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GENERAL PRACTICE Q.8 What is the life span of RBC?

(A) 130 days
EXAM (B) 110 days
(C) 100 days
SCIENCE (D) 120 days
Q.1 Which animal never drinks water in its entire Q.9 What is the life span of WBC?
life? (A) 2-15 days
(A) Kangaroo (B) 3-15 days
(B) Hippopotamus (C) 4-15 days
(C) Rat (D) 5-20 days
(D) Kangaroo rat
Q.10 Which is the vertebrate that has two
Q.2 What is the physical phase of life called? chambered heart?
(A) Protoplasm (A) Fish
(B) Cytoplasm (B) Snake
(C) Organelles (C) Blue Whale
(D) None of the above (D) Crocodile

Q.11 The number of ribs in a human body is

Q.3 The largest cell is ________________
_____.
(A) Nerve Cell
(A) 23
(B) Ovum
(C) The egg of an Ostrich (B) 24
(D) None of the above (C) 25
(D) 22
Q.12 Which is the smallest flightless bird?
Show Answer
(A) Kiwi
Q.4 Which is the largest human cell? (B) Penguin
(A) Liver (C) Ostrich
(B) Skin (D) Rhea
(C) Spleen Q.13 Saurology is the study of ___________.
(D) Ovum (A) Mosquitoes
Q.5 _________________ is the longest cell.
(B) Snake
(A) Nerve Cell
(C) Lizards
(B) Skin
(C) Spleen (D) Cockroach
(D) None of the above Q.14 Hormones are produced by
Q.6 What is the name of the cells in the body _____________
that engulf foreign particles like bacteria? (A) Endocrine glands
(A) Phagocytes (B) Pituitary glands
(B) Globulin (C) Hypothalamus
(C) Fibrinogen (D) Pancreas
(D) Albumin
Q.15 Which of the following is the ‘master
Q.7 There are _____ number of muscles in gland’?
human. (A) Thymus gland
(A) 638 (B) Pancreas
(B) 637 (C) Pineal gland
(C) 639 (D) Pituitary gland
(D) 640
Q.16 What is the full form of ADH?

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(A) Anti Diuretic Hormone (B) H, Li, He, Be and B

(B) Adhesive Diuretic Hormone (C) H, He, Be, Li and B
(C) Acidic Diuretic Hormone (D) H, Be, He, B and Li
(D) Adenosine Double Hormone
Q.17 What is the normal value of blood
Q.24 What is the number of periods in which
sugar in the body?
Periodic table is divided?
(A) 80 to 120mg/100 ml of blood
(A) 6
(B) 70 to 120mg/100 ml of blood
(B) 7
(C) 90 to 120mg/100 ml of blood
(C) 8
(D) 60 to 120mg/100 ml of blood
(D) 9
Q.18 Which is the largest blood vessel in the
body? Q.25 There are ___ Groups in the Periodic
(A) Alveoli table.
(B) Artery (A) 18
(C) Aorta (B) 17
(D) Vein (C) 16
Q.19 Which of the following carries impure (D) 15
blood? Q.26 Which one of the following is not an
(A) Pulmonary artery element of Noble gases?
(B) Pulmonary vein (A) Helium
(C) Alveoli (B) Neon
(D) Aorta (C) Xenon
Q.20 Who had performed the world’s first (D) Hydrogen
heart transplant? Q.27 Mole is defined as the number of
(A) Dr. Venugopal atoms found in _____ of carbon-12?
(B) William Harvey (A) 11 grams
(C) Christian Bernard (B) 14 grams
(D) None of the above (C) 10 grams
(D) 12 grams
Q.21 Which of the following is not an
Q.28 Which of the following is not a
allotrope of Carbon?
mixture?
(A) Diamond
(A) Steel
(B) Graphite
(B) Aluminium
(C) Fullerenes
(C) Graphite
(D) Glass
(D) Glass
Q.22 What is the formula of Sulfuric acid?
Q.29 Alloys are _______________
(A) H2SO4
(A) Harder than the pure metal
(B) SO2
(B) Harder than the impure metal
(C) Na2SO4
(C) Softer than the pure metal
(D) K2SO4
(D) Softer than the impure metal
Q.23 How are the following elements
arranged in the Periodic table?
Q.30 What is the name of that process in
H, He, Li Be and B
which oxygen is removed?
(A) H, He, Li, Be and B
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(B) Electrolysis atomic number

(C) Ionization (D) Atoms of an element having same atomic
(D) Reduction number

Q.31 Rusting is an ___________ reaction. Q.38 Atomic number is represented by which

(A) Ionization letter?
(B) Oxidation (A) A
(C) Reduction (B) M
(D) None of the above (C) X
Q.32 What is needed for rusting to occur? (D) Z
(A) Water Q.39 Which science is sometimes called
(B) Oxygen ‘central science’?
(C) Water and Oxygen (A) Physics
(D) Carbon dioxide (B) Chemistry
Q.33 All acids are ________________ (C) Biology
(A) Corrosive when they are strong (D) Geology
(B) Corrosive when they are weak Q.40 Which acid is used in the body to help
(C) Irritant when they are strong digestion?
(D) None of the above (A) Hydrochloric Acid
(B) Sulphuric Acid
Q.34 When an acid reacts with a metal
(C) Acetic Acid
carbonate, the products formed are
(D) Boric Acid
_____________
(A) Salt, Water and Carbon dioxide
(B) Salt and Water
(C) Water and Carbon dioxide
(D) Salt and Carbon dioxide

Q.35 Which one is an alkaline among the

following?
(A) Vinegar
(B) Saliva
(C) Ammonia
(D) Acid rain
Q.36 In Periodic table elements are arranged
according to their ___________
(A) Mass number
(B) Atomic and Mass number
(C) Atomic number
(D) None of the above
Q.37 What is an Isotope?
(A) Atoms of an element having different
mass number
(B) Atoms of an element having same mass CONCEPT NOTES IN
number
(C) Atoms of an element having different ENGLISH GRAMMAR

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PRETEST PRACTICE EXAM

Nouns General, colloquial names, like table or house

are Common nouns. Common nouns can
1. Noun identification
either be concrete or abstract.
2. Count, Mass, and Collective Nouns
3. Plural and Possessive Nouns When an object is concrete i.e. you can see it
and touch it, like a phone or a chair, it is a
Noun Identification
Concrete noun.
What is a noun? A noun is a person, place,
When it is a quality or idea, like freedom or
thing, quality, animal, idea or activity.
justice, it is an Abstract noun.
For example:
Count Nouns
Person — Maria
Place — Detroit Count nouns are anything that can be
Thing — Desk counted. They are singular or plural. Plurals
Quality — Width usually end with “s.”
Animal — Dog
Singular — Car
Idea — Independence
Plural — Cars
Activity — Navigation
Singular — Chair
Spot the nouns in a sentence: Maria went into
Plural — Chairs
the city to purchase detergent.
Singular — Dog
Nouns: Person — Maria
Plural — Dogs
Place — City
Thing — Detergent Irregular Examples
The functions of nouns Singular — Mouse
Plural — Mice
Nouns sometimes function differently in
sentences. For example: Singular — Child
Subject: Maria likes ice cream Plural — Children
Object of Preposition: He gave the ice cream
to Maria Most nouns ending in s, sh, o, or ch need an
Subject complement: The best customer is -es suffix to be plural
Maria Singular — Bus
Grammar vocabulary: Nominal means any Plural — Buses
word, or group of words, used as a noun. The Singular — Dish
nominal word used in the original noun Plural — Dishes
example is Maria.
Singular — Potato
Types of Nouns Plural — Potatoes
The names of specific things, places, and Singular — Church
people, like Maria or Detroit, are Proper Plural — Churches
nouns.
Nouns ending in a consonant followed by y
become plural by changing the y to i and
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Singular — Mystery Singular Common: Woman

Plural — Mysteries Singular Possessive: Woman’s
Plural Common: Women
Mass Nouns are nouns that cannot be
Plural Possessive: Women’s
counted and they usually do not have a plural
form Pronouns

Examples: Freedom, sand, money A pronoun takes the place of an unknown

noun. The unknown noun is called the
Collective nouns refer to groups of people
“antecedent.”
and/or things. Unlike mass nouns, they can
usually be counted, so they usually have plural Example: Maria wondered if she was late for
forms. work.

Examples: Maria is the antecedent of “she.” Instead of

saying: Maria wondered if Maria was late for
Singular — Staff
work, “she” appears to take the place of
Plural — Staffs
“Maria.”
Singular — Herd
The Nine forms of Pronouns:
Plural — Herds
Personal, possessive, indefinite, reflexive,
Plural Nouns
reciprocal, intensive, interrogative, relative,
Plural nouns are the nouns that have been and demonstrative.
changed into their plural states by adding -s or
The pronoun must always agree with the
-es. Remember your irregular nouns, such as
antecedent, so if the antecedent is male, the
mice and children! They too are plural nouns.
pronoun must be male, if the antecedent is
Possessive Nouns plural, the pronoun must be plural, etc.

Nouns can be possessive and express Example:

ownership, usually following the use of “of.”
Correct: When Maria bought the detergent,
Example: The life of Maria she used her credit card.
Incorrect: When Maria bought the detergent,
Most singular possessives are formed by they used his credit card.
adding an apostrophe and “s.” If the noun is
plural, the possessive form becomes “s” and Pronoun Cases
apostrophe.
Nominative Cases: I, you, he, she, it, we, they,
Singular Common: Dog who
Singular Possessive: Dog’s
The nominative, or subjective, case pronoun is
Plural Common: Dogs
the subject of the sentence.
Plural Possessive: Dogs’
Examples: She went to the store.
Exception: if the plural noun does not end
Who has the book?
with an “s,” the possessive is formed by
I am he.
adding an apostrophe and “s.”
This is she.
Example:

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Objective Cases: Me, you, him, her, it, us, He — third person singular
them, whom Me — first person singular

These function as direct or indirect objects. Possessive Pronouns

Examples: Like regular nouns, personal pronouns can

We gave HER the bus money. also be possessive. Possessive Determiners
We gave IT to HER. are possessive forms of personal pronouns.
I don’t know to WHOM I speak. Possessive Determiners must have a following
The bag is with HER. noun.

Possessive Cases: My, mine, his, her, hers, its, First person determiner singular: My (book)
our, ours, their, theirs, your, yours, whose First person determiner plural: Our (book)
First person pronoun singular: Mine
The possessive case pronoun shows
First person pronun plural Ours
possession
Second person determiner singular: Your
Example:
(book)
That is MY bag.
Second person determiner plural Your (book)
That bag is MINE.
Second person pronoun singular: Yours
HER bus was late.
Second person pronoun plural: Yours
The bags are all HERS.
Third person determiner singular: His, Her, Its
Personal Pronouns can refer to the
(book)
person/people speaking (First person,) spoken
Third person determiner plural: Their (book)
to (second person,) or spoken ABOUT (third
Third person pronoun singular: His, hers, its
person.)
Third person pronoun plural: Theirs
First person subject singular: I
Example: They have MY bags but they know
First person subject plural: We
they’re MINE.
First person object singular: me
First person object plural: us My — Determiner, dependent on “Bags”
Mine– stands in place of “My bags.”
Second person subject singular: you
Second person subject plural: you Indefinite Pronouns
Second person object singular: you
These have no specific antecedents. These are
Second person object plural: you
usually identified with general words like: all,
Third person subject singular: he, she, it any, some, or none.
Third person subject plural: they
Examples:
Third person object singular: him, her, it
Third person object plural: them Singular: another, both, nobody, everything,
nothing, somebody, everyone, no one,
Example: I wanted to give them to her, but he
something, etc.
wouldn’t let me.
Plural: all, many, most, much, some
I — first person singular
Them — third person plural Examples: Somebody has her bags.
Her — third person singular Plural: Everyone knows about Maria’s bags.

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Indefinite pronouns are only pronouns if they
are used ALONE. If they are used with a noun,
they become indefinite adjectives.
Pronoun: Both knew they were Maria’s bags.
Adjective: Both baggers knew they were
Maria’s bags.
If the subject performs actions TO or FOR
itself, the action in the sentence passes BACK
to the subject and becomes a reflexive
pronoun.
First person singular: Myself
First person plural: Ourselves
Second person singular: Yourself
Second person plural: Yourselves
Third person singular: Himself/Herself/Itself
Third person plural: Themselves
Example: We asked OURSELVES where her
bags were.
“We” is the doer and receiver of the action
“ask.”
Intensive Pronouns are used to point back to
the noun or pronoun for emphasis.
Example: I myself knew they were Maria’s
bags.
The intensive pronoun does not always need
to directly follow the noun.
Example: I prefer walking myself.
Reciprocal pronouns express mutual action.
Examples: each other/ each other’s
One another/one another’s
Maria and Heather greeted each other.
Interrogative Pronouns
These are used to ask questions and can be
personal or non-personal
Personal subject: Who/Whoever
Personal object: Whom/Whomever
Personal possessive: Whose
Non-personal subject: Which
Non-personal subject: What
Example:
Who has the bags?
Which bagger has them?
Whose bags are these?
Demonstrative Pronouns
These substitute specific nouns, usually when
someone is gesturing toward something.
Singular: This/That
Plural: These/Those
Example: These are for her.
Verbs
A verb is an action part of speech. It can also
express a state of being, or the relationship
between two things. It is most powerful when
following a noun. Example: He HIT her. Verbs
are the most complicated part of speech
because they can sometimes become nouns,
depending on their use.
The three kinds of verbs: transitive verbs,
intransitive verbs, and linking verbs.
Transitive verbs
These take objects. Transitive verbs carry the
action of subject and apply it to the object.
Example: She TOOK the bags.
Intransitive verbs
These do not take an object, but express
actions that do not require the agent doing
something to something else.
Example: She LEFT.
Linking verbs
These link the agent with the rest of the
sentence and explain the link between the
subject and the rest of the sentence.
Examples: appear, grow, seem, smell, taste
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Example: Maria seems tired from shopping.

C) so / that
The Lay/Lie and Raise/Rise Confusion
D) too / that
These two pairs of verbs are constantly
E) such / that
misused. In each, there is a transitive verb
(TRV) and an intransitive verb (INV). 3. English is today the third ---- native
language worldwide after Chinese and Hindi,
Lie — Intransitive, means recline or be
with some 380 million speakers.
situated
Lay — Transitive, means to place or put
something A) the most spoken
Rise — Intransitive, means to get up. B) the more spoken
Raise — Transitive, means to lift something
C) much spoken
up.
D) the least spoken
Infinitive — INV: Lie
TRV: Lay E) most spoken
INV: Rise
TRV: Raise 4. My students' sleepless nights became ----
Past Tense — Lie (Lay) as the finals approached.
Raise (Raised) A) so frequently

B) more frequent
GENERAL PRACTICAL EXAM C) as frequent
IN ENGLISH D) much more frequently

E) far more frequent than

1. Supposedly, digital voice discs, or DVDs as 5. It is often said that the hyena is an
they are called, are ---- resistant to scratching aggressive animal, but in fact it is not ----
---- records. many people believe.
A) much / than

B) so / as A) more vicious

C) such / that B) so vicious that

D) far more / than C) as viciously as

E) many more / that D) so vicious as

2. I don't have ---- much time for reading ---- I E) more viciously than
would like to. 6. The cupboard was ---- big ---- fit through
the door, so we had to take it apart first.
A) as / as

B) more / than A) too / to

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B) more / than A) more complicated

C) so / that B) such complicated

D) enough / to C) so complicated that

E) as / as D) much more complicated than

7. The roots of the old tree spread out ---- E) so complicated as

thirty meters in all directions and damaged
nearby buildings.
11. Good sleep is necessary _______ good health.
A) too much  A. from

B) as much as  B. for
C) so much  C. of
D) so many as  D. at
E) much more

8. According to the recent election's results, 12. My voice reverberated _______ the walls of the castle.
the Democrats are ---- of the four main
 A. from
political parties.
 B. on

A) the smaller  C. with

B) smallest  D. in

C) much smaller

D) smaller 13. I bought him _______ with great difficulty.

A. round
E) the smallest
B. up
9. Ever since the use of natural gas became
widespread, London isn't ---- a polluted city C. in
---- it was ten years ago.
D. about

A) as / as
14. My uncle has invested a lot of money _______ farming.
B) such / as
A. in
C) so / that
B. on
D) more / than
C. for
E) enough / to
D. into
10. The plot of the novel was ---- it was
completely incomprehensible.

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c. 3
d. 4
15. India is committed _______ a policy of peaceful existence.
A. with

B. of GENERAL PRACTICE
C. for EXAM IN
D. to MATHEMATICS
16. : Bolt from the blue 1. Which set of coordinates describes a
function?
1.Thundering
{(- 5, - 1), (- 3, - 3), (- 1, - 5), (- 5, - 7)}
2.A complete surprise
{( 6, 3), (4, 5), (2, 3), (0, 5)}
3.Inform something bad
4.No idea {( 4, - 3), ( - 4, - 6), ( 4, 3), ( - 4, 6)}

17 . : Blue blood {( 2, 4), ( 2, - 4), ( 4, 8), ( 6, 2)}

1.Belonging to low class society 2.
2.Give complain in written
3.Member of high class society For Saturday’s debate tournament, Sarah
4.Complain give verbally ordered 3 cookies for each student
18. When the Principal entered the class, a participant and a tray of 30 cookies for the
student………. on the blackboard. sponsors’ hospitality room. This relationship
can be expressed by the function f(s) = 3x +
(a) Wrote 30, where s is the number of student
(b) was writing participants. Which is the dependent
quantity in this functional relationship?
(c) writes
The number of cookies ordered
(d) is writing
b. The number of trays ordered
19 . She………TV when her husband came.
c. The number of student participants
(a) watch
d. The number of sponsors
(b) was watching
(c) is watching 3. If f(x)=2x^2,then f(3) is equal to

(d) watched a.3

20. In each of the following questions, find b.9

the correctly spelt word.
c.18
1. Reannaisance
2. Renaissance d.33
3. Rennaissance
4. Renaisnce 4. If f(x)=4x-3 and g(x)=4+5x, then f(x)+g(x) is
equal to
a. 1
b. 2 9x+7

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1-9x lender

x+1 percent

9x+1 borrower

5. When the value of x=-2, the value of the 10. The person who is giving the amount
function f(x)=x+8 is equal to _______. which has to be paid on the required date or
time period.
-6
loan
-10
lender
6
percent
10
borrower
6. Evaluate f(x)=x^2+3x+1, when x=8

0
SET B.
41
An instrument store gives a 10% discount to
89
all students off the original cost of an
103 instrument. During a back to school sale an
additional 15% is taken off the discounted
7. price. Julie, a student at the local high school,
Which of the following functions is not purchases a flute for $306. How much did it
RATIONAL? originally cost?

f(x)=1/x 1. 325

f(x)=(x-4)/(x+8) 2. 375

f(x)=√3x/(x+5) 3. 400

. f(x)=(x^2-1)/(x^2+2x+1) 4. 408

8. The interest payable on a deposit of 5. 425

Php250 at 5.5% simple interest is: 2. If y(x-1)=z then x=
Php137.50 1. y-z
Php13.75 2. z/y + 1
Php12.50 3. y(z-1)
Php125.00 4. z(y-1)
9. It is the temporary borrowing of money 5. 1-zy
which is to be paid on the required date or
time period. 3. Which of the following values is NOT equal
to 34(58+9)?
loan

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1. 34 * 67

2. 58(34+9)

3. 34 * 58 + 34 * 9

4. 1,972 + 306

5. (9 + 58) 34

4. Two angles of a triangle measure 15° and

85 °. What is the measure for the third angle?

1. 50°

2. 55°

3. 60°

4. 80°

5. 90° 1. 1990

5. If 5 ounces is equal to 140 grams, then 2 2. 1991

pounds of ground meat is equal to how many
3. 1992
grams?
4. 1994
1. 863
5. 1995
2. 878
7. Between which year did the largest
3. 896
decrease in children taking swimming lessons
4. 915 occur?

5. 932 1. 1990-1991

6. Which year did the most children take 2. 1991-1992

swimming lessons?
3. 1992-1993

4. 1993-1994

5. 1994-1995

8. What was the average number of children

taking swim lessons from 1990 to 1995?

1. 250

2. 308

3. 385

4. 450

5. 1850

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9. Which of the following is equal to 5.93 * 12. How many cubed pieces of fudge that are
10-2? 3 inches on an edge can be packed into a
Christmas tin that is 9 inches deep by 12
1. 0.0593
inches wide by 9 inches high with the lid still
2. 0.00593 being able to be closed?

3. 593 1. 18

4. 5930 2. 24

5. 59300 3. 32

10. On a Map, 1 inch represents 20 miles. The 4. 36

distance between 2 towns is 6 1/5 inches.
5. 43
How many miles are actually between the
two towns? 13. Sarah is twice as old as her youngest
brother. If the difference between their ages
1. 65 miles
is 15 years. How old is her youngest brother?
2. 84 miles
1. 10
3. 124 miles
2. 15
4. 138 miles
3. 20
5. 145 miles
4. 25
11. Which of the following is a correct graph
5. 30
of x>1, x<4 ?
14. Which of the following fractions is equal
to 5/6?
20
1. /30
15
2. /24
25
3. /30
40
4. /54
2
5. /7

15. What will it cost to tile a kitchen floor

that is 12 feet wide by 20 feet long if the tile
1. Line A cost $8.91 per square yard?

2. Line B 1. 224.51

3. Line C 2. 237.6

4. Line D 3. 246.55

5. Line E 4. 271.38

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5. 282.32 1. $32.48

16. In a writing competition, the first place 2. $64.96

winner receives ½ of the prize money. The
3. $97.44
second runner up receives ¼ of what the
winner won. What was the total amount of 4. $129.92
prize money distributed if the winner
receives $6,000? 5. $194.88

1. $6,000 20. If 3x=6x-15 then x + 8=

2. $8,500 1. 5

3. $12,000 2. 10

4. $15,000 3. 11

5. $18,500 4. 12

17. You are lying 120 ft away from a tree that 5. 13

is 50 feet tall. You look up at the top of the 21. The number of milliliters in 1 liter is
tree. Approximately how far is your hear
from the top of the tree in a straight line? 1. 10,000

1. 50 feet 2. 1,000

2. 75 feet 3. 0.1

3. 120 feet 4. 0.01

4. 130 feet 5. 0.001

5. 150 feet 22. The cost to ride on a ferry is $5.00 per

vehicle and driver with an additional cost of
18. A cyclist bikes x distance at 10 miles per 50 cents per passenger. If the charge to get
hour and returns over the same path at 8 on the ferry is $6.50, how many people were
miles per hour. What is the cyclist’s average in the vehicle?
rate for the round trip in miles per hour?
1. 1
1. 8.1
2. 2
2. 8.3
3. 3
3. 8.6
4. 4
4. 8.9
5. 5
5. 9.0

19. If edging cost $2.32 per 12-inch stone,

and you want a double layer of edging
around your flower bed that is 6 yards by 1
yard. How much will edging you flower bed
cost?

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23. What is 1/9 of 9?

1
1. /9

2. 0

3. 1

4. 2

5. 3

24. In his pocket, a boy has 3 red marbles, 4

blue marbles, and 4 green marbles. How
many will he have to take out of his pocket to
ensure that he has taken out at least one of
each color? 1. $617.80
1. 3 2. $620.92
2. 7 3. $622.50
3. 8 4. $626.38
4. 9 5. $633.20
5. 11 28. What was the average amount of money
25. Which fraction is equal to 0.20%? that Jessica’s budget allowed for clothing the
first six months of 2001?
1
1. /20
1. $249.90
1
2. /40
2. $250.40
1
3. /50
3. $251.32
1
4. /400
4. $253.33
1
5. /500
5. $255.75
26. Find the missing term in the following
sequence: 4, 9, 19, __, 79 29. If Jessica only spent 20% instead of the
25% allotment for food in May of 2001, how
1. 36 much did she save?
2. 37 1. $131.10
3. 38 2. $144.30
4. 39 3. $148.32
5. 40 4. $152.22
27. How much money did Jessica’s budget 5. $153.33
allow for housing in April of 2001?

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30. Jonathan can type a 20 page document in 5. $525

40 minutes, Susan can type it in 30 minutes,
34. If the perimeter of a rectangular house is
and Jack can type it in 24 minutes. Working
25 1/3 yards, and the length is 22 feet. What is
together, how much time will it take them to
the width?
type the same document?
1. 16 feet
1. 5 minutes
2. 35 feet
2. 10 minutes
3. 37 feet
3. 15 minutes
4. 40 feet
4. 18 minutes
5. 42 feet
5. 20 minutes
35. Jimmy made a 15% profit on the sale of a
31. Of the following fractions, which is less
custom designed boat, and the original cost
than 2/3?
of the boat was $15,000. The boat sold for
7
1. /8 how much?
5
2. /6 1. $17,250.00
3
3. /4 2. $16,540.44
3
4. /5 3. $16,230.34
5
5. /7 4. $15,980.55

32. A hockey team won 6 games and lost 8. 5. $15,870.88

What is the ratio of wins to number of
36. A recent study showed that an increase in
games?
body weight by 10 kilograms resulted in a
6
1. /8 0.15% increase in heart disease. What
8
fraction is equal to 0.15%?
2. /6
3
3
1. /2000
3. /7
2
8
2. /750
4. /14
7
6
3. /4000
5. /7
5
4. /3462
33. Sue receives a base salary of $90 weekly
1
plus a 12% commission on all sales. Sue had 5. /500
$3,000 in sales this week. How much did she
37. 6.334 * 104 =
make total?
1. 0.0006334
1. $375
2. 0.06334
2. $450
3. 6334
3. $480
4. 63340
4. $510

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5. 633400 CONCEPT NOTES

38. If 3x + 5x = -8, then x + 1 = REGARDING ON THE
HISTORY OF DAGUPAN
1. -2

2. -1

3. 0
 KALUTAN ED DAGUPAN was the starting
4. 1 point and leads to be the Guinness record
set by the people of Dagupan on May 03,
5. 2
2003.
39. Two angle in a triangle equal 120°. What
is the measure of the third angle?  Dagupan City is the only independent
component city of Pangasinan’s four
1. 60°
cities. Crisscrossed by seven rivers and
2. 70° 14 creeks, Dagupan is known for its
pond-raised bangus (milkfish), which
3. 80°
is said to be the world’s tastiest and
4. 90° juiciest, making it the “World’s Bangus
Capital.”
5. 120°  To date, the city remains the
40. Which of the following would be an commercial, educational and health
appropriate unit to measure sugar for a center of the province because of its
cookie recipe? malls and other business
establishments, universities and
1. liters hospitals that continue to attract
2. cups people from other parts of the
province.
3. quarts
CHRONOLOGIC HISTORY
4. kilograms
 The early settlers of Dagupan City
5. pounds were believed to have come from the
Flores Island, one of the islands of the
Lesser Sunda Islands located in the
eastern half of the Indonesian
Archipelago. The dialect used by the
natives of this island bore a strong
similarity to the Pangasinan dialect.
The main sources of livelihood were
fishing and salt-making, both major
sources of livelihood and income
among coastal residents in the
present day.
 The area of Dagupan was part of the
the Alcadia Mayor of Pangasinan, a

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politico-civil administrative unit or
province in 1580. Dagupan was
originally named ‘Bacnotan’ by the
Augustinian missionaries. A few years
after the establishment of
the Encomienda in Pangasinan in 1583
during the period of the Spanish
Colonization, Bacnotan was already
known to be one of the biggest areas
for trade not only within the Alcadia
Mayor, but within the whole of the
Ilocos Region.
 In 1660, Andres Malong, a local
chieftain of Binalatongan, led the
Malong Revolt of the Filipinos against
the Spaniards. The insurrection was
short-lived as the Filipinos were
subdued by the Spaniards. After the
revolt, the locals rebuilt their town. To
commemorate the gathering of forces
under Malong, the place was
renamed as ‘Nandaragupan’, which in
local dialect meant, ‘where people
meet.’ In 1780, the name was then
simplified to ‘Dagupan’, of which it
stands to this day.
 In 1855, the Spanish Government
opens Sual as an official part of
foreign trade, with ships departing the
port of Sual with shipments of rice
bound for China and Macao. This also
made Labrador, Lingayen, and
Dagupan as among the locations for
shipbuilding in the country.
 In December 1897, General Emilio
Aguinaldo, along with Governor
General Primo de Rivera, take the
Ferrocarril De Manila-Dagupan train
to Dagupan en route to the port of
Sual for General Aguinaldo’s exile to
Hongkong pursuant to the terms of
the Pact of Biak-na-Bato.
 In July 22, 1898, Pangasinan was
liberated from Spanish rule by
the Katipuneros organized by General
Francisco Makabulos, and led by Juan
Quesada and Eliseo Arzadon of
Dagupan. The combined forces of
the Katipuneros defeated the Spanish
forces making a last stand at Dagupan.
 During the Japanese Occupation in
the Second World War, Dagupan was
chosen as the provincial capital of the
newly-established Japanese
Government. At the start of the
Liberation of the Philippines in 1945
by the Allied Forces, the U.S. Sixth
Army under General Walter Kruger
took part in a massive amphibious
assault operation to recapture Luzon
from Japanese Forces. Amphibious
landings were made along the length
of the Lingayen Gulf in beaches at
Lingayen, Binmaley, Dagupan, and San
Fabian. The U.S. land forces were
under the overall command of
General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme
Allied Commander-Southern Pacific
Area. After the assault and with the
beach head secured, Gen. MacArthur
set up his Luzon headquarters in
Dagupan to consolidate preparations
for the U.S. Army’s push south to
recapture and liberate Manila.
 On June 20, 1947, two years after the
Liberation of the Philippines, the
cityhood of Dagupan was formally
recognized as President Manuel Roxas
signed into law Republic Act No. 170,
or the City Charter of Dagupan,
authored by Speaker Eugenio Perez.
 On July 16, 1990 a strong 7.7
magnitude earthquake struck
northern Luzon and severely affected
Dagupan as it caused ground
liquefaction resulting in damage to its
major infrastructure such as roads,
bridges, and buildings. But the
resiliency of the Dagupeños helped
them overcome the calamity to their
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city as they strove to rebuild Dagupan
and re-establish the city as one of the
premier urban centers in Region I.
OFFICIAL SEAL
 The current Dagupan seal was
derived from a 2011 logo design
competition, which was
participated in by eligible
residents of the city. The winning
seal design, which was unveiled
on May 2011, was conceptualized
by Carmelo John E. Vidal.
 The four previous elements (a
horseshoe magnet, a railway, a
road, and a ribbon bearing the
words “Sigue Dagupan”) of the
1948 seal was added upon.
Among the new symbols
integrated in the seal are: a
milkfish, 31 stars which signifies
the constituent barangays of the
city; seven wave crests which
represents the city’s rivers, a torch
which signifies education, and a
gear which represents commerce.
 On December 9, 2012, former
Mayor Benjamin S. Lim received
the certificate of registration for
this city’s new corporate seal
(Republic Act 7160).
VISION:
 Dagupan City as the
premier center for
commerce and
aquaculture in North
Luzon supported by a
viable solid waste
management system
and a disaster resilient
environment.
A city that every
Dagupeño can be proud
of.
MISSION:
 To improve the life of
every Dagupeño by
living the value of ‘our
city, our shared
responsibility’.
VALUES:
 D isplina
A ngat na Serbisyo
G aling at Talino
U galing Matapat
P ananagutan sa Lahat
ng Gawi
A tensyong Makabayan
N agkakaisa sa Iisang
Pangarap
GEOGRAPHY
 Dagupan City covers a total land
area of 40,079,278.93 square
meters or about 4,008 hectares
(as per City Assessor’s Record).
However, the digitized cadastral
maps reveal that the sum of the
lands within Dagupan’s
boundaries is 4,447.10 hectares.
It is bounded by the Lingayen Gulf
in the north, San Fabian in the
northeast, Mangaldan in the east,
Calasiao in the south and
Binmaley in the west. The city
falls with latitude 160 01’ to
160 07’ north and longitude
1200 18’ to 1200 23’ east.
NATIONAL ARTIST OF DAGUPAN
CITY
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Victorio C. Edades
Visual Arts – Painting (1976)
Painting distorted human figures
in rough, bold impasto strokes,
and standing tall and singular in
his advocacy and practice of what
he believes is creative art, Victorio
C. Edades emerged as the “Father
of Modern Philippine Painting”.

Salvador F. Bernal
Theater Design (2003)
Salvador Bernal is a theater
designer who has designed more
than 300 productions
distinguished for their originality
since 1969. Sensitive to the
budget limitations of local
productions, he harnessed the
design potential of inexpensive
local materials, pioneering or
maximizing the use of bamboo,
raw abaca, and abaca fiber, hemp
twine, rattan chain links and gauze
cacha.

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