GEN-ED DRILLS Flashcards
Filipino migrant writer, whose fiction stories reflect the Filipino concept of American culture?
Bienvenido Santos
This Filipino writer in English used Hispanic- Filipino culture and traditions in his works
Nick Joaquin
A story is made out of an exchange of letters?
Epistolary
One famous Japanese poem, it is consists of 3 lines totaling 17 syllables with nature as topic?
Haiku
It is a dramatic presentation that originated from the traditional armed encounter between the Christians and Muslim Filipinos?
Moro - moro
Speech progress which was concerned with amplifying and enriching the voice using human amplifiers such as the nose, windpipe, and chest?
Resonation
He was called “Morning star of English Literature?
Geoffrey Chaucer
. “To be or not to be” is the beginning of the soliloquy of?
Hamlet
The Rubaiyat has a theme of?
grasping pleasure while you can
He was the foremost French short story writer?
Guy de Maupassant
The pen name of Samuel Clemens is?
Mark Twain
She was the reason of Trojan War. “the face that launched a thousand ship”
Helen of Troy
Where did the ancient civilization of China exist?
Yellow River
Indian sacred hymns are enshrined in this compendium?
Rig Veda
The longest epic of India?
Mahabharata
A Greek poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Homer
Egyptian literature is identified as?
Mediterranean
The Philippines lies in the ___, an area where volcanoes are active?
Ring of fire
Migrant crossed the seas from the southern Philippines there were already aboriginal settlers in the islands?
Negritos
Who first introduced the Islamic religion to the Philippines?
Mukdum
The late president Ferdinand Marcos placed the Philippines under Martial law through what laws?
Proclamation 1081
This person served as the brains behind the “arena theater”?
Severino Montano
She wrote the first Filipino modern English language short story “Dead Star”?
Paz Marquez Benitez
The famous ballerina who brought ballet to children of various economic levels?
Liza Macuja
Angono, Rizal boasts a famous composer who became a National Artist?
Luis San Pedro
Known as Quijano de Manila in the Philippine literature?
Nick Joaquin
Known as “huseng sisiw”?
Jose dela Cruz
The following were among the five ships involved in Ferdinand Magellan’s voyage, except?
Cartagena
What was the name of forced labor imposed during the Spanish regime?
Polo
Through the Galleon Trade, the Philippines half extended contacts with___?
Mexico
What economic policy in 16th century Europe influenced Spain’s expansion is policy to discover new lands?
Mercantilism
1565, Legaspi concluded a blood compact with the chief of Bohol?
Sikatuna
Which religious missionaries first arrived in the Philippines?
Augustinians
The Spanish mestizo priest was the pioneering leader of the native secular clergy in the Secularization Movement of 186?
Pedro Pelaez
Governor-General Narciso Claveria was responsible for the___?
Spanish surnames
Which Spanish Policy provided the resettlement of Filipino communities to form town centers of cabeceras?
Reduccion
The last Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines?
Diedo delos Rios
He became the leader of the Magdalo faction?
Baldomero Aguinaldo
Robert Frost wrote the poem Acquainted with the Night from which the stanza is taken?
isolation loneliness
The wounded soldiers were visited by the president who honored them with for their?
Medals – valor
Marcelo H. del Pilar condemned the hidden control and domination by Spanish religious priests over the colonial government using this term?
Frailoracia
He was the founder and editor of the newspaper “La Independencia”?
Antonio Luna
He was the orator of the Reform Movement and the first editor of La Solidaridad?
Graciano Lopez Jaena
Which law set a full- trade policy abolishing the quota limitations on Philippine exports to the United States?
Underwood-Simmons Act
He was the American president who proclaimed the Benevolent Assimilation policy during the American colonial years of the Philippines?
William Mckinley
He was among the last Filipino generals who fought the Americans and established the so-called “Tagalog Republic”?
Macario Sakay
In Philippine history, who was known as the “The Great Dissenter”?
Claro M. Recto
He is the father of the Local Government Code?
Aquilino Pimentel
He is considered the father of Iloko literature?
Pedro Bucaneg
Where did the folk song “Ati Cu Pong Singsing” originate?
Pampangos
One instance of taking away the life of another person without due process is?
salvaging
How many days are needed after which an enrolled bill becomes a law?
30 days
Which policy of the state provides preferential attention to the welfare of the less fortunate members of Philippine society?
Social justice
Which is the fundamental law of the Philippines?
Constitution
Which department has the authority to make laws and to alter them when needed?
Legislative
Which refers to the act of the President to stay the execution of a convict?
Reprieve
Who has the power to declare the existence of a state of war?
Congress
How is the crime of rape classified?
Heinous
All Filipino citizens have the right to vote and to be voted upon such a government official. What is this constitutional right called?
Suffrage
The tax required to be paid annually by all adult citizens of the Philippines is the?
Community tax
The art and science that deals with the morality of human acts?
Ethics
Ethical conduct governs social research. Which among the following are not related to ethics or morality in research?
Erroneous data
Whose view gives prominence to faith in understanding the existence of God?
St. Augustine
Reason must be in understanding the existence of God advocated by?
St. Thomas Aquinas
This field deals with the study of how human beings behave?
Psychology
The father of modern Psychology?
Sigmund Freud
If the principles and theories of human behavior were to apply to teaching and learning, the field will be called?
Educational Psychology
Which of the following is considered as the lowest form of learning?
Perceiving
Of the following, which is an example of a natural altered state of awareness?
Sleep
Which statement on human intelligence is correct?
It is consists of multiple intelligence
What do we call the sum of money collected for our use of a road, bridge, and highways?
Toll
Which term refers to duties payable on goods, whether imported or exported?
Tariff
When one controls the supply o production of goods, this implies?
Monopoly
The island of Luzon is estimated to be 100,000 square kilometers. In exponential form, it can be expressed as?
20^5
How many prime numbers are there between 1 to 100?
25
What are the prime factors of 120?
2x2x2x3x5
The largest common multiple of two or more numbers is called?
GCF
The greatest common factor of 22,15,7 is?
1
What percent if 75 is 15?
20%
Total amount after adding 8%interest for 3 months of 6,000? 6?
120
The probability of getting a 2 after rolling a fair die is?
1/6
A ball is rolled, what is the probability of getting a number divisible by 2?
1/2
In how many ways can 5 girls be seated in a row of 5 seats?
120
A recipe calls for 2 cups of milk for every 7 cups of flour. A chef will use 28 cups of flour, how many cups of milk must be have?
8
How many seconds are there in a 24-hour day?
86,400
The sum of three consecutive integers is 123. What are the integers?
40,41 42
Which of the following is a product of 13 and an integer?
1326
Uri ng pangatnig na ginagamit sa pagpili, pag bubukod at pagtatangi?
Pamukod
Bantas na ginagamit sa pagitan ng panlaping ika at tambilang?
Gitling
Ano ang tawag sa tatlong magkakasunod na tuldok na ginagamit upang ipabatid na may bahaging hindi sinipi mula sa talata?
Ellipsis
Uri ng pagbabagong morpoponeniko na gumagamit ng pagpapalit ng posisyon ng ponema sa salita?
Metatesis
Uri ng pagsusulat na ang pokus ay ang imahinasyon ng manunulat upang pukawin ang damdamin?
Malikhain
Dulog pampanitikan nq nagbibigay diing sariling panlasag bumabasa. kilala rin ito bilang reader response theory?
Impresyonista
Ibigay ang angkop nq damdaming ito ang dinadaanan upang maipaabot ng tagapagsalita ang kanyang mensahe?
Tsanel
Kung ikaw ay nagnanais lamang ng magpalipas ng oras, anong klaseng pagbasa ang nqbabagay sa iyo?
Kaswal/Casual
Science provides knowledge through disciplined observation. Which of the following is not characteristic of scientific assertion?
Hearsay
Which of the following when perceived causes an action on a reaction?
Stimulus
Which among the following represents the smallest unit of life?
Cell
Which of the following statements about living things is false?
All living things have a nervous system
Which of the following best describes a group of cells that work together to perform a function?
tissue
Which among the following are duplicated during the process of mitosis?
Chromosomes
Plants create their own food by absorbing and processing sunlight. The ability to produce one’s own food source is a metabolic process known as?
Autotrophs
Fungi absorb the nutrients from dead organisms, in an ecosystem what roles do they play?
Saprophytes
Which among the following cell organelles does not participate in the cellular division?
Ribosomes
Which of the following is not an example of naturally occurring sugar?
Mitose
Sugar compounds such as monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides are also classified?
Carbohydrates
Damage to DNA that is not repaired and then replicated can result in genetic disorders. This demonstrates?
Mutation
Air, when mixed with sulfur oxide coming from motor vehicles and industrial plants fall to earth giving effects to living things. This polluted air is known as?
Greenhouse effect
Air, flood, and water are essential elements in human existence. Carried by wind air called__. Falls to earth poisoning fish and destroying vegetation?
Acid rain
You won the jackpot prize in the lottery. The prize money cannot be paid in currency by only in gold. Applying your knowledge of chemistry. Select the largest amount of gold from the choices below?
40.00 kilograms of gold
The Kyoto Protocol, which requires countries to reduce greenhouse emission, is a practice that advocates__?
Environmental protection
An atom of silicon has a mass number of 28 and an atomic number of 14. How many protons are in this atom?
14
Rock fragments thrown into the air during a volcanic eruption is called?
Lava
Which among the following properties is a measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched?
Luster
He established the tobacco monopoly during the Spanish era?
Jose Basco
Technology __ dramatically in the twenty-first century?
Has improved
A bread - and butter sandwich __ my favorite morning snack?
is
This is a segmented worm that can be used to facilitate anticoagulation?
Leeches
The __ of the story is that friendship is sacred?
Moral
What are the prime factors of 273?
3x7x13
This is the surface of the earth between the Tropic Cancer and the Arctic Circle?
Zone
Political idealists advocate ideals in politics such as justice and fairness. The political realist has a more realist viewpoint of politics, aptly stated by “Might is right”. Who among the following is more of a political realist rather than a political idealist?
Julius Caesar
Even when her friends betray her, Becky bears no rancor in her heart because she is not?
Bitter
If I __ known you before, we could have become partners for a project?
had
These are the thin structures of cytokinesis amoeboid movement changes in the cell shape?
Microfilaments
All important factors must be considered to arrive at a sound __?
Decision
The cause of power outage was a ___ connection?
loose
Virtual face-to-face communication is made possible by this software?
skype
“My head is bloody but unbowed”?
hyperbole
The Shakespearean classic saw the predicament of two lovers from warring families?
Romeo and Juliet
If the opposite sides of a quadrilateral are equal, the figure is a?
Parallelogram
The proposed equipment __ within the budget of the school?
is
The Philippine Legislature has two houses: Senate and House of Representatives. What term best describes this setup?
Bicameralism
How do you call the tax imposed on all employed and practicing professionals?
Income tax
Which of the following is considered the lowest form of learning?
Perceiving/Teaching
In July 1901, Isabelo Delos Reyes founded the first labor union in the country. What was its name?
Association of the Philippine Labor Union Obrera Derocratica
During the June 12, 1898, Declaration of Independence, a band played the Marcha Nacional Filipino What band was this?
Malabon Band
This is modern technology’s response to a message previously sent over couriers or post offices?
Among the not-easily-observable skills are cognitive abilities?
This is because they are Mental
What is the LCM of 5,2, and 7?
70
My concept of inner peace came from my mother’s daily activities which I now recall with fondness and awe. She was a full-time housewife wholly dependent on my father’s monthly salary. How she made both ends meet, guided us in our studies and did small acts of charity on the side was beyond me.” Based on the recount, the mother’s financial resource was?
Limited
“I am a retired public school teacher. As a teacher, I was branded as a terror in school. The pupils dreaded the day they would enter my class. Little did they know that behind my unpopular façade was a heart full of compassion. But how did I learn this moniker? I did not tolerate dirty pupils in my class. I wanted them to know that the cleanliness of the body was good for their health. I inspected their teeth, nails, footwear, handkerchiefs, clothes, ears, noses and hair.” Based on the recount, the teacher values ____?
Cleanliness
The student’s request to reset the test __ reasonable.
is
Ito ang humahadlang sa maayos na pakikinig.
Ingay
Kung bibilangin ang pantig sa bawat taludtod ng tula, ito ang makukuha.
Sukat
What do you think will mostly happen when a plant cell is placed in a hypotonic solution?
It will swell
A toothpick can float on the surface of the water because of?
surface tension
Which of the following organisms is considered heterotrophic?
grasshopper
“The prodigal son, who is the black sheep of the family, has returned home.” What figure of speech was used in the given statement?
Metaphor
Below are different sources of energy. Which do you think is the most DISADVANTAGEOUS because of its possible threat to human sources of food?
Geo-thermal
Ano ang tinataglay ng mga sumusunod na salita: tanaw, aliw, kamay, reyna?.
Diptonggo
What do you call the molecule that contains the genetic information of the organism?
Nucleic Acid
Which power of the state enables it to impose a charge or burden upon persons, property or property rights for the use and support of the government expenditures for social services and a way of revenue collection?
Taxation
The fundamental right invoked by filing the “writ of Amparo” is ___?
Right to life, liberty, and security
What does a professional code of conduct prescribe?
Moral and ethical standards
The invited resource speaker has a lot on his mind. He is such a LOQUACIOUS speaker. The capitalized word means?
Verbose
“Two heads are better than one” means that it’s better for two people to think of a solution that just one person. This is a classic example of this figure of speech?
Synecdoche
The planets of the solar system have mythological references. They are based on what genre of mythology?
Roman Mythology
A new show____ on ABS-CBN two days ago.
has launched
In the courtroom, the judge said that the findings have no bearing because there are___.
Inadmissible
The newly elected president demonstrated great APLOMB in dealing with the nasty and foul questions thrown by reporters. The capitalized word means?
composure
“The goddess Aphrodite is the phantom of delight’’. The sentence is an example of a?
Metaphor
“Crispin! Basilio! My children!” Is an example of___.
Apostrophe
This element of the short story is the combination of all events, which are caused to move because of the conflict?
Plot
A sonnet is a poet that has fourteen lines and a total of ____ syllables?
140
Of the four, this is the shortest literary work.
Anecdote
When small children call all animals “dogs”, what process is illustrated, based on Piaget’s cognitive development theory?
Assimilation
When a teacher teaches the idea that it is wrong to think that Filipino lifestyle, products, and ideas are inferior to those of other nationalities, he fights against __.
Xenocentrism
The sum of traditionally derived and orally transmitted literature, material, culture, and custom within predominantly and technologically advanced societies are referred to as?
Folklore
What is the first skill a student must have before he/she can read?
Phonemic awareness
The man looks ___at the food on the table.
strangely
If he ___ eating excessively, he would be that fat.
were
