This is the Multiple Choice Questions in General Education as one coverage of Licensure Examinations for Teachers (LET). The exam is divided into two classifications. First is the elementary level exam which covers topics from General Education (GenEd) 40% and Professional Education (ProfEd) 60%. Secondly is the secondary level which covers GenEd 20%, ProfEd 40% and area of specialization 40%. I assume you are looking for a reviewer that will help you achieve your goal to become a professional License teacher very soon. Yes, you are in the right place to make your dream come true. Make sure to familiarize each and every questions to increase the chance of passing the Licensure Examinations for Teachers (LET).

GENERAL  EDUCATION (Elementary and Secondary) Coverage

  • English (Study and Thinking Skills, Writing in the Discipline, Speech and Oral Communication, Philippine Literature, Master Works of the World)
  • Filipino (Komunikasyon sa Akademikonh Filipino, Pagbasa at Pagsulat tungo sa Pananaliksik, Masining na Pagpapahayag)
  • Mathematics (Fundamentals of Math, Plane Geometry, elementary Algebra, Statistics and Probability)
  • Science (Biological Science - General Biology, Physical Science-with Earth Science)
  • Social Sciences (Philippine Government and New Constitution with Human Rights, Philippine History, Basic Economics, Taxation, Agrarian Reform, Society, Culture with Family Planning, Rizal and other heroes, Philosophy of Man, Arts, General Psychology, Information and Communication Technology)

Practice Exam Test Questions

Choose the letter of the best answer in each questions.

1. Which is a check on the executive department by the judiciary in the principle check and balance among branches of the government?

A. Impeachment of the Chief of Justice of the Supreme Court.

B. Determining the salary of the Presiden and Vice-President.

C. Declaring a legislative measure unconsitutional.

D. Declaring an act of the President unconstitutional.

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Option D

2. Which is the fundamental law of the land?

A. Bill of Rights

B. Constitution

C. Civil Criminal Code

D. Civil Criminal Code

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Option B

3. Gregoria de Jesus saw her husband ________ charge for treason by fellow Filipinos who have formed the Philippine Revolutionary force to fight Spain.

A. Marcelo H. Del Pilar

B. Emilio Aguinaldo

C. Andres Bonifacio

D. Jose Rizal

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Option C

4. What did Nelson Mandela mean to South African and the rest of thw world? He gave up armed struggle and chose the peaceful way to freedom.
Nelson Mandela is a world leader who is a model of _________________.

A. Black supremacy

B. Armed struggle

C. Non-violence

D. Imprisonment

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Option C

5. Which band played the Marcha Nacional Filipino of the national anthem on June 12, 1898 during the declaration of Philippine Independence?

A. Pangkat Kawayan ng Pateros

B. Kawit Cavite Band

C. Malabon Band

D. San Franciscodel Monte Band

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Option C

6. Agency tasked to nurture Philippine Arts

A. NBI

B. CCP

C. NCAA

D. NCCA

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Option D

7. The ultimate objective of the comprehensive Agrarian Reform is:

A. Abolish share tenancy in favor of lease tenancy.

B. Distribute all arable lands to the landless.

C. Establish once cultivated land.

D. Ensure the cultivation of an idle lands.

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Option B

8. Which was the first labour union in the country founded by Isabelop de los Reyes on July 1901?

A. Association of the Philippine Labor

B. Union Obrera Democratica

C. Union Trabajadores de Filipinos

D. Association de Compania Tabacalera

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Option B

9. Through the Galleon Trade (1565-1815), the Philippines had extended contacts with ________.

A. Spain

B. Spice Island

C. China

D. Mexico

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Option D

10. How many days are needed after which an enrolled bill becomes a law?

A. 75 days

B. 90 days

C. 60 days

D. 30 days

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Option D

11. What law passed on August 1909 by the U.S. Congress established a partial free trade in the Philippines?

A. Bell Trace

B. Payne-Aldrich Act

C. Treaty on General Relations

D. Underwood-Simmons Act

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Option B

12. In a martriarchal family which family member plays the leading role?

A. Grandmother

B. Mother

C. Oldest sister

D. Aunt

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Option B

13. Who was the Spanish mestizo priest who first led the native secular clergy in the Secularization Movement in 1861?

A. Father Jacinto Zamora

B. Father Gregorio Aglipay

C. Father Pedro Pelaez

D. Father Jose Burgos

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Option C

14. What was the term given by Marcelo H. De Pilar to hidden control and domination by Spanish religious priests over the colonial government?

A. Pase region

B. Las suerte partidas

C. Complace

D. Frailocracia

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Option D

15. While authority should be respected, its opinion may be an error. Which of the following represents a better/more certain avenua to the truth?

A. Replication (repeat and check)

B. Selective observation

C. Overgeneralization

D. Fallacious reasoning

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Option A

16. Who is known as the “Father of the Local Government Code”?

A. Joey Lina

B. Joseph Estrada

C. Jovito Salonga

D. Aquilino Pimental

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Option D

17. Who was the first editor of La Solidaridad, and an orator of the Reform Movement?

A. Juan Luna

B. Graciano Lopez Jaena

C. Jose Rizal

D. Marcelo H. Del Pilar

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Option B

18. The Philippines is the only ___________ country in the world.

A. Communist

B. Buddhist

C. Christian

D. Muslim

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Option C

19. In social trends, how do you call those who are for the revival of the classics?

A. Existentialists

B. Rationalists

C. Humanist

D. Reformists

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Option C

20. What happens to a good action when it is perform on account of an evil motive?

A. It becomes good

B. It becomes evil

C. It becomes morally good

D. It becomes an amoral act

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Option B

21. The tax required to be paid annually by all adult citizens of the Philippines is the _______.

A. Community tax

B. Income tax

C. Real estate tax

D. Inheritance tax

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Option A

22. The fundamental right invoked by filling the “writ of amparo” is _______.

A. The right to due process

B. The right to self-defense

C. The right to be defended by a public attorney

D. The right to life, liberty and security

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Option D

23. What is one of the man-made wonders of the Philippines?

A. Rice terraces

B. Mount Makiling

C. Manila Bay

D. Taal Volcano

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Option A

24. As a Social Science teacher which should Teacher Nora avoid?

A. Abreast with all the other issues

B. Appreciative of change

C. Facilitator of learning

D. As a sage on the stage

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Option D

25. Governor General Narciso Claveria was responsible for the ______.

A. Abolition of the Galleon Trade

B. Establishment of the Tobacco Monopoly

C. Use of Spanish surname by Filipinos

D. Establishment of the Galleon Trade

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Option C

26. Whose philosophy gives prominence to faith in understanding the existence of God?

A. St. Benedict

B. St. Peter

C. St. Augustine

D. St. John

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Option C

27. Who among the following Filipino statesmen was the most vocal to speak against the country’s foreign policy of close association with Americans?

A. Claro M. Recto

B. Manuel Luis Quezon

C. Cayetano Arellano

D. Jose P. Laurel

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Option A

28. Of the seven continents comprising continues land mass surrounded by big bodies of water, the biggest (30.1 percent of the earth) is _________?

A. Asia

B. Australia

C. Europe

D. Northern America

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Option A

29. Civilization is where large ideas and tools, as well as human settlements flourished. Where do historians say civilization had first been born?

A. China

B. Middle East

C. Egypt

D. Jordan

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Option B

30. Which is the largest country in Asia?

A. China

B. Philippines

C. Japan

D. Thailand

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Option A

31. What was the power to set aside certain by the Kingdom of Spain to the Governor-General of the Philippines?

A. Veto power

B. Condign Power

C. Conditioned Power

D. Compensatory power

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Option A

32. What best describes the form of government of England with its parliament, a prime minister, and a queen (or king)?

A. Constitutional monarchy

B. Anarchism

C. Ethnocracy

D. Demarchy

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Option A

33. Who was the revolutionary leader who refused to surrender to the Americans even after General Malvar’s surrender, and declared himself President and Commander-in-Chief of the Supreme Government of the Tagalog Archipelago?

A. Julian Montalan

B. Macario Sakay

C. Licerio Geronimo

D. Artemio Ricarte

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Option B

34. Which religious missionaries first arrived in the Philippines?

A. Dominicans

B. Franciscan

C. Jesults

D. Augustinians

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Option D

35. Who were the aboriginal settlers in the islands, prior to succeeding migrants who crossed the seas from the Southern Philippines?

A. Sumatians

B. Malayans

C. Borneans

D. Negritos

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Option D

36. What religious institution is the only living remnant of the Philippine Revolution of 1896 today?

A. Philippines Independent Church

B. Roman Catholic Church

C. Unitarian Church of the Philippines

D. United Church of the Philippines

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Option A

37. The Philippines lies in the ____________, an area where many volcanoes are active.

A. Archipelagic fault line

B. Ring of fire

C. Wheel of fire

D. volcanic rim

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Option B

38. The energy source which is abundant in the Philippines but still not fully developed is the?

A. Gas

B. Sun

C. Sea

D. Mineral

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Option A

39. Which is an example of a non-pathogenic microorganism?

A. Palsmodium falciparum

B. Influenza sp.

C. Probiotics such as bifidobacteria

D. Yersinia pestis

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Option C

40. Monosaccharides, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides are types of

A. Proteins

B. Lipids

C. Nucleotides

D. Carbohydrates

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Option D

41. Air like food and water is an essentail element in human existence. Carried by the wind, polluted air called ______ falls to earth poisoning fish and destroying vegetation.

A. El Niño

B. Greenhouse rain

C. La Niña

D. Acid rain

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Option D

42. What are the components of a fungal cell wall?

A. Chitin, proteins and sugar

B. Nucleic acids, proteins and sugars

C. lipids, proteins and sugars

D. Cellular and proteins

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Option A

43. What is the molecule that allows plants to capture energy from sunlight?

A. Carbohydrates

B. Chlorophyll

C. ATP

D. Oxygen

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Option B

44. What will happen to a plant cell in a hypotonic solution?

A. The plant cell will develop a thickened cell wall.

B. The plant cell will shrivel.

C. No effect on the plant cell.

D. The plant cell will swell.

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Option D

45. An ant colony stores food in the summer, defends itself by stinging enemies and invades a competing ant colony and steals larvae and use them as new workers. What is the term to best describe how this species copes with everyday life?

A. Ecological defeat

B. Environmental habitation

C. Ecological success

D. Ecological niche

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Option D

46. What are the thin structure essential for cytokinesis, amoeboid movement and changes in cell shape?

A. Myosin filaments

B. Pseudo filaments

C. Monofilaments

D. Monofilaments

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Option B

47. A toothpick can sit on the surface of water due to _______.

A. Surface tension

B. Buoyancy

C. Atmospheric pressure

D. Viscosity

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Option A

48. In a flame test, the presence of boron in a solution is evident by what color of flame?

A. Bright green

B. Gold

C. Brick red

D. Lilac

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Option A

49. Which is true of metalloids?

A. Conduct heat and electricity less effectively than non-metal.

B. Conduct heat and electricity better than metals.

C. Conduct heat better than metals.

D. Have properties of both metals an non-metals.

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Option D

50. What are the hormones responsible for plant growth, promoting auxillary bud growth and apical dominance?

A. Auxins and Gibberellins

B. Cytokinins and Gibberellins

C. Auxins and abscisate

D. Cytokinins and auxins

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Option D