General Education Review - Practice Test 1

 

1. Rousseau advised, “Have a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion.” What is being referred to?
   1.   Duty
   2.   Family
   3.   Security
   4.   Investment
2. “Nothing that happens in this world ever happens by chance; it is all part of a grand design.” The author speaks of one’s ______.
   1.   luck
   2.   destiny
   3.   dream
   4.   ambition
3. Parents admit that text messaging is an easy means of knowing their children’s whereabouts. However, they are worried about its effect on ________________.
   1.   shortening messages effectively
   2.   ability to guess words correctly
   3.   ability to spell words correctly
   4.   communicating through guessing
4. If I _____ a Senator, I would live in Ayala village.
   1.   should be
   2.   am
   3.   were
   4.   was
5. Which word does NOT mean the same as the other three?
   1.   Defend
   2.   Supply
   3.   Equip
   4.   Furnish
6. Today, car manufacturers have begun to AUTOMATE their assembly lines using robots. What does this trend mean?
   1.   Operate through human workers.
   2.   Cars are now automatic.
   3.   Operate through machines.
   4.   Produce more efficient cars
7. Both Ruben and _____ plan to go.
   1.   I
   2.   me
   3.   myself
   4.   me myself
8. “I die just when the dawn breaks to herald the day”. This is a famous quote from ______.
   1.   Jose Aquino
   2.   Jose P. Rizal
   3.   Benigno Aquino
   4.   Manuel L. Quezon
9. After 10 unfruitful years, Fe finally quit the job. She ____ along with her boss for a long time.
   1.   didn’t get
   2.   hasn’t been getting
   3.   hadn’t been getting
   4.   isn’t getting
10. We should work for a total ban ______ pesticides that are harmful to man.
    1.   by the use
    2.   with the use
    3.   on the use of
    4.   on the use
11. Is this the spot ____ you had the accident?
    1.   where
    2.   which
    3.   why
    4.   wherein
12. She described her classmate’s statement as to SOPHOMORIC. This means _____.
    1.   grown up
    2.   mature
    3.   immature
    4.   wise
13. Which is the correct sequence of the sentences in the text below?
    (1) The image of a good teacher is one who is constantly reflecting
    about how best to help different types of learners learn.
    (2) The National Competency-Based Standards (NCBTS) defines a new paradigm of teaching where the teacher is viewed as a knowledge professional who is responsible for facilitating learning.
    (3) Good teaching is defined in terms of those practices that helps students learn better.
    (4) Competency-based means that the standards or criteria for characterizing good teaching are defined in terms of what the teacher is competent to do.
    (5) The NCBTS can be used as a self-assessment tool for professional development
    1.   4, 1, 3, 5, 2
    2.   3, 4, 5, 1, 2
    3.   1, 2, 4, 5, 3
    4.   2, 4, 3, 1, 5
14. Your father is paying for your plane ticket, _____ ?
    1.   is he
    2.   isn’t it
    3.   aren’t you
    4.   isn’t he
15. The traffic flow at the corner was jammed. Tom feared getting late so he ____ with a bus and leaped at the door.
    1.   was catching
    2.   has caught
    3.   catch up
    4.   caught up
16. It’s now two hours past his schedule, the facilitator may not come anymore, but we’ll still be ready in case he _____.
    1.   will come
    2.   is coming
    3.   does
    4.   may
17. Teacher Mae Ann always tries to help people, but recently she has been ____ kind and generous.
    1.   principally
    2.   usually
    3.   especially
    4.   largely
18. Choose the sentence that expresses the thought clearly and that has no error in structure spelling.
    1.   The farmer did plow, plant, harvest his corn in record time.
    2.   The farmer plowed, planted, and harvested his corn in record time.
    3.   The farmer plowed, has planted and has harvested his corn in record time.
    4.   The farmer has plowed, planted and harvested his corn in record time.
       
19. __________ not making the most of _______ opportunities.
    1.   You’re – you’re
    2.   You’re – you
    3.   You’re – your
    4.   You – your
20. Susan _____ in bed too long and missed her classes.
    1.   lied
    2.   lays
    3.   lay
    4.   laid
21. Who said, “The Filipino is worth dying for?”
    1.   Carlos P. Garcia
    2.   Benigno Aquino
    3.   Fidel V. Ramos
    4.   Jose P. Rizal
22. What virtue is inferred the poem below?
    Little Things
    It’s the little things we do or say
    That make or break the beauty of the average passing day.
    Hearts, like doors, will open with ease
    To very, very little keys,
    And don’t forget that two of these
    Are “I thank you” and “If you please”.
    -Anonymous
    1.   Encouragement
    2.   Friendliness
    3.   Kindness
    4.   Confidentiality
23. Who is remembered for his famous quotation?
    1.   Ferdinand Marcos
    2.   Manuel Quezon
    3.   Manuel Roxas
    4.   Carlos P. Garcia
24. Select the sentence that clearly and effectively states the idea and has no structural errors.
    1.   The weather service expects temperatures to not increase.
    2.   The weather service expects temperatures not to increase.
    3.   The weather service expects temperatures not to rise.
    4.   The weather service expects temperatures to not rise.
25. Which passage is expressed effectively and without structural errors?
    1.   I would not want to be themselves.
    2.   I would not want to be theirselves.
    3.   I would not want to be himself/herself
    4.   I would not want to be he/she.
26. Which of the theories of learning, language and literacy views children as having the ability to organize and integrate information in schemata?
    1.   Reader Response
    2.   Interactive
    3.   Sociolinguistic
    4.   Constructivist
27. I should have returned this book last Tuesday; it is now five days ___________.
    1.   Delayed
    2.   Beyond deadline
    3.   postponed
    4.   overdue
28. Which passage is expressed effectively and without structural error/s?
    1.   The teacher explained that the Mean Percentage Score (MPS) of high school students in English was much lower than the previous year.
    2.   The teacher explained that the Mean Percentage Score (MPS) of high school students in English was much lower than it has been in previous year.
    3.   The teacher explained that the Mean Percentage Score (MPS) in English of high school students was much lower than it had been in previous years.
    4.   The teacher explained that the Mean Percentage Score (MPS) of high school students in English was lowest than the previous years.
29. Of the different principles of effective teaching of reading, which is IMPROPERLY stated?
    1.   The teacher explained that the Mean Percentage Score (MPS) of high school students in English was much lower than the previous years.
    2.   The teacher explained that the Mean Percentage Score (MPS) of high school students in English was much lower than it has been in previous years.
    3.   The teacher explained that the Mean Percentage Score (MPS) in English of high school students was much lower than it had been in previous years.
    4.   The teacher explained that the Mean Percentage Score (MPS) of high school students in English was lowest than the previous years.
30. There was HIATUS of two years before I went back to college.
    HIATUS means ______________.
    1.   Length
    2.   Lapse
    3.   continuation
    4.   interruption
31. Which passage is expressed affectively and without structural error/s?
    1.   Having called the other students and they, the secretary went home.
    2.   Having called the other students and we, the secretary went home.
    3.   Having called the other students and us, the secretary went home.
    4.   Having called the other students and ourselves, the secretary went home.
32. Which sentence clearly and effectively states the idea and has no structural error/s?
    1.   The interest at a loan company is higher than at a bank.
    2.   The interest at a loan company is higher than a bank.
    3.   The interest of a loan company is higher than a bank.
    4.   The interest of a loan company is higher than in a bank.
33. Select the sentence that clearly and effectively states the idea and has no structural errors.
    1.   The examinees need two sharpened pencils, calculator and ball pen.
    2.   The examinees need double pencils simply calculator and ball pen.
    3.   The examinees need pencils, a calculator and a ball pen.
    4.   The examinees need two pencils, a simple calculator, and a ball pen.
34. Thomas Carley said, “The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder…”
    It could be interpreted as ______________.
    1.   Ones life doesn’t need to be controlled.
    2.   There should be sufficient energy in one’s life
    3.   There is a strong driving force in one’s life
    4.   Direction can never come into one’s life
35. I saw a nasty __________ between two cars this morning.
    1.   Damage
    2.   Happening
    3.   accident
    4.   danger
36. Who was the General who said “I shall return” after training troops in Australia?
    1.   J. de la Torre
    2.   Carlos P. Garcia
    3.   Douglas MacAthur
    4.   G. Wainright
37. “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want” is an expression of one’s __________.
    1.   Total poverty
    2.   Blind ignorance
    3.   love for self
    4.   total submission to God
38. The surprised teacher asked, “What was all the HUBHUB about?”
    HUBHUB means _______
    1.   Hush
    2.   Stillness
    3.   commotion
    4.   serenity
39. I was speaking to Ana on the phone when suddenly we were _______.
    1.   Disconnected
    2.   Hung up
    3.   cut off
    4.   broken down
40. “Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.”
    The meaning of this aphorism in “Poor Richard’s Almanac” is ____________
    1.   Nurse your hurt feelings
    2.   Let the bygones be bygones
    3.   Forget what other people have done to hurt you
    4.   It is not easy to forgive and forget
41. The greatest hero of Greece was Hercules. He was a personage of quite another order from the great hero of Athens, Theseus. He was what all Greece, except Athens, most admired. The Athenians were different from the other Greeks and their heroes. The Athenians valued thought and ideas highly as no part of the country ever did. In Theseus, their ideal embodied what the rest of Greece most valued. His qualities were what the Greeks generally admired.
    
    The Athenians chose Theseus as their greates hero because __________
    1.   He was the savior of Greece
    2.   Of his intelligence and strength
    3.   He embodied all the qualities the Greeks honored and admired
    4.   He was braver than Hercules
42. Sometimes I am very much tempted to believe that one reason why so many people don’t do anything for their “less fortunate” brother is ____ hold your breath _____ television. (And while you are at it, you might as well hold your disbelief for a while, too.) we have lived with television for so long that, without our knowing it, it has changed our way of looking at life. It used to be that people watched TV and pretended it was real life. Now it seems all this has changed. Many people actually look at life as if it were television.
    - Johnny C. Go (Because There’s A TV Set in the Living Room )
    
    The author is blaming TV sets for people nowadays _________.
    1.   Watch TV programs almost the entire day
    2.   Look at reality as if it were a TV program
    3.   Watched TV programs and hold their disbelief in life
    4.   Pretend that TV programs are realities
43. Which of the following BEST restates the meaning of “The child is the father of the man.”
    1.   Children are naturally wiser than adults
    2.   If there would be no children, there would be no fathers
    3.   The experiences and lessons of childhood influence one’s adult life
    4.   Fathers are dependent on the sight of their children
44. “What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly”. When restated means:
    1.   You have to value everything in this world
    2.   In buying, what is easy to get is easy to consume
    3.   You have to pay something before you really value it
    4.   The buying power of the peso is weak so you have to buy wisely
45. Manunulat ang tatay ko kaya sa personal mong kagustuhan makasunod sa kanyang mga yapak, magsulat ka. Ano ang kahulugan ng pag-susulat?
    1.   Maklikha ng mga salita, pangungusap, at talata
    2.   Kakayahan ng tao na malinaw na makapagtala o makapag-imprenta
    3.   Pagpili ng paksa at pagsasaliksik
    4.   Proseso na nagsisimula sa idea o karanasan
46. Sa taas ng mga bilihin ngayon, kahit “kahig ka ng kahig” ay wala pa ring maipon. Ano ang ibig sabihin nito?
    1.   Bawasan ang bili.
    2.   Hanap ng hanap
    3.   Gastos ng gastos
    4.   Hindi bumili
47. “ Matagal ng lumagay sa tahimik si Mely”. Ang ibig sabihin ay:
    1.   Lumisan na.
    2.   Nanahimik na.
    3.   Nag- asawa na
    4.   Namatay na.
48. Huwag limutin ang vernacular. Tutuhing iasimila ito sa pambansang wika sa ikauunlad ng kultura at lahi. Ang ibig sabihin ng iasimila ay _____________________.
    1.   Papayabungin
    2.   Papakinabangan
    3.   Pagyamanin
    4.   Papaunlarin
49. I. Ang kahoy ay nilalagare sa katamtamang laki, at saka pinuputol sa maraming pirasong hugis rekatanggulo.
    II. Ang pagkikinis ay nangangailangan ng isang bihasa, sapagka’t totong mapanganib at sa sandaling sumala na ang matalim na kasangkapan sa bakya, ang magiging bunga ay matinding hiwa sa hita ng tagakinis.
    III. Ang mga kahoy na ginagamit sa paggawa ng bakya’y nanggagaling sa
    Quezon, Zambales, at Bataan.
    
    Ang wastong pagkakasunod- sunod ng mga pangungusap ay makikita sa _______.
    1.   II, III, at I
    2.   III, I, at II
    3.   I, II, at III
    4.   III, II, at I
50. Alin ang salawikain sa mga sumusunod:
    1.   Di maliparang uwak.
    2.   May puno walang bunga, may dahon walang sanga.
    3.   Nagbubuhat ng sariling bangko.
    4.   Nasa Diyos ang awa, nasa tao ang gawa.
51. “ Ang mga mata mo ay tulad nga mga bituin sa kalangitan.” Ano ang ginagamit na pagpapahayag dito?
    1.   Personipikasyon
    2.   Pang- uyam
    3.   Pagwawangis
    4.   Pagtutulad
52. Alin nag nagbibigay ng opinion tungkol sa isang napapanahong isyu sa pamamagitan ng larawan?
    1.   Ilustrasyong karikatyur
    2.   Larawan sa unang pahina
    3.   Kartong pang-editorial
    4.   Larawan sa huling pahina
53. Alin sa mga ito ang nagpapahayag sa paraang organisado at artistiko maging tuluyan o sa berso na nagmula sa imahinasyon?
    1.   Panitikan
    2.   Panuluan
    3.   Sanaysay
    4.   Epiko
54. Sino ang nangungusap sa quotation? “ Ang pag-ibig ay hindi pag-ibig kapag nagbabago kung nakakakita ng pagbabago”
    1.   Jose Rizal
    2.   Genoveva Matute
    3.   William Shakespeare
    4.   Robert Frost
55. Mag-aalas singko na ______ umaga.
    1.   nang
    2.   ng
    3.   kapag
    4.   ngayon
56. Ang salitang apartment ay binubuo ng dalawang klaster. Tukuyin ito.
    1.   rt at tm
    2.   tm at nt
    3.   rt at nt
    4.   pr at tm
57. Saan hinango ang mga kwentong tinatawag na parabola?
    1.   Mga pinagmulan
    2.   Kwentong bayan
    3.   Bibliya
    4.   Kasabihan
58. Ano ang nagpamali sa pahayag na ito?
    May iba’t ibang paraan upang mapaunlad ang husay sa pagbabasa.
    1.   May
    2.   iba’t ibang
    3.   mapaunlad
    4.   ang husay
59. Anong bahagi ng pananalita ang nasa malaking titik?
    Malungkot ANG MGA nagtapos na wala pang trabaho.
    1.   Pangatnig
    2.   Pararila
    3.   Pananda
    4.   Pang-ukol
60. Ponema ang tawag sa makabuluhang tunog ng wika. Ilan ang ponema ng Filipino?
    1.   28
    2.   20
    3.   21
    4.   31
61. Ang butong tinangay ng aso walang pagsalang nalawayang ito. Ang kaisipang ito ay tumutukoy sa katotohanan ng _______________.
    1.   Pagtatanan
    2.   Pagpapakain
    3.   Pakikipagkaibigan
    4.   Pagnanakaw
62. Ano ang kahulugan ng tagbising panahon?
    1.   Tag-lamig
    2.   Tag-ulan
    3.   Tag-tuyot
    4.   Tag-init
63. Kung ang awit ng pag-iibigan ay kundiman, ano naman sa Bisaya?
    1.   Kumintang
    2.   Sambotani
    3.   Dioma
    4.   Talindaw
64. “ Kung anong bukambibig siyang laman ng dibdib”. Ito ay isang uri ng ___________.
    1.   Tugmaan
    2.   Tula
    3.   Bugtong
    4.   Salawikain
65. Alin dito ang ginagamit sa pagtuturo na replika na yari sa isang tunay o sintetik na material?
    1.   Papel
    2.   Mock-up
    3.   Dayorama
    4.   Ispesimen
66. Aling pamamaraan ang ginagamit ng guro na nagsisimula sa mga halimbawa patungo sa paglalahat?
    1.   Pasaklaw
    2.   Pabuod
    3.   Pabalak
    4.   Patuklas
67. Mapangarapin ang malilit! Ang ibig sabihin ng pahayag na ito ay ang mga taong mahihirap ay
    1.   Nais umangat sa buhay kaya nakikipagsapalaran
    2.   Gustong lumipad sa alapaap
    3.   May pangarap guminhawa
    4.   Nananaginip ng gising
68. Ano ang kahulugan ng idyomang ginamit sa pangungusap na “ Marami sa mga magsasaka ang INALAT dahil sa patuloy na pagbuhos ng ulan.”
    1.   Minalas
    2.   Nagalit
    3.   Nawaln ng pag-asa
    4.   Nanibago
69. Kapani-paniwala ang isang tauhan kung ito ay may katulad na nakikitang nabubuhay sa mundo. Wika nga’y totoo itong tao, nagtataglay ng positibo at negatibong katangian. May kapurihan at may kapintasan. May kalakasan at may kahinaan at may kasamaan. May kawastuan at may kamalian. May katinuan at may kabaliwan. May kalabisan at may kakulangan. May kabanalan at may kasalanan. May katimpian at may kabiglaanan. Lahat ng katangian salu-salungat, may bahid siya. Hindi siya taong nabubuhay sa daigdig ng kataka-taka na pinakaubod ng lahat, gaya ng madalas mapanood sa pelikulang Pilipino, na kapag bida, sa kanya lahat ng positibo at kapag kontrabida, sa kanya naman lahat ng negatibo. Hindi kinai-empatya-han ang tauhang ganito, kinaa-antipatiko-han, oo!
    
    Ang naangkop na pamagat ng talatang ito ay:
    1.   Ang Katangian ng Tao
    2.   Ang Katauhan
    3.   Ang Tao sa Mundo
    4.   Ang Tauhan
70. Pilin ang isa kung saan matagpuan ang salita o parirala na nagpapamali sa pangungusap.
    
    Ibabad mo ng isang oras iyan bago lutuin.
    1.   Ibabad
    2.   mo ng isang
    3.   iyan
    4.   bago
71. Alin dito ang ginagamit sa pagtuturo ng panitikan lalo na sa pagkasunod-sunod ng mga pangyayari sa kwento?
    1.   Decoding
    2.   Story frame
    3.   Story grammar
    4.   Character wed
72. One angle of a parallelogram is 35? What are the measure s of the three other angles?
    1.   85°, 135°, 140°
    2.   145°, 35°, 145°
    3.   35°, 65°, 65°
    4.   45°, 65°, 170°
73. The edge of a rectangle solid have these measures: 1.5 feet x ½ feet by 3 inches. What is its volume in cubic inches?
    1.   225
    2.   272
    3.   324
    4.   27
74. In a certain school, the ratio of boys to girls is 3 to 7. If there are 150 boys and girls in the school, how many boys are there?
    1.   75
    2.   90
    3.   105
    4.   45
75. A water tank contains 86 liters when it is 20% full. How many liters does it contain when it is 75% full?
    1.   58
    2.   15
    3.   30
    4.   60
76. If x= 3 and y= 2, then 2x + 3y = ___________.
    1.   14
    2.   10
    3.   12
    4.   5
77. Which of the following has the largest value?
    1.   3^9
    2.   9^3
    3.   7^5
    4.   6^4
78. Which of these three fractions has the largest value?
    1.   3/4
    2.   4/15
    3.   12/24
    4.   5/9
79. The vertex angle of an isosceles triangle is 30 deg. What is the measure of one of the base angles?
    1.   70°
    2.   75°
    3.   150°
    4.   60°
80. Which of these has a value different from the other three?
    1.   15
    2.   12/75
    3.   3/20
    4.   15%
81. How many degrees are between the hands of a clock at 3:40 ?
    1.   125°
    2.   140°
    3.   130°
    4.   150°
82. What is the value of 12 1/6 -2 3/8- 7 2/3 + 19 ¾?
    1.   22
    2.   21 7/8
    3.   18
    4.   21
83. If 8-√ x + 2 ═ 4, what is the value of x?
    1.   14
    2.   2
    3.   18
    4.   6
84. Which decimal is equal to 3/100 + 2/10 + 5/1000?
    1.   .235
    2.   .0523
    3.   .325
    4.   .532
85. Which of these math sentences is NOT CORRECT?
    1.   1/7 + 2/3 = 3/21
    2.   ½ + 1/3 = 5/6
    3.   1/6 + 1/8= 14/48
    4.   1/3 + ¼ = 7/12
86. What number is the next in this sequence? 11120, 11260, 11420, 11600
    1.   11760
    2.   11720
    3.   11820
    4.   11800
87. Joseph is 10 years older than his sister. If Joseph was 25 years of age in 1983, in what year could he had been born?
    1.   1963
    2.   1953
    3.   1948
    4.   1958
88. How many glasses of Cola each to be filled with 150 cu.cm. of the liquid can be made from 5 family size bottles of Cola each containing 1.5 liters?
    1.   60
    2.   45
    3.   50
    4.   40
89. 259:37 as _______.
    1.   5:1
    2.   84:12
    3.   25:4
    4.   63:441
90. Which common fraction is equivalent to .216?
    1.   53/250
    2.   108/375
    3.   27/125
    4.   21/50
91. What value of x will make this proportion correct? 13:x = 3.25:8.00
    1.   20
    2.   3.5
    3.   2
    4.   32
92. If the counting numbers 1 to 30 are written down how many times does the digit 2 appear?
    1.   13
    2.   11
    3.   12
    4.   14
93. In the playground for kindergarten kids, 18 children are riding tricycles or bicycles. If there are 43 wheels in all, how many tricycles are there?
    1.   7
    2.   8
    3.   9
    4.   11
94. What is the greatest common factor of the numbers 48, 12 and 32?
    1.   6
    2.   2
    3.   3
    4.   4
95. Between January 2008 and August 2008, the price of gasoline rose from 28.40 to 52. 90 per liter. What is the percent of increase over the 8-month period?
    1.   97.5%
    2.   86.27%
    3.   46.81%
    4.   24.5%
96. Ana and Beth do a job together in two hours. Working alone, Ana does the job in 5 hours. How long will it take Beth to do the job alone?
    1.   3 hours
    2.   2 hours
    3.   3 1/3 hours
    4.   2 1/3 hours
97. By how much is 35% of P 220 greater than 55% of P 140?
    1.   P 16.00
    2.   P 20.00
    3.   P 480,000
    4.   P 0.00
98. A car depreciates by 10% of it’s brand new price each year and by 15% in each succeeding year. By 2009, what would be the market price for a car bought brand new for P 600,000 in 2004?
    1.   P 420,000
    2.   P 390,000
    3.   P 480,000
    4.   P 282 000
99. The area of the rectangle on the right is (x2 + x - 12). If it’s length is x + 4, what is it’s width?
    1.   X-3
    2.   X + 6
    3.   x + 1
    4.   x + 2
100. The legs of one right triangle are 9 and 12, while those of another right triangle are 12 and 16. How much longer is the perimeter of the larger than the perimeter of the smaller triangle?
     1.   12
     2.   7
     3.   84
     4.   14

 

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