Who was called The First Filipino Diplomat ?

Felipe Agoncillo
Robert Cortez
Felipe Calderon
Miguel Cuaderno

It is defined as written instrument by which the fundamental powers of the government

are established, limited and defined and by which these powers are distributed among the
several departments or branches for their and useful exercise for the benefit of the people.

Laws
Statutes
Constitution
Ordinances

The Cooperatives Development Program of the government is designed primarily to

support the agrarian reform program. It aims to achieve a dignified existence for the small
farmers free from pernicious institutional restraints and practices.

Only the first statement is true and correct.

Only the second statement is true and correct.
Both statements are true and correct.
Both statements are untrue and incorrect.

It is also known as the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL)

Presidential Decree # 2
Presidential Decree # 27
Republic Act 6657
Republic Act 5766

The first political party in the Philippines organized on December 23, 1900 by wealthy
Filipino illustrados.

Nacionalista Party
Federal Party
 Liberal Pary
Partido Nacional Progresibo

Who was the last Sultan of Sulu?

Tarhata Kiram
Haji Butu
Jamalul Kiram II
Abu Bakr

A de facto government acquires a de jure status when it gains wide acceptance from the
people and recognition from the community of nations.

The statement is true and valid.

The statement is an assumption.
The statement is a fallacy.
The statement is doubtful.

After the death of her husband Andres Bonifacio, Gregoria de Jesus was later married to
whom?

Felipe Calderon
Julio Nakpil
Jose Calugas
Franciso Trinidad

What is the pseudonym used by Pablo Faced?

Quioquiap
Laong Laan
Hermano Pule
Plaridel

The first woman to top the Philippine BAR Examination.

Josefa Diokno
 Tecla San Andres Ziga
Tina Munoz Palma
Geronima Pecson

What was the name of the Filipino soldier who led the Cavite Mutiny of 1872?

Lt. Taviel de Andrade

Fr. Jose Burgos
Sergeant Lamadrid
Gen. Mariano Noriel

Who wrote the Kartilla, considered the bible of the Katipunan movement?

Apolinario Mabini
Emilio Jacinto
Andres Bonifacio
Valentin Diaz

Who was the Spanish governor-general who ordered the deportation of Jose Rizal to
Dapitan?

Gov. Gen. Eulogio Despujol

Gov. Gen . Carlos Maria dela Torre
Gov. Gen .Camilo de Polavieja
Gov. Gen. Fermin Jaudenes

Which of the following former presidents died in a plane crash?

Ramon Magsaysay
Carlos Garcia
Ferdinand Marcos
Emilio Aguinaldo

Agrarian reform program, Philippine experience is a success.

The statement is generally true.

 The statement is doubtful.
The statement is untrue.
There is no basis to conclude.

Which countries pursue sovereignty claims to the Spratly Islands as a whole and not to
specific parts alone?

A. Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia

B. China, Vietnam, Taiwan
C. Philippines, Vietnam, China
D. Taiwan, Malaysia, China

Who created the designs for the Philippine national flag?

Julian Felipe
Marcela Agoncillo
Emilio Aguinaldo
Apolinario Mabini

He was also known as Hermano Pule.

Pedro Feced
Aurelio Tolentino
Apolinario de la Cruz
Juan Arellano

Who led the longest revolt in the Philippines during the Spanish times?

Palaris
Tamblot
Rajah Sulayman
Francisco Dagohoy

What kind of government was installed under the 1973 Constitution under the Marcos
regime?
 Modified Presidential system
Modified Parliamentary system
Military system
Bicameral system

Who was the chief advisor of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo?

Pedro Paterno
Apolinario Mabini
Felipe Calderon
Jose Rizal

There is no Constitution that is entirely written or unwritten.

The statement is true and correct.

The statement is incorrect.
The statement is partially correct.
There is no basis to conclude.

Requisites of a good written constitution.

Brief
Broad
Definite
All of the given options

Who has the authority to interpret the constitution?

Private individual
Courts
Legislative and Executive departments of the government
All of the given options

She was the first woman member of the Katipunan (July 1893).

Gregoria de Jess
 Segunda Katigbak
Marina Dizon
Gabriela Silang

Which characteristic applies to the kind of government during the Spanish period?

A. Decentralized
B. Democratic
C. Highly centralized
D. Between democratic and socialist

If an individual is to maximize the utility received from the consumption, he or she

should spend all available income This statement assumes ________.

that saving is impossible.

that the individual is not satiated in all goods.
that no goods are inferior.
both A and B.

Who was the first Filipino president (1915-1920) of the University of the Philippines?

Jesus Calderon
Jose Avelino
Jose Palma
Ignacio Villamor

We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of Almighty God , in order to build
a just and humane society and establish a government that shall embody our ideals and
aspirations, promote our common good, conserve and develop our patrimony, and secure
to ourselves and our posterity the blessings of independence and democracy under the rule
of law and the regime of truth, justice, freedom, equality and peace, do ordain and
promulgate this Constitution.

What part of Constitution is this?

General Provision
Amendments
 Preamble
National Patrimony

The problem of scarcity _____.

arises only in poor countries.

exists because the price of goods is too high.
exists because of limited resources.
will eventually be solve by better planning.

Who was the first woman councilor of Manila?

Carmen Planas
Vivian Zapanta
Geronima Pecson
Marcela Ocampo

An individuals demand curve

represents the various quantities that the consumer is willing to purchase of a good at
various price levels.
is derived from an individuals indifference curve map.
will shift if preferences, price of other goods, or income change.
all of the above.

If more and more labor is employed while keeping all other inputs constant, the marginal
physical productivity of labor _____.

will eventually increase.

will eventually decrease.
will eventually remain constant.
cannot tell from the information provided.

He founded the Socialist Party of the Philippines in 1929, which merged with the older
Communist Party of the Philippines(PKP) in 1939.

Jose Abad Santos

 Pedro Abad Santos
Casto Alejandrino
Luis Taruc

World: Nile River; Philippines: _____

A. Agno River
B. Cagayan River
C. Rio Grande de Pampanga
D. Rio Grande de Mindanao

What is a firm?

A president, some vice presidents, and some employees

Any organization that wants to make a profit.
Any accumulation of productive assets.
Any organization that turns inputs into outputs

What was the name of Diego Silangs wife, who continued the revolt against the
Spaniards in the Ilocos region after Diegos death?

Luciana
Geronima
Gabriela
Manuela

Who is considered the founder of Philippine socialism?

A. Isabelo de los Reyes

B. Andres Bonifacio
C. Emilio Jacinto
D. Apolinario Mabini

Which of the following demonstrates ethnocentric behavior?

A. A United Nations volunteer participates in literacy programs in Mindanao

 B. A student tutors an immigrant in English
C. A Hispanic community group demands that public forms also be published in
Spanish
D. A tourist lectures his foreign hosts on the uncivilized nature of their marriage
customs

In 1851, the first commercial bank in the Philippines and the far East, was established.
What is the present name of this bank?

Bangko Central ng Pilipinas

RCBC
Banco de las islas Filipinas
Bank of the Philippine Islands

In a competitive market, efficient allocation of resources is characterized by ________.

a price greater than the marginal cost of production.

the possibility of further mutually beneficial transactions.
the largest possible sum of consumer and producer surplus.
a value of consumer surplus equal to that of producer surplus.

What is the name of Filipino armed contingent that helped the Americans capture
Aguinaldo?

Macabebe Scouts
Magdalo
Balangiga Rangers
Abu Sayyaf

The pre-colonial Philippines has no established government. Its villages and settlements
were called barangays.

Only the first statement is true and correct.

Only the second statement is true and correct.
Both statements are true and correct.
Both statements are untrue and incorrect.
 What is the first word of the 1987 Philippine Constitution?

People
I
We
The

Price controls _______.

are always popular with consumers because they lower prices.

create shortages.
increase producer surplus because firms can now sell a greater quantity of a good at a
lower price.
are necessary to preserve equity.

Who was the Great Dissenter?

Camilo Osias
Manuel Roxas Jr
Claro M. Recto
Eulogio Rodriguez

Who was the hero of the Battle at Tirad Pass?

Macario Sakay
Diego Silang
Antonio Luna
Gregorio del Pilar

In general, microeconomic theory assumes that the firms attempt to maximize the
difference between ______.

total revenue and accounting costs.

price and marginal cost.
total revenues and economic costs.
economic costs and average cost.
 There were four social classes of people in the pre-colonial barangays. They were the
nobles, freemen, serfs, and the slaves.

Only the first statement is true and correct.

Only the second statement is true and correct.
Both statements are true and correct.
Both statements are untrue and incorrect.

What are the forms of government in which the political power is exercised by a few
privilege class.

Oligarchy and Aristocracy

Aristocracy and Monarchy
Theocracy and Fascism
Democracy and Tyranny

Arranged the sequence of governments during the revolutionary era:

1. The Dictatorial Government
2. The Revolutionary Government
3. The Biak-na-Bato Republic
4. The First Philippine Republic

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3124
4132
1234

What was the secret society founded in 1896 that precipitated the glorious revolution
against the Spaniards.

The Katipunan
The Kalahi
The Biak naBato Republic
The Ilustrado

The government which Spain established in the Philippines was defective. It was a
government for the Spaniards and not for the Filipinos.
 Only the first statement is true and correct.
Only the second statement is true and correct.
Both statements are true and correct.
Both statements are untrue and incorrect.

In the opening of the free trade, if world prices of a good are less than domestic prices of
that same good, _________.

domestic consumers will experience a loss of surplus.

domestic prices will drop to the world price level.
all domestic producers of that good will try to find another market because they cant
compete with foreign producers.
domestic producers will increase the quantity supplied in order to crowd out the
foreign produced goods.

What are the two known written codes during the pre-Spanish era in the Philippines?

Maragtas and Kalantiaw Codes

Sumakwil and Sulayman Codes
Panay and Subanon Codes
Hammurabi and Ur Nammu Codes

Who is the Filipino historian who claimed that there was no Philippine history before the
execution of the three nationalists priests?

Gregorio Zaide
Teodoro Agoncillo
Onofre Corpuz
Fidel Villaruel, OP

It states that as the price of the commodities increase the amount of goods the consumer
is willing to purchase decrease and as the price of the commodities decrease the willingness
of the consumer to buy increases and other factor remain constant.

Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility

Law of Gravity
Law of Supply
 Law of Demand

The excess burden of tax is ____.

The amount of which the price of a good increases

The loss of consumer and producer surplus that is not transferred elsewhere.
The amount y which a persons after-tax income decrease as a result of the new tax.
The welfare costs to firms forced to leave the market due to an inward shift of the
demand curve.

The Constitution used by the Philippine government from the commonwealth period
until 1973.

The Malolos Constitution

The Biak-na-Bato Constitution
The 1935 Constitution
The 1901 Constitution

A kind of tax based on the rate of which decreases as the tax base or bracket increases.

Progressive
Graduated
Regressive
Proportional

It refers to the agency through which the will of the state is formulated, expressed and
carried out.

Government
Sovereignty
Constitution
Laws

It refers to the community of persons more or less numerous, permanently occupying a

definite portion of territory, having a government of their own to which the great body of
inhabitants render obedience, and enjoying freedom from external control.
 Sovereignty
Nation
Citizenship
State

All of the following constitute the meaning of political science except:

A basic knowledge and understanding of the state.

It is primarily concerned with the association of human beings into a political
community.
Common knowledge every events taking place in the society.
It deals with the relationship among men and groups which are subject to the control
by the state.

What theory asserts that the early states must have been formed by deliberate and
voluntary compact among the people to form a society and organize government for their
common good?

Necessity Theory
Divine Right Theory
Social Contact Theory
Social Compact Theory

What is the process by which the productive capacity of the economy is increased over
time to bring about rising levels of national output and income?

Economic growth
Industry
Economic development
Employment

A deliberate attempt to recognize and transform existing agrarian system with the
intention of improving the distribution of agricultural incomes and thus fostering rural
development.

Millennium Development Plan

Land Reform
 Water Reform
Development Goals

What was the civil government established during the Japanese occupation of the
Philippines?

The Japanese Imperial Government

The Philippine Republic
The Puppet Government of Japan
The Philippine Executive Commission

What are the four elements of state?

people, territory, sovereignty, government

people, constitution, territory, government
government, law, peace, territory
constitution, people, land, independence

Government exists and should continue to exist for the benefit of the people.

The statement is a general truth.

The statement is just an assumption.
The statement is a fallacy.
There is no basis for judgment.

Under the Spanish colonial government, who directly governed the Philippines?

The Governor-General
The Viceroy of Mexico
The Royal Audiencia
The King of Spain

What is the first city to be established in 1565 in the Philippines?

Manila
Davao
 Cebu
Iloilo

Arranged according to its establishment during the American Regime:

1. The Commonwealth Government

2. The Military Government
3. The Civil Government

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231
321
213

All are possible results when a high population growth rate continues in the Third World
except

growth of slums
spread of diseases due to poverty and poor sanitation
not enough schools, hospitals, roads, bridges, etc.
increased Gross National Product

A system whereby the determination of exchange rate is left solely to the market forces.

Foreign exchange liberalization

Import liberalization
Terms of trade
Foreign investment

Which of the following is the nature of power of taxation?

It is inherent in sovereignty.
It is legislative in nature.
It is subject to constitutional and inherent limitations.
All of the above