GENERAL EDUCATION 1 to 100

Choose the correct meaning of the underline word

I. Vocabulary:

1. The teacher-adviser monitors the class activities of his pupils.

a. Demands c. Identifies
b. Observes d. regulates
2. There is a need to renovate the old school building to avoid future accidents.
a. repair c. restore
b. repaint d. redecorate
3. The athlete was in a sanguine mood after the ball game
a. Frustrating c. sad
b. happy d. discouraging
4. There is a need for an amicable settlement between the parent and the teacher
a. embarrassing c. peaceful
b. humble d. continuing
5. There is an altercation going on between the teacher and principal in the office.
a. dispute c. settlement
b. competition d. jealousy
6. The English teacher is proficient in her teaching.
a. effective c. engrossed
b. expert d. perfect
7. Stipulate in your constitution and by-laws the qualified of the officers.
a. specify c. fasten
b. attach d. underline
8. Integrate values in all your subject areas
a. remove c. decrease
b. include into d. criticize
9. His preposterous reason made him the talk of the campus.
a. magnificent c. funny
b. ridiculous d. positive
10. The singer was fidgety as the judges were deciding on the winner.
a. appealing c. restlessly
b. with love d. none of these
11.He was deprive of a mother’s love
a. satisfied c. chosen
b. debarred d. given
12. The flagrant pupils came shouting with stones in their hands.
a. industrious c. notorious
b. group of pupils d. intelligent
13.There was a question of fraud among the notorious pupils who took the special examination.
a. cheating c. unfairness
b. injustice d. favoritism
14. Her answer was explicable in public
a. undetermined c. unacceptable
b. can be explained d. unreasonable
15. She looked haggard when she came in
a. fresh c. gaunt
b. at ease d. inspired
II. Subject-Verb Agreement
16.Everybody in the gymnasium _____ frustrated when the candidate did not appear in public.
a. was b. were
17.A bag of candies and a bottle of coke ____ on the table.
a. Is b. are
18.That _____ seem correct.
a. don’t b. doesn’t
19.Either the boys or girls _____ here.
a. is b. are
20.The number of teacher in the school ____ from year to year.
a. vary b. varies
21.One-third of the classroom_____ under water.
a. was b. were
22. She is one of those honor pupils who always _____ into confusion.
a. get b. gets
23. Each of the members of the club _____ a duty to perform.
a. Have b. Has
24.Mrs. Tecson’s creativeness and concern _____ well appreciated.
a. is b. are25.There ____ many pupils here.
a. Is b. are
26.Many years of his life _____ spent in province
a. Was b. were
27.No one ____ at home.
a. is b. are
28.My leg and my arm _____ aching.
a. Is b. are
29.She _____ to read novels.
a. like b. likes
30.There _____ eight men in the game.
a. is b. are
III. Identify the figure of speech in the following statement.
31.Michael shouts like mike does.
a. hyperbole c. metaphor
b. simile d. litotes
32.Dona was tired to death after a long day of cooking.
a. simile c. metaphor
b. hyperbole d. personification
33.She has a Venus beauty
a. simile c. metaphor
b. hyperbole d. litotes
34.As the rain falls, the leaves dance merrily while the cool breeze touches my lips gently.
a. Hyperbole c. metaphor
b. litotes d. personification
35. Mt. Apo is a small volcano compared to Mt. matutum.
a. Litotes c. Metaphor
b. Hyperbole d. Simile
36.Chris was a limb in the group during the disco party.
a. simile c. hyperbole
b. metaphor d. litotes
37. Her lips are as cold as ice
a. simile c. personification
b. metaphor d. synecdoche
38.James was crushed by the death of Kris.
a. simile c. hyperbole
b. personification d. metaphor
39. Her skin is as white as onion
a. simile c. hyperbole
b. metaphor d. litotes
40.She has the King Solomon ideas.
a. Simile c. metaphor
b. Hyperbole d. personification
IV. Vocabulary
41.That coke is delicious
a. looks good c. looks colorful
b. tastes good d. smells good
42.I won’t come anymore
a. come soon c. already came
b. never come d. any of these
43.The story is uninteresting
a. very interesting
b. interesting in some part
c. not interesting
d. some how interesting
44.She was attracted by the hedge
a. stone c. fence
b. low bushes d. none of these
45.The memo is compulsory.
a. must be done c. must be kept
b. a request d. optional
46.She has to economize.
a. earn more money c. put business
b. spend less d. spend more
47.The pond is shallow
a. has clear water c. is full of mass
b. is not deep
48.The oil trickles down the machine
a. flows rapidly
b. flows little by little
c. flows in large quantities
49.That pond is full of fry.a. small fish c. mosquito
b. frogs d. wraps
50.I sneaked out.
a. went out noisily c. went out easily
b. went out without attracting
51.He hasn’t come yet
a. he’ll come later c. he won’t come
b. we won’t wait for him d. he will never come
52.You will sprinkle the flower once a day
a. change c. cut
b. water d. throw
53.These fish are fresh
a. cooked c. cheap
b. newly caught d. rotten
54.The light is dim
a. off c. colored
b. not bright d. very bright
55.The ants are motile
a. small c. numerous
b. movable d. big
V. Answer the following correctly.
56.How do you address a Christmas card where the husband is a Doctor of Philosophy and the
wife is an
attorney? Which is the right form?
a. Dr. and Atty. Ben Marquez
b. Dr. Ben Reyes and Atty. Rose Reyes
c. Dr. Reyes and Atty. Reyes
d. Dr. and Mrs. Ben Reyes
57.Writing to your superior, what complimentary wending should be used?
a. truly yours, c. Yours truly,
b. very truly yours, d. Truly very your’s
58.Choose the proper use of everyday.
a. You find this headline everyday.
b. You find this headline everyday in the newspapers.
c. You don’t find the issue clear everyday.
d. I read the issue everyday
59.Which declaration shows determination?
a. What an embarrassing situation!
b. I have good words for you.
c. This time, I won’t stop teaching.
d. I will still think about it.
60.When you are writing to someone you hardly know, the salutation should be
a. My dear Mrs. Ponce
b. Dear Mrs. Ponce
c. To ever dearest Mrs. Ponce
d. My ever dearest Mrs. Ponce
61. “Early to bed, early to rise, keeps a man healthy, wealthy, and wise” means
a. sleep early and wake up early so you will become wealthy
b. Develop healthy habits of going to bed early and getting
c. Sleeping is the root of making wealth
d. Sleeping will give you a healthy mind.
62.“Tell me who your friends are and I’ll tell you who you are” means
a. You are the judges as to who your peers are.
b. Your friends are your everyday companions.
c. You choose your friends.
d. Tell me who you to be with.
63. Which of this word are synonymous with settlement?
a. Autonomy c. Accord
b. Breakthrough d. Policy
64.What does it mean by saying “Not all close eyes are asleep”.
a. Not all eyes are blind.
b. The eyes seem to be closed, yet she knows what’s going on.
c. When we sleep sometimes we open our eyes.
d. Sleeping is not always closing our eyes.
65. What is meant by live within your means?
a. Grow as your live
b. Liking is the means of growing.
c. Spend according to your income.
d. Growing is the means to live.
66.“ I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul” was written by
a. Henley c. Elliot
b. Dickens d. Shelley67.“ A thing of beauty is a joy forever” expressed the philosophy of
a. Spencer c. Elliot
b. Keats d. Tennyson
68. America’s greatest humorist
a. Benjamin Franklin c. Washington Irving
b. Mark twain d. Samuel Clemens
69.A long narrative poem dealing with persons of heroic proportion and actions of great
significance
a. Ballad c. Sonnet
b. Epic d. Elegy
70.Considered the father of the modern American short story
a. Shakespeare c. Edgar Allan Poe
b. Bacon d. Robert frost
71.It is a Japanese poem with 17 syllables.
a. Niponggo c. Canto
b. Haiku d. Tanaga
72.A collection of literary pieces
a. Prose c. Anthology
b. Biography d. Diary
73.Verse with 14 iambic pentameter lines
a. Epic c. Verse
b. Sonnet d. Prose
74.Longest epic ever written
a. Invictus c. Mahabharata
b. Lam-ang d. Lament
75.Stories that reflect people’s beliefs and are handed from generation to generation
a. Prose c. Poetry
b. Folktales d. Ballad
76.These are not tales making use of animals as characters
a. Myths c. Fables
b. Legends d. Fiction
77.Known for his pen name “Dolores Manapat”
a. Antonio Luna c. Gracianio Lopez Jaena
b. Marcelo H. del Pilar d. Andres Bonifacio
78.Filipino essayist an Patriots who edited and published “La Solidaridad”
a. Apolinario Mabini c. Jose Rizal
b. Andres Bonifacio d. Marcelo H. del Pilar
79.His words were the source of inspiration for the poem “ Like the Molave”
a. Mabini c. Quezon
b. Carlos Romulo d. Rizal
80.A poem lamenting the dead
a. Sonnet c. Elegy
b. Ode d. Satire
81. Represent of a thing or ideas of a person
a. hyperbole c. Heroic Couplet
b. Allusion d. Personification
82.A speech by a person who reveals his thoughts
a. Sonnet c. soliloquy
b. Metaphor d. simile
83.Figure of speech where two different things are compared thru the use of “as” and “like”
a. simile c. facsimile
b. allegory d. epic
84.Author of “ how My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife”
a. Manuel Arguilla c. Paz Benitez
b. Fernando maramag d. None of these
85.These stories, which reflect the people’s belief, are handed down from one generation to
another by
word of mouth.
a. novels c. prose
b. folktales d. poetry
86. A type of literature which narrates heroic deeds and supernatural happenings with local color
and which
people sing or chant
a. epic c. verse
b. poetry d. riddles
87.He wrote the famous letter “ To the Women of Malolos”
a. Gregorio del Pilar c. Jose Rizal
b. Andres Bonifacio d. Emilio Jacinto
88.A kind of literary piece which moralizes and was written in letter from between two sisters
dwelling in the
city ad the other in the province.
a. urbana at Felisa c. Manang Biday
b. Pasyon, religious play d. None of these
89.How is the author of “The legend of sleepy Hollow” which revolves around a headlines
horseman’s tale
a. George Washington c. Washington Irving
b. Robert Surtess d. Shakespeare90.Considered as one of the world’s greatest short stories and it
is Edgar Allan Poe’s story of terror about
a hypochondriac living in morbid fear.
a. Annabel Lee c. Macbeth
b. The fall of the house of Usher d. The Raven
91.He is Edmond Rostand’s famous character who is a poet and a soldier noted for his peculiar
nose.
a. Roxanne c. Ichabod
b. Don Quixote d. Cyrano de Bergerac
92.“If eyes are made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being “- is taken from the
poem’
a. The bells c. Don juan
b. Sonnet d. Rhodora
93. A great epic poem whose plot centers around the anger and wrath of Achilles against
Agamemnon, a
geek leader
a. Bernardo Carpio c. The Odyssey
b. The Iliad of Homer d. Myth
94.“I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul”,, is taken room the poem
a. O Captain, my captain
b. Invictus
c. The arrow and the Song
d. None of these
95.He was the American President who said: “Ask not what America will do for you, but what
together we
can do for the freedom of man.”
a. Gerald Ford c. Harry Truman
b. F. Roosevelt d. Abe Lincoln
96.The speech of Abe Lincoln which end, thus; “That the government of the people, by the
people, for the
people, shall not perish from the earth.” – is in his famous
a. farewell Address at Sprinfield
b. Inaugural Address
c. Address at Gettysburg
d. None of these
97.The figure of speech, which uses exaggerated statement for aesthetic reason.
a. Alliteration c. Hyperbole
b. Onomatopoeia d. Metaphor
98. His famous work is Mona Lisa
a. Jose Rizal c. Juan Luna
b. Leonardo da Vinci d. Pavarotti
99.The famous painting Juan Luna made
a. Spolarium c. Rice Paddies
b. Bahag-hari d. Sunset
100. The stature of David was created by
a. Sigfried Vandike c. Michelangelo
b. Vincent Gogh d. Andre Warbol

Answer Key:
1 b                                                                                 51 A
2 a                                                                                 52 B
3 b                                                                                 53 B
4 c                                                                                 54 B
5 a                                                                                 55 B
6 b                                                                                 56 D
7 a                                                                                 57 B
8 b                                                                                 58 C
9 b                                                                                 59 C
10 c                                                                              60 B
11 b                                                                              61 B
12 c                                                                              62 A
13 a                                                                              63 C
14 b                                                                              64 B
15 c                                                                              65 C
16 a                                                                              66 A
17 b                                                                              67 B
18 b                                                                              68 B
19 b                                                                              69 B
20b                                                                                70C
21a                                                                                71B
22b                                                                                72C
23b                                                                                73B
24a                                                                                74C
25b                                                                                75B
26b                                                                                76C
27a                                                                                77B
28b                                                                                78D
29b                                                                                79C
30b                                                                                80C
31b                                                                                81D
32b                                                                                82C
33c                                                                               83A
34d                                                                                84B
35a                                                                                85B
36b                                                                                86A
37b                                                                                87C
38c                                                                               88A
39a                                                                                89C
40c                                                                               90b
41b                                                                               91D
42b                                                                                92D
43c                                                                               93B
44b                                                                                94B
45a                                                                                95D
46b                                                                                96C
47b                                                                                97C
48b                                                                                98B
49a                                                                                99A
50b                                                                                100C