsasaling-wika na tumutukoy sa mga disiplinang akademiko, agham, kalikasan at lipunan ay
tinatawag na ____

a. pangkasaysayan c. teknikal

b. pangkultura d. pampanitikan

37. Sa pangungusap na “Malakas ang boses mo”, ang salitang malakas ay isang ___

A. pang-uri c. panghalip

b. pangatnig d. pandiwa

38. Isang disenyo ng pananaliksik na nagsisiyasat sa pamamagitan ng palatanungan o pakikipagpanayam.

a. sarbey c. feasibility study

b. case study d. etnograpiya

39. Ang wastong kahulugan ng: The present problem is only a storm in a teacup.

a. bale-wala c. may galit

b. buong puso d. matagumpay

40. Sa anong bahagi ng pananaliksik matatagpuan ang mga lugar at babasahing mapagkukunan ng mga
literature at pag-aaral.

a. Kabanata I c. kabanata II

b. Kabanata IV d. Kabanata V

41. Isang uri ng pahayagan na nag-uulat ng mga tunay na pangyayari batay sa pag-aaral, pananaliksik, o
pakikipanayam at isinusulat sa paraang kawili-wili.

a. editorial c. lathalain

b. pangulong tudling d. kumento

42. Uri ng pagsulat na ang pokus ay ang imahinasyon ng manunulat; pukawin ang damdamin

a. malikhain c. teknikal

b. jornalistik d. academiko

43.Ang proseso ng paghahatid ng saloobin, opinion, karunungan sa pamamagitanng makabuluhang

tunog ay tinatawag na ___

a. pagtatala c. pagsasalita
b. pakikinig d. pagbabasa

44. Nakikipag-away kasa speaker. Ito ay pakikinig na __

a. pasibo c. may lugod

b. masusi d. kombatib

45. Ito ang rutang dinaraanan ng mensahe ng tagapagsalita.

a. konteksto c. participant

b. tsanel d. pidbak

46. Regala company manufactures beds; in its catalogue, a double bed is priced at P5,000.00 less a
discount of 20%. What will Rizza have to pay for the bed she ordered?

a. P4,150.00 c. P4,200.00

b. O4, 100.00 d. P4,000.00

47. Clara Ramos works as a sales clerk. She is paid a salary of P3,000.00 a week plus 2% commission on
sales over P4,000.00 Find her gross pay for a week in which her sales are P9,500.00

a. P3,500.00 c. P3,110.00

b. 3,250.00 d. 3,210.00

48. A Toyota car travelling at a rake of 70km. per hour leaves the house 2 hours after a Kia car has left
and overtakes it in 5 hours at what rate was the Kia car travelling?

a. 40 km per hour c. 50 km per hour

b. 30 km per hour d. 20 km per hour

49. How many prime number are there between 1 and 100?

a. 24 c. 22

b. 23 d. 25

50. What number must be subtracted from both numerator and denominator of the fraction 11/23 to
give a fraction whose value is 2/5?

a. 4 c. 5

b. 2 d. 3

51. The fraction halfway between 3/7 and 4/7 is ___

a. ½ c. 1/4

b. 1/8 d. 1/3

52. A recipe calls for 2 cups of milk for every 7 cups of flour. A chef will use 28 cups of flour, how many
cups of milk must he have?

a. 12 c. 14

b. 10 d. 8

53. If Karl has an average of 76% on his frst two tests and has an average of 85% on the next four tests,
what is his fnal average on all six tests?

a. 85.5% c. 81.3%

b. 80.5% d. 82.0%

54. A room is 30ft long, 25 ft wide and 14ft high. If 42 balloons are inside the room, how many cubic feet
of space does this allow for each balloon?

a.11 c. 12.5

b. 12 d. 11.9

55. What percent of 75 is 15?

a. 30% c. 20%

b. 40% d. 38%

56. All right angles are ___.

a. parallel c. supplementary

b. oblique d. equal

57. The side opposite the right angle of a right triangle is the ___ and each of the other two sides is ___

a. hypotenuse, leg c. leg, hypotenuse

b. opposite, adjacent d. adjacent, opposite

58. A 10 meter board leans against the wall. The foot of the board is 8 meters from the wall. How far up
the wall does the board reach?

a. 10 meters c. 6 meters

b. 4 meters d. 8 meters
59. The sum of the sides of a polygon is the ___ of the polygon

a. volume c. legs

b. area d. perimeters

60. If two legs of one right triangle are equal respectively to two legs of another, the right triangles are

a. congruent c. supplementary

b. complementary d. adjacent

61. Find the least common multiple of 8, 6, 3.

a. 24 c. 72

b. 48 d. 96

62. The measure of an angle is 25 more than its supplement. What is the measure of the larger angle?

a. 102.5 degrees c. 110.5 degrees

b. 77.5 degrees d. 95.5 degrees

63. Find the least common multiple of 5, 2, 7

a. 140 c. 15

b. 35 d. 70

64. Simplify: (3x-9) / (x2 – 9)

a. 3/(x+3) c. (x+3)/3

b. 3 / (9-3) d. (X-3) / 3

65. Simplify: (8x – 24) / (2x2 – x -15)

a. (x-4) / (x +4) c. 8 / (2x + 5)

b. 4 / (x -13) d. 5 / (2x – 5)

66. The grades in Mathematics of the students in Section A are as follows: 82, 75, 60, 95, 100. What is
the range of their group?

a. 80 – 95 c. 60 - 95

b. 60 – 100 d. 70 – 100

68. Which among the measure of central tendency is not influenced by outliers?
a. mean c. Median

b. weighted mean d. mode

69. What measure of central tendency can best describe the size of T-shirts commonly worn by
teenagers?

a. mode c. range

b. mean d. median

70.If a die is rolled, what is the probability of getting a number divisible by 2?

a. ½ c. 1/3

b. 1/6 d. ¼

71. In a physics test, 9 students obtained the following scores: 80, 86, 78, 88, 90, 82, 76, 84

a. 84 c. 86

b. 82 d. 88

72. What is the pressure exerting on the plasma membrane against the cell wall of bacteria fungi and
plant cells?

a. osmotic pressure c. turgor pressure

b. wall pressure d. plasma pressure

73. Which organism is an example of a fungus

a. algae c. euglenoids

b. yeast d. entamoeba

74. Which of the following is an example of a useful function of bacteria

a. can clean up an oil spill by digesting hydrocarbons

b. maybe used as vectors to introduce proteins

c. can synthesize new forms of heavy metals

d. may be pathogenic and cause human disease

75. Which protest can cause dysentery

a. gorilla beringei c. streptococcus

b. plasmodium vivax d, entamoeba histolytica

76. Which organism is classifed under kingdom of fungi

a. red algae c. diatoms

b. microspiridia d. streptococcus

77. Human reproduce when an ovum is combined with a sperm leading to the development of an
embryo. This form of reproduction is called

a. a sexual reproduction c. budding

b. fertilization d. binary fssion

78. The waste product of photosynthesis is ___

a. carbon monoxide c. carbon dioxide

b. nitrogen d. oxygen

79. A hypothetical ecosystem contains lettuce (the producer), a caterpillar (the primary consumer), a
small passerine bird (the secondary consumer) and a lion (the tertiary consumer). A gardener arrives and
sprays pesticide, killing all the caterpillars. What can happen to the ecosystem?

a. the passerine birds will thrive.

b. the lions will eventually die.

C. the passerine birds will convert to herbivores

d. the lettuce will wilt and die.

80. What is the molecule that allows plants to capture energy from sunlight?

a. oxygen c. ATP

b. carbohydrates d. chlorophyll

81. A human arm. A bat’s wing and a seal’s flipper are examples of ___

a. analogous organs c. embryonic organs

b. homologous organs d. vertigial organs

82. An important endocrine gland that is shaped like a bow-tie and located in the neck is called ___

a. pituitary gland c. adrenal gland

b. parathyroid gland d. thyroid gland

83. Which of the following is an organism that feeds on necrotic and decaying matter?

a. vulture c. algae

b. parakeet d. yeast

84. The asexual reproduction which occurs when a new organism develops from an outgrowth is called

a. fssion c. budding

b. fertilization f. grafting

85. Predation is a relationship exemplifed by __

a. an orchid attached to the trunk of a narra tree

b. a hunter shooting a duck in the forest and having it for dinner

c. a tapeworm living in the gastrointestinal tract of a toddler

d. a clownfsh living with a sea anemone.

86. The molecules that contain an organism’s genetic make-up is called ___

a. genetic membrane c. nucleolus

b. nucleic acid d. cytosol

87. What is the process used by plants to covert the energy from sunlight into chemical energy?

a. photosynthesis c. phytochemical conversion

b. diffusion d. cytolysis

88. What are the thin structures essential for cytokinesis, amoeboid movement and changes in cell
shape?

a. nanoflaments c. microflaments

b. myosin flaments d. pseudoflaments

89. What are the small hair-like structures that serve a sensory function in eukaryotic cells?

a. plasma membrane c. actin flaments

b. centromere d. cilia

90. Who was the father of modern taxonomy and responsible for coining the term homosapiens for
human
a. chatton c. H. Copland

b. Aristotle d. Linnaeus

91. What is a possible consequence of eutrophication?

a. water that is colourless and odour-free

b. signifcantly diminished sea harvest by fshermen

c. decreased toxicity of bodies of water

d. less turbidity of water

92. What is the maximum number of electrons that can occupy a p orbital?

a. 6 c. 18

b. 10 d. 14

93. Besides solid, liquid, and gas, what is the fourth form of matter?

a. gel c. plasma

b. colloid d. foam

94. Which of the following is the lowest rank of coal and is otherwise called brown coal?

a. charcoal c. anthracite

b. lignite d. bituminous

95. The feeding connections between all life forms are referred to as __

a. nutrition cycles c. biochemical pathways

b. food web d. fossil cycle

96. What diagnostic test allows microorganisms to multiply in a medium under controlled laboratory
condition in order to determine the cause of an infectious disease?

a. microbial culture c. complete blood count

b. chest x-ray d. urinalysis

97. If a carbohydrates are hydrophilic-organic compounds, lipids are ___ organic compounds

a. biomolecules c. polypeptido

b. hydrophobic d. simple
98. The bond is sodium fluoride is which of the following types of chemical bond?

a. halogens c. rare earths

b. alkali metals d.alkaline earth metals

99. Which 2 chemicals factors cause decomposition?

a. putrefaction and respiration c. autolysis and photosynthesis

b. death and cellular respiration d. autolysis and putrefaction

100. An atom of silicon has a mass number of 28 and an atomic number of 14. How many protons are in
this atom?

a. 14 c. 28

b. 12 d. 7