SOCIAL SCIENCE d.

Xenocentrism
1. The National Mapping and Resource
6. Filipinos are known to be thrifty,
Information Authority (NAMRIA) of
frugal, creative and resourceful.
the Philippines has officially issued
They have the ability to do things
that the total number of islands in
that are next to impossible. They can
the Philippines is:
fix appliances that seem to be
a. 7,641
beyond repair. What Filipino
b. 7,107
attitude is being referred to in this
c. 7,601
statement?
d. 7,106
a. Persistence
b. Flexibilty
2. The Philippines is composed of
c. Gaya-gaya attitude
_____regions.
d. Remedyo attitude
a. 16
b. 17
7. It is the declaration and
c. 18
enumeration of the individual rights
d. 19
and privileges which the
Constitution is designed to protect
3. Among the Social Sciences, which is
against violations by the
concerned with culture, tribes and
government, by groups or by
subculture?
individuals.
a. Economic among the tribes
a. Civil Rights
b. Anthropology
b. Social Rights
c. History of the tribes
c. Bill of Rights
d. De facto government
d. Constitutional Right
4. Who is recognized as the Father of
8. Typical of Greek Civilization (800-
Sociology?
600 BCE) without which a single
a. Auguste Comte
political unit was able to stay strong:
b. Henri Saint-Simon
a. Towns and cities
c. Herbert Spencer
b. Strong Army
d. Harriet Martineau
c. Strong Navy
d. City States
5. Which of the following does one
display when he thinks that what is
foreign is the best and that what is
local is inferior?
a. Relativism
b. Favoritism
c. Ethnocentrism
 b. The Supreme Court is given
authority to appoint all officials
and employees of the judiciary.
9. Which statement is true of the pre- c. The qualifications of the Justices
Spanish Filipino government? of the Supreme Court can be
a. Laws were formulated by a law- changed by Congress.
making body elected by the d. The salaries of the members of
community the Supreme Court and of the
b. There was a court created by the lower courts can be decreased
datu to hear complaints during their continuance in
c. The datu exercised all powers of office.
government
d. Laws were formulated by a law- 13. With the Batasang Pambansa
making body appointed by the performing legislative and executive
datu powers in the Marcos regime, which
form of government was
10. Which condition contradicts the implemented?
social justice mandate in the 1987 a. Monarchial
Constitution? b. Presidential
a. Creation of economic c. Parliamentary
opportunities for all d. Dictatorial
b. Sense of dependency among
citizens 14. Since the Philippines is a republic,
c. Elimination of cultural democratic country, it elects its
inequalities president directly. What is the
d. Equitable distribution of wealth smallest electoral unit of the
government?
11. Which is the greatest value a. Electoral Tribunal
according to the teachings of Karl b. COMELEC
Marx? c. Election Precinct
a. Health d. Representative district
b. Pleasure
c. Elimination of selfish desires 15. Who shall be the SOLE JUDGE of
d. Absolute Equality Electoral disputes involving the
President-elect and Vice-President
12. In which instance is the under the 1987 constitution?
independence of the Judiciary a. The Trial Courts
shown? b. Electoral Tribunal
a. The Supreme Court is beyond c. The Supreme Court
criticism. d. The Legislature
 21. In whose painting/s was slavery in
the Philippines during the Spanish
16. All appropriation, revenue or traffic period clearly depicted?
bills, etc. shall originate exclusively a. Antonio Luna
in the: b. Felix Hidalgo
a. House of Representative c. Juan Luna
b. Sangguniang Panlalawigan d. Jose Rizal
c. Senate
d. Supreme Court 22. The 17th century teen missionary
who was canonized as the
17. It is the term about referring to Philippines second saint
Hitler’s massacre of the Jews during a. Pedro Kalungsod
WWII. b. Pedro Calunzod
a. Glasnost c. Pedro Calungsod
b. Holocaust d. Pedro Calungsud
c. Lebensraum
d. Sein-Zum Tode 23. Which of the following is a great
work of art of Fernando Amorsolo?
18. The Spanish expedition responsible a. Musikang Bumbong
for naming the archipelago Filipinas b. Spoliarium
a. Magellan’s expedition c. Planting of Rice
b. Loarca expedition d. First Mass
c. Legaspi expedition
d. Villabos expedition 24. Who was known as the “Tagalog
Joan of Arc” because of her exploits
19. Which Katipunan member during the revolution?
commuted from Cavite to Manila to a. Trinidad Tecson
buy materials used to make b. Teresa Magbanua
ammunitions? c. Gregoria de Jesus
a. Teresa Magbanua d. Agueda Kahabagan
b. Agueda Esteban
c. Teodora Alonso 25. What most basic human rights is
d. Trinidad Tecson violated by alleged extra-judicial
killings such as by vigilantes?
20. Who was the so called “First Filipino a. Right to life
Diplomat” b. Freedom of conscience
a. Felipe Agoncillo c. Freedom of assembly
b. Robert Cortez d. Freedom of Religion
c. Felipe Calderon
d. Miguel Calderon
26. When parents decide to send their
children to a private school and pay 31. In which continent can we find
their tuition fee instead of sending stormy Cape Horn which is known as
them to the public school, they the graveyard of ships and sailors?
don’t get their share in the benefit a. Africa
derived from the taxes they pay. b. Australia
This is a case of________. c. South America
a. Double taxation d. Asia
b. Social inequity
c. Social injustice
d. Double jeopardy 32. Aside from the Philippines, which
countries claim part of the Spratly
27. Under the Spanish colonial islands in the South China Sea?
government, who directly governed a. China, Thailand, Brunei, Malaysia
the Philippines? b. China, Taiwan, Vietnam,
a. The Governor-General Malaysia
b. The Viceroy of Mexico c. Indonesia, China, Taiwan,
c. The Royal Audiencia Malaysia
d. The King of Spain d. China, Thailand, Brunei, Malaysia

28. Which economic system is based on 33. Where are the world’s major
free enterprise? religions such as Buddhism and
a. Globalism Judaism being practiced?
b. Mixed economies a. Asia
c. Capitalism b. Africa
d. Communism c. South America
d. Europe
29. Loss of qualified teachers going
abroad is one type of_________. 34. How has the fragmented nature of
a. Unemployment the topography of the Philippines
b. Migration affected the nation’s progress?
c. Brain drain a. No pattern in the state of
d. Employment economic progress can be drawn
b. The state of the nation’s
30. Which is the smallest state in the economic progress is more or
world today in point of its smallest less the same across regions.
population? c. The state of economic progress
a. Australia differs across regions.
b. Vatican d. Regions in the northern part of
c. Philippines the country are more
d. Papua New Guinea
 economically progressive than 39. The entry of data and commands
those in the southern part into the computer system is made
possible through the:
35. Pre-colonial trade in the Philippines a. Keyboard
was prosperous. What system did b. Diskette
they use for their business c. Printer
transaction? d. Monitor
a. Money
b. Barter
c. Credit
d. Banking
36. Based on his work “Sa Aking Mga
Kabata” would Rizal favor the use of
the mother tongue in the early
grades?
a. He did not express it clearly
b. Yes, but mixed with English
c. No
d. Yes

37. During the discussion of the Noli Me

38. Rizal focused the “La Liga Filipina”