Choose the letter of the correct answer
1) He was the last Spanish Governor-General in the
Philippines.
a. Diego de los Rios
b. Basilio Agustin
c. Miguel Lopez de Legazpi
d. Narciso Claveria
2) The Republic Act that requires the compulsory
teaching of Rizal Course and the lives of other
Filipino patriots is ______.
a. R.A. 7796
b. R.A. 7784
c. R.A. 1425
d. R.A. 8049
3) This Republic Act created the Technical
Education and Skills Development Authority
(TESDA):
a. R.A. 7796
b. R.A. 7784
c. R.A. 1425
d. R.A. 8049
4) An Act Strengthening Teacher Education in the
Philippines by establishing Centers of Excellence
and creating a Teacher Education Council.
a. R.A. 7796
b. R.A. 7784
c. R.A. 1425
d. R.A. 8049
5) It prohibits hazing and other forms of initiation
rites in fraternies, sororities, and other illegitimate
organizations.
a. R.A. 7796
b. R.A. 7784
c. R.A. 1425
d. R.A. 8049
6) Rizal was eight years old when he wrote this
poem. He realized the ultimate importance of
having a native tongue.
a. Remembrance to my Hometown
b. Our Mother Tongue
c. To Education
d. Intimate Alliance between Religion and
Education
7) This poem was written by Rizal when he was 15
years old His memories of Calamba demonstrated
his innate love of nature that ultimately developed
into a greater love of nation.
a. Remembrance to my Hometown
b. Our Mother Tongue
c. To Education
d. Initimate Alliance between Religion and
Education
8) In this poem, Rizal compared education to the
goodness of light, wisdom, hope, peace and truth.
a. Remembrance to my Hometown
b. Our Mother Tongue
c. To Education
d. Intimate Alliance between Religion and
Education
9) In this poem, Rizal noted the role of religion in
attaining good education.
a. Remembrance to my Hometown
b. Our Mother Tounge
c. To Education
d. Initimate Alliance between Religion and
Education
10) This was a prize winning poem of Rizal when
he was a student in UST. This poem proved that an
Indio was not only equal but also more superior
than the Spaniards in poetry writing.
a. To the Filipino Youth
b. They Ask Me for Verses
c. Hymn to Talisay
d. Kundiman
11) Rizal's loneliness is profoundly expressed in
this poem which has the lines, "His lyre had long
ago become so mute and broken; his use
stammers and no longer smiles at him." What is
the title of the poem?
a. Remembrance to my Hometown
b. Our Mother Tongue
c. To Education
d. Initimate Alliance between Religion and
Education
12) Written in 1895, the verses were used against
him during his trial in December 1896.
a. Remembrance to my Hometown
b. Our Mother Tounge
c. Hymn to Talisay
d. Intimate Alliance between Religion and
Education
13) The poem is one of the two only poems that
Rizal wrote in his vernacular. He, however, denied
authorship of such.
a. Remembrance to my Hometown
b. Our Mother Tongue
c. To Education
d. Intimate Alliance between Religion and
Education
14) The highest mountain in the continent of Africa
is ______.
a. Mount Everest
b. Mount Kilimanjaro
c. Mount Fuji
d. Mount Apo
15) He coined the term "survival of the fittest."
a. Karl Marx
b. August Comte
c. Herbert Spencer
d. Arnold Toynbee
16) This is a multilateral agreement regulating
international trade. According to its preamble, its
purpose was the "substantial reduction of tariffs
and other trade barriers and the elimination of
preferences on a reciprocal and mutually
advantageous basis."
a. APEC
b. ASEAN
c. NAFTA
d. GATT
17) The mountain that separates the continents of
Asia and Europe is ______.
a. Ural Mountain
b. Mount Everest
c. Mount Kilimanjaro
d. Mount Fuji
18) The "yellow race" is also known as:
a. Caucasians
b. Mongoloids
c. Negroids
d. Malays
19) Year 2014 has been declared by Pope Francis
as Year of the ______.
a. Laity
b. Hope
c. Faith
d. Righteousness
20) The Russian President who gave Crimea to
Ukraine in 1954 is ______.
a. Vladimir Putin
b. Michael Gorbachev
c. Joseph Stalin
d. Nikita Krushchev
21) Which of the following countries is located in
Central America:
a. Mexico
b. Puerto Rico
c. Panama
d. Colombia
22) The capital city of Australia.
a. Melbourne
b. Sydney
c. Canberra
d. Perth
23) The principle of checks and balances is
intended to maintain balance among executive,
legislative and judicial departments of the
government. Which one is a check on the executive
department by the judiciary?
a. Determining the salaries of the President and the
Vice President.
b. Declaring a legislative measure unconstitutional.
c. Declaring an act of the President unconstitutional.
d. Impeaching the President
24) ______ was named "Distinguished and Ever
Loyal City" by Legazpi.
a. Manila
b. Cebu
c. Bohol
d. Samar and Leyte
25) A Visayan bamboo drum:
a. Kudyapi
b. Tultogan
c. Silbay
d. Kutibeng
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