SOCIAL SCIENCE a.

Lack of models among the very people

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
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

2. In which organization is the Philippines

a member to fight communist aggression? 7. To govern is to rule and the government
a. APEC rules by laws. Whose main duty is the
b. ASA enforcement of laws?
c. UN a. Police department
d. SEATO b. Judiciary department
c. Legislative department
3. The theory that population increases by d. Executive department
geometrical ratio while the means of
subsistence increases by arithmetical ratio 8. The term that refers to the class of
is attributed to? Filipinos who were free and independent
a. Karl Marx a. Timawa
b. Robert Malthus b. Maharlika
c. Emile Durkheim c. Aliping namamahay
d. Aristotle d. Aliping saguiguilid

4. In what instance is the Filipino double-
standard 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
d. Northeast
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

6. The important factors which have 12.Which economic system is based on

contributed to the weakness in the free enterprise?
internalization of desirable values is the? a. Globalism
b. Mixed economies d. Supported Marxist philosophy to change
c. Capitalism existing governments
d. Communism
19. Nebuchadnezzar was to the Babylonian
13. How is the so-called colonial mentality Empire as Asoka was to the ______ Empire.
manifested? a. Roman
a. Cultural relativism b. Gupta
b. Cultural diversity c. Greek
c. Xenocentrism d. Maurya
d. Ethnocentrism
20. With the opposition of the parity rights
14. Which is a safeguard against unfair in mind, who does NOT belong to the
trade practices like short-weighing? group?
a. Total Quality Movement a. Claro M. Recto
b. Consumerism b. Jose Laurel
c. Consumer vigilance c. Manuel Roxas
d. Substandardization d. Pedro Taruc

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
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
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 30. The following are our constitutional
rights EXCEPT to
25. As an effect of our geography, in which a. Free access to legal assistance which
of the following island/s do people travel shall not be denied due to poverty
mostly by water? b. Have access to all records of the
a. Luzon government
b. Mindanao c. Be presumed innocent until proven
c. Visayas guilty
d. Visayas and Mindanao d. Form association and labor unions

26. As an insular country, to which Answers: 1D 2D 3B 4D 5C 6A 7D 8A 9D

principle does the Philippines adhere when 10C 11B 12C 13C 14C 15D 16C 17D 18B
it comes to territorial boundary? 19D 20C 21B 22B 23C 24D 25C 26D 27B
a. Two hundred nautical miles of the 28D 29B 30B
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