Part 1 General Education 

C. on 
150 QUESTIONS With ANSWERS  D. with 
1. Rennie Boy believes that everything that happens 9. Vascular tissue that transports water in leaves
in this world has a cause or reason. What scientific connects directly to which of the following?
attitude is seen in his actions? A. meristems in the root tip 
A. curiosity  B. pistils in the flower 
B. firm set of beliefs  C. root hairs in the epidermis 
C. honesty  D. xylem in the stem 
D. critical-mindedness  10. Which statement is true? 
2. _____ it never recycled any waste materials, the A. 5–√ is a rational number. 
company’s environmental record was not perfect.  B. b. 0 is a positive number 
A. For  C. 3–√ is a real number. 
B. In that  D. 4–√ is an irrational number 
C. With  11. If a die is rolled, what is the probability of getting a
D. Due to  number divisible by 2? 
3. Our guest of honor was a loquacious speaker. A. 1/6 
Loquacious means:  B. 1/2 
A. reserved  C. 1/4 
B. verbose  D. 1/3 
C. reticent  12. Why do mothers usually soak meat in pineapple
D. spiritless  juice before cooking it? 
4. The sociological concept of home for most A. It makes meat tender. 
Filipino is the presence of _____.  B. It removes the bad odor. 
A. families with boarders in addition to the family C. It improves the taste of meat. 
members  D. It preserves the natural taste of meat.
B. nuclear family and extended families C. 13. What is considered the earliest form of writing in
families with illegal light and water the Philippines? 
connections  A. Abakada 
D. families with pet dogs and cats  B. Roman alphabet 
5. "A man is known by the company he keeps." This is C. Alibata 
an example of a _____.  D. Balitaw 
A. report  14. Most asteroids are found between the two planets: 
B. rule  A. Venus and Earth 
C. poem  B. Earth and Mars 
D. proverb  C. Mars and Jupiter 
6. Which of the following is the ultimate purpose of D. Jupiter and Saturn 
Human Right Education?  15. A wood frame for pouring concrete has an interior
A. to identify threats of human rights  perimeter of 14 meters. Its length is one meter greater
B. to generate awareness of one’s basic rights C. to than its width. The frame is to be braced with twelve-
check on abuses in the exercise of human rights  gauge steel cross-wires. Assuming an extra half-meter
D. to understand and change conditions which give of wire is used at either end of a cross-wire for
rise to human rights violation  anchoring, what length of wire should be cut for each
7. The members of the federation of cooperatives are brace?
_____.  A. 6 m 
A. primaries  B. 7 m 
B. secondaries  C. 8 m 
C. natural persons  D. 12 m 
D. primary and secondary cooperatives 8. Be 16. New students at the shop should bring _____.
sure to fill _____ the forms correctly. A. over  A. hammers wrenches and screwdrivers
B. in  B. hammers, wrenches, and screwdrivers
C. hammers, wrenches and screwdrivers 25. Two air masses have the same humidity. Which
D. hammers wrenches, and screwdrivers of the following can also be said about them? 
17. The army’s retreat was  A. They have the same temperature. 
IGNOMINICUSFUL. This means _____.  B. They have the same volume 
A. reputable  C. Both have rain clouds. 
B. honorable  D. none of the above 
C. shameful  26. _____ I help you, sir? 
D. mysterious  A. Might 
18. Ibigay ang tayutay na nagamit sa sumusunod: Ikaw ang B. Could 
payong ng aking buhay - silungan ng init - hatid ay proteksyon C. May 
sa panahong masungit D. - 
A.simile 27. What measure of central tendency can best
B. personipikasyon  describe the size of t-shirts commonly used by
C. metapora  teenagers? 
D. paglilipat-wika  A. mean 
19. Which of the following BEST demonstrates the B. median 
greenhouse principle?  C. mode 
A. a heated aquarium  D. both a and c 
B. a car with rolled-up windows  28. _____ tell her professor next time. 
C. a microwave oven  A. She does 
D. a solar battery -powered calculator 20. The bank was B. She 
swarmed with depositors. The bank ______  C. She'll 
A. declared an open house  D. She's 
B. declared dividends  29. Wise people can _____ with frustrations.
C. declared a holiday  A. cope in 
D. declared bankruptcy  B. cope up 
21. The Rizal Day celebration reminds us about heroes C. cope 
worth _____.  D. cope on 
A. appreciating  30. Which enables the computer to communicate with
B. emulating  other computers over the telephone? A. network 
C. reading about  B. modem 
D. studying  C. internet 
22. Which among the following represents the D. hypermedia 
smallest unit of life?  31. Which of the following is expressed clearly,
A. embryo  effectively states the idea, and has no structural error? 
B. organelle  A. I learned the distance of the sun from the earth
C. cell  was 90 million miles. 
D. atom  B. I learned that the sun was 90 million miles from
23. What is the equation of the line whose slope is -2 the earth. 
and whose y-intercept is 3?  C. I learned that the sun is 90 million miles from the
A. 2x +3y =6  earth. 
B. x +2y =3  D. I learned that the earth and the sun are 90
C. 2x +2y =4  million miles apart. 
D. 2x +y =3  32. Basically, the Philippine agrarian reform is a
24. Nag-aaral ako _____ mabuti upang makakuha ako question of _____. 
ng iskolarship.  A. land distribution 
A. nang  B. nepotism and corruption 
B. ng  C. graft and corruption 
C. mas  D. environmental degradation 
D. lalong  33. I really object _____ in rooms where other
people have to eat. 
A. people smoking  C. Pull out the power cable from the back of the
B. to people smoke  computer. 
C. people to smoke  D. Click "Shut Down" on the on the Start menu
D. to people smoking  and choose "Shut down" from the Shut Down
34. What is the exact date of Rizal’s birth? A. Windows drop-down list. 
June 19, 1862  41. Why do fisherfolks catch more fish during the new
B. June 19, 1858  moon than during the full moon?
C. June 19, 1861  A. Fishes are more active during the new moon because
D. June 19, 1860  of the salt content of water is just right.
35. Given the following scores of 70, 95, 60, 80, and B. Fishes look for mates during the new moon.
100, what can you infer from the measures of C. Fishes go near the surface during the new moon
variability that can be obtained from this? because the water is warmer. 
A. The population is very homogeneous. D. Fishes are attracted to the light from the fishing
B. The measures are very unstable.  boat which fishermen make use during the new
C. The grades are very scattered.  moon. 
D. The range of scores is a very reliable measure of 42. "Mahal kita, mahal kita, hindi 'to bola/ Ngumiti ka man
variability.  lang sana ako'y nasa langit na." Ang salitang pampanitikan na
36. Which one of the following is a result of ginamit sa linya ng kanta ay nangangahulugang _____.
compressing a file?  A. napakasaya 
A. The file is deleted.  B. pakikipagkaibigan 
B. The file size is smaller.  C. sinisinta 
C. The three character extension is hidden. D. laruan 
D. All file properties are lost 43. Which is the method of growing vegetables and
37. What is the measure of an interior angle of a low plants in a nutrient-packed aerated solution with
regular dodecagon?  no soil at all? 
A. 120 degrees  A. vegetative cultivation 
B. 130 degrees  B. natural farming 
C. 140 degrees  C. hydroponics 
D. 150 degrees  D. aerial cultivation 
38. 1/5 of the width and 1/4 of the length of a 44. Which part of the brain is responsible for memory
rectangular cardboard is cut off. What part of the and intelligence? 
original cardboard is the area of the remaining A. cerebellum 
piece?  B. cerebrum 
A. 30% of the original area  C. medulla oblongata 
B. 40% of the original area  D. thalamus 
C. 50% of the original area  45. How can the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform
D. 60% of the original area  Program bring about social equity and economic
39. Which is the "brain" of a prosperity in the country? 
computer? A. CPU  I. By distributing the agricultural lands to landless
B. peripheral  farmers free of charge 
C. software  II. By transferring the ownership of land to farmers
D. RAM  for a value 
40. Which one of the following is an appropriate III. By helping the affected landowners to use their land
routine to shut down a non-responding compensation in viable business activities 
application?  IV. By providing support services to farmer
A. Close all open documents and press the power beneficiaries 
button until the computer automatically switches A. II, III, and IV 
off.  B. I, II, and IV 
B. Press "Ctrl + Alt + Delete", then select the non C. I, II, and III 
responding application in the Task Manager D. I, III, and IV 
window and click "End Task". 
 46. You are a member of a cooperative which operates 53. What instrument is used to measure the
taxis, tricycles, and buses. Of which type of a cooperative intensity of earthquakes? 
are you a member?  A. barograph 
A. service cooperative  B. thermograph 
B. multipurpose cooperative  C. seismograph 
C. marketing cooperative  D. hygrograph 
D. producers cooperative  54. Excuse me, can I borrow _____ dictionary? A.
47. Which among the following is an example of a your 
transfer payment?  B. yours 
A. profit  C. you 
B. rent  D. a 
C. unemployment benefits  55. Alin ang di karaniwang anyo ng pandiwang HINTAY
D. government purchases  KA? 
48. Adolfo does not allow his feelings and biases to A. tay 
influence his recording of observations, interpretation B. tayka 
of data, and formulation of conclusions. What scientific C. intay 
attitude is reflected in his actions?  D. teka 
A. absence of bias  56. Alin sa mga sumusunod ang aral na ibinigay ng ANG
B. concern for the environment  ALAMAT NI MARIANG MAKILlNG na ikinuwento ni Jose
C. rationality  Rizal? 
D. objectivity  A. Pagyamanin at pangalagaan ang ating bayan at lahi
49. If a baseball player hits 10 home runs in the first 45 pagka’t hiyas at yaman natin ito. 
games, at the same rate how many home runs can he B. Pag-ibig ang makapagbabago sa mundong ito. C.
expect to hit during the 162-game season?  Kabanalan ang magpatawad at tulungan ang isang
A. 38  nagkasala. 
B. 42  D. Dahil sa pagmamalabis at 
C. 36  pagsasamantala, maraming biyaya ang sa
D. 40  kanya'y nawawala. 
50. Which method of reproduction provides for the 57. Which is the main goal of drug abuse
most variety of offspring?  education? 
A. cloning  A. arrest 
B. sexual reproduction  B. prevention 
C. asexual reproduction  C. control 
D.cellular reproduction D. rehabilitation 
51. The following EXCEPT one are experience that help 58. The amount of substance having 6.02 x 10^23 of any
students build a global orientation. kind of chemical unit is called a/an _____. 
A. Teach about the United Nations and its specialized A. mass number 
agencies  B. mole 
B. Explore some of the reasons for the C. formula 
differences in ways of living  D. atomic weight 
C. Conduct training with schools from other 59. How many ways can a committee of 4 people be selected
countries  from a group of 7 people? A. 35 
D. Promote the development of stereotypes and B. 70 
ethnic bias  C. 140 
52. Alin ang paksa sa sumusunod na  D. 210 
pangungusap? Ginagawa niya ang pagdarasal 60. A rectangle is 4 times a long as it is wide. If the length
araw-araw.  of the third side? 
A. ginagawa  A. 2 x 32 
B. araw-araw  B. 4 x 16 
C. pagdarasal  C. 3 x 14 
D. niya  D. 5 x 12 
 61. What law was passed by Philippine Congress in 1995 D. 17/4 
which affirms the total integration of persons with 69. Which among the following statements is
disabilities into the mainstream of society?  always true? 
A. R.A. 7277  A. The supplement of an angle is acute. B. The
B. R.A. 7784  complement of an angle is obtuse. C. The
C. R.A. 7722  complement of any acute angle is acute. D. Two
D. R.A. 7776  supplementary angles are congruent. 70. A losing
62. Far _____ Terry’s small plane lay the freezing senatorial candidate may file a protest against the
waters of the North Sea, where his father’s boat had winner. What body will assume jurisdiction over the
disappeared many years before.  case? 
A. down  A. Supreme Court 
B. under  B. Electoral Tribunal 
C. underneath  C. COMELEC 
D. below  D. Regional Trial Court 
63. To reduce electronic waste, implement a 71. Ano ang pormasyon na pantig sa mga titik na "prin"
recycling system. Which belong to an e-waste sa salitang prinsesa? 
recycling system?  A. KKPK 
I. Repair  B. KKP 
II. Reuse  C. KPK 
III. Upgrading of existing equipment  D. KP 
A. I, II, and III  72. The Philippines belong to the type of biome called
B. I only  _____. 
C. I and II  A. dicidous forest 
D. II only  B. taiga 
64. A molecule or an ion is classified as a Lewis base if C. tropical rainforest 
it has which of the following properties? A. donates a D. grassland 
proton to water  73. A square has an area of 400 sq. cm . What is its
B. accepts a pair of electrons  perimeter? 
C. has resonance structures  A. 20 cm 
D. accepts a proton from water  B. 80 cm 
65. Kailan natin ipinadiriwang ang Lingo ng Wika?  C. 100 cm 
A. Hunyo 13-19  D. 40 cm 
B. Agosto 13-19  74. If 500 or 25% of a graduating class are girls, how
C. Agosto 1-31  many are graduating? 
D. Marso 13-19  A. 2000 
66. Excuse me, _____ the time?  B. 5000 
A. have you  C. 10000 
B. have you got  D. 20000 
C. got you  75. What type of thermo-nuclear reaction occurs in the
D. do you  sun which generates a tremendous amount of heat
67. Nowadays, _____ are much better behaved than energy? 
their parents were at the same age, don’t you think?  A. fission 
A. teenagers B. radiation 
B. the teenagers  C. convection 
C. a teenager  D. fusion 
D. teen an ager  76. Nobel Prize winners are chosen from
68. If x = 1 and y = -2, what is the value of the different levels. Where was Pres. Quirino
expression, x22xy−4x+3xy2?  considered? 
A. -9/2  A. politics 
B. 15/2  B. literature 
C. -7/2  C. human rights 
D. economics  B. change the mass of your body 
77. Organisms that eat plants only are called C. be ready to grab something in case you fall
_____.  D. change the center of gravity of your body and load 
A. ovipores  85. If a picture frame is 27 cm long and 18 cm wide, what is
B. herbivores  the ratio of its length to its width?
C. omnivores  A. 3:2 
D. carnivores  B. 2:3 
78. Piliin ang salitang may diptonggo. C. 3:5 
A. yoyong  D. 5:3 
B. kamay  86. When a teacher is charged with administrative case
C. lawa  committed in the lawful discharge of professional duties,
D. tihaya  what right may the teacher invoke for their defense? 
79. How many prime numbers are there between 1 and A. right to receive compensation in the duration of the
100?  case 
A. 23  B. right to be given the due process of law
B. 24  C. right to be defended by the organization of teachers
C. 25  to which they are a member
D. 26  D. right to be provided with free legal service by the
80. You cannot share what you do not have, Who appropriate office 
portrayed it best?  87. In how many ways can a team of 10 basketball
A. Heaven is built on stilts. One can buy all players be chosen from 12 players?
happiness.  A. 62 
B. The Man scorned on the Cross not redeem the world B. 64 
without suffering.  C. 66 
C. Patience on the rice store cue was tested by a D. 72 
grumbling lady.  88. Find m in the proportion m/12 = 30/24.
D. Words without deeds can never go far. A. 3 
81. When a person shows the ability to understand and B. 15 
appreciate the similarities and differences in the C. 20 
customs, values, and beliefs of one's culture, that D. 25 
person is said to _____. A. possess multicultural 89. People who are too _____ are liable to be
literacy  deceived by unscrupulous individuals.
B. possess sociocultural awareness  A. wary 
C. possess global awareness  B. credulous 
D. possess social literacy  C. cynical 
82. Mr. Lucido deposited 225 pesos in the bank. If his D. demanding 
deposit consisted of 29 bills, consisting of 5 peso, and 10 90. _____ natin ng mapa si Kenny para hindi siya
peso bills, how many 10 peso bills did he deposit?  maligaw. 
A. 13  A. Iwan 
B. 14  B. Mag-iwan 
C. 15  C. Iwanan 
D. 16  D. Pag-iwan 
83. Marumi ang baso. Huwag mong ____ yan! 91. Pinandirihan ni Mico ang aso niyang _____.
A. inumin  A. ma-galis 
B. inuman  B. mag-alis 
C. uminom  C. magalis 
D. pag-inuman  D. galis-aso 
84. When you carry a heavy load with one arm, you 92. Any individual has the right to question why he is
tend to hold your free had away from your body in being arrested, and to summon his accusers to court so
order to _____.  that due process may be performed. This right is
A. change the weight of your body and load embodied in which of the following?
A. reclusion perpetua  B. upang 
B. res ipsa loquitur  C. sanhi 
C. prison mayor  D. ukol 
D. habeas corpus  101. Ang mga mata mo ay tulad ng bituin sa kalangitan.
93. The elevator can carry a maximum load of 605 kg. Ano ang ginamit na pagpapahayag dito? 
How many passengers of weight 50.5 kg each can the A. pagtutulad 
elevator hold?  B. personipikasyon 
A. 12  C. pagwawangis 
B. 11.9  D. pang-uyam 
C. 11  102. What science deals with the study of outer space? 
D. 10  A. Astronomy
94. 4 1/5 + 3 2/7 = _____  B. ceanography 
A. 7 3/12  C. Paleontology 
B. 7 3/35  D. Geology 
C. 7 17/35  103. To pass her English Test, Lucille must get 75% of the items
D. 7 1/35  correct. Out of 80 questions, how many must she correctly
95. For the fruit punch, 3050 mL of fruit juice is needed. answer?
How much fruit juice is needed in dekaliters?  A. 55 
A. 0.305  B. 60 
B. 3.05  C. 70 
C. 5.03  D. 65 
D. 0.053  104. To stimulate the nation's economy and to
96. "Ang babae ay huwag mong tingnang isang bagay na increase employment, former President Diosdado
libangan lamang kundi isang katuwang at karamay sa mga Macapagal _____. 
kahirapan nitong  A. abolished government repressive controls
kabuhayan." (E. Jacinto) Ang tungkulin ng wika sa linya ay B. borrowed money from the World Bank
_____.  C. standardized the salaries of government
A. pangheuristiko  employees 
B. pang-interaksyunal  D. gave incentives to home cottage industries
C. panregulatori  105. The ratio of the number of red, green, and blue balls
D. pang-instrumental  in a box is 2:5:6. How many green balls are there if there
97. Anong tayutay ang tinutukoy nito? Durog ang katawang are 52 balls in all? 
bumagsak sa semento si Miguel. A. pagtutulad  A. 4 
B. pagbibigay-katauhan  B. 8 
C. pagmamalabis  C. 20 
D. pagwawangis  D. 24 
98. Yes, the script was excellent, but the 106. Which of the following is expressed clearly,
performances were _____ weak.  effectively states the idea, and has no structural error? 
A. completely  A. Good teachers possess a capacity for
B. extremely  connectedness; not in the method but in their hearts -
C. utterly  a place where intellect, emotion, spirit, and will
D. absolutely  converge in the human self. 
99. The smallest angle of a triangle is two-thirds the size of B. Good teachers possess a capacity for cooperation; not
the middle angle, and the middle angle is three-sevenths of in the method but in their hearts where they knowledge,
the largest angle. Find all three angle measures.  spirit and emotion converge. 
A. 30°, 60°, 90°  C. Good teachers are capable to promote
B. 45°, 45°, 90°  nterrelationship among learners, parents, school heads,
C. 35°, 45°, 110°  and community. 
D. 30°, 45°, 105°  D. Good teachers have the capacity to develop
100. Tandaan mo na lahat ng paghihirap ni Luis ay _____ sa interpersonal relationship among the factors in the
iyong magandang kinabukasan. A. tungkol  learning environment. 
107. We’re late. By the time we get to the cinema, the B. 85031 
film _____ .  C. 85041 
A. will have started  D. 85051 
B. has started  116. Which of the following documents embodies the
C. will start  general principles of human rights which set forth the
D. will have been starting  minimum standard of living for all people pf the world? 
108. One of the objectives of Philippine Education as A. International Covenant on Civil, Political Rights 
provided in the 1987 Constitutions is to promote respect B. International Covenant on socio 
for human rights. To gave flesh to this constitutional Economic, Cultural rights 
mandate, President Aquino issued an order requiring C. Universal Declaration of Human Rights D. United
human rights to be integrated in the school curricula. Nations Declaration on Rights to Development
Which of the following specifies the said directives? 117. Ibigay ang tayutay na nagamit sa sumusunod:
A. DECS Order No. 61  Ilaw ng tahanan - Ikaw ang sandigan - Lamyos ng
B. Executive Order No. 27  pagmamahal - Sa pag unlad ko'y tangan 
C. Presidential Decree No. 603  A. metonimiya 
D. Administrative Order No. 2  B. sinekdote 
109. In which part of the flower develop into seeds?  C. onomatopeya 
A. pistil  D. pagtawag 
B. ovary  118. A secret word that must be entered into the
C. ovules  computer before a person is allowed access to
D. ovary wall  information is called _____. 
110. renewable  A. input 
A. a resource that is inexhaustible  B. password 
B. a process where one plate is forced under another  C. program 
C. the blanket of air surrounding the Earth D. describes D. statement 
how different types of rocks are formed  119. Are you going shopping now? No, but _____
111. Which of the following is expressed clearly, effectively later. 
states the idea, and has no structural error?  A. I might go 
A. Albert himself told me it was true.  B. I might to go 
B. Albert, himself, told me it was true. C. Albert C. I might going 
told me it was true himself.  D. I might be go 
D. Albert told me himself it was true.  120. The Code of Ethics of Professional Teachers
112. Did you have _____ on holiday?  provides that a teacher has the right and duty to
A. a good weather  determine the academic marks and the promotion of
B. good weathers  learners. What is the obligation of the teacher in
C. good weather  relation to the aforementioned right as mandated in the
113. A behavioral psychologist would probably say that Education Act of 1982?
_____.  A. Refrain from making deductions in students ratings
A. introspection is a useful way to study mental processes  for acts not of poor scholarship.
B. the mind is most important when analyzing behavior  B. Refrain from discriminating high and low achievers in
C. we act based on rewards and punishments received  the classes they handle. 
D. the unconsciousness stimulates our behavior 114. Sino C. Refrain from influencing corporal punishment and
ang naglimbag ng "El Guinto de Pueblo ng panahon ng make it a basic for deductions in scholastic ratings. 
Amerikano?  D. Refrain from segregating the fast and slow learners
A. Sergio Osmena  for convenience in rating them.
B. Pascual Poblete  121. Which of the following is expressed clearly,
C. Jose Palma  effectively states the idea, and has no structural error? 
D. Francisco Balagtas  A. A strange car kept blinking the lights at us as he
115. When two missing digits in a given number are replaced, followed closely. 
the number is divisible by 99. What is the number?  B. A strange car followed closely, and he kept
A. 85021  blinking his lights at us. 
C. A strange car followed us closely, and its B. kontemplatibo 
driver kept blinking his lights at us.  C. imperpektibo 
D. A strange car, blinking the lights at us, D. perperktibo 
followed closely.  130. _____ taong masipag sa loob ng bulwagan.
122. Which of the following is the catalytic A. May 
converter on cars in the control technology? B. Mayroong 
A. carbon monoxide  C. A at B 
B. carbon dioxide  D. Wala ang sagot sa mga pagpipilian.
C. nitrogen dioxide  131. Who has greater moral responsibility and why? The
D. sulfur oxide  lazy master teacher who does not teach well or the
123. What type of cooperative provides beginning teacher who is groping while she teaches and so
assistance to general public such as  does not teach well either. 
transportation, health and housing?  A. The master teacher, who is older and more
A. consumer  experienced. 
B. producer  B. The master teacher, who is expected to have more
C. credit  knowledge and freedom. 
D. service  C. Cannot be determined. Age, experience, or freedom does
124. Which is at the base of a triangle that shapes us into not necessarily make some one more or less morally
what we are?  responsible than the other.
A. environment  D. Both are equally morally responsible.
B. heredity  132. Which of the following is expressed clearly, effectively
C. training  states the idea, and has no structural error? 
D. school attended  A. I would not want to be he. 
125. _____ up! Or we'll be late.  B. I would not want to be himself. 
A. You hurry  C. I would not want to be themselves.
B. Be hurrying  D. I would not want to theirselves. 
C. Hurry  133. Alin and tamang babala sa pagtatapon ng
D. Hurry you  basura? 
126. Which of the following demonstrate A. Gamitin and basurahan sa inyong bahay,
sublimation?  huwag dito 
A. dry ice evaporating  B. Dito and tambakan ng basura 
B. perspiration drying  C. Huwag mag-tapon ng basura dito 
C. laundry drying  D. Huwag mag-ipon ng basura dito 
D. steam forming water droplets  134. Which is the MOST important perceived
127. Ano ang salitang-ugat ng kanluran? A. kalan  need and problem of the Filipino family? 
B. kanlong  A. Unemployment or financial problem
C. lunan  B. Proneness to vices 
D. lunod  C. Over protectiveness of children 
128. A teacher wants to group her pupils into groups of 3 D.Double standard on the roles of male and
or 5 or 6. However, she found out that if she do that there female 
will always be 1 pupil left. What is the least possible 135. Which of the following statements about living
number of pupils  things is false? 
in the class?  A. All living things use energy to function.
A. 81  B. All living things are composed of cells.
B. 31  C. All living things have a nervous system. 
C. 21  D. All living things are capable of reproduction.
D. 11  136. Robert Frost wrote the poem "Acquainted with
129. Ibigay ang aspekto ng pandiwa sa sumusunod na the Night" from which the stanza is taken: I have been
pangungusap. Mag-aral sa bahay ng mga araling ukol sa one acquainted with the night.  I have walked out in
agham at teknolohiya. rain-back in rain. I have out walked the farthest city
A. pawatas  light. The poet in the stanza talks of 
A. isolation and loneliness.  A. was breaking - played 
B. happiness in having been acquainted with the night.  B. broke - was playing 
C. joy getting out of the house.  C. breaks - is playing 
D. youthful delight playing in the rain. 137. What form 145. Someone wrote: "Environment relates to the
of government is characterized by the separation of profound relationship between matter, nature, and
powers?  society, and in such a context, ICTs bring new ways of
A. Parliamentary  living in a more 
B. Presidential  interconnected society, all of which reduces our
C. Aristocracy  dependency on matter and affects our relationship with
D. Monarchical  nature." What does this convey? 
138. Which is the BEST evidence that helium gas is A. Environment and ICT are poles apart.
lighter than air?  B. ICT impacts on environment. 
A. Helium has the lowest boiling point of all C. Environment affects ICT. 
elements.  D. ICT brings us away from an interconnected society. 
B. Helium atoms do not combine with other air 146. mantle 
atoms.  A. the thickest layer of the Earth 
C. Helium-filled balloons rise in air.  B. a process where one plate is forced under another 
D. By volume, helium makes up only 0.0005% of air.  C. the blanket of air surrounding the Earth
139. I _____ get up at six o'clock this morning with much D. describes how different types of rocks are formed 
difficulty.  147. "Heto na, heto na, heto na, /wahh! Doo bidoo bidoo,
A. could  bidoo, bidoo." Alin ang nabuong salita o tunog sa linya na
B. managed to  nabuo ayon sa teoryang pooh-pooh? 
C. can  A. wahh 
140. One package is 100 pounds, and the other is 150 B. heto 
pounds. The weight of the second package is how many times C. na 
that of the first?  D. doo bidoo 
A. 1½ times heavier  148. A town that is located ______ is a location that should
B. ½ as heavy  have most nearly twelve hours of daylight and twelve hours
C. none of these  of darkness during December.
D. 10 pounds heavier  A. halfway between the Equator and the South Pole
141. Excursions are encouraged to allow participants to see B. close to the Equator
places. All the 400 personnel fell ill. Doctors’ laboratory C. close to the North Pole
findings traced the cause to _____.  D. close to the South Pole
A. congestion on the bus  149. And now for this evening’s main headline: Britain _____
B. food poisoning  another Olympic gold medal!
C. excitement  A. had won
D. excessive fat  B. wins
142. Which of the following facts support the Big Bang C. won
theory's explanation of the creation of the universe?  D. has won
A. The universe does not expand nor contract. 150. Charity begins at home. What illustrates this value?
B. The universe seldom expand.  A. Millionaires send checks anonymously
C. The universe will have background radiation. B. Patrons check out donations by the size of the
D. he universe has no beginning nor end. 143. In a advertisement
university, the ratio of female professors to the male C. Grandparents stay with the Home for the Aged. They are
professors is 8:5. If there are 75 male professors, how many nuisance to modern families
are female professors?  D. An ambassador in Jeddah shelters battered Filipino OCW’s
A. 120  and avoid social gatherings to be able to save food for these
B. 180  refugees
C. 225 
D. 375/8 
144. He_____ his leg while he _____ rugby.
Answer Keys  51. D  102. A
1. B  52. C  103. B
2. B  53. C  104. A
3. B  54. A  105. C
4. B  55. B  106. A
5. D  56. D  107. A
6. B  57. B  108. B
7. D  58. B 109. C
8. B  59. A 110. A
9. D  60. B 111. A
10. C  61. A 112.C
11. B  62. D 113.C
12. A  63. A 114.C
13. C  64. D 115.C
14. C  65. B 116.D
15. A  66. B 117. A
16. B  67. A 118. B
17. C  68. C
119. A
18. C  69. C
120. A
19. B  70. B
121. C
20. D  71. A
122. C
21. B  72. C
123. D
22. C  73. B
124. B
23. D  74. A
125. C
24. A  75. D
126. C
25. D  76. D
127. C
26. C  77. B
128. B
27. C  78. B
129. A
28. C  79. C
130. A
29. C  80. B
131. B
30. B  81. A
132. A
31. C  82. D
83. B 133. C
32. A 
33. D  84. D 134. A
34. C  85. A 135. C
35. C  86. D 136. A
36. B  87. C 137. B
37. D  88. A 138. C
38. D  89. B 139. B
39. A  90. C 140. C
40. B  91. C 141. B
41. D  92. D 142. C
42. A  93. C 143. A
43. C  94. A 144. B
44. B  95. A 145. B
45. A  96. C 146. A
46. A  97. D 147. A
47. C  98. B 148. B
48. D  99. D 149. D
49. C  100. D 150. D
50. B  101. A