LYCEUM OF ILIGAN FOUNDATION

Corpus Christi Village, Tubod, Iligan City

PRELIM EXAM
GE 10
Social Sciences and Philosophy
First Semester, S.Y. 2024-2025

Name: ____________________________ Date: ______________

Class Schedule: _____________________ Permit #: ___________
Instructor: BONIFACIO R. TACATA, Ph.D. Score:
______________

I. Multiple Choice

Directions: Encircle the letter that best describes the corresponding questions

1. It is the study of human population: a) psychology b) sociology c) geography d)

demography
2. It is the study of the state in the past, present and future: a) history b) political science
c) Psychology d) sociology
3. It is a group of academic disciplines that focus on how individual behave within society:
a) Social Science b) Natural Science c) Demography d) Sociology
4. It is the study of human population and dynamics: a) psychology b) sociology
c) Demography d) political science
5. It is the study of development, structure, and functioning human society:
a) Sociology b) psychology c) demography d) political science
6. Scientific study of the mind and human behavior:
a) Demography b) psychology c) sociology d) political science
7. Scientific study of language and its structure:
a) Demography b) psychology c) sociology d) linguistics
8. It is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environment.
a) Geography b) sociology c) anthropology d) psychology
9. Scientific study of human society and social behavior:
a) History b) anthropology c) sociology d) psychology
10. Scientific study of human behavior and mental processes:
a) Anthropology b) sociology c) psychology d) history
11. Social science that studies the distribution of power and decision-making within
societies:
a) Economics b) politics c) history d) psychology
12. It is a social science that studies the structure, use, and evolution of language.
a) Demography b) Economics c) anthropology d) Linguistics
13. Scientific study of humans and human behavior:
a) Anthropology b) sociology c) demography d) Political science
14. A study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture:
a) Demography b) history c) archaeology d) sociology
15. Branch of knowledge concerned with the production, consumption and transfer of
wealth:
a) Linguistics b) Economics c) Sociology d) Political science
16. It is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environment:
a) History b) sociology c) anthropology d) geography
17. It is a social science that studies the past through written records, artifacts, and other
sources.
a) Sociology b) history c) psychology d) geography
18. It is the study of human societies and culture and their development.
a) Anthropology b) history c) political science d) psychology
19. The first modern archaeologist: a) Franz Uri Boas b) Flavio Biondo
c) John Aubrey d) Socrates e) Herodotus
20. Father of Social Science: a) Franz Uri Boas b) Flavio Biondo
c) John Aubrey d) Socrates e) Emile Durkheim
21. Father of Sociology: a) Franz Uri Boas b) Flavio Biondo
c) John Aubrey d) Auguste Comte
22.Father of Psychology: a) Franz Uri Boas b) Flavio Biondo
c) John Aubrey d) Wilhelm Wundt
23. Father of History: a) Herodotus b) Franz Uri Boas c) Flavio Biondo
d) John Aubrey e) Wilhelm Wundt
24. Father of Philosophy: a) Franz Uri Boas b) Flavio Biondo c) John Aubrey
d) Socrates e) Emile Durkheim
25. Father of Anthropology: a) Franz Uri Boas b) Flavio Biondo c) John Aubrey
d) Socrates e) Emile Durkheim
26. Father of Political Science: a) Eratosthenes b) Aristotle c) Flavio Biondo
d) John Aubrey e) Socrates
27. Father of Geography: a) Eratosthenes b) Aristotle c) Flavio Biondo
d) John Aubrey e) Socrates
28. Early founder of Archaeology: a) Eratosthenes b) Aristotle
c) Flavio Biondo d) John Aubrey e) Socrates
29. Father of Social Philosophy: a) August Comte b) Socrates c) Adam Smith
d) Herodotus e) Aristotle
30. Father of Economics: a) August Comte b) Socrates c) Adam Smith
d) August Comte e) Aristotle
31. Father of scientific archaeology? a) Noam Chomsky b) General Pitt Rivers
c) Aristotle d) Socrates
32. Father of modern linguistics? a) Noam Chomsky b) General Pitt Rivers
c) Aristotle d) Socrates
33. What discipline was a former part of moral Philosophy: a) History b) Anthropology
c) Sociology d) Psychology
34. Who coined the term sociology? a) Noam Chomsky b) General Pitt Rivers
c) Aristotle d) Socrates e) August Comte
35. Discipline that focuses on human origins and cultural development:
a) History b) Psychology c) Economics d) Anthropology
36. It is the study of the earth, its features, and of the distribution of life on the earth:
a) Geography b) archaeology c) anthropology d) sociology
37. Greek historian who was the first thinker to write widely on concepts that would later
become central to anthropology. a) Noam Chomsky b) General Pitt Rivers
c) Aristotle d) Herodotus
38. Former name of Davao de Oro: a) Allah Valley b) Cagayan Valley
c) Compotela Valley d) Sarangani
39. A term for almost surrounded with water: a) valley b) peninsula
c) continent d) archipelago e) Island
40. It is surrounded with mountains: a) valley b) peninsula
c) continent d) archipelago e) Island
41. Oldest province in the Philippines: a) Cebu b) Aklan c) Antique d) Iloilo
42. Tallest mountain in Luzon: a) Mt. Mayon b) Mt. Pinatubo
c) Mt. Pulag d) Mt. Amuyao
43. City nearest to Mt. Apo: a) Kidapawan b) Digos c) Davao d) Gen San
44. Meaning of Polynesia: a) Many Islands b) Small Islands
c) Tiny Islands d) Black Islands
45. Location of Kazakhstan: a) Central Asia b) East Asia c) South Asia
d) Southeast Asia e) West Asia
46. Latest country to be a part of Southeast Asia: a) Laos b) Singapore
c) Timor Leste d) Mongolia e) Brunei
47. The only landlocked country in Southeast Asia:
a) Laos b) Singapore c) Timor Leste d) Mongolia e) Brunei
48. The largest island in the world: a) Kazakhstan b) Greenland
c) Indonesia d) Sudan e) Algeria
49. The largest country in North America: a) Canada b) USA
c) Cuba d) Mexico e) Argentina
50. The largest land-locked country in the world: a) Kazakhstan
b) Greenland c) Indonesia d) Sudan e) Algeria
51. The largest country in Africa: a) Democratic Republic of Congo
b) Algeria c) Republic of Sudan d) Nigeria e) Mauritania
52. The deepest lake in the Philippines: a) Lake Mainit
b) Laguna de Bay c) Lake Lanao d) Taal Lake e) Lane Naujan
53. Mayon Volcano is found in: a) Aklan b) Marinduque
c) Albay d) Mindoro e) Masbate
54. Smallest country in Asia: a) Singapore b) Timor Leste
c) Maldives d) Cyprus e) Seychelles
55. Christian country in Asia: a) Philippines b) Singapore
 c) Timor Leste d) a & b e) a & c
56. Which of the following is an Islamic country:
a) India b) Nigeria c) Maldives d) none e) all
57. The largest province in the Visayas by area: a) Cebu b) Iloilo
c) Aklan d) Negros Occidental e) Negros Oriental
58. The smallest city by population: a) Palayan City b) Makati City
c) San Juan City d) Ilagan City
59. The largest archipelago in the world: a) Philippines b) Malaysia
c) Indonesia d) Mongolia e) Greenland
60. The meaning of Melanesia: a) Small Islands b) Many Islands
c) Black Islands d) Oceania

II. Essay

Directions: Answer the following question is 5-8 sentences.

1. Why study Social Science?

_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
2. Why do people develop particular attitudes about social and political phenomena?
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
3. What are effective means of educating children?
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
4. Why Social Science is called “the scientific study of society?”
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________

RUBRICS:

10 points explained clearly and presented comprehensively with complete

idea
08 points explained clearly and presented comprehensively with incomplete idea
05 points not thoroughly explained with incomplete idea
03 points There was an attempt to explain but not thoroughly explained
01 point There was an attempt but no idea being presented