General Education Reviewer With Answer Key
General Education Reviewer With Answer Key
PREBOARD EXAMINATION
GENERAL EDUCATION
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
ENGLISH
1. Had I studied very well, I ___________ rewarded with vacation in the U.S.
A. Was C. Will be
B. Would have been D. Would be
3. Neither the teacher nor the students ________________ present in the affairs.
A. Were C. Am
B. Was D. is
8. “My concept of inner peace came from my mother’s daily activities which I now recall
with fondness and awe. She was full-time housewife, wholly dependent on my father’s
monthly salary. How she made both ends meet, guided us in our studies and did small
acts of charity on the side was beyond me.”
10. Some preachers suggest the _____________ that the end of the world is near.
A. Proposal C. Prophecy
B. Prophetic D. Prophet
11. The courage of the child who saved his brother from a raging fire is worth
_________________.
A. Emulating C. Narrating
B. Mentoring D. Watching
14. “Because of PROFANITY the program was suspended from television.” The
capitalized word means?
A. Obscenity C. Decency
B. History D. Falsehood
15. A story put together through an exchange of letter is called __________ literature.
A. Fiction C. Episodic
B. Epistolary D. Classic
17. What figure of speech is the following: “He is the black sheep of the family.”
A. Metaphor C. Alliteration
B. Simile D. Hyperbole
18. “Sturdy and strong, the Filipinos are like the molave” is _____________________.
A. Simile C. Metaphor
B. Irony D. Hyperbole
20. “...it droppeth as a gentle rain from heaven” is what figure of speech?
A. Personification C. Hyperbole
B. Simile D. Metaphor
21. In William Shakespeare’s “Merchant of Venice,” Portia, the judge said: “The quality
of mercy is not strained; it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place
beneath... It is twice blesst; it blesseth him that gives and him that takes. ‘Tismighter
than the mightiest... and one is likened to God when mercy seasons justice.”
The main thought of the excerpt it that ___________________
A. Mercy is only for deserving
B. Mercy is limited in extent
C. Mercy is spontaneous and freely given.
Mercy comes from the rain.
23. Cognitive skills are not easily observable because they are ________________.
A. Overt C. Hidden
B. Psychological D. Mental
24. The celebrated play of William Shakespeare about two ill-starred who come from
warring families.
A. Romeo and Juliet C. Anthony and Cleopatra
B. Hamlet and Ophelia D. Ana and the King
29. The Filipinos are deeply religious; however, sometimes this religiousity instills the
NEGATIVE attitude of_____________________.
A. Social responsibility to participate in the development of the society.
B. Resignation and ends up into doing nothing to improve one’s condition.
C. Total surrender to God in times of helplessness is best.
D. God who is omnipotent and omniscient will allow what is best.
30. Which of the following statements is true about textbook laid on the table?
A. No force is acting on it.
B. The textbook undergoes acceleration.
C. The sum of the forces acting upon it is zero.
D. The textbook undergoes deceleration.
31. Analects which are short and witty sayings that treat of moral values and good human
relation, are attributed to:
A. Mao Tze Tung C. Mencius
B. Confucious D. Lao-Tzu
32. Which of the following is an artistic tradition that seeks to revive past glory in various
forms?
A. Antique C. Contemporary
B. Modern D. Classical
33. What is the application of the principles of theories of human behavior in teaching and
learning?
A. Educational theory C. Educational psychology
B. Educational philosophy D. Educational sociology
34. “I am a retired public school teacher. As a teacher, I was branded as a terror in school.
The pupils dreaded the day they would enter my class. Little did they know that
behind my unpopular facade was a heart full of compassion. But how did I earn this
moniker? I did not tolerate dirty pupils in my class. I wanter them to know that
clealiness of body was good for their health. I inspected their teeth, nails, footwear,
handkerchief, clothes, ears, noses and hair.”
35. Considering the “tayo-tayo” mentality of the Filipinos, one goal for CHANGE that
should be worked on is to develop _____________________.
A. A sense of common good. C. “Pakikisama”
B. A sense of national pride. D. The habits of discipline and hard
work
40. Who is the first mythical geographer who was recognized due to his vivid descriptions
of lands and people encountered by his hero Ulysses?
A. Virgil C. Homer
B. Plato D. Cicero
41. Haiku is traditional Japanese poems consisting of ___________________.
A. Eight lines ending in rhyming couplet with death as topic.
B. Lines of poetry in free verse with ordinary things as topic.
C. Three lines totalling 17 syllables with nature as topic.
D. Four lines that rhyme with love as topic.
42. This Filipino writer in English who used Hispanic Filipino culture and traditions in his
fiction works.
A. EdilbertoTiempo C. Sionil Jose
B. Nick Joaquin D. Jose Garcia Villa
43. Who is the famous composer from Angono who is also a national artist?
A. Buenaventura C. San Pedro
B. Cenizal D. Cayabyab
44. Which among the following is the part of the newspaper where you can see the
opinions of people?
A. Classified Section C. Headline
B. Obituary D. Editorial Section
SOCIAL SCIENCE
45. Which best describes the division of the legislature into the Senate and the House of
Representatives?
A. Bicameralism C. Unicameralism
B. Bipartisanship D. Co-legislative powers
48. Participation in governance, including the right to vote and seek public office is
secured within the citizenry’s ________________.
A. Political rights C. Socio-civic rights
B. Right of suffrage D. Right to due process
49. Participation in governance, including the right to vote and seek public office is
secured within the citizenry’s ___________________.
A. Right to due process C. political rights
B. Socio-civic rights D. right of suffrage
51. Which policy of the state provides preferential attention to the welfare of the less
fortunate members of the Philippines society?
A. Social justice C. Distributive justice
B. Criminal justice D. Bill of rights
53. Which constitutional safeguard prevents one branch of government from becoming
powerful or abusive?
A. Impeachment C. Check and Balance
B. Ombudsman D. Laissez Faire
55. What economic policy in 16th century in Europe influenced Spain’s expansionist
policy to discover new lands?
A. Spice-trading C. Mercantilism
B. Capitalism D. Colonialism
57. Whose philosphy advocate the use of reason in understanding the existence of God?
A. St. Benedict C. St. John
B. St. Peter D. St. Thomas Aquinas
58. Which is a check on the executive department by the judiciary in the principle check
and balance among branches of the government?
A. Impeachment of the Chief of Justice of the Supreme Court.
B. Determining the salary of the Presiden and Vice-President.
C. Declaring a legislative measure unconsitutional.
D. Declaring an act of the President unconstitutional.
60. Gregoria de Jesus saw her husband ________ charge for treason by fellow Filipinos
who have formed the Philippine Revolutionary force to fight Spain.
A. Marcelo H. Del Pilar C. Andres Bonifacio
B. Emilio Aguinaldo D. Jose Rizal
61. What did Nelson Mandela mean to South African and the rest of thw world? He gave
up armed struggle and chose the peaceful way to freedom.
62. Which band played the Marcha Nacional Filipino of the national anthem on June 12,
1898 during the declaration of Philippine Independence?
A. PangkatKawayan ng Pateros C. Malabon Band
B. Kawit Cavite Band D. San Franciscodel Monte Band
65. Which was the first labour union in the country founded by Isabelop de los Reyes on
July 1901?
A. Association of the Philippine Labor
B. Union Obrera Democratica
C. Union Trabajadores de Filipinos
D. Association de CompaniaTabacalera
66. Through the Galleon Trade (1565-1815), the Philippines had extended contacts with
________.
A. Spain C. China
B. Spice Island D. Mexico
67. How many days are needed after which an enrolled bill becomes a law?
A. 75 days C. 60 days
B. 90 days D. 30 days
68. What law passed on August 1909 by the U.S. Congress established a partial free trade
in the Philippines?
A. Bell Trace C. Treaty on General Relations
B. Payne-Aldrich Act D. Underwood-Simmons Act
69. In a martriarchal family which family member plays the leading role?
A. Grandmother C. Oldest sister
B. Mother D. Aunt
70. Who was the Spanish mestizo priest who first led the native secular clergy in the
Secularization Movement in 1861?
A. Father Jacinto Zamora C. Father Pedro Pelaez
B. Father Gregorio Aglipay D. Father Jose Burgos
71. What was the term given by Marcelo H. De Pilar to hidden control and domination by
Spanish religious priests over the colonial government?
A. Pase region C. Complace
B. Las suertepartidas D. Frailocracia
72. While authority should be respected, its opinion may be an error. Which of the
following represents a better/more certain avenua to the truth?
A. Replication (repeat and check) C. Overgeneralization
B. Selective observation D. Fallacious reasoning
74. Who was the first editor of La Solidaridad, and an orator of the Reform Movement?
A. Juan Luna C. Jose Rizal
B. Graciano Lopez Jaena D. Marcelo H. Del Pilar
76. In social trends, how do you call those who are for the revival of the classics?
A. Existentialists C. Humanist
B. Rationalists D. Reformists
77. What happens to a good action when it is perform on account of an evil motive?
A. It becomes good C. It becomes morally good
B. It becomes evil D. It becomes an amoral act
78. The tax required to be paid annually by all adult citizens of the Philippines is the
______________.
A. Community tax C. real estate tax
B. Income tax D. Inheritance tax
79. The fundamental right invoked by filling the “writ of amparo” is ________________.
A. The right to due process
B. The right to self-defense
C. The right to be defended by a public attorney
D. The right to life, liberty and security
82. Governor General Narciso Claveria was responsible for the ________________.
A. Abolition of the Galleon Trade
B. Establishment of the Tobacco Monopoly
C. Use of Spanish surname by Filipinos
D. Establishment of the Galleon Trade
83. Whose philosophy gives prominence to faith in understanding the existence of God?
A. St. Benedict C. St. Augustine
B. St. Peter D. St. John
84. Who among the following Filipino statesmen was the most vocal to speak against the
country’s foreign policy of close association with Americans?
A. Claro M. Recto C. Cayetano Arellano
B. Manuel Luis Quezon D. Jose P. Laurel
85. Of the seven continents comprising continues land mass surrounded by big bodies of
water, the biggest (30.1 percent of the earth) is ______________?
A. Asia C. Europe
B. Australia D. Northern America
86. Civilization is where large ideas and tools, as well as human settlements flourished.
Where do historians say civilization had first been born?
A. China C. Egypt
B. Middle East D. Jordan
87. Which is the largest country in Asia?
A. China C. Japan
B. Philippines D. Thailand
88. What was the power to set aside certain by the Kingdom of Spain to the Governor-
General of the Philippines?
A. Veto power C. Conditioned Power
B. Condign Power D. Compensatory power
89. What best describes the form of government of England with its parliament, a prime
minister, and a queen (or king)?
A. Constitutional monarchy C. Ethnocracy
B. Anarchism D. Demarchy
90. Who was the revolutionary leader who refused to surrender to the Americans even
after General Malvar’s surrender, and declared himself President and Commander-in-
Chief of the Supreme Government of the Tagalog Archipelago?
A. Julian Montalan C. Licerio Geronimo
B. MacarioSakay D. ArtemioRicarte
92. Who were the aboriginal settlers in the islands, prior to succeeding migrants who
crossed the seas from the Southern Philippines?
A. Sumatians C. Borneans
B. Malayans D. Negritos
93. What religious institution is the only living remnant of the Philippine Revolution of
1896 today?
A. Philippines Independent Church
B. Roman Catholic Church
C. Unitarian Church of the Philippines
D. United Church of the Philippines
SCIENCE
94. The Philippines lies in the ____________, an area where many volcanoes are active.
A. Archipelagic fault line C. Wheel of fire
B. Ring of fire D. volcanic rim
95. The energy source which is abundant in the Philippines but still not fully developed is
the?
A. Gas C. Sea
B. Sun D. Mineral
98. Air like food and water is an essentail element in human existence. Carried by the
wind, polluted air called ______ falls to earth poisoning fish and destroying
vegetation.
A. El Niño C. La Niña
B. Greenhouse rain D. Acid rain
100. What is the molecule that allows plants to capture energy from sunlight?
A. Carbohydrates C. ATP
B. Chlorophyll D. Oxygen
102. An ant colony stores food in the summer, defends itself by stinging enemies and
invades a competing ant colony and steals larvae and use them as new workers. What
is the term to best describe how this species copes with everyday life?
A. Ecological defeat C. Ecological success
B. Environmental habitation D. Ecological niche
103. What are the thin structure essential for cytokinesis, amoeboid movement and
changes in cell shape?
A. Myosin filaments C. Monofilaments
B. Pseudo filaments D. Microfilaments
107. What are the hormones responsible for plant growth, promoting auxillary bud
growth and apical dominance?
A. Auxins and Gibberellins C. Auxins and abscisate
B. Cytokinins and Gibberellins D. Cytokinins and auxins
108. Which of the following is the CORRECT name for the compound MnF3?
A. Manganese flouride (III) C. Manganese (III) flouride
B. Manganese (I) flouride (III) D. Manganese (III) flouride (III)
111. Which of the following is a measure of pressure, defines as one newton per square
meter?
A. Pascal C. Milliliter
B. Atomic Units D. Poise
115. Damage to DNA that is not repaired and then replicated can result in genetic
disorders.
A. Mutation C. Embryology
B. Pathology D. Speciation
117. How are bats able to navigate in the dark without bumping into anything?
A. They emit sound waves whose returning vibrations can detect the presence of
objects
B. They are able to fluoresce in the dark
C. They have supersonic eyesight
D. They can disappear
118. This demonstrated the feeding connections between all life forms.
A. Nutrition cycles C. Fossil cycl
B. Biochemical pathways D. Food web
119. One instance of taking away the life of another person without due process is
____________.
A. Euthanasia C. capital punishment
B. Salvaging D. suicide
120. A species of fish lived in a lake. When a dam was constructed in the area a group
of fish was separated and populated a new pond. They then developed differing
characteristics and became a distinct species. Which of the following concepts explain
this speciation?
A. Geographical isolation C. Episodic isolation
B. Chronotropic isolation D. Behavioral isolation
122. Air, flood and water are essential elements in human existence. Carried by the
wind, polluted air called ________________falls to earth poisoning fish and
destroying vegetation.
A. La Nina C. Greenhouse rain
B. El Nino D. Acid rain
123. In the pacific area, a storm is called _____________.
A. Hurricane C. Typhoon
B. El Nino D. La Nina
124. When the North Pole is tilted towards the sun, it is summer and when the sun
shines all the time both day and night, what is this called?
A. Twilight sun C. Summer light
B. Northern Light D. Midnight Sun
125. The Kyoto protocol, which requires countries to reduce greenhouse emission, is a
practice that advocates _________.
A. Environmental protection C. Ecological destruction
B. Sustainable potential D. Forest Demolition
126. Ecosystem is the relationship between the physical and biological environments in
a certain plain. Among desert ecosystems, the world’s largest ecosystem is
______________.
A. Sahara C. Tian shan
B. Sonoran D. Namib
MATH
127. In an English test, eight students obtained the following scores: 10, 15, 12, 18, 16,
24, 12, 14. What is the median score?
A. 14 C. 15. 5
B. 14. 5 D. 15
129. A Toyota car travelling at a rate of 70 km per hour leaves the house 2 hours after
a Kia car has left and overtakes it. In 5 hours at what rate was the Kia car travelling?
A. 30 kilometers per hour C. 20 kilometers per hour
B. 50 kilometers per hour D. 40 kilometers per hour
130. If the average or arithmetic mean of x and -5 is 10, then what must be the value of
x?
A. 15 C. 30
B. 25 D. 20
131. Which of the following gives the numerical value of the population?
A. Range C. Parameter
B. Statistics D. Variable
132. The grades in Mathematics of students in section A are as follows: 80, 75, 60, 95,
100. What is the population variance of their group?
A. 230 C. 264
B. 270 D. 224 – NO ANSWER : 206
135. If a student has an average of 76 % on his first two tests and has an average of 85
% on the next four tests, what is the final average on all six tests?
A. 82. 0 % C. 80. 5 %
B. 82. 5 % D. 81. 3 %
139. In an English test, eight students obtained the following scores: 12, 10, 13, 11, 15,
20, 19, 17. What is the median score?
A. 14 C. 17
B. 16.5 D. 15.5
147. The altitude of a triangle is 5 meters and the base is 20 meters. What is the area of
the triangle?
A. 50 square meters C. 20 square meters
B. 60 square meters D. 24 square meters
149. The measure of an angle is 25 more than its supplement. What is the measure of
the larger angle?
A. 110. 5 degrees C. 102. 5 degrees
B. 95. 5 degrees D. 77. 5 degrees
153. Guzman Company manufactures beds. In its catalogue, a double bed is priced at
P5,000.00 less a discount to the trade of 20%. What will Rosan Departments Store
have to pay for the bed?
A. P4,000.00 C. P4, 000. 00
B. P4,500. 00 D. P4,980. 00
154. A receipt calls for 2 eggs for every cup of flour. If a head chef uses 28 cups of
flour, how many eggs will he need?
A. 56 eggs C. 65 eggs
B. 14 eggs D.55 eggs
155. What is the total amount after adding interest of 8% on P10,000.00 for 3 years?
A. P12,400.00 C. P13,400. 00
B. P11, 000. 00 D. P15, 000. 00
158. It can be used to show the progress in academic grades over four quarters.
A. Circle graph C. Pie graph
B. Line graph D. Bar graph
159. It illustrates how a portion of the data relates with the whole.
A. Line graph C. Bar Graph
B. Pie graph D. Area diagram
ICT
162. Messages are easily transported anywhere in the world through the
_____________.
A. E-shopping C. E-mail
B. E-registry D. E-learning
FILIPINO
178. Orihinal: Mother cooked adobo for kuya Manuel. Salin: Si nanay ay nagluto ng
adobo para kay kuya Manuel. Ito ay pagsasaling?
A. Adaptasyon C. Idyomatiko
B. Malaya D. Literal