Part 4 General Education

Question 1

She wrote the 1st Filipino modern English language short story, Dead Star, published in the Philippine Herald in 1925.
A. Paz Marquez Benitez
B. Ophelia Dimalanta

Answer 1

A. Paz Marquez Benitez

Question 2

Which among the following pertains to the passionate Filipino dance that makes use of a fan or handkerchief to illustrate a couple in romance?
A. El Bimbo B. Carinosa

Answer 2

B. Carinosa

Question 3

Famous ballerina who brought ballet to children of various economic levels?
A. Lea Salonga B. Liza Macuja

Answer 3

B. Liza Macuja

Question 4

Angono, Rizal boasts a famous composer who became a National Artist. Who is this person?
A. San Pedro B. Cayabyab

Answer 4

A. San Pedro

Question 5

Who is Quijano de Martin in Philippine Literature?
A. Nick Joaquin
B. Jose Garcia Villa

Answer 5

A. Nick Joaquin

Question 6

Who was the literary figure known as “Huseng Sisiw”?
A. Jose dela Cruz
B. Juan Matapang Cruz

Answer 6

A. Jose dela Cruz

Question 7

The following were among the five ships involved in Ferdinand
Magellan’s voyage, except:
A. Trinidad B. Cartagena

Answer 7

B. Cartagena

Question 8

What was the name of forced labor imposed during the Spanish regime?
A. Bandala B. Polo

Answer 8

B. Polo

Question 9

Through the Galleon Trade, the Philippines had extended contacts with ___________.
A. Mexico B. Spice Islands

Answer 9

A. Mexico

Question 10

What economic policy in 16th century Europe influenced Spain’s expansion is policy to discover new lands?
A. Mercantilism B. Colonialism

Answer 10

A. Mercantilism

Question 11

1565, Legaspi concluded a blood compact with the chief of Bohol. Who is referred to?
A. In Lakandula B. Sikatuna

Answer 11

B. Sikatuna

Question 12

Which of the following was the first to happen?
A. The Philippines was ceded to the US by the Treaty of Paris
B. Guerilla warfare against the US was initiated

Answer 12

A. The Philippines was ceded to the US by the Treaty of Paris

Question 13

Which religious missionaries first arrived in the Philippines?
A. Augustinians B. Franciscans

Answer 13

A. Augustinians

Question 14

The Spanish mestizo priest was the pioneering leader of the native secular clergy in the Secularization Movement of 1861.
A. Father Pedro Pelaez
B. Father Gregorio Aglipay

Answer 14

B. Father Gregorio Aglipay

Question 15

Governor-General Narciso Claveria was responsible for the
____________.
A. Use of Spanish surname by Filipinos
B. Establishment of the Tobacco Monopoly

Answer 15

A. Use of Spanish surname by Filipinos

Question 16

During the Hispanic era, native and Chinese male mestizos 16-60 years old are obligated to do forced labor for forty days. How can exemption be made?
A. Paying the bandala
B. Paying the falla (exemption fee)

Answer 16

B. Paying the falla (exemption fee)

Question 17

Which Spanish policy provided the resettlement of Filipino
communities to form town centers of cabeceras?
A. Reduccion B. Bandala

Answer 17

A. Reduccion

Question 18

The last Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines
A. Basilio Agustin
B. Diego de los Rios

Answer 18

B. Diego de los Rios

Question 19

During the Spanish era, who was the revolutionary leader who waged a long war against the government because it did not allow proper burial for his brother?
A. Macario Sakay
B. Francisco Dagohoy

Answer 19

B. Francisco Dagohoy

Question 20

Even after General Malvar’s surrender, there was a revolutionary leader who refused to surrender to the Americans. Instead, he declared himself President and Commander-in-chief of the supreme Government of the Tagalog Archipelago. Who was this person?
A. Macario Sakay
B. Artemio Ricarte

Answer 20

A. Macario Sakay

Question 21

Gregoria de Jesus saw her husband ______ charged for treason by fellow Filipinos who have formed the Philippine revolutionary force to fight Spain.
A. Andres Bonifacio
B. Jose Rizal

Answer 21

A. Andres Bonifacio

Question 22

During the June 12, 1898 declaration of Philippine Independence, a band played the Marcha Nacional Filipino. What band was this?
A. Malabon Band
B. San Francisco del Monte Band

Answer 22

A. Malabon Band

Question 23

Marcelo H. del Pilar condemned the hidden control and domination by Spanish religious priests over the colonial government using this term.
A. Complace
B. Frailocracia

Answer 23

B. Frailocracia

Question 24

He became the leader of the Magdalo faction.
A. Mariano Alvarez
B. Baldomero Aguinaldo

Answer 24

B. Baldomero Aguinaldo

Question 25

Who was the founder and editor of the newspaper “La
Independencia”?
A. Antonio Luna
B. Graciano Lopez Jaena

Answer 25

A. Antonio Luna

Question 26

Who was the orator of the Reform Movement and the first editor of La Solidaridad?
A. Marcelo del Pilar
B. Graciano Lopez Jaena

Answer 26

B. Graciano Lopez Jaena

Question 27

What law passed on August 1909 by the U.S. Congress established a partial free trade in the Philippines?
A. Payne-Aldrich Act
B. Underwood-Simmons Act

Answer 27

A. Payne-Aldrich Act

Question 28

Which law set a full-free trade policy abolishing the quota limitations on Philippine exports to the United States?
A. Payne-Aldrich Act
B. Underwood-Simmons Act

Answer 28

B. Underwood-Simmons Act

Question 29

Which law enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1916 established a bicameral legislature in the Philippines with the senator (upper house) and House of Representative (lower house) to be composed of elected Filipinos?
A. Cooper Act B. Jones Law

Answer 29

B. Jones Law

Question 30

What contain the concrete promise of the Americans to Filipinos independence “as soon as stable government can be established”?
A. Preamble of Jones Law
B. Preamble of the Commonwealth Government

Answer 30

A. Preamble of Jones Law