1. He established the tobacco monopoly during the Spanish era. 10.

10. If I _____ known you before, we could have become partners

for a project.
a. Jose Basco
b. Rafael Izquierdo a. Will
c. Basilio Agustin b. Could
d. Francisco Rizzo c. Had
d. Have
2. Technology ______ dramatically in the twenty-first century.
11. These are the thin structures of cytokinesis amoeboid movement
a. Was improved changes in the cell shape.
b. Has improved
c. Is improved a. Pseudofilaments
d. Did improve b. Myosinfilamints
c. Microfilamints
3. A bread – and butter sandwich ________ my favorite morning d. Nanofilamints
snack.
12. All important factors must be considered to arrive at a sound
a. Is ________.
b. Has been
c. Are a. Query
d. Have been b. Change
c. Problem
4. This is a segmented worm that can be used to facilitate d. Decision
anticoagulation.
13. The cause of power outage was a ______connection.
a. Leeches
b. Maggots a. Lose
c. Earthworms b. Loose
d. Bloodworms c. Lost
d. Losing
5. The ______ of the story is that friendship is sacred.
14. Virtual face-to-face communication is made possible by this
a. Morale software.
b. Message
c. Moral a. Google
d. lesson b. Skype
c. Twitter
6. What are the prime factors of 273? d. Facebook

a. 3x3x7x7 15. “My head is bloody, but unbowed”

b. 2x3x13
c. 3x7x13 a. Metaphor
d. 3x3x6x9 b. Simile
c. Alliteration
7. This is the surface of the earth between the Tropic Cancer and d. Hyperbole
Arctic Circle.
16. The shakesperean classic saw the predicament of two lovers
a. Plane from warring families.
b. Circle
c. Zone a. Hamlet and Ophelia
d. Cone b. Anthony and Cleopatra
c. Ana and the King
8. Political idealists advocate ideals in politics such as justice, and d. Romeo and Juliet
fairness. Political realist have a more realist viewpoint of politics,
aptly stated by “Might is right”. Who among the following is more 17. If the opposite sides of a quadrilateral are equal, the figure is a
of a political realist rather than political idealist? _______.

a. Julius Caesar a. Shambers

b. Mohatma Ghandi b. Rectangle
c. Martin Luther King c. Square
d. Benigno Jr. Aquino d. Parallelogram

9. Even when her friends betray her, Becky bears no rancor in her 18. The proposed equipment ______within the budget of the school.
heart because she is not _____.
a. Are
a. Insulted b. Is
b. Embarrassed c. Is appearing
c. Consoled d. Are appearing
d. Bitter
19. The Philippine Legislature has two houses: senate and House of
Representatives. What term best describes this setup? 28. This is modern technology’s response to message previously
sent over couriers or post offices
a. Bicameralism
b. Bipartisanship a. E-shopping
c. Unicameralism b. E-Registry
d. Co-legislative power c. E-Mail
d. Frailocracia
20. How do you call the tax imposed on all employed and practicing
professionals? 29. Among the not-easily-observable skills are cognitive abilities.
This is because they are _______.
a. Income Tax
b. Real estate tax a. Overt
c. Community Tax b. Psychological
d. Inheritance Tax c. Hidden
d. Mental
21. This field with the study of how human beings behave.
30. Among all the religious missionaries, who arrived first?
a. Philosophy
b. Morality a. Dominicans
c. Psychology b. Franciscans
d. Ethics c. Jesuits
d. Augustinians
22. Which of the following is considered the lowest form of
learning? 31. What is the LCM of 5,2, and 7?

a. Perceiving a. 35
b. Responding b. 140
c. Conditioning c. 15
d. Teaching d. 70

23. Reason must be used in understanding the existence of God. 32. “My concept of inner peace came from my mother’s daily
Who advocated this philosophy? activities which I now recall with fondness and awe. She was a full-
time housewife wholly dependent on my father’s monthly salary.
a. St. Benedict How she made both ends meet, guided us in our studies and did
b. St. Peter small acts of charity on the side was beyond me.” Based on the
c. St. John recount, the mother’s financial resource were ______
d. St. Thomas Aquinas
a. More than enough
24. If the principles and theories of human behavior were to be b. Abundant
applied to teaching and learning. The field will be called ______. c. Enough
d. Limited
a. Educational Theory
b. Educational Philosophy 33. “I am a retired public school teacher. As a teacher, I was branded
c. Educational Psychology as a terror in school. The pupils dreaded the day they would enter
d. Educational Sociology my class. Little did they know that behind my unpopular façade was
a heart full of compassion. But how did I learn this moniker? I did
25. In July 1901, Isabelo delos Reyes founded the first labor union not tolerate dirty pupils in my class. I wanted them to know that
in the country. What was its name? cleanliness of body was good of their health. I inspected their teeth,
nails, footwear, handkerchiefs, clothes, ears, noses and hair.”
a. Association of the Philippine Labor Based on the recount, the teacher values __________
b. Union Obrera Democratica
c. Union Trabajadores de Filipinos a. Cleanliness
d. Association De Compania Tabacalera b. Study
c. Absence
26. The Philippine lies in the _____, an area where volcanoes are d. Posture
active.
34. The student’s request to reset the test ______ reasonable.
a. Archipelagic fault line
b. Ring of fire a. Will
c. Wheel of fire b. Very
d. Volcanic Rim c. Are
d. is
27. During the June 12, 1898 Declaration of Independence, a band
played the Marcha Nacional Filipino What band was this? 35. This person served as the brains behind the “ arena theater”

a. Pangkatkawayang ng Pateros a. Carpio

b. Kawit Cavite Band b. Tinio
c. Malabon Band c. Montano
d. San Francisco de Malabon d. Avellana
 d. Oxymoron
36. Ano ang tawag sa tatlong magkaka sunod na tuldok na ginagamit
upang ipabatid na may bahaging hindi sinipi mula sa talata? 45. Anong dulog pampanitikan ang kilala rin sa tawag bilang reader-
response theory?
a. Ellipsis
b. Abstrak a. Antropolohiya
c. Synopsis b. Impresyonista
d. Sisntesis c. Patalambuhay
d. Pansikolohiya
37. Ito ang humahadlang sa maayos na pakikinig.
46. Ano ang tinataglay ng mga sumusunod na salita: tanaw, aliw,
a. Ingay kamay, reyna?
b. Okasyon
c. Oras a. Diptonggo
d. Salita b. Pares minimal
c. Klaster
38. Kung bibilangin ang pantig sa bawat taludtod ng tula, ito ang d. Ponema
makukuha.
47. What do you call the molecule that contains the genetic
a. Talinghaga information of the organism?
b. Kariktan
c. Tugma a. Nucleic Acid
d. Sukat b. Nucleolus
c. Ribosomes
39. Ito ay uri ng pangungusap na tumutukoy sa pangyayaring d. Organelles
pangkalikasan o pangkapaligiran.
48. Which power of the state enables it to impose charge of burden
a. Temporal upon persons, property or property rights for the use and support of
b. Eksistensyal the government expenditures for social services and a way of
c. Penomenal revenue collection?
d. Modal
a. Eminent domain
40. What do you think will mostly happen when a plant cell is placed b. Expropriation
in a hypotonic solution? c. Value added tax
d. Taxation
a. There will be no effect on the plant cell
b. The plant cell will swell 49. What was the first term given by Marcelo H. Del Pilar to the
c. The plant cell will shrivel notorious invisible influence and domination by Spanish religious
d. The cell wall of the plant cell will thicken priests over the colonial government.

41. A toothpick can float on the surface of the water because of a. Lassuertpartidas
b. Pase Region
a. Surface tension c. Frailocracia
b. Viscosity d. Complace
c. Buoyant force
d. Liquid pressure 50. The fundamental right invoked by filing the “writ of amparo” is
_____
42. Which of the following organisms is considered heterotophic?
a. The right to self defense
a. Algae b. The right to due process
b. Moss c. The right to life, liberty and security
c. Grasshopper d. The right to be defended by a public attorney
d. Fern

43. Below are different sources of energy. Which do you think is the
most DISADVANTAGEOUS because of its possible threat to
human sources of food?

a. Geo-Thermal
b. Sun
c. Wind
d. Fauna

44. “The prodigal son, who is the black sheep of the family, has
returned home.” What figure of speech was used in the given
statement?

a. Metaphor
b. Simile
c. Irony