WAR of WITS

Exercises on Philippine History

1. Who was credited with naming the Philippines “Felipinas”?

a) Alvaro de Saavedra
b) Garcia Jofre de Loasa
c) Ruy Lopez de Villalobos
d) Sebastian Cabot

2. When did Dr. Jose Rizal die?

a) January 20, 1897
b) May 25, 1900
c) June 4, 1894
d) December 30, 1896

3. Who was the third and last military governor of the Philippines?
a) General Elwell Otis
b) General Douglas McArthur
c) General Wesley Merrit
d) General Arthur McArthur

4. In 1762-1763 the most popular revolt took place in Ilocos. Diego and Gabriela Silang had defended
Ilocos from the Sapinsh authorities. Identify the relationship of the Silangs.
a) Brother and sister
b) Husband and wife
c) Parent and child
d) They were not related

5. Dr. Jose P. Rizal is the Philippines’ national hero because of his large contribution to independence
during 19th century. What was his main weapon against the Spaniards?

6. Jose P. Rizal and other Illustrados (Spnish fro Filipino intellectuals) had established this group of
propagandawriters. The name of this progressive society newspaper against Spain was?

Exercises on Scientist and Inventor

7. Jean Piaget is remembered for his work in which scientific field?

a) Astronomy
b) Climate Change
c) Geology
d) Psychology
 8. In 1796, Edward Jenner carried out his first experiment which led to a vaccine against which deadly disease?
a) Smallpox
b) Malaria
c) Polio
d) Tuberculosis

Exercises on Fifty More Shades of Grey

9. Which of these isn’t a shade of grey?

a. Byzantium
b. Payne’s Grey
c. Davy’s Grey
d. Taupe

10. No quiz on shades of grey would be complete without mention of the publishing sensation of 2011, “Fifty
Shades of Grey”, who wrote it?

a. C. L. R. James
b. E. L. James
c. P. D. James
d. M. R. James

Exercises on General Science

1. The fastest-running terrestrial animal is?

a) Lion
b) Cheetah
c) Man
d) Jaguar

2. Unlike rodents, the rabbit has how many incisor teeth?

3. Which sea is the saltiest natural lake and also at the lowest elevation on the face of the earth?
4. How many time zones are there on Earth?

5. What land mammal holds the record for the greatest age?
6. What element, whose symbol derived from the Latin for "liquid silver", has been found in Egyptian tombs from
1500 B.C.?

7. What poisonous alkaloid is extracted from tobacco leaves and widely

used as an insecticide?
8. At room temperature, most elements are in which phase of matter?
a) solid
b) liquid
c) gas
d) plasma
9. The science of weights and measures is called:
a) Metrology
b) Meteorology
c) Mineralogy
d) Morphology

10. Yeast, used in making bread is a:

a) Plant
b) Fungus
c) Bacteria
d) Seed

11. The word atom is from a Greek word meaning:

a) Small
b) Indivisible
c) Unseen
d) Visible

12. What month is showing on the calendar when the Earth is nearest the
Sun?

13. Plants get their nitrogen from:

a) Rain
b) the soil
c) the air
d) the bedrock

14. The first animal launched into orbit was a:

a) mouse
b) monkey
c) chimpanzee
d) dog

15. The estrogen and androgen hormones which regulate sexual development and function are structurally related
to:
a) beta carotene
b) ethanol
c) adrenaline
d) cholesterol

16. The most abundant organic molecule on the surface of the Earth is:
a) Cellulose
b) Chitin
c) DNA
d) hemoglobin
 17. What common flavoring comes from the long slender fruit of a climbing orchid?

18. In daylight the human eye is most sensitive to which color?

a) Green
b) Red
c) Blue
d) Orange

19. Evaporation from water surfaces exposed to air is not dependent of the:
a) velocity of the wind
b) humidity
c) Temperature
d) depth of the water

20. What nocturnal animal group makes up one-fourth of all mammals species?

Exercises on Clerical Reasoning

1. To whom will the duty of ordering needed goods fall?

a) Accounting clerk
b) Purchasing Clerk
c) Manager
d) Sales man

2. Which department in an office takes care of preparing the customers accounts to the company?
a) Indexing Section
b) Ordering Section
c) Billing Section
d) Purchasing Section

3. Which documents indicate the returned items and deducted payment by a customer to your company?
a) Circular
b) Purchase invoice
c) Letter of credit
d) Credit document

4. Which of the following forms is not the concern of a clerk in a business establishment?
a) Stock room requisition
b) Voucher for requisition
c) DECS Form 137
d) Purchase order

5. The Law which mandates use of Filipino in government office correspondence?

a) R.A 336
b) Executive Order 336
c) Executive Order 335
d) Adm. Order 338
Exercises on Quantitative Analysis and Numeric Reasoning

1. Write 3.4% as a fraction.

2. 3 is 6% of a certain number. What is the number?

3. If 2 apples cost P25.00 how many apples can be purchased for P100.00?

4. What number is 35 more than 70?

5. What number is 15 less 7; when added to ten, what will the number be?

Exercises on Quantitative Analysis and Numeric Reasoning

1. If two halves of 2 ½ are added to 2 ½, the results is?

2. Suppose that the time now is 10.30am. What will be the time 16 hours from now?

3. How many numbers between 200 and 400 begin or end with 3?

4. A tenants get 4 sacks of palay for every 7 sacks harvested. If the farmland produced 560 sacks of palay, how
many sacks would the tenant get?

5. One way plane fare from Davao to Manila is P5,200. How many round trip tickets can be purchased with the
amount of P104,000.00?

Exercises on Philippine Constitution

1. The 1987 Philippine Constitution contains at least 3 sets of provisions. Which one of the following provisions is
not included?
a) Constitution of Universality
b) Constitution of Liberty
c) Constitution of governments
d) Constitution of Sovereignty

2. This constitutional principle is meant that no man in the country, not even the government, is above or beyond
the law.

a) Rule of Majority
b) Rule of Law
c) Bill of Rights
d) Republican Law
 3. Term of office for the Senate members under the 1987 Constitution shall be_________.

a) Three (3) years

b) Four (4) years
c) Six (6) years
d) Nine (9) years

4. The executive power shall be vested upon______.

a) The Congress
b) The President
c) The Senate President
d) The Chief Justice

5. The power of the State to take or expropriate private property for public use upon paying the owner a just
compensation to be ascertained according to law.

a) Police Power
b) Power of Eminent Domain
c) Power of Taxation
d) Emergency Powers

Exercises on Newly Enacted Laws, Environmental Protection, General Information and Current events

1. Which of the following sectors is NOT represented in the party-list system in the House of Representatives?

a) Youth
b) Labor
c) Women
d) Religious

2. Who is responsible for determining the existence of probable cause for the issuance of a warrant of arrest or
search of warrant?

a) Lawyer
b) Judge
c) Fiscal
d) Prosecutor
 3. Environmental law providing for an ecological solid waste management program creating necessary mechanism
incentives, prohibitions and penalties.

a) Rep. Act # 8749 or the Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999.

b) Ecological Solid Waste Management Act 0f 2000.
c) Anti-Pollution Reduction Act
d) Waste Recycling and Disposal Act

4. It embodies the national policy on information technology development and serves as a guide to all agencies in
the effective utilization of information technology resources.

a) Information Technology Development Plan

b) National Information Technology Plan (NITP)
c) Technology Enhancement Program
d) Philippine Technology Highway Program

5. It is an oceanographic phenomenon associated with extreme variable climate. It brings destructive rains and
droughts that result in economic disaster.

a) Global warming
b) El Nino/La Nina
c) Tsunamis
d) Typhoons

Exercises on Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards

1. This is an act establishing a code of conduct and ethical standards for public officials and employees. Upholding
the time-honoured principle of public office being a public trust.

a) R.A. #6713
b) R.A. #6731
c) R.A. #6371
d) R.A.#6317

2. Public officials and employees shall always uphold the public interest over and above personal interest and
avoid wastage of public funds and revenues.

a) Accountability
b) Commitment to Public Service
c) Professionalism
d) Justness and Sincerity
3. All heads and other responsible officers of offices and agencies of government and GOCC’s, shall
within_______days from the end of the year, shall render a performance report of the agency or office or the
corporation concerned.
a) 45 days
b) 45 working days
c) 30 working days
d) 30 days

4. Public officials and employees shall accomplish and submit declarations under oath, their assets, liabilities, net
worth, financial and business interests.

a) Acceptance and Solicitation

b) Financial and Material Interests
c) Statements and Disclosures
d) Outside Employment

5. Court that shall have jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases involving graft and corruption and such others
offences committed by the public officials and employees.

a) Office of the Special Prosecutor

b) SANDIGANBAYAN
c) Department of Justice
d) Regional Trial Court