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SOCIAL SCIENCE MASTERY 13. Cultural differences and signals may cause miscommunication.
Normally, Spanish families go for kissing one another. But this is
1. Tomatoes come in abundance at certain times of the year. How taboo to some Filipino families who
can the supply be assured? a. losing virginity
a. Encourage the preservation of tomatoes b. takes as an affront
b. Plant during the rainy season c. disrespect to elders
c. Use substitute for tomatoes d. believe its unsanitary
d. Avoid using tomatoes 14. Which nation normally observes the supremacy of men? Even
2. Loss of quality teachers going abroad is one type of ________. during meals, the wives have to serve their husbands first
a. employment c. fixers before she takes their food. The country is recorded as
b. brain drain d. migration _______.
3. When goods bought are less than the usual volume from a a. England c. Spain
certain amount. There is a noted b. Japan d. United States
a. Inflation 15. Rural families do not believe in limiting the number of children
b. economic crisis since they argue:
c. artificial money hoarding a. A small family is not ideal for farmers who have to work a
d. recession wide tract of land
4. Trade is fast when the ____________. b. A big family is always happy and economically
a. figures explain the products advantageous
c. Having more children means more helping hands
b. translation of labels is done well
d. God does the limiting of children not man
c. language used is well understood
16. During the national census each household member is asked to
d. illustrations are used in the labels give ______.
5. Philippine economy indices are closely related to the rise and a. his earnings for ten years
fall of the: b. his nationality and religion
a. German mark c. Japanese yen c. his reason for staying in their house
b. US Dollar d. London Pounds d. his data called for like – age, sex, language, etc.
6. The Philippine currency and its stability is projected and 17. In every society, certain positions are assigned to individuals
supervised by ____________. based on age, sex, marital status, and similar other criteria.
a. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) These patterns are –
b. National Economic and Development Administration a. culturally defined
c. Bureau of Treasury b. learned from parents
d. Boy Scout of the Philippines (BSP) c. taught in school
7. Which is LEAST likely to be a function of a trade association? d. universally accepted and practiced
a. Protecting the reputation of the industry 18. An aspect of Philippine culture that does much to promote
b. Influencing government policy interpersonal communication beyond the community boundary
c. Standardizing types of products is the –
d. Encouraging competition a. Tagalog movies c. Television
8. Free trade means ____________. b. Fiesta celebration d. Zarzuela
a. level of taxing is mutual between countries 19. Through the process of socialization, the individual can –
b. goods are all imported a. satisfy his personal needs and drives
c. goods come in untaxed b. function as a contributing member of the group
d. government restricts entry of identified goods c. learn to dialogue with peers and adults
9. Very lately, Philippine mangoes were exported to Australia, but d. become an adult member of the society
a new country has produced more quality mangoes and mango 20. Which of the following forces of social change have the greatest
products. This is in impact on the traditional Filipino family in the 20th century?
a. Singapore c. Korea a. Industrialization and Urbanization
b. Indonesia d. Thailand b. Immigration and Migration
10. Which of the following elements of economics are available for c. Socialization and Stratification
immediate use of households? d. Specialization and Assimilation
a. Consumption goods 21. The case of farmers in Sumilao, Bukidnon was won by the
b. Production foods landowner. How was the case decided by the Supreme Court?
c. Prime commodities a. The farmers were paid beforehand
d. Capital goods b. Final judgment was made because of political pressure
11. In some cultures, cemented floors for homes are not welcome. c. The farmers were landholders of a farm
Their reason is __________ d. Final judgment was made after it was established that the
a. the ease of repair farmers were not legitimate holders of titles of the land
b. the cost of cement against bamboo slots 22. A parcel of land had its title transferred to the farmers tilling the
c. the ease of disposing of waste farm. Who takes care of the land tax after the release/transfer of
title?
d. the absence of air circulation space
a. The government provides an exemption
12. What country culture usually shows courtesy by living their
b. The government condones the tax payment
footwear on the stairs?
c. The tenant pays the regular tax of the land
a. Italian c. American
d. The landowner pays as long as the product is given to them
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23. Where will the government get funds to support the agrarian c. Paying grocery goods are paying taxes too
reform program? d. Big companies pay taxes
a. Confiscated assets of foreign investors in the Philippines 35. This is a form of taxation that is collected based only on income
b. Sale of government assets a. local c. indirect
c. Confiscated unexplained wealth of the Marcoses b. direct d. sacrifice
d. Donations from a foreign land 36. How did the recipient of operation title transfer react to taxation?
24. The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) provides a. paying taxes was not the new landowner’s concern
that a person, association, or corporation cannot own or retain b. they wanted the landlords to pay taxes
agricultural land which is more than how many hectares? c. assessment of transfer titles is not recognized by the local
a. 7 b. 50 c. 3 d. 24 office
25. The comprehensive land reform law was the center of one d. cooperatives do not explain the tenant’s role in taxation
government administration. Which administration claims this? 37. An item or value upon which the tax is to be imposed is called?
a. Carlos Garcia’s regime a. Tax c. Income
b. Aquino regime b. Revenue d. Tax Base
c. Macapagal regime 38. If a taxpayer is married, he or she can claim a tax exemption of
d. Marcos’s regime a. 12, 000.00 c. 32, 000.00
26. What is the retention limit to be awarded to each child of a b. 50, 000.00 d. 25, 000.00
landowner according to CARP? 39. What does the principle of equity provide?
a. 10,000 sq.m. c. 4 hectares a. Taxpayers should be taxed according to their professions
b. 3 hectares d. 500,000 sq.m. and status in life
27. The government wants a piece of land for a government project. b. Taxpayers regardless of income should pay the same
The owner resisted the government. How may the government amount of tax
own the land? c. Taxpayers that are similarly situated in life should be taxed
a. right to eminent domain similarly
b. right to government ownership d. Taxpayers who do not have permanent jobs should pay
c. right of habeas corpus less tax
d. right of the sovereign over the governed 40. Taxable income is derived from
28. Where should complaints on the implementation of the Land a. Net income less additional exemption
Reform Law be addressed? b. Gross compensation income less withholding tax
a. Department of Agriculture c. Gross compensation income fewer total exemptions
b. Department of Energy and Natural Resources d. Gross compensation income fewer personal exemptions
c. Department of Agrarian Reform 41. Which of the following legislation/measure address physical
d. Department of Justice violence against women?
29. The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1998 is also a. sexual harassment law
known as b. representation of women in the social security system
a. Republic Act No. 6662 c. establishing daycare center in every barangay
b. Republic Act No. 6673 d. declaring March 8 as National Women’s Day
c. Republic Act No. 6657 42. What does “presumption of innocence” mean in so far as human
d. Republic Act No. 6654 rights are concerned?
30. What is the retention limit to be awarded to the landowner a. A suspect remains innocent until proven guilty
according to CARP? b. A suspect has the right to remain silent
a. 3 hectares c. 5 hectares c. A suspect has the right to a legal counsel
b. 7 hectares d. 10 hectares d. A suspect is considered guilty unless proven otherwise
31. Personal Income Tax should be paid and filed every year by 43. According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, what
employees and corporations. Who among the group are exempt are the three fundamental human rights?
from filing income tax returns? a. life, dignity, and self-development
a. Government employee b. life, liberty, and security
b. Retired governmental employees receiving only pensions c. life, dignity, and security
c. Private corporation employees d. life, liberty, and self-developments
d. Consultants and Commissioners 44. What is the primary reason for the suspension of execution by
32. Which among those commodities are VAT or Value Added Tax lethal injection in the year 2000?
exempt? a. Impeachment trial of President Estrada
a. Milk and juices b. The year 2000 was the international year for Peace and
b. Corned beef and ham Jubilee
c. Sugar and Syrup c. Congress has repealed the death penalty law
d. Flour and Baking Soda d. Due to the advocacy of the Catholics
33. The comprehensive tax law allows no investigation and audit of 45. Learning about the problems and issues, which cut across
assets and income if national boundaries and about the interconnectedness of
a. They pay in two installments systems is referred to as
b. They declare only what is earned for the year a. Peace Education
c. They file their income tax on time b. Environmental Education
d. They avail 20% in addition to their declared taxable income c. Global Education
34. Every Filipino is a taxpayer. Where does this happen? d. Multi-Cultural Education
a. Ordinary housewives do not file income tax
b. Married couples file only one income tax return
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46. A Child was born to a couple before the marriage of one bow. d. They engage in the supply of production inputs to members
He demanded a share of his inheritance. How will he be and market their products
classified? 56. Cooperatives can eventually put-up banks on their own. What is
a. Natural-born c. illegitimate child evidence of success?
b. adopted child d. legitimate child a. Cooperatives are not heavily taxed
47. Mr. Sin was born a Chinese national. He wants to run as a b. Opening of rural banks is allowed on a cooperative concept
congressman. He was naturalized at age 18. Can he run for a c. Several rural banks started as cooperatives
congressional seat? d. Many banks in Metro Manila and Bulacan started as
a. Yes, because he was a naturalized citizen cooperatives
b. Yes, because he is a citizen 57. Cooperatives are very helpful to farmers, especially in the
c. No, because a naturalized citizen can’t run for congress irrigation of rice fields. This is evident when
d. No, because his parents are already a citizen a. members are accountable for their fellow member’s credit
48. Child afterbirth has a right to a name. This is actually lines
a. a right for just treatment b. members pay their dues after three harvests
b. a right for survival c. members take a turn in getting water ration
c. a right to suffrage d. non-members are deprived of water
d. a right to his identity 58. The members of the federation of cooperatives are
49. A radio station was padlocked after a midnight broadcast. The a. primaries
operator accused the authorities of b. secondaries
a. suppression of the right to express one’s views c. Natural persons
b. suppression of the freedom of religion d. primary/secondary cooperatives
c. suppression of rights to justice 59. The government’s approach to avoiding low prices of products
d. suppression of the freedom from speech during harvest is through
50. A child saw an incident of killing in school. The authorities could a. organizing cooperatives among farmers
not compel the child to go to court. What should be present to b. putting up a bonded warehouse
allow the child to testify? c. giving business capital to farmers
a. Consent of the trying judge d. exchange of products
b. Consent of the school principal 60. The type of cooperative which promotes thrift among members
c. Consent of the classroom teacher and create funds to grant loans for productive and provident
d. Consent of the parent to testify and participate purpose is called
51. A cooperative organized for retail merchandizing is classified a. Credit Cooperative
under ____________ credits b. Producers Cooperative
a. Consumer c. Service Cooperative
b. Credit/Loan d. Consumer’s Cooperative
c. Farming/Agricultural 61. The concept of the Laboratory School was expounded by whose
d. Electric philosophy?
52. Cooperatives are encouraged in as many groups as possible. a. John Dewey
What agency controls the different cooperatives? b. Irving Babbit
a. Cooperative Development Authority c. Plato
b. Department of Interior and Local Government d. Jean Jacques Rousseau
c. Commission on Audit 62. The establishment of the secondary school type was one of the
d. Securities and Exchange Commission greatest contributions to what kind of education?
53. Farmers have been encouraged to join cooperatives. Privileges a. Rationalistic c. Realistic
are many, how is this practiced? b. Humanistic d. Reformation
a. Cooperatives enjoy bank loans for farming 63. Before the establishment of the public school system, the
b. Banks release farm crop loans with all members of the Philippine education was based on the philosophy of –
cooperative signing the loan a. Humanism c. Idealism
c. Cooperatives may allow only one member to contract loans b. Realism d. Pragmatism
with banks 64. The idea of including Physical Education in the curriculum and
d. Farm crop loans are released by the banks with all replacing lectures with textbooks comes from the philosophy of:
members of the cooperatives signing the loan a. Petrarch c. Erasmus
54. Several cooperatives closed shop when some members do not b. Bocaccio d. Da Feltre
follow rules. When does it happen? 65. The need to study the child carefully for individualized
a. Credit lines are abused by officers themselves instruction was expounded by ____________.
b. Delinquent members do not make good their credits a. Da Feltre c. Bocaccio
c. Consumer cooperatives lend goods and repayment is late b. Erasmus d. Ascham
d. No transparency of accounts is done annually or 66. Suggested competition and awards as the basis for motivation
periodically was advocated by whose philosophy?
55. Which of the following describes a consumer’s cooperative? a. Aristotle c. Quintilian
a. They procure and distribute commodities to both members b. Plato d. Socrates
and non-members 67. The present military training in our school curriculum came from:
b. They coordinate with other cooperatives in marketing the a. Sparta c. Greece
products of members b. Rome d. Athens
c. They undertake joint production of goods, whether 68. The singing of the National anthem in schools is an offshoot of
agricultural or industrial the philosophy of ____________.
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a. Nationalism c. Socialism 81. Whose philosophy suggests that life and education should be
b. Naturalism d. Pragmatism interrelated and that schools should emulate life experiences as
69. The idea of offering Practical Arts subjects and Home much as possible?
Economics subjects to boys is whose philosophy? a. Skinner c. Montessori
a. Gandhi c. Tagore b. Dewey d. Herbert
b. Confucius d. Rizal 82. The adage “Do not do to others what you do not want others to
70. The development of the power of thinking or the inquiry method do to you” is a teaching of
for the formation of fundamental concepts and moral principles a. Lao Tzu c. Mohammed
of the universe is whose philosophy? b. Confucius d. Buddha
a. Socrates c. Rousseau 83. The back-to-basic curriculum is in essence a (an)
b. Aristotle d. Dewey ____________ curriculum.
71. The present emphasis on Character Education and Values a. Existentialist c. Essentialist
Education in our school system today is a revival of whose b. Progressivist d. Perrenialist
philosophy? 84. Whose philosophy states that God should be worshipped
a. Confucius c. Bonifacio according to the dictate of one’s conscience and be loved above
b. Tagore d. Gandhi all things for the Creator is the foundation of all truth, all justice,
72. A popular mass education under the American regime which and all activities?
became the cornerstone of democracy in the Philippines came a. Jose Rizal c. Apolinario Mabini
into being upon the passage of ____________. b. Andres Bonifacio d. Emilio Jacinto
a. Education Decree of 1863 85. Who among these philosophers uses his writings to show the
b. Monroe Educational Survey of 1929 social ills in his country?
c. Royal Decree of December 20, 1865 a. Cresencio Peralta c. Emilio Aguinaldo
d. Act No. 74 of the Philippine Commission in 1901 b. Antonio Isidro d. Jose Rizal
73. Our present system of appointing teachers based on 86. Who among the following would most likely approve of a
competitive examination is an educational philosophy of: subject-centered curriculum?
a. Laurel c. Mabini a. A humanist c. A progressivist
b. Rizal d. Bonifacio b. An essentialist d. An existentialist
74. The education aim is to train men for rational living is the 87. “Approach every pupil as s/he is without allowing yourself to be
philosophy of ____________. influenced by your foreknowledge of his/her home background”
a. Aristotle c. Plato is advice from a (n)
b. Dewey d. Socrates a. Essentialist c. Positivist
75. Which of the following situation is less evil? A jeepney driver b. Rationalist d. Existentialist
had to pay tong to get passengers 88. To whom do Filipinos owe the widespread Philippine
a. Trip out educational system today?
b. Lessen the amount demanded as tong a. The first Filipino political leaders
c. Evade the tong collector b. The Americans
d. Charge the passengers more c. The Japanese
76. How can you help a habitual borrower of money get rid of his d. The Spaniards
habit? 89. Before the Thomasites arrived in the Philippines who served as
a. Ask for a collateral for the cash he is loaning teachers to the colonials during the American regime?
b. Direct him to others a. The Elementary Teacher’s certificate graduates from the
c. Do not lend him any more normal school
d. Let him do something for you in return for the money you b. The American soldiers
lent him c. The selected Grade 7 graduates
77. The influence of humanism is reflected in the establishment of d. The government officials
____________. 90. Who were the Thomasites?
a. Secondary schools a. The soldiers who doubled the success of the public
b. Tertiary schools education system to be set in the Philippines
c. Distance Education b. The first American teacher recruits to help establish the
d. Non-formal classes public educational system in the Philippines
78. The system of apprenticeship or cadet training was patterned c. The first religious group who came to the Philippines on
after what country’s philosophy of education ____________. board the US transports Thomas
a. Greece c. Egypt d. The devotees of St. Thomas Aquinas who came to
b. Rome d. Syria evangelize
79. Both Muslims and Christian value marriage but the Muslim 91. Which refers to the Filipino trait of practicing conflicting values in
practices polygamous marriage while the Christian practices different venues and with different social groups?
monogamous marriage. What is this called? a. Crab mentality
a. Ethical relativism c. Acculturation b. “Kanya-kanya mentality
b. Enculturation d. Cultural relativism c. Procrastination
80. When teachers are convinced that it is best to teach students d. Existential intelligence
the skill to adapt to change since change is the only thing 92. The emphasis given on respect and care for the aged in Values
permanent in this world, they subscribe to the philosophy of Education classes goes along with the teaching of an Oriental
a. Realism c. Pragmatism philosopher by the name of ____________.
b. Existentialism d. Idealism a. Hsun Tzu c. Confucius
b. Mo Tzu d. Lao Tzu
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93. Which philosophy approves of a teacher who lectures most of 31. B
the time and requires his students to memorize the rules of 32. D
grammar? 33. C
a. Pragmatism c. Realism 34. C
35. B
b. Existentialism d. Idealism
36. B
94. The current emphasis on the development of critical thinking by 37. D
the use of philosophic methods that emphasize debate and 38. B
discussion began with 39. C
a. Confucius c. Aristotle 40. A
b. Socrates d. Plato 41. D
95. The inclusion of Logic in the curriculum is perhaps an influence 42. A
of the importance of logic that ____________ stressed. 43. B
a. St. Augustine c. The Hedonist 44. B
b. The Humanist d. The Scholastics 45. C
46. D
96. The most popular among the pragmatists
47. C
a. John Dewey c. Amos Comenius 48. D
b. William James d. Jean Piaget 49. D
97. He believes that we acquire knowledge of our world through our 50. D
senses. He is also the pioneer of inductive and scientific 51. A
methods. 52. A
a. John Comenius c. Jean Piaget 53. A
b. Johann Pestalozzi d. John Locke 54. D
98. He introduced the kindergarten or “child’s garden” to the 55. A
educational system. 56. B
57. C
a. Maria Montessori c. Friedrich Froebel
58. D
b. Edward Paparazzi d. Johann Herbart 59. A
99. Curriculum correlation is a concept wherein subjects should be 60. A
taught so it relates to other subjects. The proponent of this 61. A
concept is – 62. B
a. Johann Herbart c. John Comenius 63. A
b. Hermann Ebbinghaus d. Andrew Mc Birch 64. A
100.What concept of education makes every individual a useful 65. B
citizen of the state? 66. C
a. Conformity c. Humanitarianism 67. A
68. A
b. Security d. Utilitarianism
69. C
70. A
The Answer Keys 71. C
72. D
1. A 73. A
2. B 74. A
3. A 75. B
4. C 76. C
5. B 77. B
6. A 78. C
7. D 79. D
8. C 80. A
9. D 81. A
10. A 82. B
11. C 83. C
12. B 84. C
13. D 85. D
14. B 86. B
15. C 87. A
16. D 88. B
17. A 89. B
18. B 90. B
19. B 91. B
20. A 92. C
21. D 93. C
22. C 94. D
23. C 95. B
24. A 96. B
25. B 97. D
26. B 98. C
27. A 99. C
28. C 100. D
29. C
30. C
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