SOCIAL SCIENCE

SOCIAL STUDIES/ SOCIAL SCIENCES

LET REVIEW MATERIAL

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. What is considered the oldest form of writing in the Philippines?

A. Alibata

B. Abakada

C. Kalantiaw

D. Balitaw

Answer: A

2. What is the best indicator of "quality education" as invoked in the Constitution? Generation of reliable measurements __________.

A. on cohort survival rate

B. on drop-out rate

C. of educational outcomes

D. on participation rate

Answer: C

3.The period of physical, especially sexual, and mental maturation which is characterized by rapid somatic growth is known as __________.

A. infancy

B. early childhood

C. puberty

D. adulthood

Answer: C

4. What major change creates a trend?

A. Innovation

B. Stagnation

C. Revolution

D. Involution

Answer: A

5. Among early Greek philosophers __________ introduced empirical knowledge by use of observation to explain universal truths.

A. Plato

B. Socrates

C. Aristotle

D. Thales

Answer: D

6. Copernicus' booke "de Revolutionibus" proposed the thesis that __________.

A. the earth is the center of the universe

B. the earth revolves around the sun

C. the earth is round

D. the moon revolves around the earth

Answer: B

7. In Sociology we develop our capacity to attain __________ wisdom through knowledge-based research.

A. traditional

B. folk

C. conventional

D empirical

Answer: D

8. During the Marcos regime, what shift in form of government was made that introduced the new positions of a prime minister and a single legislative body of assemblymen?

A. Constitutional

B. Federal

C. Parliamentary

D. Welfare state

Answer: C

9. Mahatma Ghandi is to ___________ and Mohammed Ali is to __________.

A. India and South America

B. India and Canada

C. India and North America

D. India and Africa

Answer: C

10. The main item product during the early galleon trade was __________.

A. rugs from Persia

B. precious metals from India

C. Chinese silk

D. Philippine products

Answer: C

11. The agreement forged in Bohol between Legaspi and Sikatuna is __________.

A. Code of Kalantiao

B. Bangsamoro Agreement

C. Blood Compact

D. Code of Maragtas

Answer: C

12. Learning about the problems and issues which cut across national boundaries and about the interconnectedness of systems is referred to as __________.

A. Peace Education

B. Environmental Education

C. Global Education

D. Multi-cultural Education

Answer: B

13. What term best describes a peaceful community?

A. Harmony

B. Tolerance

C. Spirituality

D. Ethics

Answer: A

14. Clautrophobia is an irrational fear of __________.

A. darkness

B. strangers

C. closed space

D. height

Answer: C

15. Among social trends, which is very difficult to psychologically overcome?

A. Tendency

B. Learning

C. Bias

D. Inclination

Answer: C

16. What method of thinking-and-learning draws from the general qualities of knowledge to particular knowledge?

A. Induction

B. Deduction

C. Discovery

D. Problem solving

Answer: B

17. A modern city in North Africa is __________.

A. Cape Town

B. Johannesburg

C. Cairo

D. Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan

Answer: C

18. Research-based knowledge about social and social patterns can replace __________.

A. traditional values

B. folk wisdom

C. superstition

D. conventional practices

Answer: C

19. Which constitutional safeguard exists such that the executive can turn down legislative measures and Congress can move to remove the President?

A. Check-and-balance

B. Boycott

C. Veto power

D. Impeachment

Answer: A

20. Benito Mussolini is to ____________ and Winston Churchill is to ___________.

A. Italy and England

B. France and America

C. Spain and Great Britain

D. India and Africa

Answer: A

21. In 1972 the tobacco monopoly was established and there was massive cultivation of tobacco EXCEPT in this province.

A. Nueva Ecija

B. Batangas

C. Cagayan

D. Marinduque

Answer: B

22. Who among the early civilization set great educational goal to develop the individual man - to think and act?

A. Greece

B. Babylon

C. Persia

D. Sumeria

Answer: A

23. Among social trends, which easily passes, e.g. fashion?

A. Mores

B. Fad

C. Laws

D. Norms

Answer: B

24. In which situation do we insist on belonging to a group thus resisting the risk of being different?

A. Conformism

B. Radicalism

C. Anarchism

D. Pessimism

Answer: A

25. Baghdad is to Iraq and __________ is to Syria.

A. Jordan

B. Turkey

C. Yemen

D. Damascus

Answer: D

26. What do you call the diagrams of kinship relations and maps to show how the people are in communities are related to one another?

A. Genealogies

B. Graphics

C. Organizers

D. Spider map

Answer: A

27. Which privilege gives any person in the Philippines to be bodily presented in court for charges of a crime for which he has right of counsel and trial?

A. ex-post facto law

B. writ of habeas corpus

C. fourth amendment

D. writ of habeas data

Answer: B

28. The chancellor of Prussia who successfully united Germany and made it a republic was __________.

A. Adolf Hitler

B. Otto von Bismark

C. Lev Caprivi

D. Prinz Max Von Baden

Answer: B

29. By the end of the 19th century the most notable land owners in the Philippines owning up to a total of 172,000 hectares were __________.

A. mestizos

B. Spanish hacenderos

C. Spanish friars

D. natives

Answer: C

30. An eye defect characterized by clear vision in one dimension but unfocused vision on the other is called __________.

A. myopia

B. astigmatism

C. hyperopia

D. persbyopia

Answer: B

31. Violation of human rights is a violation of the __________ of persons.

A. dignity

B. intelligence

C. emotions

D. freedom

Answer: A

32. Which of the following is the ultimate purpose of Human Rights Education?

A. identify threats of human rights

B. generate awareness of one's basic rights

C. check on abuses in the exercise of human rights

D. understand and change conditions which give rise to human rights violation

Answer: D

33. During the 17th-18th century Hispanic era, what was the highest post a native or Chinese mestizo can attain at the municipal level, equivalent to local bureaucrats namely the mayors today?

A. Gobernadorcillo

B. Cabeza de Barangay

C. Tenientes de Justicia

D. Directorcillo

Answer: A

34. Change becomes an issue when it creates __________.

A. disagreement

B. discomfort

C. drawback

D. duplication

Answer: A

35. What aspect of inquiry is NOT related to ethical conduct in research?

A. Security of participants

B. Respect of confidentiality

C. Voluntary participation by respondents

D. Limitation in research scope

Answer: D

36. The east-west __________ line encircles the earth and divides it into two equal parts or hemispheres.

A. longitude

B. equator

C. meridian

D. latitude

Answer: B

37. To prevent ethnocentrism, anthropologists and sociologists advocate cross-cultural understanding through a concept known as __________.

A. cultural relativism

B. ethical relativism

C. global solidarity

D. acculturation

Answer: A

38. Which state gave the Philippines the first recognition as an independent republic that was formally inaugurated during World War II?

A. China

B. United States

C. Japan

D. Spain

Answer: C

39. Christians engaged Muslims during the __________ in order to win back the Holy Land to Christendom.

A. Holy Wars

B. War of Roses

C. Crusade

D. Punic Wars

Answer: C

40. The ASEAN National Qualification Framework shall be implemented by the member countries in __________.

A. 2015

B. 2018

C. 2016

D. 2020

Answer: A

41. As young people mature, society expects them to develop competencies and asume social roles in a conventional manner.

A. expectations of parents

B. influence of peer groups

C. influence of formal education

D. cultural demands

Answer: D

42. Which law set a full free trade policy abolishing the quota limitation of the Philippine exports to United States?

A. Hare-Hawes cutting act

B. Bell trade Act

C. Underwood-Simmons Act

D. Payne-Aldrich Act

Answer: C

43. It is the study of man’s pre­history through the buried remains of ancient culture, skeletal remnants of human beings.

A. Anthropology

B. Archeology

C. Ethnology

D. Ethnography

Answer: B

44. While credit card can boost consumer buying, what is the danger to consumers?

A. Materialistic attitude to buying

B. Debt with high interest payment

C. Proliferation of plastic money

D. Surge in estafa cases

Answer: B

45. What country gives the highest salary for teachers?

A. China

B. Singapore

C. Philippines

D. Thailand

Answer: B

46. The founder of the theory of psychology called psychoanalysis was __________.

A. Locke

B. Hume

C. Freud

D. Leibnitz

Answer: C

47. The process of drawing conclusions from general truth or principle to a particular or specific conclusion is the __________.

A. inductive method

B. project method

C. experimental method

D. deductive method

Answer: D

48. In 1952 the organization of the __________ marked a milestone in the development of Philippine sociology.

A. Philippine Social Science Council

B. Philippine Sociological Society

C. Research Foundation of the Philippines

D. Institute of Philippine Culture

Answer: B

49. There is violation of __________ in cases of extra-judicial killings.

A. search and seizure order

B. due process of law

C. arrest warrant

D. equal protection under the law

Answer: B

50. The sytematic explanation of observed phenomena drawn from social manifestation or patterns in social life is __________.

A. hypothesis

B. theory

C. assumption

D. truth

Answer: B

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