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Social Studies:

Part 1

1. The Philippines ten-year transaction period before the granting of complete independence from the
Americans.
A. Commonwealth Government
B. Third Republic
C. Puppet government
D. Revolutionary

2. The Act/Law that led to the granting of ten-year transition period.

A. Here-Hawes Cutting Bill
B. Tydings-McDuffie Law
C. Parity Rights
D. Independence Law

3. The Chairman of the 1934 Constitutional Convention.

A. Cecillia Munoz Palma
B. Carlos P. Garcia
C. Diosdado Macapagal
D. Claro M. recto

4. The first appointed head of the Department of Education during Commonwealth period.
A. Claro M. Recto
B. Sergio Osmena
C. Rafael Palma
D. Jose P. Laurel

5. The “father of social justice.”

A. Claro M. Recto
B. Sergio Osmena
C. Manuel L. Quezon
D. Jose P. Laurel

6. The leader of Sakdalista uprising

A. Benigno Aquino
B. Benigno Ramos
C. Isabelo delos Reyes
D. Isabelle Espiritu

7. The last department turned over by the Americans to be government by a Filipino

A. Department of Public Health and Welfare
B. Department of Trade
C. Department of Education
D. Department of Defense

8. The Rizal Day Celebration reminds us about heroes worth

A. Appreciating
B. Reading about
C. Emulating
D. Studying

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9. Section 6, Article XIV states that the national language of the Philippines is ________________.
A. English
B. Filipino
C. Tagalog
D. Cebuano

10. SECTION 3, Article XIV states that “ALL educational institutions shall include that study of
_____________ as part of curriculum.”
A. History
B. Science & Technology
C. Sports
D. Constitution

11. Who has the power of declare the existence of the state of war?
A. Senate President
B. Chief Justice
C. President
D. Congress

12. “The State shall protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all levels.” Which
government program is in support of this?
A. Exclusion of children with special needs from the formal system
B. Free elementary and secondary education
C. Deregulated and secondary education
D. Re-introduction of the NEAT and NSAT

13. The old name of EDSA during early part of American occupation
A. 19 de junio
B. Highway 54
C. Highway 53
D. Highway 52

14. RA 9155 also known as”_____________.”

A. Basic Education Act of 2001
B. Restructured Basic Education
C. Education For All
D. Bridge Program

15. RA 4670 also known as”______________”

A. Board of Higher Education
B. The Magna Carta For Public School Teachers
C. State of National Emergency
D. Calibrated Pre-emptive Response

16. President Ramos’ Medium Term Philippines Development Plan (MTPDP).

A. Angat pinoy 2004
B. SONA 2001
C. Philippines 2000
D. Sustainable Development

17. President Estrada’s MTPDP.

A. Angat Pinoy 2004
B. SONA 2001
C. Philippines 2000

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D. Sustainable Development

18. How long can an elected President of the Philippines serve under the 1987 Constitution?
A. Two terms, 6 years each
B. Two terms, 4 years each
C. One term for 6 years
D. One term for 4 years

19. Historically, Why does the Philippines have a claim over sabah?
A. The sultan of Sulu, who received the territory as a gift, has given the Philippines Government Power
to reclaim his territory.
B. The Malays, the third wave of migrants to the country, own the territory.
C. Sabah was formerly a part of the Philippines archipelago.
D. The Philippines government bought it from the Sultan of Brunei

20. Known as the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Government employees and officials.
A. RA 6713
B. RA 1425
C. RA 7610
D. RA 9262

21. Which of the following describes the Battle of Manila Bay between American and Spanish naval
forces?
A. The Americans ships outnumbered those of the Spaniards.
B. The Spaniards readily won the battle over the Americans.
C. It was a mock naval battle between the Spaniards and the Americans.
D. The Americans won the battle with great difficulty.

22. What right and duty do Filipinos exercise when they participate in ratifying a proposed constitution ?
A. Citizenship
B. Habeas corpus
C. Suffrage
D. Bill of Rights

23. The Old name of EDSA during the World War II

A. 19 de Junio
B. Highway 54
C. Highway 53
D. Highway 52

24. Who was the first president of the Republic of the Philippines when independence from America was
granted on july 4, 1946.
A. Pres. Corazon Aquino
B. Pres. Elpidio Quirino
C. Pres. Ferdinand Marcos
D. Pres. Manuel Roxas

25. According to him President “… this Nation will be great again…!

A. Pres. Corazon Aquino
B. Pres. Elpidio Quirino
C. Pres. Ferdinand Marcos
D. Pres. Manuel Roxas

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26. He had promised sweeping economic changes, and he did make progress in land reform, opening
new settlements outside crowded Luzon island. His death in an airplane crash in March 1957, was a
serious blow to national morale.
A. Pres. Ramon Magsaysay
B. Pres. Elpidio Quirino
C. Pres. Ferdinand Marcos
D. Pres. Manuel Roxas

27. Martial law remained in force until 1981 under Proclamation # _________
A. 1081
B. 1425
C. 9994
D. 7610

28. What in SONA stands for?

A. State of the National Address
B. State of the Nation Approval
C. Status of the Nation Address
D. State of the Nation Address

29. What is Republic Act 8049?

A. Anti – Hazing Law
B. Anti sexual harassment Law
C. Law Protection Women and Children against all forms of abuses, discrimination and exploitation
D. Expanded Senior Citizen Act of 2010

30. What is Republic Act 9994?

A. Anti – Hazing Law
B. Anti sexual harassment Law
C. Law Protecting Women and Children
against all forms of abuses, discrimination
and exploitation
D. Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010

31. Republic Act 9262 adheres with

A. Anti – Hazing Law
B. Anti sexual harassment Law
C. Law Protecting Women and Children against all forms of abuses, and exploitation
D. Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010

32. Republic Act 7877 also known as

A. Anti – Hazing Law
B. Anti sexual harassment Law
C. Law Protecting Women and Children against all forms of abuses, discrimination and exploitation
D. Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010

33. Section 5 (5), Article XIV of the 1987 Constitution mandates the Government to give the highest
budgetary to:
A. Department of Interior and Local Government
B. Department of Education
C. Department of Science and Technology
D. Department of Public Works and Highways

34. The chairmen of the 1972 Constitutional Convention

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A. Former Presidents Garcia and Marcos
B. Former Presidents Garcia and Macapagal
C. Former Presidents Garcia and Quirino
D. Former Presidents Garcia and Roxas

35. With peace education in mind, What is NOT included

A. Dialogue
B. Mediation
C. Cooperation
D. Conflict

36. What is the very foundation of genuine peace and reconciliation

A. Happiness
B. Joy
C. Confrontation
D. Social Justice

37. The newly appointed secretary of DSWD by Pres. Noynoy Aquino

A. Jinky Soliman
B. Dinky Soliman
C. Pacquito Ochoa, jr.
D. Butch Abad

38. The first essay of Rizal

A. El Amor Partio
B. A la Juventud Filipina
C. Sa Aking Kabata
D. Mi Ultimo Adios

39. The Republic Act that requires us to teach Rizal and other Filipinos patriots to tertiary students
A. RA 7836
B. RA 7610
C. RA 1425
D. RA 9165

40. What is the Right of SUFFRAGE advocates

A. The Right of the people to vote
B. The Right of the people to vote and be elected in public office
C. The Right of the people not to vote
D. The Right of the people for clean Elections

41. Where is the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) located?

A. UP Los Banos, Laguna
B. UP Diliman, Quezon City
C. Up IloIlo
D. UP Manila

42. The mountain that separates the continents of Asia and Europe
A. Ural mountain
B. Mt. Kilimanjaru
C. Mt. Everest
D. Mt. Apo

43. The old name of Vietnam

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A. Formosa
B. Siam
C. Persia
D. Annam

44. The “yellow Race” also known as:

A. Tigris and Euphrates
B. Hwang-Ho and Yangtze
C. Nile and Indus
D. Aegean and Mekong

45. The major rivers in China

A. Tigris and Euphrates
B. Hwang-Ho and Yangtze
C. Nile and Indus
D. Aegean and Mekong

46. The World biggest peninsula

A. Arabian peninsula
B. Iberian peninsula
C. Korean peninsula
D. Italy

47. The boot-shaped peninsula

A. Arabian peninsula
B. Iberian peninsula
C. Korean peninsula
D. Italy

48. Known as the “Isla de Pintados” by the

Spaniards
A. Luzon
B. Visayas
C. Mindanao
D. Isla Verde

49. Man’s conviction is his/her _________

A. Norms
B. Belief
C. Values
D. Mores

50. Also known as the Bangkok

Declaration of 1967
A. APEC
B. UN
C. EU
D. ASEAN

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Social Science Part 2
1. The capital of Denmark
A. Oslo
B. Copenhagen
C. Stockholm
D. Reykjavik

2. Hans Christian Andersen is a Native of what

Scandinavian country
A. Denmark
B. Norway
C. Sweden
D. Finland

3. Known as Ma-I by the early Chinese traders

A. Mindoro
B. Aklan
C. Cebu
D. Manila

4. The focal theme/agenda of 2009 Earth’s Summit held in Copenhagen, Denmark

A. Sustainable Development
B. Climate Change
C. Poverty
D. Cyder crime

5. The host-country of the 1992 Earth’s Summit on Sustainable Development

A. Philippines
B. Brazil
C. Britain
D. China

6. The longest revolt in the Philippines History

A. Dagohoy revolt
B. Diego Silang revolt
C. Gabriela Silan revolt
D. Palaris revolt

7. What was our government under the 1935

Constitution
A. Revolutionary
B. Monarchy
C. Commonwealth
D. Military

8. What is meant by the worker’s right to security of tenure?

I. To continue in their jobs
II. Not to be contractual after six months
III. May not be dismissed unless there is just or valid cause provided by law
A. I and II
B. I and III
C. II and III
D. I and III

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9. Which order of presidents correctly applies to Philippines History
I. Magsaysay
II. Garcia
III. Quirino
IV. Roxas

A. IV-III-I-II
B. II-I-III-Iv
C. I-II-III-Iv
D. IV-III-II-I

10. The SONA of the President is being delivered every ___________ Monday of July.
A. First
B. Second
C. Third
D. Fourth

11. The process by which a person learns the requirements of the culture by which he or she is
surrounded, and acquires values and behaviors that are appropriate or necessary in that culture
A. Assimilation
B. Enculturation
C. Cultural relativism
D. Acculturation

12. The exchange of cultural features that results when groups of individuals having different cultures
come into continuous first hand contact; the original cultural patterns of either or both groups may be
altered, but the groups remain distinct
A. Assimilation
B. Enculturation
C. Cultural relativism
D. Acculturation

13. The process whereby a minority group gradually adapts to the customs and attitudes of the
prevailing culture and customs.
A. Assimilation
B. Enculturation
C. Cultural relativism
D. Acculturation

14. The principle that an individual human’sbeliefs and activities should be understood in terms of his or
her own culture.
A. Assimilation
B. Enculturation
C. Cultural relativism
D. Acculturation

15. The Commanding General of USAFFE

A. General Arthur MacArthur
B. General Douglas MacArthur
C. General Jonathan Wainright
D. General Edward P. King

16. The Commander of the American and Filipinos forces in Bataan

A. General Arthur MacArthur

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B. General Douglas MacArthur
C. General Jonathan Wainright
D. General Edward P. King

17. The Commander of the American and Filipino forces in Corregidor

A. General Arthur MacArthur
B. General Douglas MacArthur
C. General Jonathan Wainright
D. Genaral Edward P. King

18. The president of the Japanese-sponsored government

A. Sergio Osmena
B. Manuel L. Quezon
C. Jorge B. Vargas
D. Jose P. Laurel

19. The Chairman of the Japanese-sponsored Executive Commission in 1942.

A. Sergio Osmena
B. Manuel L. Quezon
C. Jorge B. Vargas
D. Jose P. Laurel

20. The island of Corregidor is part of the province of

A. Cavite
B. Bataan
C. Zambales
D. Pangasinan

21. The government that was interrupted by the Japanese occupation.

A. First Republic
B. Second Republic
C. Third Republic
D. Commonwealth

22. In economy, __________ is a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services in an economy
over a period of time.
A. Inflation
B. Mercantilism
C. Depression
D. Free trade

23. What event in history followed when the Katipunan movement was discovered?
A. Philippines revolution/Cry of pugadLawin
B. Treaty of Paris 1898
C. Execution of Rizal
D. Capture of Aguinaldo

24. The first American civil Governor

A. William Howard Taft
B. Wesley Merrit
C. Arthur Mac Acthur
D. Murray Barlet

25. The first American military governor.

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A. William Howard Taft
B. Wesley Merrit
C. Arthur Mac Arthur
D. Murray Bartlet

26. The first president of the University of the Philippines

A. William Howard Taft
B. Wesley Merrit
C. Arthur Mac Arthur
D. Murray Bartlett

27. Are traditional courtship songs in the Mexican-Spanish tradition based on the habanera rhythm
A. Haran
B. Kundiman
C. Jazz
D. Modern

28. Teacher Alejandro would like to discuss among his students about Philippine National Artist. The
following are all National Artist in the field of visual arts EXCEPT:
A. Pablo Amorsolo
B. Benedicto Cabrera
C. Federico Alcuaz
D. Vicente Manansala

29. The First Year students of Esteban Abada High School went to the National Museum as part of their
field trip in MAPEH. Katrina’s attention was particularly caught by an ethic instrument composed of four
large hanging gongs used in Maguindanao. This is instrument is known as:
A. Kubing
B. Gandingan
C. Tambuli
D. Gangsa

30. JV was assigned by his teacher to report about Renaissance Art as part of Art
Appreciation Week in their school. Among the following paintings, which is the best example of
Renaissance Art era?
A. La Gioconda
B. The Starry Night
C. The Kiss
D. Spolarium

31. The Following are materials used in painting EXCEPT:

A. Canvass
B. Palette
C. Linseed Oil
D. Alabaster

32. Filipinos have song for every occasion, during the Pre-colonial Philippines, Filipinos would sing this
song in preparation for war or battle:
A. Oyayi
B. Diyona
C. Kumintang
D. Kundiman

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33. Atimonan National High School will conduct a Filipino Dance Week as part of the Arts Month. Who
among the following is NOT a National Artist for Dance?
A. Lucresia Reyes Urtula
B. Fransisca Reyes Aquino
C. Lucrecia Kasilag
D. Ramon Ubusan

34. The male Filipinos during Pre-Spanish period wore a collarless short-sleeved jacket as the upper part
of their clothing.
A. Bahag
B. Kanggan
C. Putong
D. Baro

35. What is the survey method of research?

A. An intensive study of one individual. Typically, this may involve interviews, observation, experiments
and test.
B. It involves the acquisition, synthesis, organization and presentation of information.
C. The research manipulates variables, randomly assign participants to various conditions and seek to
control other influences.
D. Involves going out and asking questions about the phenomenon of interest.

36. What is the case study method of research?

A. An intensive study of one individual. Typically, this may involve interviews, observation
B. It involves the acquisition, synthesis,
organization and presentation of information.
C. The research manipulates variables, randomly assign participants to various conditions and seek to
control other influences.
D. Involves going out and asking questions about the phenomenon of interest.

37. Not many students are aware that Jose Rizal,the Philippine’s National Hero is also a sculpture. Which
among the following is a sculpture of Rizal?
A. The oblation
B. The power of Science over Death
C. Lapu Lapu Monument
D. The Philippines map Relief

38. Teacher Jenny, BSED Gradute resigns in her current teaching position as high-school teacher because
she has been force to teach in preschool department by the Principal in this school year. Teacher jenny’s
voluntary resignation resulted to:
A. Structural Unemployment
B. Frictional Unemployment
C. Cyclical Unemployment
D. Unemployment

39. The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law popular as CARL is the lawful basis of the full
implementation of the comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program CARP. This was during the
administration of:
A. Fidel V. Ramos
B. Corazon Aquino
C. Ferdinand Marcos
D. Joseph Estrada

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40. What is the topical method of research?
A. An intensive study of one individual. Typically, this may involve interviews, observation, experiments
and tests.
B. It involves the acquisition, synthesis, organization and presentation of information.
C. The research manipulates variables, randomly assign participants to various conditions and seek to
control other influences.
D. Involves going out and asking questions about the phenomenon of interest.

41. What Filipino trait is known for warm welcome to guest?

A. Hospitable
B. Respectful
C. Kind
D. Hard-working

42. What is the experimental method if research?

A. An intensive study of one individual. Typically, this may involve interviews, observation
B. It involves the acquisition, synthesis, organization and presentation of information.
C. The research manipulates variables, randomly assign participants to various conditions and seek to
control other influences.
D. Involves going out and asking questions about the phenomenon of interest.

43. Who wrote the Philippines Anthem?

A. Jose Palma
B. Julian Felipe
C. Felipe de Leon
D. Delfina Herbosa

44. Which of the following are characteristics of capitalism EXCEPT?

A. Government ownership
B. Profit driven
C. Laissez-faire
D. Pure competition

45. In economics, recession is characterized by the following EXCEPT:

I. Unemployment rate rises
II. Inflation fall
III. GDP decreases
IV. Increasing money supply

A. I & II only
B. I only
C. I,II,III only
D. I,II,III,IV

46. As a result of People Power I in 1986, the Philippines was ________.

A. Change its form of government to parliamentary
B. Intensifies its participation in international affairs
C. Impeachment of Joseph Estrada
D. Became known worldwide for its People’s Revolution

47. The words “Charter Change” and “ Constituents Assemble” are related to?
A. Imposition of Martial Law
B. Return to dictatorial form of government
C. Amendment or revision of the present constitution

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D. Division of the house

48. Cooperatives eventually put up banks of their own. What are evidences of success?
A. Cooperatives are not heavily taxed
B. Opening of rural banks is allowed on a cooperative concept
C. Several rural banks started out as cooperatives.
D. Many banks in Metro Manila and Bulacan started out as cooperatives

49. The impeachment proceedings in December 2000 and January 20001 have helped the Filipinos to
__________

A. Understand the Judge’s comments

B. Hate administration trails
C. Appreciate democratic process of government
D. Listen to the proceedings

50. How will you classify the practice of “pamanhikan” in the Phil?
A. Value
B. Law
C. Mores
D. Folkways

Social Science Part 3

1. What factor was a major cause of both World War I and World War II?
a. The spread of Marxian ideas into Europe
b. The dropping of atomic bombs
c. Nationalism and national borders
d. The rise of totalitarian fascist states

2. In which organization is the Philippines a member to fight communist aggression?

a. APEC
b. ASA
c. UN
d. SEATO

3. The theory that population increases by geometrical ratio while the means of subsistence increases by
arithmetical ratio is attributed to?
a. Karl Marx
b. Robert Malthus
c. Emile Durkheim
d. Aristotle

4. In what instance is the Filipino doublestandard morality shown?

a. A couple brings their sick child to the doctor then later to the espiritista
b. Young parents bring up their children in a manner different from how they were brought up
c. Illiterate parents are eager to send their children to school even if they themselves did not go to
school
d. A married man who flirts with someone else other than his wife seems acceptable but a married
woman who flirts with another man is condemned.

5. Which part of Asia does the Arabian peninsula occupy?

a. Northwest
b. Southeast
c. Southwest

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d. Northeast

6. The important factors which have contributed to the weakness in the internalization of desirable
values is the?
a. Lack of models among the very people expected to exemplify these values
b. Use of approaches which are mainly cognitive rather than effective
c. Lack of follow up systems from one grade level to another
d. Minimum recognition and appreciation given to teachers

7. To govern is to rule and the government rules by laws. Whose main duty is the enforcement of laws?
a. Police department
b. Judiciary department
c. Legislative department
d. Executive department

8. The term that refers to the class of Filipinos who were free and independent
a. Timawa
b. Maharlika
c. Aliping namamahay
d. Aliping saguiguilid

9. The Spanish expedition responsible for naming the archipelago Filipinas

a. Magellan’s expedition
b. Loarca expedition
c. Legaspi expedition
d. Villalobos expedition

10. The third and last military governor of the Philippines was
a. Gen. Wesley Merritt
b. Gen. Elwell Otis
c. Gen. Arthur MacArthur
d. Gen. Douglas MacArthur

11. Which Katipunan member commuted from Cavite to Manila to buy materials used to make
ammunitions?
a. Teresa Magbanua
b. Agueda Esteban
c. Teodora Alonso
d. Trinidad Tecson

12.Which economic system is based on free enterprise?

a. Globalism
b. Mixed economies
c. Capitalism
d. Communism

13. How is the so-called colonial mentality manifested?

a. Cultural relativism
b. Cultural diversity
c. Xenocentrism
d. Ethnocentrism

14. Which is a safeguard against unfair trade practices like short-weighing?

a. Total Quality Movement

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b. Consumerism
c. Consumer vigilance
d. Substandardization

15. If the seven continents were arranged from largest to smallest, in which order does Australia fall?
a. 4th
b. 5th
c. 6th
8. 7th

16. In which continent can we find stormy Cape Horn which is known as the graveyard of ships and
sailors?
a. Africa
b. Australia
c. South America
d. Asia

17. Which led to the creation of Pakistan as a nation in 1947? Religious differences between
a. Hindus and Christians
b. Christians and Muslims
c. Hindus and Buddhists
d. Hindus and Muslims

18. Which is common to Sun Yat Sen and Mahatma Gandhi?

a. Promoted a society ruled by religious leaders
b. Rejected violence as a way to political power
c. Led a successful nationalistic movement in their respective countries
d. Supported Marxist philosophy to change existing governments

19. Nebuchadnezzar was to the Babylonian Empire as Asoka was to the ______ Empire.
a. Roman
b. Gupta
c. Greek
d. Maurya

20. With the opposition of the parity rights in mind, who does NOT belong to the group?
a. Claro M. Recto
b. Jose Laurel
c. Manuel Roxas
d. Pedro Taruc

21. When the Filipino reformists asked for the assimilation of the Philippines by Spain, what did they ask
for? For the Philippines to ____
a. Become independent from Spain
b. Become a province of Spain
c. Be independent from Spain with certain conditions
d. Be represented in the Spanish Cortes

22. Who among the Presidents changed the date of our celebration of Independence day from July 4 to
June 12?
a. Ramon Magsaysay
b. Diosdado Macapagal
c. Carlos Garcia
d. Ferdinand Marcos

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23. In which country did the Philippines participate in the world’s peacekeeping operations by sending
doctors, nurses, soldiers and police?
a. Israel
b. East Timor
c. Iraq
d. Iran

24. In which poem did Rizal write about offering one’s life for one’s country?
a. A La Juventud Filipina
b. Song of Maria Clara
c. Sa Aking mga Kabata
d. Mi Ultimo Adios

25. As an effect of our geography, in which of the following island/s do people travel mostly by water?
a. Luzon
b. Mindanao
c. Visayas
d. Visayas and Mindanao

26. As an insular country, to which principle does the Philippines adhere when it comes to territorial
boundary?
a. Two hundred nautical miles of the country’s coast
b. Three hundred fifty nautical miles from shore
c. Three-mile territorial limit
d. Archipelagic doctrine

27. Which part/s of the Visayas has/have comparatively more excessively moist climate and limited
arable lands?
a. Western
b. Eastern
c. Eastern and Central
d. Central and Western

28. Which follows Pres. Garcia’s “Filipino First Policy”? Filipinos

a. Should buy and consume Filipino products only
b. Should not contribute to the brain drain problem
c. Should be selective in the entry in the entry of foreign professionals in the country
d. Were to be given first preference in all matters related to the economic development of the country

29. Aside from the Philippines, which countries claim part of the Spratly islands in the South
China Sea?
a. China, Thailand, Brunei, Malaysia
b. China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia
c. Indonesia, China, Taiwan, Malaysia
d. China, Thailand, Brunei, Malaysia

30. The following are our constitutional rights EXCEPT to

a. Free access to legal assistance which shall not be denied due to poverty
b. Have access to all records of the government
c. Be presumed innocent until proven guilty
d. Form association and labor unions

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Social Science Part 4
1. ESD involves topics on peace education, global citizenship and human rights in addition to
environmental education. What teaching-learning approach is recommended for ESD?
a. Project-based
b. Outcome-based
c. Problem-based
d. Concept-based

2. In teaching ESD what kills are considered essential for integrating effective participation in both work
and society?
a. Assertiveness and mediation
b. Social and emotional skills
c. Negotiation and conflict management
d. Stress and time management

3. Which BEST describes the wholeschool approach in teaching-learning social studies?

a. It transforms the teaching and learning towards holistic life skills and values.
b. It transmits changes in social institutions.
c. It integrates goals and targets in the curriculum through projects.
d. It demonstrates problem-based and project-based practices.

4. Challenge-based learning builds on the practice of problem-based learning in which students work on
real world problems. What BEST describes the learning experiences of teachers and learners?
a. Global
b. Integrative
c. Collaborative
d. Cultural

5. In grade distribution of a class the _____ is basic numerical data as the average of grades.
a. median
b. mode
c. mean
d. measure

6. An IQ test given before admission which is used by schools to determine general intelligence which
has _________ that measures specific attributes of students.
a. predictive validity
b. construct validity
c. criterion validity
d. aptitude validity

7. Teacher A is analyzing income distribution which is symmetrical. Which measure/s of central tendency
will be most appropriate?
a. Mean and median
b. Mode
c. Median
d. Mean and mode

8. Schools provide pre-assessment test to determine fitness of students in college

for some courses or in high school for learning sections. This test is ____________ evaluation.
a. formative
b. diagnostic
c. achievement
d. placement

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9. In observing students as part of evaluation outside of tests, the teacher
needs to be ___________ to be fair and accurate in judging students.
a. objective
b. subjective
c. partisan
d. biased

10. In the test-retest method for reliability if the ordering of the two tests is exactly the same they the
correlation co-efficient is 1.00 for ________ reliability.
a. doubtful
b. imperfect
c. perfect
d. invalid

11. It is natural for parents to want to get involved in their children's school work but teachers need to
be __________ about skills and subjects for which students need to be assisted or reinforced.
a. specific
b. general
c. extensive
d. broad

12. Which is the middle value in a set of grades representing the point of distribution where one-half of
50% fall or are above the grade distribution of the whole class?
a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode
d. Measure

13. Which is a measure of central location computed by the greatest number of frequency in a
distribution of grades?
a. Media
b. Mean
c. Mode
d. Measure

14. Teacher-made-test can help determine progress of student for remedial instruction if needed. This
test is for __________ purposes.
a. diagnostic
b. placement
c. formative
d. summative

15. These are correct types of evaluation and tools used, EXCEPT ___________.
a. diagnostic :: observations, interviews
b. formative :: teacher-made tests and checklists
c. placement :: teacher made tests
d. summative :: standardized tests and rating scales

16. Which one is meant to measure the learner's awareness of values?

a. Anecdotal record
b. Moral dilemma
c. Projective technique
d. Likert scales

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17. Which assessment tools is MOST authentic?
a. True-False test
b. Essay test
c. Portfolio
d. Projects

18. Standard deviation is to variability as mode is to _________.

a. level of difficulty
b. correlation
c. tendency
d. discrimination

19. How is evaluation differentiated from assessment?

a. Evaluation is value judgment of the quality of performance, assessment is the process of collecting,
synthesizing and interpreting information to aid in decision making.
b. Evaluation is the weighing of assessment information against some standards to improve instruction.
c. Assessment uses scoring guide; evaluation has no scoring guide.
d. Evaluation makes use of traditional tools, assessment uses authentic tools.

20. What is the distinct feature of a rubric?

a. It is a scoring guide using numerical score given to learners.
b. It motivates learners to engage more an application and reasoning skills.
c. It encourages learners' self-evaluation when they receive their report card grades.
d. It has specific performance characteristics arranged in levels indicating the degree to which a
standard has been met.

21. What skills are being recognized to prepare students for increasingly complex life and work in the
21st century?
a. Information literacy skills
b. Learning and innovation skills
c. Media literacy skills
d. Global awareness and communication skills

22. Despite many successful reforms, President Obama wass described as a " lame-duck" president
because of _________ by the Republican Party.
a. ban control
b. power politics
c. veto power
d. denial plot

23. These were the effects of Thailand's 2014 National Council of Peace and Order military junta EXCEPT
______.
a. ban on political gatherings
b. nationwide curfew
c. cessation of economic life
d. arrest of politicians

24. What can be done to temper the effects of massive employment of foreign Filipino labor overseas
that endanger family intergration?
a. Limit overseas deployment
b. Provide loans to OFW families
c. Safeguard balikbayan boxes
d. Assist OFWs in overseas work

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25. What is feasible move to stop the conflict that endangers lives in the Southern Philippines?
a. Peace talks
b. Federal autonomy to regions
c. Enlist Muslim fighters in the AFP
d. Reconciliation among religions

26. How can domestic violence best be minimized?

a. Heavier tax on alcohol
b. Stronger anti-illegal drugs drive
c. Award for the Best Father and Mother
d. Effective education on family life

27. What initiative is needed to prevent exploitation of children workers?

a. Scholarship
b. Subsidy for children
c. Socio-economic package
d. Stricter law against child exploitation

28. What can be done to prevent detention of juveniles with adult prisoners?
a. Separate cells of juveniles and adults
b. Lesson years of detention for juveniles
c. Alternative learning system in prisons
d. Upgrade juvenile penology program

29. How should the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights received by RP government?
a. Prevent intervention by the UN
b. Support the covenant
c. Reject criticism on human rights violations
d. Downplay UN reports on human rights violations

30. How can Deng Xiaoping be described by advancing liberal industrialization in China as leader without
holding president, premier or secretary general positions?
a. Fascistic
b. Autocratic
c. Democratic
d. Authoritarian

31. These are traditional values that should be eliminated in private and public
sectors EXCEPT ____________.
a. Siesta time up to 2 p.m. (Spanish-owned firm in Makati)
b. "Paki-time in mo ako" (government agency)
c. Paggalang sa boss (private companies)
d. Palakasan sa pwesto (public offices)

32. In the Comprehensive Land Reform Program, what aspect shows that traditional forces were very
much around to curtail rights of tenants to the land they till?
a. Making tenants share holders not owners
b. Not applying land reform at all
c. Abolishing the land reform program
d. Not providing inputs for productivity support to farmers

33. What core principle has remained unfulfilled in socialist countries like Russia and China?
a. State ownership of industries

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b. Revolutionary conflict
c. Rule of the working class
d. Class struggle

34. What is the main disadvantage of simply following the market economy especially for peasant
economies?
a. Producers don't cater to the poor who can't buy.
b. There is production surplus for in industries.
c. Advertising gains from commercial ads.
d. Country stagnates in economic growth.

35. Arrange the chronological evolution of the market economy that led to the industrial revolution.
I. Antiquity's cities and farm countryside
II. Towns an guilds
III. Feudal lords and serfs in manors
IV. Mercantilism through commerce
V. Industrial revolution and self-sustaining growth

a. I, II, II, IV and V

b. II, I, II, IV and V
c. III, II, IV and V
d. I, II, III, IV, V

36. Even during early Hispanic days, the _______ were the oil of the machinery of commerce throughout
the archipelago.
a. Creoles
b. native
c. Chinese
d. Peninsulares

37. Which theory of Marx states that the difference between the price of commodity and cost of
production belongs to the workers.
a. Theory of exploitation
b. Theory of economic difference
c. Theory of labor rights
d. Theory of price control

38. In 1984, the price of chicken continued to go down despite government removing the price ceiling
for chicken and other products. This was because ____________.
a. chicken was abundant
b. people had no purchasing power
c. adobo was favorite dish
d. few liked to eat chicken

39. Inflation is always with us but it is bad when the rise of prices of goods and products is exceptionally
_____________.
a. staggered
b. low
c. severe
d. regular

40. The biggest impact of high inflation is on the ______________ Filipino.

a. average
b. employed

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c. entrepreneurial
d. rural

41. In the U.S. prices of goods and services are forty to fifty times higher than those in the Philippines
but Americans do not feel the impact of high prices because the __________ of the dollar is similarly
high.
a. currency float
b. exchange value
c. dividend return
d. stock exchange

42. Innovation as a key to growth is done through various means EXCEPT ________ .
a. inventing new method
b. keeping organizational structure
c. introducing new product
d. opening new markets

43. The following are among the elements to gauge a country's economic growth EXCEPT ___________.
a. national income
b. gross national product
c. Population Growth
d. gross domestic investment

44. What is needed to build confidence among employers and protect the rights of employees?
a. Benchmark of qualifications
b. Quality assurance of qualifications
c. Internal protection to workers
d. Assurance from companies

45. Which will fast tract inclusive development in the Philippines?

a. Attract Foreign Direct Investments
b. Increase cash assistance to the poor
c. Increase cash for work
d. Attract explorers of natural resources

46. Mang Pido said he does not need the highway built by An Australian Aid program in Samar because
he still rides a carabao. What is wrong with the highway?
a. Too expensive to construct
b. Not relevant to individual needs
c. Hidden interest by donor
d. Wrong choice of route

47. The worker' rights to form unions or to strike can be suppressed during times of national emergency.
On what is this based?
a. Nobler person - God before man
b. Higher law - inalienable rights before alienable
c. Wider social order the family- the family before the individual
d. Clearer title- the certain before the title

48. When teacher Jackie asks History questions on names of different historical
personages she is asking _________ questions.
a. high level
b. moderate
c. low level

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d. superior

49. Which of the following is a high level question in a Geography class?

a. Where is the Philippines in the world map?
b. Why is global warming a problem today?
c. Which cities are the adjacent to Manila?
d. Which pollutes more, the smoker or factories?

50. High level questions have the following characteristics EXCEPT ________ .
a. stimulating
b. advanced
c. factual
d. challenging

51. In Bloom's cognitive taxonomy, rote learning corresponds to the knowledge category of
___________.
a. applying
b. understanding
c. analyzing
d. recall

52. Which of the following demonstrates divergent questioning use by teacher Karla in her History class?
a. Who were the other founders of the Katipunan other than Andres Bonifacio?
b. Between Rizal and Bonifacio who is more deserving to be our national hero?
c. During the Philippine independence celebration in Kawit, Cavite which band played the national
anthem?
d. How was Gregorio del Pilar killed theTirad Pass?

53. How do you arrange the logical ordering of pivotal questions that lead to valuing on the issue of drug
use among
youths?
I. What are illegal drugs?
II. Will you try illegal drugs as a student?
III. How can illegal drugs reach and attract you?
IV. What would be the effects of illegal drugs on you?

a. I, III, IV, and II

b. II, II, IV and I
c. IV, I, II and II
d. III, II, I and IV

54. Which is a question by analogy?

a. Compare democracy in the Philippines and the United States.
b. What elements in democracy are lacking in China today?
c. Is extra judicial killing part of democracy?
d. How is democracy like animals set free?

55. In what probing question was teacher Ana stimulating valuing in her Sociocultural class?
a. How do you feel about the slay of Ninoy Aquino in the airport tarmac?
b. What events led to the Ninoy Aquino slay?
c. Was the Ninoy slay connected with People Power?
d. How was Ninoy Aquino as politician?

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56. Teacher Bong is teaching the use and abuse of social media, e.g. Facebook. Which question is NOT
relevant to ask?
a. Why is social media so attractive to high school students?
b. What mobile phones do you use for social media?
c. What do you get out of Facebook postings?
d. What bad experiences were reported about Facebook users?

57. Teaching social change can make effective use of instructional aids, but which of the following has
emotional impact such as on the issue of extreme poverty?
a. Graphs on impoverished regions
b. Photo language pictures of poor people
c. Newspaper news on poor communities
d. Entertainment film on Robin Hood heroes

58. The drawback of textbooks is that these are boring and not readable especially among many
students who
don't enjoy reading. While using textbooks as reference and background there are other valuable
sources of learning EXCEPT __________.
a. audio-visual materials
b. hands-on activities
c. marvel comics
d. technology sources

59. Teacher Egay wants to enhance reading kills of his students and _________ is the most useful for
integrating ideas of text through analysis, deduction and expansion of main thoughts.
a. underlining
b. note taking
c. copying
d. discussion

60.Teacher Judy assigned her students to develop short skits of life in slums which they shall act out
with costumes in class. How do you classify Teacher Judy's activity?
a. Role-playing
b. Games
c. Simulation
d. Group dynamics

61. In communist country, the following holds true EXCEPT __________.

a. productive resources are owned by government
b. the citizens vote on some economic policies
c. the government determines what shall be produced and in what quantity
d. the government sets wages and prices

62. What is that economic situation where one company controls the supply of a unique kind of
product?
a. Inflation
b. Monopoly
c. Equilibrium
d. Economic stability

63. The growth of a free economy follows the path of a roller coaster. Which one is referred to as the
belief and small decline in business activity?
a. Depression
b. Recession

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c. Boom
d. stability

64. A free economy has its glorious and not so glorious periods. Which one is referred to as the period of
above average business activity?
a. depression
b. recession
c. boom
d. stability

65. The growth of a free economy follows the ups and downs of a roller coaster. Which one is a referred
to as large drops in economic growth for a comparativelylonger period of time?
a. Stability
b. Recession
c. Boom
d. Depression

66. The following happen during a recession on a depression EXCEPT ___________.

a. people love their jobs
b. business rake bigger profits
c. total spending drops
d. production slows down

67. Two most important methods used by nations to restrict world trade are:
I. tariff
II. import quota
III. monopoly
IV. cartel

a. I and II
b. I and III
c. I and IV
d. II and IV

68. Which economic principle states that each country should concentrate in producing those goods it
can make most
efficiently and buy from other countries those goods it cannot produced as efficiently?
a. Comparative advantage
b. Economic stability
c. Competition
d. Monopoly

69. Nations create world trade barriers for which healthy reason?
I. To protect local enable to complete with foreign more efficient producers.
II. To discourage dependence on foreign sources of supply in the event
III. To protect infant industries
IV. For local industries to gain monopolyover certain products.
a. II, III, IV
b. I, II, IV
c. I, III, IV
d. I, II, III

70. The value of all goods and services produced by a country in a given period refers to _________ .
a. National income

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b. Gross national product
c. Net income
d. Per capital

71. The law which state that the opportunity cost of each additional unit of output of a good over a
period increases
as more of that good is produced is the law of __________.
a. increasing cost
b. diminishing marginality
c. supply and demand
d. supply

72. When the government discuss to spending or increase taxes or both it engages in _________.
a. expansionary fiscal policy
b. concretionary fiscal policy
c. fiscal policy
d. monetary policy

73. An action taken by Central Bank to influence the money supply and stabilize the economy is called
___________.
a. stabilization policy
b. interest roles policy
c. fiscal policy
d. monetary policy

74. The trend in international trade is the promotion of worldwide trade liberalization. This is the
function of
a. GAFF
b. UNESCO
c. IMF
d. UN

75. The law which states that as more and more of one commodity is consumed additional or extra
satisfaction decreases as :
a. marginal utility
b. diminishing marginal utility
c. diminishing return
d. law of downward sloping demand

76. Which economic system upholds the unlimited right to private property and pursuit of profit to the
exclusion of the considerations?
a. Exaggerated capitalism
b. Moderate capitalism
c. Socialism
d. Communism

77. Which prescribes the abolition of private property by force?

a. Exaggerated capitalism
b. Socialism
c. Communism
d. Moderate capitalism

78. Which is a feature of exaggerated capitalism?

a. Social ownership of some means of production

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b. Individualistic concept of wealth
c. Abolition of private property
d. Sense of social justice

79. What happens to the pesos when there is inflation?

I. The purchasing power of the pesos decreases.
II. The purchasing power of the pesos decreases.
III. The peso gets devalued.
a. I-III
b. II
c. I
d. III

80. When government attempts to control inflation, what does it do?

a. It devalues the peso.
b. It increases its import
c. It decreases its export
d. It strengthens the purchasing power of the peso

81. For economic knowledge which does NOT apply as a scientific process?
a. Understanding
b. Analysis
c. Common sense
d. Evaluation

82. Dr. Jose Rizal's observation that Filipinos are lazy because we were influenced by Spaniards to "take
it easy"
is a/an _________ that has to be proven empirically.
a. truth
b. fact
c. nonsense
d. opinion

83. Which is not factual in relation to present debate on birth control?

a. Population is teachable.
b. RP population is not high.
c. Farm productivity is labor intensive.
d. Contraceptives prevent pregnancy.

84. These are examples of what economists refer to as "capital" that can produce other goods EXCEPT
_____________.
a. fishing implements
b. production machinery
c. household furniture
d. marketing transport vehicles

85. These are household capital resources that support productivity but the LEAST useful is the
____________.
a. cooking stove
b. bath tub
c. sewing machine
d. desktop computer

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86. Why does the United State demand that China, an exporter of vast quantities of commercial exports,
lower or devalue its yuan local currency?
a. Increase value of yuan in the world market.
b. Make yuan competitive with the dollar
c. Build up china's economy
d. Dampen China's goods production.

87. These are the best ways we can deal with scarcity of resources EXCEPT ___________.
a. making right choices in capital goods
b. keeping resources as unused reserve
c. using resources efficiently
d. distributing resources equitably

88. Manager Jose wants equality and so he pays all workers with the same pay. Why is this not
advisable?
a. Workers will ask increase of pay.
b. Disincentive to good workers.
c. Rank-and-file will not like it.
d. Workers will resign.

89. There are disadvantages to the Filipino extended family culture (one house for grandparents, nieces,
etc.)
EXCEPT ___________ .
a. available baby sitters
b. more people to feed
c. relationship
d. lower life quality

90. What is an unacceptable problem with the Filipino tradition of having household helpers?
a. Treatment as second-hand humans
b. inefficient services
c. Difficult to manage
d. Disciplinary problem

91. Which concept is NOT an acceptable assumption for the building of a democratic economy?
a. Common good
b. Enterprise
c. Private capital
d. State control

92. Economics studies and seeks to allocate __________ human and non-human resources for the
material welfare of all.
a. scare
b. abundant
c. bountiful
d. unlimited

93. Which does NOT apply as an economic issue relating to the science of economics?
a. High unemployment
b. High prices of foods
c. Use of digital gadgets
d. Low food production

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94. For Adam Smith, the ___________ of a free market economy will keep prices low that guides the
economy to prosperity.
a. invisible hand
b. beacon of consumers
c. common interest
d. automatic check

95. These pieces of evidence disprove the hypothesis that Filipinos are lazy or indolent EXCEPT _______.
a. farmers toil till dawn
b. indulgences in digital toys and gadgets
c. scavengers dig scrap in garbage dumps
d. OFWs work overseas sacrificing family life

96. Population control economic development is not done through immoral means exemplified
by_____________.
a. ligation
b. abstinence
c. ultra-uterine device
d. abortion

97. Which problem of resources fall under the task of economic allocation?
a. Quality
b. Scarcity
c. Standards
d. Excellence

98. Non-economic wants and needs revolve around the issue of ___________.
a. job underemployment
b. high prices of commodities
c. women's role in society
d. lowered family income

99. In Economics, economic wants and needs are exemplified by ________.

a. plight of political prisoners
b. movement for gay rights
c. excellence in the professions
d. OFW work remittance

100. One example of a complementary need that supplements basic needs is ____________.
a. dress
b. haircut
c. house
d. food

101. Needs are created by commercial advertising but some goods can be harmful such as ________.
a. fast-foods
b. condos
c. cigarettes
d. beverages
102. The Engel theory is that "as income increases the percentage of income spent on non-food items
also increase". To what sector will this principle not apply?
a. Entrepreneurs
b. Middle Class
c. Unemployed

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d. Corporate managers

103. Which is privatized by government along the principle of easing budget burden on social programs?
a. Public education system
b. Waterworks system
c. Electricity distribution services
d. Mass media outlets

104. There are non-conventional sources of energy that can be harnessed to soften adverse
consequences on the economy but ________ is NOT one of them.
a. wind-turbines
b. geo-thermal
c. fossil fuel
d. solar panels

105. How is the concept of market economy best understood?

a. Companies have an economic vision.
b. Producers look at consumers on signals for what to sell.
c. Owner care about products, not consumers
d. Parent company abroad dictates consumption

106. What did Adam Smith see as an outcome of competition and profit seeking?
a. Prosperity
b. Business security
c. Honestly in enterprise
d. Rich get richer

107. These were the new corps introduced by Spanish missionaries to the natives during early Hispanic
days EXCEPT ________.
a. watermelons and peas
b. cocoa and wheat
c. squash and coffee
d. Rich gets richer

108. Few landholdings and millions of peasant farmers characterized the Hispanic agricultural economy
a situation described as _________ in land ownership.
a. monism
b. monopolism
c. dualism
d. altruism

109. Which paradox argued that the faucet water is a most useful commodity but is priced lower than
diamonds disproves the principle that price of commodities is based on how useful it is or utility?
a. Water-diamond
b. Useful-not useful
c. price-priceless
d. liquid- solid

110. Adding to the suffering of the _____ is the greatest evil of inflation.
a. wealthy
b. poor
c. middle class
d. businessman

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111. The Consumer Price Index measures changes in prices of goods and commodities as these affect
the standards of living of _______ family.
a. typical
b. rural
c. urban
d. peasant

112. The shrinking peso refers to the decrease in the ___________ power of the peso.
a. potential
b. actual
c. purchasing
d. hidden

113. To counter the law of diminishing return (same input decreases output), the following are applied
EXCEPT _________.
a. improve technology
b. watch the market
c. apply more capital
d. equip labor with greater skill

114. Economically speaking, which is a glorious period?

a. Stability
b. Depression
c. Boom
d. Recession

115. The following are the elements that make possible nations to produce goods and services EXCEPT
one :
a. Labor force
b. Capital
c. National resources
d. Geographical locations

116. In order to grow, a nations economy must ____________.

I. add to its productive resources
II. increase its citizen's standard of living
III. locate and develop additional natural resources
IV. create new technologies, train scientists workers and business managers
a. II, III, IV
b. I, III, IV
c. I, II, IV
d. I, II, III

117. The rate of growth of a nation's economy is measured by the ______.

I. the abundance of its natural resources
II. the presence of scientific and business research and inventions
III. the change in its gross national product over a period of years
IV. the standard living of its people
a. I, II
b. II, III
c. III, IV
d. I, IV

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118. Per capital GNP is obtained __________.
a. By dividing as nation's total gross national product by 5 years
b. By dividing a nation's total gross product by the average Filipino
c. By dividing a nation's total gross product by the number of its citizens ages 18 and above
d. By dividing a nation's total gross product by its entire population

119. Which economic system is otherwise known as free enterprise?

a. Capitalism
b. Communism
c. Mixed economics
d. Totalitarianism

120. Adam Smith believed that the desire of business people to earn a profit, when regulated by
competitive would produced, what consumers want. Hence, government should not interfere. Smith's
philosophy is known as ________.
a. democratic socialism
b. socialism
c. laissez faire
d. modified free enterprise

121. In ancient Greek, the form of government was aristocracy which was the "rule of the best" meaning
___________.
a. slaves
b. nobles
c. soldiers
d. senators

122. From a feeling of unity in 750 B.C. for their race against colonies, ancient Greeks called their land
______ and themselves _______.
a. Olympus :: Olympians
b. Greece :: Grecians
c. Helas :: Hellenes
d. Athens :: Athenians

123. Greek women of the Dorian race in Sparta were strong like men and had the spirit of courage and
duty to the state
accordingly given training in __________.
a. gymnastics
b. soldiery
c. chivalry
d. public service

124. The Helots formed majority (180,000) of conquered subjects of Sparta and closely watched for
possible
conspiracy by a system of _________.
a. civil registry
b. conscription
c. secret police
d. public service

125. Most liberal, just and humane Cyrus allowed religious freedom giving the following privileges to
exiled Jews
EXCEPT ________.
a. return to Judea

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b. worship of one god Ahura-Mazda
c. rebuild the temple in Jerusalem
d. set up a vassal state led by a high priest

126. For official communication with their subjects in Mesopotamia and Syria,
the Persians used ________ later adopting this as their own language.
a. Aramaic
b. Cuneiform
c. Greek
d. Persian

127. Who was the one supreme god of the Persians Zoroastrian religion who was believed to be the
creator of all life and the god of light and truth?
a. Isis
b. Jehovah
c. Ahura-Mazda
d. El Shaddai

128. After World War II, which country was occupied and administered by the United States with the
emperor assuming
a primarily symbolic role as the head of the monarchial state?
a. Cambodia
b. Japan
c. Thailand
d. Korea

129. The Huang Ho River of China is sometimes referred to as China's Sorrow because it
a. periodically devastated large areas by flooding
b. claimed, lives of Chinese people
c. dried up and .80 can no longer irrigate farm lands
d. it is now heavily polluted

130. The collapse of the world economy in the 1930's is referred to as

a. Black Death
b. Bubunic Plague
c. Great Depression
d. The Cold war

131. Which was NOT in keeping with Mao Tse Tung's Great Leap Forward in 1958?
a. Development of backyard factories
b. Establishment of huge agricultural consumers
c. Raising of agricultural and industrial output
d. Distribution of lands to the landless

132. China's Cultural Revolution was Mao Tse Tungs attempt to ___________.
a. revive revolutionary zeal among the people
b. destroy all capitalist forces within society
c. modernize China
d. revive revolutionary zeal among the people and destroy all capitalism forces within society

133. Which statement(s) wrongly tell(s) something about the history of Korea?
a. After Japan's defeat in World War II Soviet Troops occupied Northern Korean while United States
military occupied the South.
b. China annexed Korea for many centuries

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c. In 1948 2 separate government were found
d. After several border clashes, North Korea invaded South Korea in 1980.

134. Which is (are) TRUE of Kuwait?

I. Kuwait's oil wealth is removable.
II. Kuwait allied itself with Iraq in the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war.
III. Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990
IV. Kuwait allied itself with Iran in the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war.
a. I, II, III
b. II, III, IV
c. I, III, IV
d. I, II, IV

135. What was the communist forces in Cambodia that increased in number there to the relentless
bombing by US military and which was overtaken in a River Republic in 1925?
a. National United Front of Kempucher
b. Khmber Rouge
c. Red Gerards
d. CGDK

136. According to historians, the success of Hongkong could be attributed to the following EXCEPT
_______________.
a. its excellent deep water harbor
b. its cheap labor force
c. its being a freeport
d. its small population

137. Japan can pride itself with each of the following EXCEPT ____________.
a. high productivity
b. negligible inflation
c. low crime with
d. nuclear capability

138.The next century is said to be the Age of the Pacific. Two factors that make it so are:
A. Japan one of the world's most industrialized nations, will dominate the economic development of the
region.
B. Hongkong, a British colony, was reverted to Chinese rule.
C. China, the most popular nation will dominate the political development of the region.
D. In the Pacific are many ethnic groups.
a. B & D
b. A & B
c. A & C
d. A & D

139. The Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro is viewed as generating the momentum to end
horizontal conflicts and achieve peace accord in Mindanao. What are horizontal conflicts."
a. Lateral land ownerships
b. Public-private resource projects
c. Land ownership of indigenous people
d. Interethnic violence and inter-clan feuding

140. Historically, what document apportioned the seats of the House of Representatives in the
Philippine
Congress and appended in the 1987 Constitution?

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a. Legislation
b. Resolution
c. Ordinance
d. Constitution

141. Which is a guarantee of independence for the judiciary?

a. Administrative function
b. Judicial power
c. Quasi-judicial autonomy
d. Fiscal autonomy

142. What should allow increased U.S. Military presence in the Philippines?
a. Visiting American Forces Agreement
b. Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement
c. Philippine-US Treaty
d. Subic Base Treaty

143. The main item product during the early galleon trade was __________.
a. rugs from Persia
b. Precious metals from India
c. Chinese silk
d. Philippine products

144. In 1972 the Tobacco monopoly was established and there was massive cultivation of Tobacco
EXCEPT in this province.
a. Nueva Ecija
b. Batangas
c. Cagayan
d. Marinduque

145. By the end of the 19th century the most notable land owners in the Philippines owning up to a total
of
172,000 hectares were ________.
a. mestizos
b. Spanish hacenderos
c. Spanish friars
d. natives

146. The ASEAN National Qualification Framework shall be implemented by the member countries in
_________.
a. 2015
b. 2018
c. 2015
d. 2020

147. Which Executive Order institutionalizes the Philippine Qualifications Framework?

a. Executive Order No. 43
b. Executive Order No. 80
c. Executive Order No. 83
d. Executive Order No. 42

148. Foreign direct investments (FDIs) in the Philippines is the lowest in the ASEAN according to a report
of the Foundation for Economic Freedom. Which provision in the Constitution is planned to be amended
by Congress?

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a. Open door policy on the use of natural resources
b. Economic growth based on consumption-driven
c. Restrictions on foreign ownership and investments
d. Restriction on borderless competition

149. The concept of ___________ was NOT part of Deng Xiaopeng's 1984 market revolution in China.
a. market prices
b. private business
c. capital market
d. free play of market forces

150. In democratic economies ____________ is not advance in economic literacy education.

a. private enterprise
b. state-owned economy
c. capital market
d. free play of market forces

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Social Science Part 5
1. The national weapon of Persians (500 B.C.) was the ______ an their cavalry was the main strength of
their armies.
a. sword
b. spear
c. bow
d. ax

2. In imperial Athens (429 B.C.) _________ was the outstanding figure in public life who believed that
every citizen should have equal opportunity in the state.
a. Cyrus
b. Solon
c. Philip
d. Pericles

3. Among the finest and most splendid public construction an Ancient Athens was the _____ temple of
Athena.
a. acropolis
b. citadel
c. parthenon
d. persepolis

4. The far-sighted Greek statesman Pericles had beauty of face and bearing such that he was often
compared to the Olympian _________.
a. Adonis
b. Zeus
c. Mars
d. Mercury

5. When Alexander died (325 B.C.) his huge empire broke into large kingdoms including the Saleucids
which did NOT cover _________.
a. Africa
b. Persia
c. Mesopotamia
d. Syria

6. Where did women (200 B.C. ) enjoy full property of rights and could manage their own business
affairs?
a. Italy and Sicily
b. Athens and Sparta
c. Egypt and Babylonia
d. Near East and Middle East

7. What method is used by historians to learn the truth about past ages in man's life?
a. Exploring tradition
b. Interviewing people
c. Uncovering recorded evidence
d. Viewing historical films

8. Which is most crude among ways civilizations recorded thoughts and deeds after the art of writing
was invented five, six thousand years ago?
a. On papyri paper
b. On leather skin
c. On wood

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d. On stone or pottery

9. The earlier period of which we have no written evidence of written records (letters, contracts,
accounts, etc.) that comprise people's literature is technically known as _________.
a. prehistoric
b. primordial
c. pristine
d. predated

10. These people belong to the great Mongolian or yellow EXCEPT __________.
a. Japanese
b. Chinese
c. American Indians
d. Arabs

11. Which buildings believed to be symbols of American economic power, was attached by Islamic
fundamentalists on September 11, 2011.
a. Empire State Building
b. Bubonic Plague
c. World Trade Center
d. The Cold War

12. The "lightning war" that Hitler introduced in World War II is called ____________.
a. The Greatest War
b. Scharnhorst
c. Lebensraum
d. Blitzkrieg

13. Asia is said to be the "cradle of civilization" while ___________ is said to be the "birthplace of the
Human species."
a. Australia
b. Africa
c. South America
d. Antarctica

14. The only Southeast Asian country never colonized by European power is ___________.
a. Japan
b. Thailand
c. Korea
d. Malaysia

15. The state of Israel was known in ancient time as

a. Palestine
b. India
c. Canaan
d. Galilea

16. Which country is NOT a member of the ASEAN?

a. Vietnam
b. Cambodia
c. China
d. Myanmar

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17. The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro
underscored the vital role in sustainable development of these people due to their tradition, identity
and culture. Who are they?
a. Indigenous people
b. Immigrants
c. Urban folks
d. Rural folks

18. What was declared as the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the
Children of the World by the United Nations?
a. 1995-2005
b. 2005- 2015
c. 1990-2000
d. 2001-2010

19. Which country first hosted the International Congress which promoted the Culture of Peace?
a. Brazil
b. America
c. Africa
d. Germany

20. Sumerian tales like the Gilgamesh story of creation and the flood are __________ literature.
a. prophetic
b. epic
c. poetic
d. romantic

21. Among the national god of Egypt of early dynasties was believed to have incarnated in the form of a
________.
a. crocodile
b. cat
c. jackal
d. ram

22. Egyptians mummified the bodies of their dead because of their belief in the _______ of the soul.
a. spirituality
b. sanctity
c. immortality
d. personality

23. While Ancient Egypt maintained medical schools for practice of medicine, surgery treatment was not
always scientific because these used ___________ and magical arts.
a. ointments
b. herbs
c. charms
d. drugs

24 In the world, the Phoenicians were known for many skills but NOT as ___________
a. keen traders
b. mercenary soldiers
c. expert shipbuilders
d. skillful craftsmen

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25. The greatest contribution of the Phoenicians to the progress of the ancient world was their adoption
of _________.
a. alphabet
b. mercenary soldiers
c. expert shipbuilders
d. skillful craftsmen

26. The greatest contribution of the Israelites to civilization that culminated in Solomon's temple to the
god Jehovah was _____ in nature.
a. economic
b. religious
c. political
d. artistic

27. These were the advantages of the world's first coins issued by Lydian kings EXCEPT __________.
a. stamp of rulers guaranteed their value
b. easy to bring around
c. no weight process was needed
d. made of natural alloy of gold or silver

28. The Ancient Greeks valued the education of the __________ to think, to talk and to act.
a. soldier
b. state
c. individual
d. mercenary

29. These were the most important languages of the ancient Indo-European languages (from India
across Europe to the Atlantic Ocean around 30 B.C.) EXCEPT )________.
a. Greek
b. English
c. Latin
d. Celtic

30. These are among the modern languages in Europe EXCEPT _________.
a. Latin
b. English
c. French
d. German

31. How can domestic violence best be minimized?

a. Heavier tax on alcohol
b. Stronger anti-illegal drugs drive
c. Award for the Best Father and Mother
d. Effective education on family life

32. What initiative is needed to prevent exploitation of children workers?

a. Scholarship
b. Subsidy for children
c. Socio-economic package
d. Stricter law against child exploitation

33. What can be done to prevent detention of juveniles with adult prisoners?
a. Separate cells of juveniles and adults
b. Lesson years of detention for juveniles

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c. Alternative learning system in prisons
d. Upgrade juvenile penology program

34. How should the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights received by RP government?
a. Prevent intervention by the UN
b. Support the covenant
c. Reject criticism on human rights violations
d. Downplay UN reports on human rights violations

35. How can Deng Xiaoping be described by advancing liberal industrialization in China as leader without
holding president, premier or secretary general positions?
a. Fascistic
b. Autocratic
c. Democratic
d. Authoritarian

36. China sees the stage of socialism that will lead to a system of _________ ownership with
_____________ ownership increasing.
a. public :: corporate
b. private : public
c. public :: private
d. Public :: state

37. Faced with a democratizing world, the pressure of political change in China has advanced political
reform towards a ___________ dominated state.
a. elite
b. lower-class
c. middle- class
d. military

38. China's global market economy finds the Communist Party lessening control of the central
government in _______ where majority of Mainland Chinese live.
a. rural areas
b. autonomous cities
c. autonomous regions
d. urban areas

39. Among achievements of Mikhael Gobachev as Nobel Prize awardee for Peace, which is most
prominent in his effort to prevent a wide scale war using weapons of mass destruction?
a. End of 9-years long Russian occupation of Afghanistan
b. 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
c. Advocate of strengthening private economy in the Soviet Union
d. Fall of Berlin Wall and Reunification of East and West Germany

40. Among pedagogical aids that supplement textbooks the most modern is ________.
a. bulletin board displays
b. graphs, charts and maps
c. transparency cutout to duplicate
d. computer software

41. Mahatma Gandhi is to ________ and Mohammed Ali is to ________.

a. India and South America
b. India and Canada

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c. India and North America
d. India and Africa

42. Benito Mussolini is to ________ and Winston Churchill is to ________.

a. Italy and England
b. France and America
c. Spain and Great Britain
d. England and the British Isles

43. The chancellor of Prussia who successfully united Germany and made it a republic was ________.
a. Adolf Hitler
b. Otto von Bismark
c. Lev Caprivi
d. Prinz Max Von Baden

44. Christians engaged Muslims during the ________ in order to win back the Holy Land to Christendom.
a. Holy Wars
b. War of Roses
c. Crusade
d. Punic Wars

45. Know as Virgin Queen who gave England's most prosperous years in wealth and culture was
________.
a. Queen Victoria
b. Queen Elizabeth II
c. Queen Elizabeth I
d. Queen Marie Antoinette

46. The fearless head of the Huns from Mongolia who became the King of Hungary was _________.
a. Genghis Khan
b. Attila
c. Kubla Khan
d. Odoacer

47. Among the great teachers and philosophers of the Chou dynasty, ________ wrote the Tao Te Ching.
a. Mencius
b. Confucius
c. Lao Tzu
d. Chou en Lai

48. Recognized as the author of the American Declaration of Independence was _________.
a. Thomas Jefferson
b. Abraham Lincoln
c. Benjamin Franklin
d. Thomas Paine

49. Among English kings ______ broke off with the Roman Catholic Church in 1534 and established
himself as the head of the Church of England.
a. King Richard the Great
b. Kin James I
c. King Charles I
d. King Henry VIII

50. Among great navigators of the world, _________ first completed the circumnavigation of the earth.

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a. Sebastian el Canol
b. Vasco de Gama
c. Christopher Columbus
d. Amerigo Vespucci

51. Which of the following, did NOT belong to the original states of the United State of America?
a. North America
b. Connecticut
c. California
d. New Hampshire

52.Who was the son of Philip of Macedonia who led his powerful army for successful conquest across
Persia up to the western border of India?
a. Alexander the Great
b. Charles Martel
c. Ivan the Great
d. Cyrus the Great

53. From Sung Dynasty sources in 982 A.D. how did early Chinese traders and geographers call our
islands?
a. Malilu
b. Ma-yi
c. Mintolang
d. Lusung

54. What new name was proposed for the islands during the Marcos regime to eliminate the colonial
connotation of the country's present name?
a. Maharlika
b. Egyptian
c. Babylonian
d. Assyrian

55. Hammurabi the greatest of early kings who published a great code of law belonged to the ______
empire.
a. Persian
b. Egyptian
c. Babylonian
d. Assyrian

56. The Chaldean King _____________ made Babylon to be the most splendid city in the ancient world.
(REM)
a. Ptolemaios
b. Hammurabi
c. Cyrus
d. Nebuchadnezzar

57. Where was the starting point of western civilization?

a. Mesopotamia
b. Egypt
c. India
d. China

58. The ziggurat towers of the Sumerians were used for ________.
a. palace

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b. military post
c. worship
d. watchtower

59. Who was one of the earliest Greek statesman whose laws gave all classes of citizens some voice in
government?
a. Alexander
b. Solon
c. Pericles
d. Philip

60. Who is known in history as the "greatest king" who conquered for Persia (550 B.C.) the Median
Empire, Lydia, Babylonia and subject state?
a. Cyrus
b. Darius
c. Xerxes
d. Philip

61. Criticism on the past administration in Malaysia was its being _________ such as in suppressing the
press.
a. laissez faire
b. autocratic
c. fascistic
d. authoritarian

62. Singapore is a de-facto ________ state with lack of separation of powers between the executive
branch and the courts.
a. alliance
b. one-party
c. multi-party
d. coalition

63. With the dominant People's Action Party Singapore has de-facto _________.
a. rigged
b. multi-party
c. party-free
d. fraudulent

64. Singapore is recognized by Transparency International as the __________ punishment which is one
of the highest in the world.
a. modestly
b. most
c. least
d. extremely

65. Singapore's rigid anti-crime policies is characterized by ________ punishment which is one of the
highest in the world.
a. caning
b. capital
c. corporal
d. heavy fines

66. Singapore proves that democracy is not a ________ solution for states.

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a. effective
b. panacea
c. one-size-fits-all
d. flawless

67. U.S. Government is much alike that of the Philippines with few exceptions such as presidential
elections won by ________ votes.
a. congressional
b. populist
c. electoral college
d. parliamentary

68. The government of Indonesia is much alike that the Philippines except for _________ presidential
elections during Suharto's regime.
a. parliamentary
b. direct
c. popular
d. indirect

69. Until it recovered after the Asian financial crisis, the Indonesian Yudhoyano administration was beset
by several issues EXCEPT __________.
a. corruption
b. social unrest
c. extreme poverty
d. terrorism

70. Prior to the sixties, massive manhunt against rebels in Indonesia cause the
killing of 500 thousand to one million people suspected of communism comprised by several groups
EXCEPT _________.
a. Christians
b. leftists
c. communists
d. ethnic Chinese

71. Until the revolution in 1932, Thailand was an absolute __________.

a. republic
b. dictatorship
c. commonwealth
d. monarchy

72. Several coups changed Thailand's government into a __________.

a. constitutional democracy
b. people's republic
c. military dictatorship
d. absolute monarchy

73. What most basic human right is violated by alleged extra-judicial killings such as by vigilantes?
a. Right to life
b. Freedom of conscience
c. Freedom o assembly
d. Freedom and justice

74. What right is violated by propaganda that suppresses opposition news?

a. Freedom of conscience

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b. Freedom of the press
c. Freedom of assembly
d. Freedom against conscription

75. Through what highest organ of the state does China remain representative of its people under its
accepted national leadership?
a. National People's Congress
b. Communist Party cadre
c. Communist politburo
d. Secretary General of the Communist Party

76. In China the _________ government builds the consensus among party leaders, influential party
members and the people.
a. local
b. district
c. central
d. provincial

77. China's National People's Congress build is the highest organization of the state government which
meets every __________.
a. week
b. month
c. year
d. day

78. No one is above the law. Ours is a government of laws and not of men. Which principle is referred
to?
a. Right of the minority
b. Rule of law
c. Sovereignty of the people
d. Democracy

79. When Joseph concealed the fact during marriage that he was a homosexual, he committed the crime
of __________.
a. concubinage
b. adultery
c. fraud
d. no crime

80. When the court granted Pete and Jerry separation from bed and board this frees
the from _______.
a. sleeping in one bed and one house
b. conjugal relations and same domicile
c. care or children
d. share in financing

81. How is marriage considered if a spouse discovers that the person he/she married has psychological
incapacity?
a. Void from the beginning
b. Void after the discovery
c. Valid until annulled
d. Valid and licit

82. These area cases when marriage is not allowed under the Family Code of the

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Philippines, EXCEPT _________.
a. grandparent with grandchild
b. collateral blood relations to 5th degree
c. step-parent with step-child
d. parent-in-law and children-in-law

83. What is the human rights violation in mind by the 1995 UN Committee on Economic and
International Rights when it reprimanded entrenched conservative religious influences?
a. Freedom of religious conscience
b. Freedom of speech
c. Freedom to travel
d. Right to planned parenthood

84. The political parties in Malaysia re viewed as being not modern because they are comprised by
_________ individuals and groups.
a. conservative
b. elitist
c. interest
d. religious

85. The Hispanic Governor General ruled like a monarch in the Philippines and Marianas, Carolines and
Palaus then part of the Hispanic Philippines for many reason EXCEPT ________.
a. act as president of the royal audiencia
b. directly appoint parish priests and settle religious controversies
c. appoint and receive ambassadors from other countries
d. exercise Cumplase veto power over Hispanic law in the Philippines

86. Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Histen Loong's salary which is six times higher than that of the U.S.
president in justified by the need for a __________ state.
a. corruption-free
b. religious
c. autocratic
d. Confucian

87. Despite many successful reforms, President Obama wass described as a " lame-duck" president
because of _________ by the Republican Party.
a. ban control
b. power politics
c. veto power
d. denial plot

88. These were the effects of Thailand's 2014 National Council of Peace and Order military junta EXCEPT
______.
a. ban on political gatherings
b. nationwide curfew
c. cessation of economic life
d. arrest of politicians

89. What can be done to temper the effects of massive employment of foreign Filipino labor overseas
that endanger family integration?
a. Limit overseas deployment
b. Provide loans to OFW families
c. Safeguard balikbayan boxes
d. Assist OFWs in overseas work

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90. What is feasible move to stop the conflict that endangers lives in the Southern Philippines?
a. Peace talks
b. Federal autonomy to regions
c. Enlist Muslim fighters in the AFP
d. Reconciliation among religions

91. Over population resulting from high fertility and low mortality most likely will result in __________.
a. women having more involvement in social structures outside the family
b. the population becoming younger
c. shortages in the labor force
d. more successful poverty reduction programs

92.One of the Definitive trends today is women's political empowerment. Which are indicators of
political women empowerment?
I. General legislations have been enacted such as Anti-Sexual Harassment Act.
II. The proportion of women elected to various positions is on an upswing.
III. The women outnumber the men in the teaching profession.
IV. International summits or conferences include women and gender issues among the priority
development agenda.
a. I, II, III
b. II, III, IV
c. I, III, IV
d. I, II, IV

93. A research conducted by International Labor Organization found out that women-headed
households are more vulnerable to poverty. This can be attributed to the following factors EXCEPT
________.
a. women must combine earning an income with this household
b. women have limited access to the labor market and narrow range of technical skills
c. women are weaker
d. women have less to land, capital, and technology.

94. In the field of education which one is a positive trend in the Philippines?
a. Oversubscription in higher education courses like teacher education and commerce
b. Prioritization of "poorest to the poor" provinces
c. Universalization of basic education
d. Virtual absence of new technologies in classroom

95. U.S. President Barack Obama remarked that "immigration is in America's DNA." What did he mean?
a. He welcomes ethnic diversity
b. He supports a literal immigration system
c. He pledges new immigration policies
d. He confirms that America is a melting pot

96. What hinder foreign and local investments?

a. Peace and order
b. Natural disasters and political conflict
c. Poverty incidence
d. Inequality of social and economic development

97. What was the basis of John Dewey's commitment to naturalism?

a. James' naturalistic psychology
b. Darwin's theory of evolution

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c. Hegelian idealism
d. Peirce philosophical theory

Read the test below, then answer questions 98 and 99.

Anthropologically speaking, we are living in a money culture. Its cult and rites dominate our laws
and politics and the incidence of human association depend upon a novel combination of the machine
and money.
John Dewey

98. What socio-economic aspect is referred to by Dewey?

a. Progressivism
b. Pragmatism
c. Industrialism
d. Materialism

99. The text refers to people, society, and culture affecting ___________ factors.
a. social
b. political
c. educational
d. spiritual

100. Philippine society has turned secular away from culture of Hispanic religiosity? What does this
prove?
a. Culture is not static.
b. Culture is secular
c. Culture is not deeply rooted
d. Culture is folkloric

101. What influence made Filipinos today use utensils and not eat with their hands?
a. Hygienic need
b. Chinese tradition
c. American influence
d. Fast food culture

102. Which can explain why the Ten Commandments are always observed?
a. Ten Commandments are a myth.
b. Mores are observed as they satisfy needs.
c. Observance is for the religious only.
d. Mores are difficult to follow.

103. Which can serve as explanation as to why people feel guilty in not observing Church mores?
a. We are human. (tao lamang)
b. People are onion-skinned
c. Filipinos are religious by nature
d. Guilt is central to religious belief.

104. Culturally, why are state laws against killing similar to religious mores?
a. It is universal law not to kill.
b. Laws can grow out of folkways and mores.
c. Killing is a gruesome act.
d. Lawmakers are religious.

105. Which can be one reason why it is difficult to pass the divorce law in the Philippines?

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a. It does not reflect old folkways and mores.
b. The Philippines is a patriarchal society.
c. Filipinos love family and children.
d. Divorce is expensive due to alimony.

106. Why do fads, fashion, craze easily come and go?

a. People change a lot.
b. We go with trends to stay "in".
c. Keep in step or lose the rain.
d. Some norms are short-lived.

107. Why do men no longer wear bellbottom pants and women the saya't baro?
a. People prefer ready-to-wear clothes.
b. People keep abreast with style.
c. These are convenient to wear.
d. These are economical.

108. Why are awards like TOTM and TOWN necessary?

a. Award-giving is for vested interests.
b. Publicity helps the giver.
c. Rewards ensure norms are followed.
d. Awards are tax deductible.

109. Why are the Japanese honest, orderly and respectful?

a. Belief that their emperor is a god
b. Closeness to nature and virtue
c. Dominant cultural behavior
d. Repentance for past misdeeds

110. What is the best method for values inculcation?

a. Orientation
b. Modeling
c. Reflection
d. Drills

111. If you take a position of cultural relativism, which one do you observe?
a. Imposing culture change as an outsider
b. Respect for all cultural differences
c. Condoning instances mass suicide
d. Show ethnocentrism

112. According to anthropologists from whom should change of practice come?

a. from within a culture
b. from outside a culture
c. from religious leaders
d. from educational leaders

113. With rapid globalization and tough business competition, Filipino business orientations are
becoming more:
a. fatalistic
b. personal
c. manipulative
d. traditional

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114. With industrialization a must possible future Philippines political cultural scenario if without
interventions shall be:
I. erosive of family value
II. physical dislocation of families
III. preference to foreign ways and tastes
IV. insurgency

a. III, IV
b. II, III
c. I, II
d. I, IV

115. During the Marcos regime, what shift in form of government was made that introduced the new
positions of a prime minister and single legislative body of assemblymen?
a. Constitutional
b. Federal
c. Parliamentary
d. Welfare state

116. Which constitutional safeguard exists such that the executive can turn down legislative measures
and Congress can move to remove the President.
a. Check-and-balance
b. Boycott
c. Veto power
d. Welfare state

117. Which privilege gives any person in the Philippines to be bodily presented in court for charges of a
crime for which he has right of counsel ad trial?
a. ex-post facto law
b. writ of habeas corpus
c. fourth amendment
d. writ of habeas data

118. Which state gave the Philippines the first recognition as an independent
republic that was formally inaugurated during World War II?
a. China
b. United States
c. Japan
d. Spain

119. During the Hispanic era, who can directly check abuses of the governor general and cause
immediate punishment of corrupt Spanish officials?
a. Visitator or investigating officer
b. Viceroy of Mexico
c. Spanish friars
d. Royal Audiencia

120. The tribute was a symbol of vassalage by families and unmarried native Filipinos, who in the
beginning paid reals equivalent to _____ in money or kind.
a. fifty pesos
b. one peso
c. ten pesos
d. hundred pesos

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1. Without becoming actively involved in social reform what can sociologists do to advance social
activism in their profession?
a. Increase social research studies
b. Improve scientific validity of researches
c. Urge more recent grants
d. Make their views known public issues

2. Which area of sociology can be advanced so that it is not merely for speculative thinking of theories
and methods?
a. Population studies :: on planned parenthood
b. Applied sociology :: for social change
c. Human studies :: on social ills, e.g. drug use, crime, etc.
d. Sociological theory :: for social knowledge

3. To select a topic for social research, personal _______ can ensure enthusiasm in completing a
selected study.
a. validity
b. feasibility
c. interest
d. relevant

4. An anthropologist understands other cultures from the perspective of an insider?

a. Yes
b. No, should be from the point of view of an outsider
c. No, should be from the point of view of an anthropologist
d. Yes, if the insiders are literate.

5. When acculturation takes place, what happens?

a. Members of the culture adopt features of another
b. Members of their culture disregard their culture and adopt another?
c. Members of one culture look down on other culture.
d. Members of one culture exclude members from other cultures.

6.When you judge by results regardless of your relations to the people involved, which Filipino trait do
you counteract?
a. Particularism
b. Supernativalism
c. Personalism
d. Non-radionalism

7. if you keep seeing your way of doing things as the right way and everybody else's as the wrong way,
you tend to have the attitude called __________.
a. cultural relativism
b. ethnocentrism
c. cultural pluralism
d. multiculturalism

8. On what basis is the caste system of social structure and stratification?

a. Religious beliefs
b. Achievement status
c. Ethnicity
d. Inherited inequality
9. Which is considered as positive or favorable consequences of tough competition?

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a. Personal stress
b. Achievement is stimulated
c. Cooperation is reduced
d. Social inequalities

10. The Chinese minority group in the Philippines adopts the language, history, and manners of
mainstream Filipino culture as its own. What pattern of interaction occurs?
a. Alteration
b. Accommodation
c. Amalgamation
d. Acculturation

11. Which illustrate horizontal mobility in the social ladder?

a. The promotion of a teacher to principal.
b. The demotion from principal to teacher.
c. A teacher remains as a teacher in the same school.
d. A teacher leaves for the same position at another school.

12. Karl Marx divided industrial society into bourgeoisie and proletariat. What was one of his major
bases of classification?
a. Gender role and classification?
b. Racial and ethnic origins
c. Whether or not they have royal or noble blood
d. Whether or not they own the means of production

13. Which of the following may result at the departure country when Filipino professionals emigrate to
other countries?
a. brain drain
b. ethnic diversity
c. population increase
d. culture shock

14. If a Catholic researcher makes a study on polygamy as practiced in

Islam, what influence will likely add subjectivity to his/her findings?
a. Cultural gap
b. Economic difference
c. Religious bias
d. Class distinction

15. If government sponsors a research on social poverty, what factor will likely influence the research?
a. Timeliness of study
b. Lack of funding
c. Scope of research
d. Political criticism

16. What attitude is needed before one engages in data-gathering for research?
a. Return investment for firm
b. Corporate social responsibility
c. Press relations for company
d. Philanthropic dole-out

17. what attitude is needed before one engages in data- gathering for research?
a. Prejudgment on result
b. Bias on hypothesis

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c. Open-minded skepticism
d. Inadequacy in time

18. When are laws said to be unscientific? When laws ________.

a. serve political interests
b. are not supported by research
c. focus on funding allocation
d. are irrelevant

19. How should social scientist view culture?

a. Difference in mores of people
b. Refinement in the arts
c. All facets of social life
d. Ways of ethical conduct

20. Color, emblem, gestures, designs, words are part of __________ language that makes man different
from animals.
a. symbolic
b. material
c. denotative
d. abstract

21. The value marker of ___________ is conveyed by the EDSA people power revolution.
a. human rights
b. justice
c. freedom
d. integrity

22. What issue is controversial for church people but is a need of secular society?
a. Birth control
b. Social media
c. Human rights
d. Information bill

23. Which can explain the fact that we still observe the nod of respect (mano po) to our elders as our
forebears?
a. Punishment for lack of respect
b. Modeling (gaya-gaya)
c. Folkways change slowly
d. Herd mentality

24. What constitutional reform did Filipino constitutionalists including those who framed the Malolos
Constitution introduce to eliminate the dominance of the church over the state?
a. Expulsion of friars
b. Taxation on religious schools
c. Prohibiting religious from political meddling
d. Separation of church and state

25. What could you accept as true from the varied propositions of Herbert Spencer?
a. Societies complete by way of survival of the fittest
b. Societies develop from simplicity to complexity
c. Social development should not be interfered by legislators
d. Planned change will disrupt the evolution of society.

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26. The following facts show Emile Durkheim has reason to assume that individuals are products, not
creators of society EXCEPT __________.
a. laws impose conformity
b. man's behavior follows customs
c. moral codes declare
d. systems are made by man

27. Which explains Spencer's theory of progressive evolution of human societies?

a. Societies inevitably progress.
b. Societies have to adapt to survive or else perish
c. Societies have to complete to survive
d. Human individuals adapt but not human societies.

28. Fr. Reuter wrote : In a survey in Asia, they discovered that the happiest people in Asia are the
Filipinos. The most miserable are the Japanese. The Japanese have money. We don't have money, but
we have the smile, the warm embrace, the song, the laughter, the joy of living." What does this prove?

a. That the Filipinos don't care are about material wealth.

b. That the Filipinos are happy-go-lucky people.
c. That the Filipinos are rich in the treasures of the spirit.
d. That the Filipinos are healthy and happy people.

29. If there is anything positive in "ningas-cogon" Filipino trait, which one?

a. It makes a person detached
b. It renders one inactive
c. It makes one unable to initiate things
d. It makes one persevere

30. Arctic dwellers have ice and snow houses, and desert dwellers have animal skin tents; in windy
Batanes are heavy limestone shelters, and in other areas are light bamboo and grass huts. The main
reason for these cultural variations is ___________.
a. isolation
b. technology
c. environment
d. biological differences

31. Filipinos tend to look at the world and nature as peopled by supernatural being and governed y
forces above him. They manifest _________.
a. particularism
b. personalism
c. nonrationalism
d. rationalism

32. Which refers to the total way of life share by members of a society?
a. Sociology
b. Biosociology
c. Race
d. Culture

33. Which are the shared rules of conduct that specify how people outh to think and act called?
a. Norms
b. Values
c. Sanctions
d. Subcultures

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34. Which when violated may cause the violator to be regarded as eccentric, weir, or crazy?
a. Folkways
b. Mores
c. Laws
d. Institutions

35. Which of the following does NOT accurately describe the true nature of culture?
a. Culture is learned from interaction with other people.
b. Culture is tell us how we ought to act and believe.
c. Culture is transmitted through biological inheritance.
d. Culture helps us solve problems and adapt to our environment.

36. Social institutions are enduring social structures that provide ready-made arrangements to meet
basic human problems. Which of these basic social institutions provides community coordination, law
and order, and defense?
a. the family
b. the economy
c. religion
d. government

37. Which element of social structure refers to a set of norms specifying the rights and obligations
associated with a status?
a. value
b. culture trait
c. role
d. dysfunction

38. What social process occurs when people work together to achieve shared goals?
a. Exchange
b. Conflict
c. Competition
d. Cooperation

39. Which is considered as positive or favorable consequences of tough competition?

a. Personal stress.
b. Achievement is stimulated
c. Cooperation is reduced
d. Social inequalities is encouraged.

40. What group is Characterized by intimate, face-to-face interaction?

a. Primary
b. Aggregate
c. Gesselschaft
d. Bureaucracy

41. What do you call the feeling of disorganization and frustration that an overseas contract worker may
experience when he encounters entirely different patterns of behavior, ideas, and artifacts at his
destination in a foreign country?
a. Cultural integration
b. Cultural shock
c. Assimilation
d. Discrimination

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42. Punishment is form of social control. If death penalty is imposed to scare offenders and the rest of
society into following the rules, the purpose of punishment is _________.
a. retribution
b. deterrence
c. reformation
d. prevention

43. Emile Durcheim believed that major cause of suicide in industrialized nations was the situation
where the norms of society are unclear or no longer applicable to current conditions. He called
this situation __________.
a. taboo
b. anomie
c. tecnic way
d. deviance

44. Wealth, prestige, and power- much unequally distributed in third world countries like the
Philippines- are the bases of divisions into social classes. This patterned inequality is called __________.
a. social movement
b. social stratification
c. social problem
d. social mobility

45. Philippine social development efforts include anti- poverty and pro-poor programs. In determining
who are the poor and how poor are the poor, the government fixes the amount of money a family
would need to meet the minimum requirements of a decent standard of living. What do you call this
amount so fixed?
a. Relative poverty
b. Per capital income
c. Culture of poverty

46. Legislations grating special privileges to senior citizens help to neutralize

prejudice and discrimination toward a social category based on ____________.
a. race
b. ethnicity
c. sex
d. age

47. There is a growing number of advocates of gender sensitivity. In sociology, gender means
____________.
a. a biological characteristic, male or female
b. the expected dispositions and behaviors that culture assign to each sex
c. the rights and obligations for women as provided by the Constitution
d. homosexuality as a deviant behavior

48. Which type of family is more prevalent in the third world than in industrialized countries?
a. extended family
b. nuclear family
c. family of orientation
d. family of procreation

49. Persistent nepotism in our society is generally explained as repayment to family members of a debt
of gratitude which to Filipinos is termed :
a. hiya
b. ningas cogon

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d. bahala na

50. There is a revival through cooperatives of social unity, neighborliness and mutual helpfulness of
Filipinos where they voluntarily work together and pool their resources to achieve shared goals. This
Filipino practice is known as:
a. compadre system
b. barangay
c. amor propio
d. bayanihan

51. There forcible expulsion of a particular ethnic group from a certain territory is termed as :
a. ethnic cleansing
b. ethnocentrism
c. genocide
d. racial prejudice

52. Which of the following consists of unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, verbal or
physical conduct of a sexual nature?
a. Prostitution
b. Sex discrimination
c. Sexual harassment
d. Pornography

53.Which one is positive trends in the area of Philippines politics?

a. Shift is role of government from a regulatory agency to a facilitative role through deregulation and
privatization
b. Growing influence of crime lords in political governance
c. Empowerment of local government units
d. AC

54. For those who desire change, __________ should be the practical advocacy amid social and political
upheavals in the country and the world.
a. social reforms
b. religious conversion
c. cultural reformation
d. state alliances

55. What can be a practical initiative as an application of Robert Merton's proposition that couples
should be clear about hidden functions like parental obligations before marriage?
a. Disallow civil marriages.
b. Allow trial marriages
c. Legalize divorce
d. Teach marital obligations in sex education

56. Human rights advocates clamor for various rights such as land, housing, lower oil prices, etc. What
should be taught as a counterpart of civil rights?
a. Bayanihan by citizens
b. Reconciliation among parties
c. Civic duties
d. Cooperative movement

57. Under the Exchange Theory (work should be warded), what advance professional work through the
effort of the Professional Regulation Commission?

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a. Board examination
b. Licensure examination
c. Examination produces computerization
d. Outstanding professional awards

58. How can congressional hearings e.g. on drugs in the national penitentiary , be a scientific approach
to social legislation?
a. Seeking new approaches to public service
b. Allowing Congress to examine issues
c. Defining provisions of laws
d. Scrutinizing via TV coverage

59. How can social research serve policymakers in corporate and public sectors?
a. Redirect policies towards poverty alleviation
b. Provide data for social policies
c. Add professionalism among leaders
d. Advance social awareness among sectors

60. What is the good argument that sociologists should not be purists and be ethnically neutral to social
problems e.g. poverty, human rights violations, etc.
a. To be neutral is to support the status quo
b. Sociology is the queen of social sciences
c. Advance the science of sciences
d. Sociologists are academicians

61. Among cities in Central Mindanao is the highly urbanized _________ and the resource which gave it
fame.
a. Tacurong :: bird sanctuary
b. Kidipawan :: spring in the highland
c. General Santos City :: yellow tuna
d. Koronadal :: sports mecca

62. These are true of Davao City EXCEPT _________.

a. largest city in area (2,444 klm) in the Philippines
b. most populous (1.6 M) of cities in Visayas-Mindanao
c. most populous in Mindanao
d. largest city in area (2,444 klm) in the world

63. It is important that China does not militarize the South China Sea because it
is a _________ connecting East Asian countries with Southeast Asia.
a. sea lane
b. Philippine territory
c. fishery resource
d. natural oil reserve

64. If the ozone layer in the stratosphere is destroyed, the earth will become _________ to support life.
a. too polluted
b. too cold
c. too hot
d. too cloudy

65. One of the most destructive volcanic eruptions of the 20th century in the Philippines is that of
__________.
a. Taal Volcano

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b. Mt. Pinatubo
c. Hibok-Hibok
d. Mt. Apo

66. What in nature should we be ultimately thankful for fresh water in out faucets?
a. Meltwater
b. River water source
c. Rain water
d. Water reservoir

67. When does the day begin and end?

a. Midnight
b. Midday
c. subsistence
d. slash-and-burn

68. When our farmers grow crops to feed themselves short of making profit, they are known s _____
farmers.
a. tenant
b. small
c. subsistence
d. slash-and-burn

69. Which country has recorded a rural population extremely higher (91%) compares with the urban
population (9%).
a. Brunei
b. Bangladesh
c. Burma
d. Australia

70. Which city is at the center of the land hemisphere of the earth?
a. Melbourne
b. London
c. Washington D.C.
d. New Delhi

71. Which country is closest to the center of the water hemisphere of the earth?
a. India
b. Indonesia
c. New Zealand
d. Philippines

72. Asia, Africa and ________ belong to the eastern hemisphere of the earth.
a. Australia
b. North America
c. South America
d. Canada

73. In reading a map, what is the symbol for a capital city?

a. triangle
b. dot
c. square
d. circled star

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74. When the African government kept races apart, giving all economic and political power to white
citizens, it imposed _________.
a. clannishness
b. racial discrimination
c. apartheid
d. caste

75. The three islands of the Philippines follow this order of rank from the largest to those lesser in land
area:
I. Luzon, Mindanao and Samar
II. Mindanao, Luzon and Cebu
III. Visayan islands, Luzon and Mindanao
IV. Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao
a. I
b. II
c. III
d. IV

76. Among unfulfilled goals of Socialist Communism not achieved even today in Russia, North Korea and
China is __________.
a. dictatorship of the Communist Party
b. state power by revolutionist leaders
c. revolutionary struggle of a nation
d. prosperity of the working class

77. The correct measure of true development is __________.

a. economic progress
b. human development
c. political sovereignty
d. social equality

78. To what level do nations belong when their gross national product ( GNP) has risen to higher levels
but below level of industrialized nations?
a. Second World
b. First World
c. Third World
d. Fourth World

79. To what level do nations belong when their annual per capita income is less than
US $200.00?
a. Second World
b. Third World
c. Fourth World
d. First World

80. The great power of tides rushing up arrow inlets of bays can be used produce ________ .
a. light
b. electricity
c. heat
d. water

81. Sociologist and environmentalists predict that typhoons will be strong, even stronger than Yolanda,
as the atmosphere of the earth continues to heat up. Typhoon Yolanda, as the atmosphere of

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the earth continues to heat up? Typhoon Yolanda had gusts of ________ kph making it the strongest
typhoon in the country's history.
a. 573
b. 395
c. 735
d. 375

82. In Sociology we develop our capacity to attain _________ wisdom through knowledge-based
research.
a. traditional
b. folk
c. conventional
d. empirical

83. Research-based knowledge about social and social patters can replace __________.
a. traditional values
b. folk wisdom
c. superstition
d. conventional practices

84. What do you call the diagrams of kinship relations and maps to show how the people are in
communities are related to one another?
a. Genealogies
b. Graphics
c. Organizers
d. Spider map

85. To prevent ethnocentrism, anthropologists and sociologists advocate cross-cultural understanding

through a concept known as __________ .
a. cultural relativism
b. ethnical relativism
c. global solidarity
d. acculturation

86. One reason why we do not progress as a nation is due to management by exception syndrome. What
does management by exception syndrome mean?
a. The rules are for everybody except to the manager
b. Apply the rule selectively.
c. Applies the rule to all.
d. Change the rule. It is more of an exception.

87. "He who does not know to look to the past will never reach destination." To which Filipino trait does
this point?
a. Pakikiisa
b. Manana Habit
c. Pakikipagkapwa-tao
d. Utang na loob

88. Which Filipino trait is laziness disguised in religious grab?

a. Utang na loob
b. Manana Habit
c. Bahala na
d. Pakikisama

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89. One of the Filipino's favorite word is "kasi" (because). This word implies __________.
I. making a scapegoat out of someone or something
II. evading responsibility
III. posting of action
a. I-II
b. I-III
c. II-III
d. I

90. According to one another, we Filipinos do not learn because our messages create what psychologist
call cognitive dissonance. Which behavior demonstrates cognitive dissonance?
a. Our Political leaders spend most of their time arguing.
b. Parents act as role models for their children.
c. Teacher tells students to some on time but comes late.
d. There is so much division in the country.

91. Among 17 regional subdivisions of the Philippines, which is unique in having its own governor and
legislative assembly?
a. ARMM
b. Calabarzon
c.NCR
d. Davao Region

92. These are reasons why our Muslim brothers in the Southern Philippines deserve autonomy EXCEPT
for their ________.
a. own cultural identify
b. traditional Muslim homeland
c. repelling Hispanic and American colonial incursions
d. animosity between mainland and Sulu archipelago Muslims

93. Among prospects in the Cordillera Region, which is a proven economic prospect?
a. Metro Baguio and Easter Cordillera Growth Corridor
b. Tourism in Baguio City as summer capital of the country
c. Rice Terraces UNESCO Rice Terraces World Heritage Site
d. Metallic and non-metallic mineral resources
94.What is the highest mountain in Luzon?
a. Mt. Buhi :: Sorsogon
b. Mt. Mayon :: Albay
c. Mt. Pinatubo ::Zambales
d. Mt. Pulag :: Benguet

95. Not among the World Heritage Sites in the Ilocos region is ________ :
a. Santa Maria Church
b. Paoay Church
c. Vigan
d. Hunderd Islands Nation Park

96. With its agro-industrial business the province of ______ has the biggest contribution to the
economic development in the Ilocos region.
a. Pangasinan
b. Ilocos Norte
c. Ilocos Sur
d. La Union

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97. The Presidents of the Republic hailed from Ilocano provinces EXCEPT _________.
a. Ferdinand Marcos
b. Elpidio Quirino
c. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
d. Fidel B. Ramos

98. Which province in Central Luzon can continue to advance the claim that the region is the Rice
Granary of the Philippines?
a. Bataan
b. Nueva Ecija
c. Tarlac
d. Zambales

99. Which is NOT a right relationship between national figures and their province base in Calabarzon
region is _________ :
a. Emilio Aguinaldo : Cavate
b. Jose Rizal :: Laguna
c. Manuel Quezon :: Quezon City
d. Macario Sakay :: Mountain of Rizal

100. The behavioral cause of thediminishing agriculture economy in the Calabarzon region is the
__________.
a. growth of manufacturing and light-tech industries
b. urbanization in lifestyle and occupation
c. focus on tourism promotion of historical sites
d. pollution unfavorable to crops

101. Why are lush forest of the mountain ranges of Aklan, Antique and Capiz described as "accessibility
impaired?"
a. No travelers can pollute them.
b. Environment is green.
c. Cutters and poachers can't reach them.
d. Good for adventure sports.

102. What is the long-term initiative that placed Western Visayas out of the "hotspot areas" for illegal
logging?
a. Surveillance and Monitoring
b. Confiscation of illegally cut trees.
c. Prohibition of possession of forest products
d. Reforestation

103. Among advocacy materials posted in public places, which directly relate to health awareness?
a. No smoking
b. Barya lang po sa umaga
c. Priority Seats for Pregnant Women
d. PWD and Senior Citizen signs

104. The ___________ reverly experience makes the Anti-Atihan pre-Lenten festival popular even for
foreign tourists.
a. Black Nazarene
b. Lenten
c. Mardi-gras
d. Marian

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105. East Visayas Region VII is recognized as one of the ________ exporting regions in the country.
a. handicraft
b. fish
c. coal
d. sinamay

106. Among landmarks with historical significance in East Visayas is __________.

a. Santo Nino Shrine
b. Agas-Agas bridge
c. Lake Danao
d. MacArthur Landing Memorial

107. Originating in East Visayas region is the national dance ______ .

a. Itik-Itik
b. kuratsa
c. tinikling
d. pandang

108. From East Visayas Region, which is NOT the right relationship in cultural
knowledge?
a. Kuratsa :: waray dance
b. Dandansoy :: balad
c. Tinikling :: bamboo pole
d. Irog nga Tuna :: partriotic song

109. These are reasons why Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental were made into one integrated
region EXCEPT _________:
a. one dialect
b. holistic development
c. tourism promotion
d. peace and order management

110. These are the cultural relationships in the Negros Region EXCEPT ________ :
a. Bacolod City :: Maskara festival
b. Cadiz City :: sugar central
c. Baiz City :: what and dolphin watching
d. Silay City :: ancestral houses

111. The most active volcano in Negros Region is _________ :

a. Hibok-hibok
b. Mayon
c. Kanlaon
d. Apo

112. Desiring to be third force in the balance of water between U.S. and Russia, conferences in Bandung
(1955), Belgrade (1961) and Cario (1964) advanced policy positions for security and peace, EXCEPT
___________.
a. peaceful coexistence
b. new world order
c. general disarmament
d. anti-colonialism

113. The grassroots liberation movement in Latin-America focused a bipolarity

peace and progress that focused on eliminating __________ in development.

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a. social injustice
b. extreme poverty
c. multi-faceted dependency
d. industrial backwardness

114. Which virtue of the Filipina was MOST congruent to the revolutionary ideals of the Katipunan duing
the Hispanic period?
a. Josephine Bracken :: martial devotion
b. Teodora Alonzo :: motherly move
c.Maria Clara :: purity
d. Tandang Sora :: self sacrifice

115. Which has proven to be effective in lessening vehicle volume in the main transportation arties in
Metro Manila?
a. Efficient licensing
b. Color Coding
c. Prohibition against illegal parking
d. Apprehension and surveillance

116. Prior to the advent of liberal values in the 1960s, who or what is the center of authority in the
Filipino family?
a. Father :: patriarchal society
b. Mother :: matriarchal society
c. Parents :: familial society
d. Family :: nuclear society

117. The Churches do not totally oppose planned parenthood, but they limit birth control methods
through _______.
a. contraceptives
b. abstinence
c. sterilization
d. castration

118. The stage of population growth with a natural increase in birth rate lower than one (1) percent
coupled with death rate power than the birth rate occurs in the following situations EXCEPT through
__________.
a. birth control
b. war
c. famine
d. epidemic

119. Which layer of fertile soil is needed in order to grow crops in a vegetable garden?
a. clay-like
b. leached
c. humus
d. rocky

120. These are major reasons why Northern Mindanao is the largest regional economy in Mindanao
EXCEPT ___________.
a. Multinational companies :: investments
b. white water surfing :: adventure sports
c. hydroelectric plants :: energy
d. airport and seaport terminals :: travel and commerce

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121. The smallest ocean in the world is the ________ ocean.
a. Pacific
b. Indian
c. Atlantic
d. Arctic

122. A great body of salty water smaller than an ocean, more or less landlocked is a _________.
a. bay
b. gulf
c. sea
d. lake

123. It is important that the South China Sea is not militarized by China or any other country because it is
a _________ between East Asian countries and Southeast Asia.
a. canal
b. sea-lane
c. channel
d. demarcation

124. The warm ocean current that moderates surface temperatures of the cold waters of the Pacific off
the coast of Peru was called ________ because of occurs around Christmas.
a. Paskua
b. La Nina
c. Monsoon Nino
d. Peru Current

125. A condition when sea surface temperatures in the Pacific are low and the trade winds are very
strong is called _________.
a. El Nino
b. La Nina
c. Monsoon drift
d. Tropical Stream

126. El Nino has bought economic disasters by the way of severe _______ over the western tropical
Pacific region and ________ over the eastern Pacific, as well as unusual weather conditions in the world.
a. tsunamis :: flashflood
b. typhoons :: landslide
c. droughts :: floods
d. earthquake :: tremors

127. The most common map used by geography is the ________ because it is a scale model of the three
dimensions of the earth.
a. Equal area map
b. Mercator map
c. Polar projections
d. Colored map

128. An ideal tool for teachers and students of geography is the _______ because it is a scale model of
the three dimensions of the earth.
a. equal area map
b. Color map
c. Globe
d. World land mass map

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129. The condition of the air at any time is the __________.
a. weather
b. climate
c. season
d. atmosphere

130. The pattern of changes of weather over a number of years is the __________ .
a. atmosphere
b. season
c. climate
d. temperature

131. The number of daytime hours and night time hours is exactly equal all over the world during the
_________.
a. equinox
b. summer solstice
c. midnight sun
d. tropic of cancer

132. In the northern hemisphere, the shortest day and longest night of he year is the __________.
a. equinox
b. midnight sun
c. winter solstice
d. tropic of cancer

133. The process of water constantly moving from ocean to air to land and back to the ocean is called
____________.
a. transpiration
b. hydraulic cycle
c. evaporation
d. precipitation

134. The change of water vapor to rain, snow or hail is known as ________.
a. transpiration
b. condensation
c. precipitation
d. evaporation

135. Prevailing winds called __________ blow in special patterns that change with
the seasons.
a. tropical winds
b. cross winds
c. seasonal winds
d. trade winds

136. A storm is called __________ in the Atlantic region and ________ in the Pacific area.
a. cyclone :: monsoon
b. Atlantic storm :: Pacific storm
c. convergence :: divergence
d. hurricane :: typhoon

137. Air in motion is ________, while water in motion is _________.

a. moisture :: waves
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d. humid :: cold

138. These countries dry-summer subtropical Mediterranean climate EXCEPT __________.

a. Italy
b. Greece
c. Germany
d. France

139. These countries have year-round humid tropical climate with heavy rainfall and high temperatures
all year long EXCEPT _______.
a. Tanzania
b. India
c. Zaire
d. Central Africa

140. These countries have very dry or arid climate with little or no rain falls during the year EXCEPT
________.
a. Saudi Arabia
b. Sudan
c. Zaire
d. Gobi desert

141. Half the sphere that divides the earth into two from north to south and from east to west is the
_________.
a. equator
b. hemisphere
c. meridian
d. tropic zone

142. Worth preserving because they supply most of the world's supply of oxygen are _________.
a. oceanic ecosystems
b. grasslands
c. rain forests
d. mountain ecosystems

143. Only few groups of people have settled in arctic regions because environment is ___________.
a. harsh
b. unbalanced
c. nocturnal
d. cramp

144. Which of these relationships between human activities and our natural resources cause
degradation and imbalance of the ecosystem? This one more directly relates to reduction of biological
habitat:
a. Unregulated irrigation :: agricultural products
b. Illegal logging :: forest cover
c. Unrestrained mining :: mineral resources
d. Use of banned pesticides :: farming

145. Polluted air from smoke belching of vehicles and industries can fall to the earth as __________.
a. ice sleets
b. hail storms
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146. Why didn't the United States and Australia sign the Kyoto Protocol to slash greenhouse gasses by
5.2 percent before 2012?
a. Global warming is a myth.
b. It would hurt their economy.
c. Only non-industrialized countries can comply.
d. They are already cutting green house gas emissions.

147. These can offset uneven distribution and growth of population in countries
EXCEPT _________.
a. recycling
b. conservation
c. production
d. alternative resources

148. Earthquake prediction at early and short time periods today is on a __________ basis.
a. measured validity
b. scientific accuracy
c. hit-and-run
d. instrument reliability

149. These are recognized natural agents of erosion EXCEPT _________.

a. water
b. wind
c. ice
d. plants

150. Why were the various regions of the country created as subdivisions of the nation?
a. economic groupings
b. cultural affinity
c. administrative convenience
d. similar language/dialect

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1. The coastline of islands in the Philippines is twice that of the ________.
a. Africa
b. Caribbean Islands
c. United States
d. Europe

2. The highest mountain in the Philippines standing at 9,600 feet is _________.

a. Mt. Mayon
b. Mt. Apo
c. Mt. Pinatubo
d. Mt. Kanlaon

3. The longest river in the Philippines is _____________.

a. Pampanga River
b. Pasig River
c. Cagayan River
d. Iligan River

4. Intervening the dry and wet seasons in the Philippines are months from__________ known as the
Philippine springtime, the most delightful season of the years.
a. November to February
b. April to June
c. June to August
d. January to March

5. The largest flower in the world is the one-foot diameter ______ which grows wild in the forests of
Mindanao.
a. kamuning
b. banaba
c. kakawate
d. pungapung

6. Which of Bohol is reputed to be the smallest monkey in the world?

a. Zebronkey
b. Pilandut
c. Tarsius
d. Bubalus

7. Which is regarded as the Queen of the Philippine Orchids?

a. Liwayway
b. Tarhata
c. Waling-waling
d. Sampaguita

8. The Queen of Philippine fruits is the _________.

a. durian
b. lanzones
c. mango
d. macopa

9. The King of Jungle Fruits in the Philippines is the _________.

a. saging

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b. dalandan
c. durian
d. duhat

10. The Philippine national flower is the _________.

a. ilang-ilang
b. sampaguita
c. tsampaka
d. walling-walling

11. The national tree and queen of the Philippine trees is the _________.
a. Kawayan
b. taguili
c. narra
d. molave

12. The Arabs, who were excellent geographers and navigators, perfected the ________ a navigation
instrument to determine the altitude of stars and planets.
a. astrolabe
b. compass
c. telescope
d. sunglass

13. Which is a Chinese-dominated former British colony Asian economic power which serves as a
financial center and a major harbor for trade because of its strategic location?
a. Japan
b. Taiwan
c. Philippines
d. Singapore

14. Which one is an exemplary nation of tourism and a superpower of finances and gold?
a. Canada
b. Great Britain
c. France
d. Switzerland

15. About 85% of gigantic waves called tsunamis occur in the _________.
a. Pacific Ocean
b. China Sea
c. Atlantic Ocean
d. Indian Ocean

16. The Philippines lies on the _______ an area where many volcanoes are active.
a. rift valley
b. tectonic zone
c. ring of fire
d. epicenter

17. The continuous masses of land surrounded by big bodies of water on the
earth's surface is known as __________.
a. peninsula
b. continents
c. archipelago
d. hemisphere

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18. Of seven continents in the world, the largest is _______ and the smallest is ________
a. Africa :: Antartica
b. Asia :: Australia
c. North America :: South America
d. Europe : Oceania

19. The largest and second largest of the world's island are ________.
a. Greenland and New Guinea
b. Borneo and Madagascar
c. Baffin and Sumatra
d. Honshu and Great Britain

20. The fixed system of _________ time was developed in 1884 in order to follow new and faster
methods of communication and travel.
a. analog
b. local
c. standard
d. digital

21. Due to similar birth and death rates, ________ has a zero rate of natural increase in population.
a. Philippines
b. United Kingdom
c. United States
d. Japan

22. Under which category does the Philippines fall?

a. Landlocked State
b. Island State
c. Coastal State
d. Archipelagic State

23. Which statement holds TRUE of the Philippines?

a. The Philippines is far from the equator
b. The Philippines is clear and below the equator
c. The Philippines is clear and above the equator
d. The Philippines is far below the equator

24. Environmentalists and linguists are in search of "Filipinizing" an unfamiliar term that came up during
typhoon Yolanda. What is the term?
a. Tsunami
b. Storm signal
c. Field research
d. Storm surge

25. Nobel Prize Laureate Elinor Ostrom asserts a viable formula for getting people of various
backgrounds to work together for the common good. This is known as the _________.
a. common goals/objectives
b. collective action
c. common pool resource
d. collective bargaining

26. In the United Nations conference on the Law of the Sea, which group stood together against the
doctrine that the international seabed and their resource are the "common heritage of mankind?"
a. Developing countries

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c. ASEAN
d. Afro-Asian

27. Geographers measure landforms by _______ or height above the surface of the ocean and by
_______ from the ocean depth.
a. range :: width
b. height :: depth
c. elevation :: sea level
d. altitude :: longitude

28. Orographic _____ takes place when a moving mass of earth is forced to go up because of
topographic barriers, (ranges, mountains, hill, etc.)
a. freezing
b. cooling
c. warming
d. heating

29. Glacier _________ are formed by deposit of continental glaciers.

a. plains
b. deposits
c. mass
d. peaks

30. The largest ocean which covers more than a third of the earth's surface is the _______ Ocean.
a. Indian
b. Atlantic
c. Pacific
d. Arctic

31. Which affects the validity of research results due to external events, e.g. popularity decline of a
senator accused of illegal drug involvement?
a. Testing
b. Maturation
c. History
d. Statistical regression

32. If it rains, the ground gets wet. Today, the ground is wet. Therefore, it rained. Is this a correct
thinking?
a. Yes, what else will make the ground wet if not rain itself.
b. Yes, because if it rains, the ground surely gets wet.
c. Yes, because the ground is wet today and so it must have rained yesterday.
d. No, because the ground may have been wet by something else other than rain.

33. Which is an example of an objective truth?

a. The earth is the center of the universe.
b. The earth is a sphere.
c. The earth is flat.
d. The earth will survive forever.

34. Is the validity of research results affected due to people continually changing e.g. getting older, more
wealthy, etc.? Yes, because of ________?
a. experimental mortality
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d. maturation

35. Is the validity of research results affected due to participants dropping out of the e.g. experimental
or control group? Yes, because of _________?
a. history
b. instrumentation
c. experimental mortality
d. testing

36. Is the validity of research results affected due to what happens to people over time, e.g. participants
in class achievement getting worse?
a. Testing
b. Statistical regression
c. History
d. Diffusion

37. Arrange the logical sequence of steps in constructing an index measurement e.g. to determine
degrees in political activism:
I. Index analysis
II. Select items to measure variable
III. Examine relationship of indices
IV. Index validation
a. II, III, IV and I
b. I, II, II and IV
c. IV, III, II and I
d. III, IV, I and II

38. What pattern results from your data that show, e.g. how often child abuse committed in a region?
a. Processes
b. Frequencies
c. Magnitude
d. Consequences

39. What pattern results from you data that show e.g. levels of child abuse in community?
a. Processes
b. Frequencies
c. Magnitude
d. Consequences

40. What is part of instruction which gives due consideration to differences interests, abilities and needs
of learning?
a. Remedial
b. Experimental
c. Adaptive
d. Experiential

41. Copernicus' book "de Revolutionibus" proposed the thesis that________.

a. the earth is the center of the universe
b. the earth revolves around the sun
c. the earth is round
d. the moon revolves around the earth

42. A modern city in North Africa is _________ .

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a. Cape Town
b. Johannesburg
c. Cairo
d. Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan

43. Baghdad is to Iraq and ______ is in Syria.

a. Jordan
b. Turkey
c. Yemen
d. Damascus

44. The east-west _________ line encircles the earth and divides it into two equal parts or hemispheres.
a. longitude
b. equator
c. meridian
d. latitude

45. A narrow water connection between to large bodies of water is a _______.

a. strait
b. gulf
c. river
d. bay

46. Where is the Arctic Region found?

a. Euro-Asiatic Region
b. South Pole Region
c. North Pole Region
d. Antarctica

47. Know as the Land of the Aztecs was the _________.

a. Valley of Mexico
b. Yucatan Peninsula
c. California
d. South America

48. The great temple of the Khmer is located in ___________.

a. Indonesia
b. Chang Mai
c. Angkor
d. Java

49. The term New World applies to _________.

a. South America
b. North America
c. European Union
d. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

50. If the tarsiers are found in Bohol, the tamaraws are found in _________?
a. Mindoro
b. Davao
c. Cagayan
d. Palawan

51. Which is the Mindanao province that is known as the first seat of Islam in Philippines?

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a. Zamboanga
b. Tawi-Tawi
c. Sulu
d. Basilan

52. Why is the Nile known as an "international" river?

a. It supplies water and productivity to Egypt and Sudan
b. It is the longest river in the world
c. It crosses eleven countries in Southeast Africa
d. Its waters flow into the Mediterranean Ocean

53. Prior to the Amazon River being recognized as the longest river in the world, which was known as
the world's longest river artery in the world?
a. Cagayan river
b. Yangtze river
c. Yellow river
d. Nile river

54. William Shakespeare was from England, while Edgar Allan Poe was from __________.
a. United States
b. Great Britain
c. France
d. Ireland

55. What was the name of our islands as it first appeared in a rare map published in 1554 at Venice by
Giovanni Battista Ramusio an Italian geographer?
a. Philippines
b. Filipinas
c. Philippines Islands
d. Philippine archipelago

26. In a land area of 115,707 square miles, the Philippines is almost as large as ________.
a. Italy
b. Spain
c. United States
d. Greece

57. In its land area of 115,707 square mile, the Philippines is twice as big as _________.
a. Italy
b. Britain
c. Greece
d. Germany

58. On a sunny day, what island i visible from Y'Ami, the northernmost isle of the Philippines?
a. Japan
b. Taiwan
c. Hong Kong
d. South Korea

59. Signed by 117 states in 1982,the__________ gave recognition to the Philippines along the
archipelago principle that its islands and natural features are a single geographic unit.
a. UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea)
b. UN (United Nation)
c. SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization)

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60. The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea designated a_________ Exclusive
Economic Zone of water around the Philippine archipelago for sovereign right to explore, conserve and
manage natural resources of ocean, seabed and subsoil.
a. 1000-mile belt
b. 100-mile belt
c. 500-mile belt
d. 200-mile belt

61. In research, if I reason out from particular to general or broad patterns, I apply the ___________
method.
a. Deductive
b. Inductive
c. Ideographic
d. Nomethetic

62. What kind of study examines specific sub-populations, such as those who played a part in the EDSA
revolt in order to understand how their attitudes have changed?
a. Longitudinal study
b. Trend study
c. Cohort study
d. Cross-sectional study

63. For John Dewey, what is the unifying element of the curriculum?
a. Reflective thinking
b. Course discipline
c. Experiential learning
d. Pedagogy in learning

64. Which of the following is an example of an issue which a sociologist would study?
a. Why is the rate of abortion rising?
b. How do police action influence crowd behavior?
c. What is the interaction between chemical and behavior?
d. Which political system is best?

65. In order to seek full contextual understanding of the actions of a selected group of individuals, what
will you do?
I. Do ethnographic participants' observation
II. Conduct open-ended interviews
III. Administer a standardized test
a. I, II and III
b. I and II
c. II only
d. I only

66. What method is being used to have Special children become a part of the regular student activities?
a. Catalytic learning
b. Mainstreaming
c. Specialization
d. Alternative learning

67. What is used as the basis so that scientific theory can be empirical and not merely speculative or
opinionated?

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a. Evidence-base
b. Authority
c. Tradition
d. Logical reason

68. What kind of reasoning is done by arguing from particulars (e.g. Juan, Marie, Jaime, etc. speak
Bisaya) to a general conclusion (e.g. Therefore many students in the class speak Bisaya)?
a. A priori
b. Deductive
c. Inductive
d. Logical

69. What is the fundamental basis for data gathered in the sciences of Sociology Biology and Physics?
a. Belief
b. Observation
c. Logic
d. Wisdom

70. What process will you use to represent a more certain avenue to the truth?
a. Generalization
b. Fallacy
c. Replication
d. Prior argument

71. An inquiry on a social phenomenon that does not use numbers is ___________ research.
a. descriptive
b. quantitative
c. experimental
d. analytical

72. Statistical analysis is done for various reasons but NOT for ________ .
a. complex formulas
b. simple averages
c. verbal descriptions
d. mathematical models

73. Of the following topics, which is closest to a subject for pure research?
a. Survey on a beauty product
b. Anthropological account of an ethnic community
c. Impact of an outreach project
d. Problems in a mental health institution

74. What wrong is committed by a researcher who installs a hidden camera in order to gather data on
family friction between parents and children?
a. Protection from harm
b. Coercion
c. Informed consent
d. Right to privacy

75. What was violated by a researcher who administered lethal drugs to determine their effect on
users?
a. Right to privacy
b. Protection from harm
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76. Under research design, what factor is useful so that choice of topic can fill the researcher with
enthusiasm to pursue an inquiry amid obstacles until its final outcome?
a. Commitment
b. Interest
c. Dedication
d. Scientific attitude

77. Which step is undertaken when the researcher mulls over a chosen topic and purpose, thinking
about aspect and dimensions of a chosen social issue?
a. Observation
b. Operationalization
c. Data processing
d. Population and sampling

78. There are many ways to conduct a research, but what is the stage of study when the researcher
selects the appropriate way to gather evidence that can support analysis of data obtained?
a. Population sampling
b. Conceptualization
c. Operationalization
d. Choice of research method

79. When data gathered from survey, interview or other methods are
interpreted, this is the research stage for _________.
a. sampling
b. operationalization
c. data processing
d. publication

80. Communicating the findings of a completed research to school, institution or sponsor of the study is
the ___________ stage of research.
a. analysis
b. application
c. operationalization
d. publication

81. There are many dimensions or variables in considering social values that cause corruption in
government, but which is NOT one of them?
a. Motives
b. Attitudes
c. Currencies
d. Lifestyle

82. Statistical analysis can be done in qualitative research but it is NOT applicable in ___________.
a. verbal description
b. simple averages
c. complex formulas
d. methodical models

83. Choose the logical sequence to operationalize selected stages of a study on drug addiction:
I. Observation and data gathering
II. Arrive at conclusion
III. Specify method to get data on variables

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V. Process and analy
a. IV, III, I, V and II
b. II, I, III, V and IV
c. V, III, I, II and IV
d. III, II, I, IV and V

84. Which system is applied for careful, deliberate and quantifiable observation of evidence in order to
describe an object or event in terms of indicators?
a. Examination
b. Measurement
c. Construction
d. Introspection

85. What can be used to classify observations in terms of attributes, e.g. classify newspaper as pro-
administration or pro-opposition?
a. Scaling
b. Indexing
c. Typology
d. Validating

86. The technique used in selecting large, representative sample of social research e.g. election poll
ranking is known as _________.
a. probability sampling
b. non probability sampling
c. snowball sampling
d. quota sampling

87. Which is sampling technique in studying a sub-set of a large population that can show a meaningful
result, e.g. by interviewing some people during a rally?
a. snowball sampling
b. Judgmental sampling
c. Quota sampling
d. Non probability sampling

88. Which sampling technique is used by selecting a few members of a target population, e.g. migrant
workers you meet at the airport?
a. Judgmental sampling
b. Quota sampling
c. Snowball sampling
d. Probability sampling

89. What sampling technique helps determine the proportion of the population by use of a matrix and
relative proportion for each cell, e.g. interviewing a few people who meet the characteristics of being
non-religious?
a. Quota sampling
b. Purposive sampling
c. Probability sampling
d. Snowball sampling

90. What is the grouping of units composing a population into homogenous groups before sampling in
order to achieve a greater degrees of representativeness?
a. Indexing
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d. Stratification

91. How does a hypothesis support inquiry?

a. They refer to evidence already proven.
b. They restate the thesis question.
c. They are tentative answers to what is true of false.
d. They provide body of literature.

92. In order to protect participants on serious issues like use of drugs, researcher can adopt__________
of respondents.
a. custody
b. anonymity
c. open testimony
d. subpoena

93. For privileged communication, the researcher keeps _________ of respondents under secrecy or
anonymity.
a. data
b. answers
c. names
d. evidences

94. Which was committed by a researcher who repackaged information for vested interest, e.g. mocked-
up Tasaday cave dwellers?
a. Deception
b. Misuse of information
c. Break trust in confidentially
d. Violate anonymity

95. When social researchers "speak out" the truth on social issues, they perform the role of scientific
_________ .
a. journalism
b. experts
c. writers
d. commentators

96. Which term is used for researchers predisposed to arriving at the same conclusion for a series of
researches on the same topic?
a. Labeling
b. Time dimension
c. Reductionism
d. Echoing

97. Which did researcher Ana conduct on kinds of worship among similar Christian groups?
a. Trend
b. Cross-sectional
c. Cohort
d. Longitudinal

98. Which type of study and researcher Pete conduct on the popular use among
millennial youths of Facebook accounts?
a. cohort
b. trend

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d. cross-sectional

99. Inquiry on public sentiment for grayslesbians from 1960's to 2000's is ___________ study.
a. trend
b. cross-sectional
c. longitudinal
d. cohort

100. Inquiry on legalization of marijuana getting data from the doctors, parents, teachers, churches, etc.
is __________ research.
a. nomothetic
b. ideographic
c. non-spurious
d. complete causation

101. What is the unit studies about churches, colleges, agencies, army r navy?
a. Social interactions
b. Individuals
c. Social artifacts
d. Organizations

102. A researcher committed _________ fallacy by concluding that young voters due to their age voted
for young candidates.
a. ecological
b. branding
c. time dimension
d. reductionist

103. Participants in a research should not be forced to reveal sensitive personal information, e.g. sexual
behavior because they have the right to _________.
a. protection from harm
b. informed consent
c. coercion
d. privacy

104. Participants may be willing to be interviewed but there should the right of ________ need to be
ensured by telling them the nature of a specific research.
a. non-coercion
b. informed consent
c. privacy
d. protection from harm

105. Participants not willing to be interviewed for a research should not be subjected to __________
such that they become reluctant respondents.
a. coercion
b. harm
c. ignorance
d. public disclosure

106. As a researcher, you employ the inductive approach? Which do you do?
a. Generate new theory emerging from the data and then test the validity the theory
b. Test the validity of the theory
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107. What is expected of the researcher in the Methods/Procedure part of the research?
I. Describes what s/he did, how s/he did it
II. Gives strategies, sample calculations
III. Describes tools and instruments
a. I, II and III
b. I and III
c. II and III
d. I and II

108. Why does a researcher do a literature review?

I. To survey the current state of knowledge in the area of inquiry
II. To identify key authors, articles, theories, and findings in the area of research
III. To identify gaps in knowledge in that research area
a. I and II
b. II and III
c. I, II and III
d. I, II and III

109. You should like to research an academic problems met by Indigenous Peoples' children in your
school, which sampling will you use?
a. No sampling
b. Stratified sampling
c. Purposive sampling
d. Random sampling of all school children

110. Which statement/s on ethnography is/are TRUE?

I. Ethnography is a highly approach to the study of cultural systems.
II. Ethnography is the study of the sociocultural contexts, processes, and meanings within cultural
systems.
III. Ethnography is an open-ended emergent learning process, and not a rigid investigator controlled
experiment.
a. I and III
b. I, II and III
c. I and II
d. II and III

111. Which statement/s on ethnography is/are TRUE?

I. Ethnography is a high flexible and creative process.
II. Ethnography is an interpretive, reflexive, and constructivist process.
III. Ethnography requires the daily
a. II and III
b. I and III
c. I and II
d. I, II and III

112. Which kind of data includes descriptive field notes, narration of informants, myths, stories, song
and sagas as gathered by anthropologists?
I. Qualitative data
II. Quantitative data
III. Inferential data
a. II only
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d. I, II and III

113. In my research, I use basic classical ethnographic field methods. Which ones do I use?
I. observations
II. asking questions
III. interpretation
IV. participant observation
a. I,II and III
b. II, III and IV
c. I, II, III and IV
d. I, III and IV

114. If a design for evaluating a Community Support Program is being evaluated for its, relevance, what
is the most significant question to consider?
a. Does the range of information to be provided include all the important aspects of the program?
b. Does the information to be provided adequately serve the evaluation needs of the intended
audiences?
c. Is the information to be provided timely enough to e of use to the audiences?
d. Does the intended evaluation strictly follow ethical principles?

115. How does one avoid bias when administering a teacher questionnaire to determine the pulse on a
new performance evaluation system?
a. Give priority to those who volunteer to fill out the questionnaire.
b. Make sure the sample of what you'll measure is most likely to present varied opinions.
c. Select sample from those getting high performance ratings.
d. Exclude as respondents teachers who are 60 or over.

116. To insure reliability of an evaluation instrument, it is important to make sure

that ___________ .
I. it is designed to get the information needed
II. there is only one way to interpret each item
III. stems with dual elements are eliminated
a. II and III
b. I and II
c. I only
d. I , II and III

117. If you conduct a phenomenological research, what key ingredients do you expect?
I. A research question driven by curiosity informs the design of a study.
II. Participants need to be interested in and committed to exploring their lived experience to generate
good quality data.
III. An effective analytical framework which can increase the quality of the findings.
a. I and II
b. II and III
c. I and II
d. I, II and III

118. An experimental research might compare accident rates in those who text and drive versus those
who do not text and drive. Which would be the independent variable?
a. The outcome ( accident or no accident)
b. The behavior of texting and driving
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119. Research Z conducted a correlational research on texting while driving and rate of accidents. Which
is a possible finding?
a. Younger drivers have an increased rate of accidents while texting and driving.
b. Older drivers have less cell phones
c. Younger drivers are more techno savvy.
d. Accidents are caused by texting.

120. I like to find out if integrity of public officials has been improving. Which study will I conduct?
a. Cohort Study
b. Cross-sectional study
c. Trend study
d. Longitudinal study

121. There are fundamental ideas that distinguish Social Science from other ways of explaining social
events but_________ is NOT one of them.
a. data
b. theory
c. belief
d. analysis

122.Which comprises what the researcher wants to discover and the best way to do it?
a. Paradigm
b. Hypothesis
c. Methods
d. Research design

123. A social science teacher conduct a researcher on the best practices of teaching Araling Panlipunan
in Grade 9. What kind of research does the teacher conduct?
a. Action Research
b. Applied Research
c. Basic Research
d. Field Research

124. A study conducted on the current state of Filipino youth involvement (Sebastian, 2014) revealed
that 12 percent of the youth respondents are hyper disengaged. What does the result mean?
a. They participated in all community activities.
b. They have not participated in community activities.
c. They are active in selected activities.
d. They disregarded selected activities.

125. A study was conducted on how engaged the Filipino Youth are in the dimension of participation.
Base on the data graph above, with activity are they most engaged?
a. Online political
b. Offline political
c. Offline sociocivic
d. Online sociocivic

126. What is the lowest percentage of disengagement?

a. 82.0%
b. 70.50%
c. 80.50%
d. 72.5%

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127. What is a deliberate deception used by advertisers when they say, "Join the thousand who have
chosen to switch to the better network."
a. Bandwagon
b. Circular thinking
c. Falsehood or the Big Lie
d. Personal attack

128. Which can be considered a deliberate deception by a student who invents an excuse or reason,
e.g., "I need to relax so I can spend more time posting Facebook photos than studying."?
a. Bandwagon
b. Rationalizing
c. Personal attach
d. Circular thinking

129. Which fallacy generalizes extreme perception about people, places and ideas (e.g. Englishmen have
no sense of humor, etc. )?
a. Globalizing
b. Localizing
c. Stereotyping
d. Standardizing

130. A good research is one that can be repeated to obtain similar, if not, identical results. Which
attribute of a research is explained?
a. Replicability
b. Parsimony
c. Precision
d. Falsifiability

131. Which is referred to as the cause variable?

a. Dependent variable
b. Moderator variable
c. Independent variable
d. Extraneous

132. In research, which variable do you manipulate?

a. Moderator
b. Independent
c. Dependent
d. Extraneous

133. Which is a short (about 100-500 word) summary of the entire research paper that includes goals
and objectives, result, and conclusions?
a. Abstract
b. Synopsis
c. Conclusion
d. Precise

134. Which of the following can become an issue in qualitative research?

a. By-the book approach
b. Formulation of research design & data collection techniques
c. Generality
d. Gathering data that are based on facts

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135. Which is arrived at by way of a thinking process that puts together several parts to form a complex
whole?
a. meaning
b. relationship
c. synthesis
d. deduction

136. There is need to adopt __________ sampling for research on academic problem encountered by
indigenous children in a school.
a. stratified
b. purposive
c. random
d. trend

137. The appropriate participant in a research on needed outreach activities which the school can
engage is the ___________ .
a. teacher
b. students
c. community
d. parents

138. Which data do anthropologists use in a descriptive inquiry on the cultural life of an ethnic
community through data drawn from myths, stories, songs and experiences gathered through field
study.
a. Unobtrusive
b. Quantitative
c. Documentary
d. Qualitative

139. Applying the conflict theory, what element induced Hispanic authorities during the colonial period
not to teach native Filipinos the Spanish language?
a. Need to secure the dominant status of Spaniards over natives
b. Lack of adequate funding to support Spanish instruction.
c. Native were already pacified even without teaching them the language
d. Friars want evangelical teaching, not language teaching

140. You will study within the population issue of corruption of public official under the different
regimes. Which study will you engage in?
a. Cross- sectional study
b. Trend study
c. Cohort study
d. Longitudinal study

141. You want to examine specific subpopulations, which as those who played part in the EDSA
revolution with focus on how their attitudes have changed. Which study will you do?
a. Longitudinal study
b. Trend study
c. Cohort study
d. Cross-sectional study

142. For which of the following issues or concerns would a sociologist likely do an empirical inquiry?
a. Crowd behavior during rallies
b. Medical effect of contraceptives o health
c. Advantages and disadvantage of democracy as an ideology

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143. What is the appropriate research method in a field study on a cultural group, e.g. way of life of
Badjaos who have settled inland in Zamboanga province?
a. Documentary research
b. Open-ended interviews
c. Standardized survey
d. Ethnographic observation

144. Research leader Edna insisted that student researches appreciate the value
of _________ data or evidence for scientific study above mere speculation or opinion.
a. authority
b. empirical
c. tradition
d. logical reasoning

145. Social theories can be arrived at based on __________ pattern of behavior.

a. diffused
b. separate
c. disparate
d. aggregate

146. What is simple way of explaining the concept of a social theory?

a. Explaining social realities
b. Says of looking at society
c. Guiding what societies do
d. Innovation society

147. What should the researcher do when he/she is not clear yet familiar with the subject?
a. Set assumptions
b. Explore the topic
c. Chronicle activities
d. Draw up hypothesis

148. What should the researcher do when he/she is clear about his subject and methods and is ready of
the tasks of research?
a. Chronicle activities
b. Explore the topic
c. Set assumptions
d. Draw up hypothesis

149. To further clarify the subject, what can be done to ensure that it does not overlap with irrelevant
matters?
a. Perform pilot testing
b. Formulate a hypothesis
c. Consult experts
d. Set limitations and delimitations

150. How can assumptions support your inquiry?

a. They assume you are right.
b. They are accepted as true without proof.
c. They make your inquiry scientific.
d. They are prepared by mentors.

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Social Science Part 8
1. Among industrialized countries which is the biggest remitter of CO2 (by 31%) that cause global
warming of the globe?
a. United States
b. India
c. China
d. France

2. Providing long-term food aid to poor countries, e.g. Ethiopia disadvantageous due to the negative
effect of _______.
a. dependence
b. malnutrition
c. AIDS
d. anarchy

3. Created in 2008 was a new legal framework for Southeast Asian nations known as the ASEAN_______
a. Document
b. Charter
c. Principles
d. Declaration

4. Among early Greek philosophers _________ introduced empirical knowledge by used of observation
to explain universal truths.
a. Plato
b. Socrates
c. Aristotle
d. Thales

5. What method of thinking-and-learning draws from the general qualities of being different?
a. Induction
b. Deduction
c. Discovery
d. Problem solving

6. In which situation do we insist on belonging to a group thus resisting the risk of being different?
a. Conformism
b. Radicalism
c. Anarchism
d. Pessimism

7. What aspect of inquiry is NOT related to ethical conduct in research?

a. Security of participants
b. Respect of confidentiality
c. Voluntary participation by respondents
d. Limitation in research scope

8. The systematic explanation of observed phenomena drawn from social manifestation or patterns in
social life is _________.
a. hypothesis
b. theory
c. assumption
d. truth

9. Scientific inquiries conducted on social change over a period of time are ____________.

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a. trend studies
b. cohort studies
c. panel studies
d. ease studies

10. The two essential dimensions in teaching Social Science are __________ and ____________.
a. observing and inferring
b. seeing and listening
c. searching and imparting
d. knowing and thinking

11. Concentration in thinking which leads to a constant, unbroken line of thought is ___________.
a. infusion
b. focus
c. intention
d. direction

12. A comprehensive list of important or relevant action to be completed in a specified order is a

___________.
a. pattern
b. matrix
c. checklist
d. report

13. The type of evaluation which examines outcome and comes up with a synthesis that determines the
overall impact and relative costs of an activity or program is ___________.
a. normative evaluation
b. summative evaluation
c. formative evaluation
d. causative evaluation

14. What method of thinking-and learning draws the general qualities of a person from particular traits?
a. Problem solving
b. Inductive
c. Deductive
d. Discovery

15. To which group do we belong if we don't accept the truth because we insist on belonging to a group
or resist the risk if being different?
a. Change agents
b. Radicals
c. Anarchists
d. Conformists

16. What is NOT related to ethical conduct in research?

a. Respect for confidentiality
b. Limitation in research scope
c. Voluntary participation be respondents
d. Security of participants

17. What is the systematic explanation of observations on social manifestation patterns of social life?
a. Truth
b. Belief
c. Theory

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d. Opinion

18. What are the studies conducted on social change over a period of time?
a. Trend studies
b. Cohort studies
c. Panel studies
d. Case studies

19. Which is a tentative answer to a research problem?

a. Theoretical Framework
b. Recommendation
c. Conclusion
d. Hypothesis

20. In which part of the research do you find the answers to the research problems?
a. Recommendation
b. Conclusion
c. Hypothesis
d. Theoretical Framework

21. What is comprehensive list of important or relevant actions to be complete in a specified order so
that no step is forgotten?
a. Report Card
b. Survey
c. Checklist
d. Questionnaire

22. What type of evaluation examines the effects or outcomes of some object they summarize it by
describing what happens subsequent to delivery of program or technology; assessing whether the
object can be said to have cause the outcome; determining the overall impact of the casual factor
beyond only the immediate target outcomes; and, estimating the relative costs association with the
object?
a. Summative Evaluation
b. Normative Evaluation
c. Formative Evaluation
d. Complicated Evaluation

23. Deliberate deception by way of____________ fallacy is used by advertiser who make claim to
unfounded consumption by thousands or millions of a product.
a. bandwagon
b. big lie
c. circular thinking
d. begging the question

24. Generalizing extreme perception about people places and ideas, e.g. white people are biased about
colored people is untruth of fallacy by ________.
a. localizing
b. stereotyping
c. standardizing
d. summarizing

25. Freedom of thought is opposed to _________.

a. violence
b. slavery

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c. compulsion
d. oppression

26. Asserting a more certain avenue to the same truth is ___________ .

a. simplification
b. syndication
c. revision
d. replication

27. The basic human activity in research is _________.

a. inquiring
b. thinking
c. calculating
d. measuring

28. What research is done in a laboratory?

a. Analysis
b. Experiment
c. Survey
d. Assessment

29. Science requires ___________ in order to differentiate it from philosophy.

a. authority
b. logical thinking
c. empirical evidence
d. tradition

30. The use of __________ is useful in reducing inaccuracies in scientificresearch.

a. measured devices
b. generalization
c. logical reasoning
d. machines

31. Inclusive teaching approaches enable ___________ learners in the class to take part in learning
opportunities.
a. all
b. disabled
c. special
d. selected

32. The development of 21st century teaching and learning skills is a contemporary trend. What
elements are interconnected in the process of teaching and learning?
a. Education for all and literacy
b. Professional development
c. High budgetary appropriations
d. Student outcomes and support systems

33. Which are essential in preparing the learners for the future?
I. Independent thinking
II. Creativity and innovation
III. Critical thinking
IV. Communication and collaboration
a. II & III
b. I, II & IV

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d. I, II, III & IV

34. The Duterte administration advances ____________ in order to strengthen regional autonomy and
local governance.
a. federalism
b. nationalism
c. anti-drug campaign
d. anti-corruption drive

35. Various facets of partnership ofregional development was adopted by

ASEAN, EXCEPT that which is ____________.
a. economic
b. ideological
c. social
d. cultural

36. EXCEPT for the ___________ aim, thesecomprise the pillars of ASEAN community integration by
2015.
a. economic
b. political security
c. ideological
d. socio-cultural

37. What system contributed to greater efficiency and success of recent national elections?
a. Pastoral Council for Free elections
b. Computerization
c. Comelec
d. Multi-party system

38. Among ASEAN nations, which has a political system closest to that of the U.S.?
a. Philippines
b. Singapore
c. Malaysia
d. Thailand

39. What type of research can better ensure relevance in planning development of communities?
a. Survey
b. Needs Analysis
c. Interview
d. Case study

40. What economic policy in China propelled it to becoming the second industrialized nation in the
world today?
a. Welfare socialism
b. Industrialism
c. Socialist capitalism
d. Maoist communal ownership

41. EXCEPT for the ___________ factor, these are the facets of "inclusivity" identified for eradicating
extreme poverty in the Philippines.
a. sectoral
b. spatial
c. locational

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d. temporal

42. For spatial inclusivity, the__________ program can limit the population to widen habitation space
for people.
a. planned parenthood
b. contraceptives
c. sterilization
d. free condoms

43. In terms of funding resources what can the federal system contribute toeliminate extreme poverty?
a. Nationalization
b. Decentralization
c. Urbanization
d. Privatization

44. The 1987 Constitution protects the unborn and prohibits _________.
a. use of contraceptives
b. medical abortion
c. induced abortion
d. voluntary sterilization

45. A broadly encompassing change in ___________ is involved by combating climate change through
lesser use of electricity, air-conditioning, garbage burning.
a. lifestyle
b. attitude
c. sentiment
d. feeling

46. China's aggressive global commerce has created _________ tension in trade and commerce
especially for the incoming Trump U.S. administration.
a. ideological
b. economic
c. political
d. sociological

47. From a global threat arises from suspicion rather than concrete evidence?
a. U.S. democratic advocacy
b. South Korean security
c. world peace
d. South China Sea commercial zone

48. Which incidence of global threat arises from suspicion rather than concrete evidence?
a. Iran's nuclear arms
b. North Korea's militarization
c. ISIS' terrorism
d. Hamas rockets upon Israel

49. What is the religious divide within Islam that causes a conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran?
a. Iran against Hamas
b. Saudi Arabia against Al Queda
c. Hamas against ISIS
d. Shiites against Sunnis

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50. What methodology is used for research on political and social issues by pollsters, such as SWS and
Pulse Asia?
a. Field research
b. Survey
c. Case study
d. Experiment

51. What initiative can make the Philippine government system closer to the federal system of the U.S.?
a. Charter Change
b. People's Initiative
c. Referendum
d. Election Recall

52. What is the basis in the 1987 Constitution for prohibiting the teaching of Religion in public schools?
a. Focus on Basic Education subjects
b. Values Education in the basic education curriculum
c. Freedom of religious conscience
d. Separation of church and state

53. An approach that is __________ is the needed response to extreme poverty in the world.
a. multi-dimensional
b. multi-lateral
c. multi-diverse
d. multi-national

54. Which does NOT comprise a real security alliance?

a. U.S. Philippines joint military training
b. U.S. Japan security agreement
c. U.S.-APEC cooperation
d. U.S. Russia common objective against ISIS

55. What is the hidden conflict in the war in Syria?

a. Syrian ruler Assad against Syrian rebels
b. U.S. against Russia
c. Syria against ISIS
d. Syria against UN

56. The setting up of ______ is a key issue facing Israel and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
a. anti-rocket missile
b. border wall
c. population growth of Palestinians
d. state of Palestine

57. Federalism in the Philippines can grant ________ to the regions.

a. autonomy
b. sovereignty
c. statehood
d. fiscal independence

58. What factors/conditions would result at inclusive development in the Philippines?

a. Foreign aid and loans
b. Foreign direct investments for job creation
c. Increased number of OFW's
d. Increased local number and foreign scholarships

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59. All, Most, Some is a curriculum planning model conceived by Schumm, Vaugh and Leavell (1994).
Why is it an inclusive model?
a. It is designed to cater to all learners in a class.
b. It is designed to cater for learners with disabilities.
c. It is designed to cater for gifted learners.
d. It is designed to cater for the hearing impaired.

60. Facets of _________ personality of a people may explain the paradox that the Philippines is rated by
Transparency International as one of the most corrupt in Asia, and yet 80% of its population profess the
Catholic religion.
a. political
b. cultural
c. ideological
d. economic

61. What major change creates a trend?

a. innovation
b. stagnation
c. revolution
d. involution

62. Among social trends, which is very difficult to psychologically overcome?

a. tendency
b. learning
c. bias
d. inclination

63. Among social trends, which easily passes, e.g. fashion?

a. mores
b. fad
c. laws
d. norms

64. Change becomes an issue when it creates a ___________.

a. disagreement
b. discomfort
c. drawback
d. duplication

65. In 1952 the organization of the ___________ marked a milestone in the development of Philippine
sociology.
a. Philippine Social Science Council
b. Philippine Sociological Society
c. Research Foundation of the Philippines
d. Institute of the Philippine Culture

66. There is violation of _____________ in cases of extra-judicial killings.

a. search and seizure order
b. due process of law
c. arrest warrant
d. equal protection under the law

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67. As a science of humanity and its society, Anthropology seeks to present an integrated picture of
__________.
a. man
b. early man
c. hominid
d. human fossils

68. Among the fields of anthropology which studies the evolution of man and biological diversity within
the species?
a. Linguistics
b. Archeology
c. Cultural anthropology
d. Biological anthropology

69. Among patterns of behavior required in Sociology which is obtained through direct experience,
observation and testing?
a. Empiricism
b. Critical spirit
c. Objectivity
d. Ethical neutrality

70. Who coined the word "sociological imagination" to underscore the relationship between what is
happening in people's personal lives and the social forces that surround them?
a. Mark Dukheim
b. Wright Mills
c. Auguste Comte
d. Isabel Panopio

71. Clusters of stable rules known as social __________ govern social activities and practices based on
similar principles displaying regularity?
a. mores
b. norms
c. values
d. institution

72. The desire of government for all citizens to obey all laws is a/an __________ culture.
a. ideal
b. real
c. conventional
d. virtual

73. Showing respect by kissing the hand that has changed to kissing the cheek or hugging
shows__________ culture in society.
a. ideal
b. real
c. conventional
d. virtual

74. What particular event awakened national awareness of human indignity during the 1980s prior to
the EDSA revolution?
a. Slay of Ninoy Aquino
b. Human rights violations
c. Call of Cardinal Sin
d. Parliament of the streets

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75. What was founded by six nations in 1967 for partnership in regional development?
a. SEATO
b. ASEAN
c. APEC
d. Great Six Nations

76. Who was the Asian senior statesman who removed drugs, unemployment and dirt waste from his
city-state?
a. Lee Kuan Yew
b. Rodrigo Duterte
c. Arsenio Lacson
d. Jawaharla Nehru

77. What marked people empowerment in 1986?

a. Yellow Ribbons
b. KKK revolution
c. New Society
d. EDSA revolution

78. Given issues of election cheating, psychologists see Philippine politics as intrinsically known to
be____________.
a. collective
b. personal
c. individual
d. communal

79. The winner in Philippine national presidential election is determined by _________ votes, while that
of the U.S. by __________ votes.
a. total :: sectoral votes
b. national :: local votes
c. popular :: electoral college votes
d. multi-party :: one party votes

80. In its Charter, ASEAN nations are described as __________ societies.

a. caring
b. competitive
c. cooperative
d. corporate

81. Senator Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 presidential elections because of losing __________ votes.
a. popular
b. electoral college
c. senatorial
d. congressional

82. Private sector groups for national advocacies are commonly referred to as__________.
a. public sector
b. civil society
c. cooperatives
d. party-list representatives

83. Which statement on human rights is CORRECT?

a. Human rights are limited

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b. Human right is might
c. Human right is moral power not a physical power.
d. All rights are inalienable.

84. Royally rights acquired through the authorship of a book are examples of
__________.
a. inalienable rights
b. acquired rights
c. alienable rights
d. imperfect rights

85. Rights which cannot be renounced or transferred because they are necessary
for the fulfillment of man's primordial obligations are called _________.
a. alienable rights
b. acquired rights
c. perfect rights
d. acquired rights

86. Under which type of right does the right to life fall?
a. Inalienable rights
b. Alienable rights
c. Perfect rights
d. Imperfect rights

87. Rights cannot be unduly trampled upon or suppressed without moral guilt because they are
_________.
a. adventitious
b. inalienable
c. perfect
d. inviolable

88. Which human rights doe libel violate?

a. The right to property
b. The right to one's honor
c. The right to one's own life
d. The right to make a livelihood

89. Which is a violation of the right to choose one's way of life?

a. Fourteen-hour work as against the regular eight-hour work
b. Child labor
c. Forced labor
d. Under compensation

90. Which is an example of an alienable right?

a. Right to marry
b. Right to life
c. Right to aims
d. Right to possess a house acquired through inheritance

91. CARP’s (Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program) primary aim or purpose

a. make the tiller the own of the land he cultivates
b. achieve a dignified existence for thesmall farmers
c. provide the necessary support facilities, institutions and services
d. provides credit facilities like loans and financing.

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92. The term of office for the President under the 1987 Constitution
a. 3 years
b. 6 years
c. 3 year with re – election
d. 6 years with re – election

93. It embodies the national policy on information technology and serves as a guide to all government
agencies in the effective utilization of information technology resources.
a. National Information Technology Plan(NITP)
b. National Technology Development Program
c. Science and Technology Development Program
d. Information Technology Utilization Plan

94. It is electronic commerce between individual consumers.

a. B2B ( Business to Business )
b. C2C ( consumer to consumer)
c. E – mail
d. B2C ( business to consumer )

95. It is the environmental milestone that requires industries to install anti – pollution device and ban
the use of incinerators.
a. The Greenpeace Act
b. The Enviromental Care Act
c. The Clean Air Act
d. The Anti – Pollution Law

96. A broader regional free trade zone established composed of ASEAN engaging Japan, China and South
Korea in expanding economic relations.
a. ASEAN Free Trade Zone
b. “ASEAN Plus Three”
c. APEC Economic Zone
d. APEC Free Trade Zone

97. Program designed to solved the social ills of the Filipino society through social renewal and
transformation and to strengthen the moral fiber of the Filipino people.
a. People Empowerment
b. “Galing Mo Pinoy!”
c. People Initiative
d. Moral Recovery Program

98. The integration of national markets into a single world place where goods, services, financial capital
and technology flow unhampered between countries.
a. Market Liberation
b. Free Trade Zone
c. Globalization
d. Market Integration

99. World body with 143 member – countries that set governing rules in economic relations and trade.

a. World Trade Organization

b. General Agreement on Tariffs andTrade
c. United Nations
d. U.N. Conference on Trade and Development

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100. Refers to the increasing reliance on markets, not governments to guide economic activity.
a. Liberation
b. Deregulation
c. Globalization
d. Privatization

101. It is global financial body which imposes sanctions on countries who fail to act against money –
laundering.
a. The Financial Action Task Force
b. International Monetary Fund
c. The Federal Reserve
d. The U.N. Finance Group

102. It measures the numerical index of a person’s general intelligence as compared to others of the
same type of intelligence.
a. Maturity
b. Intelligence Quotient (IQ)
c. Emotional Quotient (EQ)
d. Aptitude

103. This law allows college students tochoice among 3 component programs of national service namely
ROTC, literacy training service or civic welfare training.
a. National Ser vice Training Program Act (NSTP Act)
b. Civic Service Act
c. National Defense Service Act
d. National Integrated Service Act

104. It is the corporate mind of the pupils and teachers organized around principles of knowledge in
which all minds are thinking as one.
a. social mind
b. educative mind
c. philosophical mind
d. intelligence

105. It is outmost educational importance that the social basis of human nature should be habitual
when?
a. man fails to correct some of the worst social ills
b. man resort to war, terrorism or violence to call the society’s attention
c. man rearranges social circumstances to let self – restraint give way to social justice
d. man has to learn to fight to protect one’s life and preserve one’s culture

106. Which of the following situation would hasten the changes the social quality of human nature?
a. making education an instrument for social change
b. making our selves open to change
c. letting the institutions be the agents of change
d. allowing freedom to adopt a more critical attitude towards change

107. They ware the first to regard the school as an instrument of social development.
a. the advocates of progressive education
b. the advocates of conservative education
c. those who see violence or terrorism as the ultimate to hasten social change
d. those who are content with the status quo.

108. These are values which are basic, urgent and obligatory in character in man’s life and activities.

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a. religious values
b. ethical values
c. cultural values
d. social values

109. Social stratification is the system used in assigning men their respective ranks in the society based
on?
a. one’s social stratum to another laterally, horizontally or vertically
b. acquired social and cultural heritage of his society
c. factors such as income on his social position in the society
d. The person’s view on his social position in th society

110. A society that gives importance and adopts the democratic view of education,places great
emphasis by
a. requiring compulsory schooling for all its citizens
b. choosing excellent people to run the educational system
c. requiring the use of excellent textbooks
d. recognizing the dignity of al individuals

111. Refers to the passing of culture to the next generation.

a. religion
b. education
c. arts
d. language

112. It is the important basis in the formation of social unit in a society.

a. mutual interest
b. age and sex
c. kinship
d. education

113. The secret society Jose Rizal establized designed to promote civic and patriotic education among
the Filipinos.
a. La Liga Filipina
b. Companerismp
c. Propaganda
d. La Juventud

114. Rizal’s winning poem which is considereda classic in Philippine

Literature
a. To the Filipino Youth
b. El Amor Partio
c. Los Viajes
d. The Tales

115. The process of two cultures borrowing from each other.

a. mixed culture
b. culture are
c. diffusion
d. assimilation

116. The cognitive aspect of the valuing process wherein the individual has a full understanding of the
consequences of each option being considered.
a. choosing from the alternatives

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b. choosing reflectively
c. choosing freely
d. imagining and cherishing.

117. Value – laden ideas that indicates the learner’s behavior such as his attitudes, interest, aspirations,
beliefs, etc/
a. behavior indicators
b. attitude indicators
c. aptitude indicators
d. value indicators

118. The teachers become a director of values learning and enriches the learnings through cognitive and
affective inputs.
a. activity
b. abstraction
c. analysis
d. application

119. To develop the value of self – reflection and analysis educational methods should?
a. focus on note learning and analysis
b. inculcate the value and habit of self-reflection starting from childhood
c. conduct a series of activities on self – reflection
d. encourage conversion as a proof of personal transformation

120. Is an ongoing process of using one’s innate capabilities and potential in full, creative ways which is
the core of the valuing process.
a. self- actualization
b. introspection
c. value processing
d. self – direction

121. What does a professional code of ethics prescribe for all?

A. Moral standards and ethical behavior
B. Rules and regulations in practicing one’s profession
C. Strict law implementation
D. Civility and social-consciousness

122. The number of days after which an enrolled bill becomes a law.
A. 45 days
B. 60 days
C. 75 days
D. 90 days

123. It is perceived as the most important need and most pressing problem of the Filipino family.
A. Unemployment or financial problem
B. Prone to vise
C. Broken family
D. Double standard on roles

124. There are 3 fundamental Human rights according to the Universal Declaration of human Rights.
These are:
A. Life, security and self-development
B. Life, economy and self-development
C. Life, dignity and security

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D. Life, liberty and security

125. Which of the following state is theright to human dignity?

A. Property ownership
B. Honor and reputation
C. Fair trial
D. Political independence

126. Which of the following would refer to the “Funnel Effect?”

A. Criminal justice is fully implemented in the Philippines
B. Very few criminal would be caught and be punished
C. Every criminal would be caught and be punished
D. All crimes are under the same criminal justice

127. The most important and central message of the Moral Recovery Program.
A. National moral regeneration
B. Family
C. Self
D. Government

128. Government expenses is more than that it ears thru tax collection.
A. Fiscal reforms
B. Taxation
C. Overspending
D. Fiscal deficit

129. If the school is considered as a agent of social and cultural changes, it should function as?
A. Transmitter of culture
B. Perpetuator of tradition
C. Pioneer of programs
D. Innovator of instructions

130. It mandates the blending of coco methyl ester (CME) in all diesel fuel and ethanol in gasoline sold
across the country.
A. Fuel Development Act
B. Alternative Fuel Development Act
C. Biofuel Act of 2006
D. Clean Air Act of 1999

131. Which of the following is NOT considered a “biofuel?”

A. Jathropa or “tuba-tuba”
B. Liquefied petroleum gas
C. Ethanol
D. Coco methyl ester

132. The “Asean +3” was recently expanded with 3 new partner –countries during the 2006 APEC in
Vietnam to foster broader regional free trade in the region. These countries are?
A. U.S. Canada and Japan
B. Australia, New Zealand and India
C. Russia, China and Japan
D. Australia, US And New Zealand

133. Refers to a diesel- equivalent, processed fuel derived from biological sources.
A. Ethanol

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C. Bio-diesel
D. Bio-fuel

134. What is the main goal of drug abuse education?

A. Arrest
B. Prevention
C. Control
D. Rehabilitation

135. The Fundamental law of the land.

A. Republic Acts
B. Constitution
C. Court decisions
D. Executive Orders
E. Supreme Court decisions

136. It is the power of the State to command and enforce obedience to its’ will form people within its’
jurisdiction and to have freedom from foreign control.
A. Government
B. State
C. Sovereignty
D. Eminent Domain
E. Police Power

137. The Philippines is a Democratic and ____________state. Sovereignty resides in the people and all
the governmentauthority emanates from them.
A. Presidential
B. Bicameral
C. Republican
D. Constitutional
E. Free

138. Policy of the State to promote social justice in all phase of national development and give
preferential attention to the welfare of the less fortunate members of the society.
A. Human rights
B. Democratic
C. Freedom
D. Social Justice
E. None of the above

139. It is declaration and enumeration of the individual rights and privileges which the Constitution is to
protect against violations by the government, by groups or by individuals.
A. Civil Rights
B. Bills Rights
C. Political Rights
D. Constitutional Rights
E. Social Rights

140. It signifies that “all persons subject to legislation shall be treated alike, under like circumstances
and conditions both in the privileges conferred and liabilities imposed”
A. Bill of Rights
B. Constitution Rights
C. Political Rights

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D. “Equal Protection of Law”
E. Law

141. These are the rights of the citizens which give them power to participate, directly or indirectly, in
then establishment or administration of the government, suffrage and information in matters of public
concern.
A. Political Rights
B. Civil Rights
C. Constitution Rights
D. Economic Rights
E. Cultural Rights

142. The rights of the citizens which the law enforce at the government, suffrage and information in
matters of public concern.
A. Political Rights
B. Civil Rights
C. Constitutional Rights
D. Economic Rights
E. Cultural Rights

143. They are rights which are intended to ensure the well-being and economic security of individuals.
Among them are the rights against involuntary servitude, etc.
A. Constitutional Rights
B. Social & Economic Rights
C. Civil Rights
D. Political Rights
E. Cultural Rights

144. They are rights which are intended to ensure the well –being and economic security of individuals.
Among them are the right property and just compensation.
A. Power of Eminent Domain
B. Police Power
C. Power of Taxation
D. Emergency Powers

145. It is the power of the State to impose charge or burden upon persons, property or property or
rights for the use and support of the government and to enable it to discharge its’ appropriate functions.
A. Eminent Domain
B. Police Power
C. Taxation
D. Constitution Powers
E. Expropriation

146. It is the power to apply the law to contest or disputes concerning legally recognized rights or duties
between the State and private persons brought before the judiciary.
A. Executive Powers
B. Legislative Powers
C. Judicial Powers
D. Constitutional Powers
E. Police powers

147. Under the 1987 Constitution, which among it’s basic principles embody the sociological aspects of
life?
a. Separation of States and Church

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b. Empowerment of the People Power
c. Recognition of Family as basic social institution
d. Empowerment of Suffrage

148. The measurement of the total value of the country’s economic production
a. Gross National Product (GNP)
b. National Income
c. Net National Income
d. Per Capita Income

149. The major purpose of taxation.

a. provides State Income
b. redistribute the monetary resources
c. lessen the disposable income
d. controls financial deficit

150. A policy that controls taxes and government expenditures

a. monetary policy
b. fiscal policy
c. trade policy
d. investment policy

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