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1. The Philippines’ largest drug store is
named after the Roman gods’ _____.
a. defender
b. messenger
c. housekeeper
d. warrior
2. “What we know is outside their walls, there
is a garden of bones. Every time they turn
away a traveler, the garden grows.”- Jorah
(Game of Thrones) What happens to the
travelers?
a. They disappear without explanation.
b. They serve as slaves.
c. They plant more flowers.
d. They die.
3. “What is essential to the eye” is an example
of a _____.
a. virtue
b. moral
c. theme
d. speech
4. Who is the author of Les Miserables?
known for macabre and horror stories (The Raven, Annabel Lee,
a. Edgar Allan Poe The Fall of the House of Usher)
b. Lewis Carroll Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson’s pen name; his most notable works are Alice's

c. Alexandre Dumas Three Musketeers

The Count of Montecristo; The

d. Victor Hugo
 5. Who among the Filipino writers below
focuses on the beliefs and traditions during
the Filipino-Spanish period?
a. F. Sionil Jose Carlos Palanca awardee for his short stories
The God Stealer in 1959, Waywaya in 1979,
b. NVM Gonzales Arbol de Fuego (Firetree) in 1980, his novel
Mass in 1981, and his essay A Scenario for
c. Bienvenido Santos Children of the Ash-Covered Loam, The Bamboo
Philippine Resistance in 1979.

d. Nick Joaquin Dancers, Nayon at Dagat-dagatan.

A pensionado who was best known for The Scent
He used the pen name of Quijano de Manila of Apples.
and was conferred the rank and title
of National Artist of the Philippines for
Literature. His famous works were “Prose
and Poems”, “May Day Eve” and “The
Woman Who had Two Navels”.
6. Soil is considered an ecosystem. Which of
the following supports the statement?
a. Soil differs in color, odor and water holding
capacity.
b. It is the habitat of microorganisms.
c. It consists of living organisms and abiotic
components.
d. It is a mixture of minerals, water and gases.
7. Why are green plants considered as
autotrophs?
a. They depend on other sources of food.
b. They can absorb water through the roots.
c. They can build simple inorganic substances
into complex organic compounds.
d. They have green pigments that capture
light.
8. The major concern about global warming
arises from increased concentration of __.
a. greenhouse gases
b. acid rain
c. photochemical smog
d. aerosols
9. Of the following listed below, which one is
considered the most disadvantageous source
of energy since it gives detrimental effect on
the population’s food supply?
a. solar Geothermal power plant affects the
vegetation in the nearby area, that’s
b. geothermal why the food supply is also affected.
c. wind
d. hydroelectric plant
10. Anong teorya ng wika ang nagsasabing
ang wika ay nalikha bunga ng masidhing
damdamin ng tao?
tunog na nalilikha gamit ang pwersang pisikal
a. Yoheho galing sa tunog ng lahat ng bagay sa
b. Ding-dong kapaligiran tulad ng tsug-tsug ng tren o tik-
tak ng orasan
c. Pooh-pooh
d. Bow-wow ginagaya ang mga tunog na nililikha ng mga
hayop gaya ng tahol ng aso, tilaok ng manok,
atbp.
11. Ito ay isang tulang maromansa na kung
saan nakaharap sa mga pakikipagsapalaran
ang mga tauhan at hango sa tunay na buhay.
a. Epiko tulang pasalaysay na nagsasaad ng kabayanihan ng
pangunahing tauhan na nagtataglay ng katangiang
b. Moro-moro isang uri ng "komedya" sa Pilipinas na isang adaptasyon
nakahihigit sa karaniwang tao

c. Korido mula sa dula sa Europa na comedia de capa y espada

d. Awit
12. Alin sa mga sumusunod ang HINDI epiko
ng Mindanao?
a. Agyu
b. Bantugan
c. Bidasari
d. Maragtas
13. Alin sa mga sumusunod ang sadyang
isinulat upang ibigkas sa harap ng madla?
a. talumpati
b. talambuhay
c. anekdota
d. pabula
 14. Siya ay isang Pilipinong manunulat na
tanyag sa kanyang sagisag-panulat na
Dimas-Ilaw. King of the Balagtasan and as Makata ng
Puso. His most famous work is the
Tagalog poem Bayan Ko (My Country,
a. Jose Corazon de Jesus 1929). His pen name was Huseng Batute.
He earned the moniker "Huseng Sisiw"
b. Jose dela Cruz and was also the mentor of Francisco
Balagtas, a poet who would later be known
c. Emilio Jacinto as the "Father of Tagalog Literature" in
poetry.
d. Antonio Luna Younger brother of painter Juan Luna.
Succeeded Artemio Ricarte as the
Commanding General of the Philippine
Army. He organized professional guerrilla
soldiers later named the "Luna
Sharpshooters" and the "Black Guard”.
15. One-way fare from Manila to Cebu is
₱3,800. How many round-trip tickets can be
purchased with the amount of ₱91,200?
a. 8 91,200/(3,800x2)
b. 14 =91,200/7,600
c. 10 =12
d. 12
16. A square and an equilateral triangle have
equal perimeter. If the side of the square is 3
units less than the side of the triangle, what is
the area of the square?
Let x = side of the equilateral triangle
a. 100 sq units x – 3 = side of the square
b. 81 sq units perimetersquare = perimeter oftriangle
4 (x – 3) = 3x
c. 144 sq units 4x – 12 = 3x
d. 64 sq units x = 12 units = side of the equilateral triangle
x – 3 = 12 – 3 = 9 units = side of the square
Therefore, area of square = 9^2 = 81 sq. units
17. A ball is drawn at random from a box
containing 4 red, 5 white, and 3 blue balls.
Find the probability that the ball is NOT white.
a. 7/12 favorable outcomes/all possible outcomes
b. 3/4 7/12
c. 2/3
d. 5/12
18. A certain number doubled and decreased
by 12 is 8. What is the number?
a. 14 Let x be the number
2x – 12 = 8
b. 8 2x = 8 + 12
c. 12 2x = 20
x = 20/2
d. 10 x = 10
19. A swimming pool is an equilateral triangle
in shape. One side is 18 meters. How many
meters of rope are needed to enclose the
pool?
An equilateral triangle has all sides equal.
a. 48 m Perimeter = 3 (18m) = 54 m
b. 54 m
c. 36 m
d. 50 m
20. Originally written in Tagalog, the poem is
one of the only two poems that Rizal wrote in
his vernacular. He, however, denied the
authorship of such. Isinulat ni Jose Rizal ang
kundimang ito noong ika-12
a. To the Filipino Youth ng Setyembre, 1891. Ito’y
b. They Ask Me for Verses na ang bayang inapi ay
isang tulang nagpapahayag

c. Hymn to Talisay ililigtas sa darating na

panahon dumanak man ang
d. Kundiman dugo.
21. The highest mountain in the continent of
Africa is _____. Kilimanjaro, with its three volcanic
a. Mt. Everest cones, Kebo, Mwenezi, and Shira, is
a dormant volcanic mountain in
b. Mt. Apo Kilimanjaro National Park,
c. Mt. Kilimanjaro Kilimanjaro National Park,
Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania.
d. Mt. Fuji
22. In this poem, Rizal compared education to
the goddess of light, wisdom, hope, peace
and truth. - noted the role of religion in education
a. Intimate alliance between religion and good
education - when he was 15 in Ateneo, tribute to his hometown

b. Remembrance to My Hometown
To Education was a literary achievement during Rizal’s Ateneo
c. To Education days. He compared education to an eternal lighthouse.
d. Our Mother Tongue
- take pride in your own language to achieve freedom
23. In this poem, Rizal noted the role of
religion in attaining good education.
a. Remembrance to My Hometown
b. To Education
c. Our Mother Tongue
d. Intimate alliance between religion and good
education
24. This is a multilateral agreement regulating
international trade. According to its preamble,
its purpose was the “substantial reduction of
tariffs and other trade barriers and the
elimination of preferences, on a reciprocal
and mutually advantageous basis.
a. APEC The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was a
multilateral agreement regulating international trade. According to
b. GATT its preamble, its purpose was the “substantial reduction of tariffs
and other trade barriers and the elimination of preferences, on a
c. ASEAN reciprocal and mutually advantageous basis.”
d. NAFTA Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

North American Free Trade Agreement

25. Written in 1895, the verses were used
against Rizal during his trial in December
1896. - The ultimate challenge of Rizal in
this poem is to excel and be an
a. Kundiman international figure.
- C. a poem where he expressed his
b. To the Filipino Youth extreme loneliness

c. They Ask Me for Verses through the caves and the thickets, we
We ransack the sand in our frolic;

d. Hymn to Talisay
ramble;
our houses are built upon rocks;
our arms reach far and wide.
No darkness, and no dark night,
that we fear, no savage tempest;
if the devil himself comes forward,
we shall catch him, dead or alive!
26. This was a prize winning-poem of Rizal
when he was a student in UST. This poem
proved that an Indio was not only equal but
also more superior than the Spaniards in
poetry writing.
a. Kundiman
b. Hymn to Talisay
c. They Ask Me for Verses
d. To the Filipino Youth
27. He coined the term “survival of the fittest.”
Spencer developed an all-embracing conception of
a. Karl Marx evolution as the progressive development of the
physical world, biological organisms, the human
b. Arnold Toynbee mind, and human culture and societies.
Karl Max is famous for his theories about capitalism,
c. Herbert Spencer socialism, and communism. Marx, in conjunction with
Friedrich Engels, published The Communist Manifesto in
1848; later in life, he wrote Das Kapital (the first volume
d. August Comte was published in Berlin in 1867.
The collection of Toynbee’s lectures, published
posthumously as The Industrial Revolution in 1884, was
one of the first economic histories of Britain’s industrial
development in the 18th and 19th centuries.
August Comte is known as the Father of Sociology (coined
the term) and Father of Positive Philosophy (genuine
knowledge is true or positive).
28. The mountains that separate the
continents of Asia and Europe is _____.
a. Mt. Apo Ural Mountain range forms a rugged spine in
west-central Russia and the major part of the
b. Mt. Everest traditional physiographic boundary between
Europe and Asia.
c. Mt. Kilimanjaro
d. Ural Mountain
29. Rizal’s loneliness is profoundly expressed
in this poem which has the lines “His lyre had
long ago become so mute and broken; his
muse stammers and no longer smiles at him.”
What is the title of this poem?
a. Hymn to Talisay
b. They Ask Me for Verses
c. To the Filipino Youth
d. Kundiman
30. He was a native of Cataluña and the count of
Caspe. He became governor in 1891, around the
time when La Liga Filipina (Philippine League) was
founded in Manila by Rizal in 1892. He introduced
many reforms; popular with native but aroused the
wrath of religious orders, who are said to have
paid $100,000 for his dismissed. His term as
governor was from 1891-1893.
a. Governor General Polavieja oversaw the court martial and death of Jose
Rizal
b. Governor General Despujol
c. Governor General De Los Rios the last Spanish Governor-General of the
Philippines
d. Governor General Claveria Spanish sounding surnames