March 2012 (Social Studies/Social Science)

1. For which the state policies “on equal access to opportunities for public service and prohibition political dynasties” and “strengthening the merit and rewards system” intended?

a. to build an egalitarian society

b. to increase labor protection and social security

c. to put men and women to equal footing

d. to upgrade the quality of public service

2. what do we have in abundance as a result of the insular nature of our country?

a. beautiful beaches and fishing grounds

b. spa saloons and sing along

c. local and international tourist

d. beautiful ladies and handsome gentlemen

3. When the Filipino reformist asked for the assimilation of the Philippines by Spain what did they ask for the Philippines?

a. be represented in the spain colonies

b. become a province of spain

c. be independent in spain with certain condition

4. Which is the Philippines’ finest harbor and is also one of the finest of the world?

a. Laguna de Bay

b. Poro point

c. Subic bay

d. Manila bay

5. What did the Philippines and United States pledge in their Mutual Defense Treaty?

a. to exchange human resources

b. to support each other if either of them will be attacked by an externay party

c. to fight terrorism

d. to exchange human resource

6. in the hostility between the Filipinos and Americans, who is recorded in the history to have fired the first shot?

a. Filipino soldier

b. Chinese trader

c. an American

d. Filipino merchant

7. which is the message of Rizal’s La Indolencia del Filipino?

a. study well. That is the only way to go out

b. rise in arms against spain. Don’t be lazy

c. the Filipinos lack of unity will penalize

d. the rich natural resources and favorable climate encourage the Filipino get by mentality

8. the ultimate objective of the comprehensive Agrarian Reform program is?

a. the establishment of owner-cultivated farm

b. the distribution of arable lands in the country

c. the abolition of share tenance in favor of lease tenance

d. the cultivation of all idle lands

9. which according to the participants to the second Plenary Council of the Philippines, is not truly successful because of the opposition of the landed class?

a. Care for the disabled

B. agrarian Reform

c. women empowerment

d. cooperative movement

10. The tasadays use caves for shelter while the negritos construct dwellings made of stick drive into the ground and thatched with leaves. To which can you attribute the difference in shelter

a. Human intelligence

b. Gender difference

c. Exposure to Society

d. Availability of materials

11. In which area of the globe is the sun low in the sky with its rays slanted?

a. north pole

b. south pole

c. equator

d. middle latitude

12. Which is the single greatest threat to global biodiversity?

a. human population explosion

b. the human destruction to natural habitats

c. overexploitation of the world’s natural resources

d. unequal distribution and consumption of resources

13. Which applies correctly to Philippines foreign trade? The Philippine/s

a. expenditure on imports and earnings from export fluctuates

b. spend less on imports than it earns from exports

c. spends more on imports than it earns from exports

d. expenditure on imports is balanced with its earnings from exports

14. Which tenet of evaluation states that the mutation occurs in the genetic sequence of a n organism through environment impacts such as chemicals or radiation?

a. natural selection

b. adaption

c. microevolution

d. speciation

15. What is meant by the statement “the Filipino has many faces”?

a. his values are ambivalent

b. he lost the original Filipino traits with the coming of colonizer

c. his one traits is being “doble cara”

d. he is so flexible that he ends up changing his mind again and again

16. Which statement is true regarding the free Spanish Filipino government?

a. it was democratic

b. there was a clear cut separation of powers

c. there was a mechanism for check and balance

d. there was no separation of powers

17. which term in the Philippine Constitution refers to Filipinos with ethnic, linguistic and cultural traditions?

a. cultural communities

b. ethnic tribes

c. basic autonomous social institutions

d. indigenous cultural communities

18. Which power does the state exercise in its act requiring teachers to have license for teaching before they allowed to teach?

a. executive power

b. police power

c. power of taxation

d. eminent power

19. Which department/s is/are charged with the power to administer the laws?

a. executive and judiciary

b. executive

c. legislative

d. judiciary

20. The Philippines is comparatively a geographically hazardous place because it?

a. has irregular coastlines

b. has may active volcanoes

c. has island which are below sea level

d. is surrounded by several trenches

21. Which province has an underground river, green surroundings and white beaches, which lure tourists to come most especially during the dry season?

a. Palawan b. Mindoro c. Davao oriental d. Bohol

22. Through the galleon rade the Philippines had extended historical contacts with

a. India b. China c. Mexico d. Portugal

23. Considering the subsequent events in the Philippines history, what was one significance og Magellan expedition?

a. it provided that the earth is ¾ water and ¼ land

b. the Europeans came to know the existence of our very rich archipelago

c. it proved that the Spaniards were better navigators than the Portuguese

d. it established the continent of asia

24. Arrange the ff events in the Philippine History in Chronological order

I. Philippines was under the Japanese occupation

II. The Philippines was under America in the form of a Commonwealth

III. The Commonwealth period was interrupted by World war II

a. III-II-I b. II-I-III c. I-II-III d. II-III-I

25. The sudra is to the caste system as____ is to pre-Hispanic Philippines

a. maharlika b. serf c. timmawa d. alipin

26. Which describe the battle of manila bay correctly?

a. The Americans won the battle with great difficulty

b. The Spaniards readily won the battle over the Americans

c. It was a mock naval battle between the Spaniards and the Americans

d. The Americans ships outnumbered those of the Spaniards

27. Which poem was written by Rizal to teach love of one’s language?

a. La Vision de Fr. Rodriguez

b. El Consejo de los Dioses

c. Sa Aking Kababata

d. A la Juventud Filipina

28. Who continued to fight the Spaniards in Ilocos after her husband’s death?

a. Gregoria de Jesus b. Trinidad Tecson c. Gabriela Silang d. Agueda Esteban

29. Which term refers to an unlawful means of escaping from payment of taxes?

a. exemption b. evasion c. avoidance d. shifting

30. Most of the parents in your school for farmers. Their agricultural supplies are provided by a cooperative which sells their farm produce at the same time. Of which type of a cooperative are they member?

a. Progressive taxation b. Equity in taxation c. Equality in taxation d. Uniformity taxation

31. Which according to research is related to increased aggression in children?

a. viewing violence

b. coming from single parent homes

c. eating junk foods

d. playing with toy guns at an early age

32. To which is stratification most closely related?

a. assimilation

b. social identification

c. social differentiation

d. social disorganization

33.Left with no choice, a number of Filipinos make a living from garbage dumps. The point to what Filipino trait (s).

a. basic optimism, ability to survive

b. indolence and extravagance

c. indolence

d. extravagance

34. Sometimes we Filipinos are perceived to be playful and cynical when we laugh off our miseries. Which positive Filipino trait/s is/are described?

a. joy and humor

b. creativity

c. faith in God

d. adaptability and adjustment

35. Which is a Constitutional response to the worsening rural-urban disparities?

a. immigration of the cities

b. observance of Filipino-first policy

c. privatization of industry

d. local governments’ share in the national wealth taxes

36. When the British colony of India became independent in 1947, which new nation was split into two parts because of its Islamic belief?

a. India b. Pakistan c. Nepal d. Sri Lanka

37. What could be (a) reason/s why the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization did not develop into strong alliance?

I. India, Indonesia and Japan, three of the largest non-Communist in Asia did not join

II. The members were divided on the extent of Communist threat and how to meet it.

III. There were non-Asian nations who were members of the organization.

a. II only b. I only c. I and II d. I, II and III

38. What should be the anthropologist’s action on earthnocentrism?

a. be lukewarm about it c. encourage it

b. advocate it d. eliminate and prevent it

39. What does the dependency theory state about modernization? Traditional cultures ______.

a. cannot help but depend on rich societies for survival

b. are meant to be dependent on rich societies

c. and modern cultures depend on each other for development

d. cannot modernized, they are caught in a dependency relationship with rich societies

40. The negation of the statement “If stocks prices are rising, then food prices are high” is:

a. “If food prices are not high, and then stocks are not rising”

b. “If stocks are not rising, then the food prices are not high”

c. If stocks are falling, then food prices are low”

d. “Stocks are rising but prices are not high”

41. Which biological characteristics do humans share with most primates?

I. Acute vision and depths perception

II. Relatively large brains

III. Grasping hands

a. I and IIII b. I,II and III c. I and II d. II and III

42. Which supports the Filipino desire to pursue excellence?

a. “make-do” mentality

b. “looking good” not “being good” mentality

c. meritocracy

d. Intolerance for opposing views

43. The plan for comparative economic development in Southeast Asia is popular known as the:

a. World Trade Plan b. Operation Brotherhood c. MAPHILINDO Plan d. Colombo Plan

44. Were all countries of Asia colonized by a foreign power?

a. No. Thailand is the only country that was not colonized by a foreign power

b. Yes, only during the medieval period

c. No, Thailand is one among all the countries that was not belong to the group

d. Yes, from ancient to modern times

45. With the promotion of social justice in mind, which does not belong to the group?

a. absolute right over property

b. diffusion of wealth

c. equitable access to education

d. profit sharing

46. It is the privilege of the President to address and appear before the congress at the opening of its regular session. What do you call this address?

a. Inaugural Address b. Diffusion Speech c. State of the Nation Address d. Presidential Address

47. Which prove/s that the right of suffrage is really universal in the Philippines?

I. All citizen 18 years old and above have it

II. Absentee voting is constitutional mandate

III. The right of suffrage impose no literacy or property requirement.

a. II only b. I and II c. I and III d. I, II and III

48. Which people’s right is violated by cable television operation promoting pornography and violence as a form of entertainment? Right to _______

a. information b. education c. communication d. prevention of culture heritage

49. What was our form of government in mind, which word does NOT belong?

a. elective b. despotic c. constitutional d. presidential

50. The Government in ancient manila was by ransom which means?

a. The people aided each other with money loans

b. Lack of money meant that one become a slave

c. when the desired anything to each according to his office

d. One can be free of any offense if he has the money to pay for his crime

51. Microeconomics deals with how a market economy determines:

a. the price of service

b. the price of economic resources

c. the price of goods

d. All of the above

52. an instance that shifts the demand to the right:

a. expected future increase in price

b. decrease in income

c. increase in population with the presence of a related product

d. lower preference of the consumer for the good

53. The population of the Philippines increased in 15%; this affects?

a. a decrease in a supply

b. a decrease in demand

c. an increase in demand

d. an increase in supply

54. The lesser substitutes there are for a good, the lesser the demand because the goal is?

a. inelastic b. unitary elastic c. elastic d. none of the above

55. The law of diminishing marginal utility proves

a. maximum consumption is only up to maximum utility

b. consumption is up to the point of maximum satisfaction

c. man has no satisfaction

d. both A and B

56. Increasing one factor input without changing the other result in?

a. hierarchy of isocost

b. diminishing returns

c. hierarchy of isoquants.

d. returns to scale

57. Which of these was a result of the rise of modern industry?

a. the center of industrial activity moved from factory to home

b. after the industrial revolution, the family became a relatively sufficient economic group

c. the workers gained control of the tools of production

d. the proportion of women gainfully employed outside the home

58. Which of the following can increase investment?

a. increase foreign borrowings

b. increase foreign investment

c. increase in savings

d. All of the above

59. The prominent cause of our being backward in terms of economy

a. poor nationalism

b. lack of discipline and interest in our work

c. unpleased by unattractive incentives

d. incentives for science and research do not seem to be a priority

60. A policy that control taxes and government expenditures

a. trade policy b. monetary policy c. fiscal policy d. none of the above

61. A person can be sent to prison for failure to pay his community tax.

a. false b. true c. it depends d. neither of these

62. The only officials vested with the power and discretion to enter into a compromise of tax cases

a. President b. BIR Commissioner c. courts d. Senate and Congress

63. The largest percentage of landlord with holdings of seven and more hectares of land is found:

a. central Luzon b. southern Mindanao c. Ilocos region d. eastern Visayas

64. Agency that assist in of the identification qualified beneficiaries and landowner

a. Provincial agrarian reform coordinating committee

b. presidential agrarian reform council

c. barangay agrarian reform committee

d. none of the above

65. The system of landlordism in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period

a. feudalism b. manorial system c. caciquism d. none of the above

66. Which is mandated by the constitution to “create an agency to promote the growth and viability of cooperatives?”

a. senate b. department of agrarian reform program c. congress d. none of the above

67. A ground for automatic termination of membership in a cooperative:

a. withdrawal b. terminator c. dissolution d. none of the above

68. A cooperative can combine two or more business activities of different types.

a. false b. either true or false c. neither true/false d. true

69. The most important social function of the agrarian reform program;

a. gives freedom of management

b. challenges to use potential resources

c. redistributes responsibility

d. redistributes wealth among the less privileged

70. The main oppositor of Philippine agrarian reform is/are the

a. church b. state c. lawmakers d. hacienderos

71. The existing problem on land ownership is caused by

a. years of feudalism

b. defects in land titling and operations

c. onrush agribusiness

d. negligence by past government administrators

72. A large proportion of the level working population is employed in

a. service business b. manufacturing industry c. service business d. none of the above

73. When the banks limits lending to industries so that monetary expansion can also benefit agriculture this is an example of:

a. policy coordination b. mortal suasion c. selective control d. reserve requirement

74. If a businessman manages to shift the burden of tax to customers, the incidence of the tax is on:

a. the customers b. both of them c. the businessman d. none of them

75. Loans coming in or being paid by our government as balance of payments:

a. capital movements b. transfer payments c. current transactions d. none of the above

76. Most commonly used index in measuring price increases that reflects what happens to the living standard:

a. retail price b. stock price index c. wholesale price index d. consumer price index

77. GNP is equal to the additive values factor contributions in the process of transforming products into final forms:

a. income approach b. Expenditure approach c. value-added approach d. none of the above

78. A monopolistic competitor can sell at a price higher than the other because of

a. the price

b. the non price

c. the quality of the product

d. the competitive factors other than price and quality of products

79. Oil industry in the Philippines is considered

a. a pure monopoly b. a monopoly c. an oligopoly d. none of the above

80. A teacher gives up teaching to work abroad. His income as a teacher is:

a. an implicit cost b. an opportunity cost c. a fixed cost d. an explicit cost

81. The rapid pace of globalization has resulted in

a. new threats to human security in both rich and poor countries

b. the explosion in information and communication technology

c. the richest people having more money

d. the changing rules of globalization

82. Member of human groups act towards and react to one another simply according to

a. the employed single organizing principles

b. whims and circumstances of the moment

c. common interest and voluntary associations

d. a set of multi-individual expectation that influence and control each person’s attitude

83. One of the following can be destroyed by man in one generation and yet will take hundreds of years to replenish. Which is it?

a. minerals b. top soil c. fossil fuels d. oceanic water

84. Broad, flat stretches of treeless grassland cover large areas of Siberia and the grass is green in the spring but becomes brown under the scorching heat of summer. This is called

a. savanna b. tundra c. steppe d. tropical grass island

85. Scientist consider this instrument to get a true notion of the earth’s land and forms.

A. maps b. space eye view c. remote sensing d. photographs taken by astronauts

86. On a June day, he temperature in London is probably closes to which city?

a. Belgrade b. Helsinki c. Paris d. Athens

87. the pattern of changes in temperature and moisture conditions over a period of years:

a. climate b. latitude c. weather d. winds

88. If you were planning to go someplace for winter sports, which would be the best palce to visit?

a. Helsinki b. Tokyo c. Paris d. Bonn

89. The country that is affected by the winds that bring cold weather from the South Pole is

a. Malaysia b. Japan c. Australia d. United States

90. This is another major that wears away the earth surface on one location and builds up parts of the land somewhere:

a. erosion b. drainage basin c. silt d. deposition

91. Korea ca no longer ba called “Land of the morning sun” because?

a. of constant fighting

b. the people are so noisy

c. the government is divided

d. of the disagreement between the two governments

92. Communism has a good effect on Central Soviet Asia because:

a. a government was established

b. they were able to produce foods

c. of the formation of commercial organization

d. of the rise of factories in the desert parts of the country

93. Asian believe that the best system to develop and improve life is to have:

a. a good behavior b. a good economy c. a good relationship d. a good education

94. All over Asia’s capital cities, Filipinos well known for:

a. their painting b. their music c. their sculpture d. their sports

95. The idea system of primitive groups of people are highly restricted and traditional in content and in addition have been transmuted into customary ways of doing things, the best illustrates:

a. change of ideas into action

b. the repetition of customary ways of doing things

c. how primitive people evaluate the worth of ideas

d. the stability of the primitive social organization

96. It is the attempt to reconstruct and describe the social learned traits of prehistoric and historic populations:

a. archeology b. ethnology c. sociology d. linguistic

97. Different archeological cultures have been recognized through:

a. the type of archeological equipment used

b. the name of the site where it was found

c. the nature of the materials

d. dates of sites

98. In the analysis of culture, most anthropologist agree that the emphasis should be upon:

a. traits that are learned and shared

b. giving equal weight to all traits

c. traits that are solely individual or personal

d. biologically inherited traits

99. The bad effect of the population program was;

a. media’s lack of ethics

b. the abusive use of contraceptives

c. the lowering of the peoples morale

d. the disagreement in principles of the church and the state

100. The town and cities that became centers of trade and commerce in Europe can be found:

a. around the manor b. in river valleys c. in the costal area d. at crossroad

101. Thucydides is the first scientific historian of the world because:

a. his work contained added wonderful pictures and other happenings

b. he presented his book in chronological order of events

c. he related his stories with accurate and exact data

d. he wrote his book with all data

102. The Assyrians become brutal, merciless warriors interested only in wars due to

a. their knowledge of horses

b. their ability to terrify other states

c. the fierce neighboring states

d. the kind of land where they lived

103. Based on the description of the remains of the early man, the nearest to the modern man was:

a. neanthertal man b. java man c. cro-magnon man d. peking man

104. The very past first ancient people to use iron in weapons and equipments:

a. Persian b. Hittites c. Hebrews d. Egyptian

105. This ancient schoolboy had to learn the 600 syllables of their written language:

a. Persian school boy b. Chinese school boy c. Egyptian school boy d. Babylonian school boy

106. The earliest people started to show their aesthetic sense of beauty:

a. when they discovered other equipment aside from stones and metals

b. when they started to use copper for their tools

c. when they made use of improve metal tools

d. when they started to polish their stone tools

107. The use of this made man take one more giant step towards the world of fine tools and equipments:

a. use of polish stone b. use of fires c. use of crude stone tools d. use of metals

108. It is philosophical view that educational institutions are the agencies for the propagation and perpetuation of cultural traits:

a. Pragmatism b. Existentialism c. Essentialism d. Progressivism

109. Moral evaluationism is one of the norms of morality that proposes

a. that human reason is the sole source of all laws

b. that the state laws are the bases of all moral laws

c. that morality is determined by the acquisition of pleasure

d. that morality is not absolute but keeps on changing

110. To what school of educational philosophy can this statement be traced? “In the end the learner’s identity is found in his commitments. What he chooses, that he becomes”

a. Idealism b. Absolutism c. Realism d. Pragmatism

111. Society may be said to exist in and by communication between individuals when:

a. they are involuntary involved in society

b. they are found almost unavoidably in society

c. individuals as they grow up voluntarily from society

d. their normal environment is in association with each other

112. It is the corporate mind of the pupils and teachers organize around some principles of knowledge in which all minds are thinking as one:

a. individual minds b. social minds c. educative minds d. philosophical minds

113. This is the classification of lands of the public domains where the land maintained by the government is used as a place of beauty and recreation

a. national parks b. minerals c. forest or timber d. agricultural

114. This court has jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases involving graft and corrupt practices committed by public officials and employees:

a. Court of Appeal b. Lower Court c. Sandiganbayan d. Supreme Court

115. It is crime committed by any person who owes allegiance to the Philippines but adheres to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the Philippines:

a. Graft and Corrupt b. bribery c. culpable violation of the constitution d. treason

116. It is that part of the law which creates, defines and regulates right concerning life, liberty or property:

a. Substantive Rights

b. Integrated bar

c. Legal assistance to the underprivileged

d. Substantive law

117. A compact made between two or more states intended to create binding rights and obligations upon the parties, there to:

a. Executive agreement b. international agreement c. Treaty d. Alliance

118.It is the type of non-violation on the prohibition against the use of public money for religious purposes which only temporary and other members of the community are entitled:

a. Religious use incidental

b. Consideration receive

c. Payment based on contract

d. Payment given as compensation

119. A system where there is a fusion rather than a separation between two organs, one body performing two governmental functions:

a. French Presidential – Parliamentary system

b. Parliamentary system

c. Monarchial system

d. Presidential System

120. The government in ancient manila was by ransom which means

a. one can only be free of any offense if he has the money to pay for his crime

b. when they desired anything to teach according to his office

c. the people aided each other with money loans

d. lack of money meant that one becomes a slave

121. The different holidays observed in the Philippines, this holiday is Rizal’s favorite

a. holy week b. New Years Eve c. town fiesta in Calamba d. Christmas Eve

122. Two months before Rizal landed in Manila; his novel was being sold by a bazaar owned by:

a. Don Jose A. Ramos

b. Dona Saturnina Cuevas

c. Don Pedro M. Cruz

d. Don Mariano L. Fuentes

123. Jose Rizal’s profound sense of dignity and self respect was inherit from his:

a. uncle b. father c. mother d. grandfather

124. Rizal made another written work that the Literary Academy of Ateneo presented the intention of which was to receive the love of the Filipinos for things Philippines:

a. Junto Al Pasig b. The Counsel of the Gods c. The counsel d. To The Filipino Youth

125. In order to be effective, all cooperative must?

a. be independent from each other

b. cooperate with each other

c. be dependent on each other

d. be self supporting

126. In which country do the pastoral industries play an important role in the economy?

a. Canada b. Germany c. France d. New Zealand

127. Which continents cover 1/3 of the earth’s surface and is home to about 3 billion people?

a. Asia b. North America c. Europe d. South America

128. What is the inner source of strength of the Filipino destitute to keep going?

a. Faith and Family b. physical stamina c. Bounty of natural resources d. athletic body

129. One geographical reason why the Philippines does not have enough rice supply because?

a. its coastal plains are narrow

b. its coastal plains are barren

c. it does not have enough rivers for irrigation

d. it receives too much direct sunlight

130. In which zone in the Philippine government generally without right to prohibit fishing by foreigners?

a. territorial sea b. high seas c. contiguous zone d. exclusive economic zone

131. A major element in the growth of world trade is the:

a. trade barriers

b. nature of the goods traded

c. volume of the goods traded

d. territorial distance of trading countries

132. When a country experiences inflation, the government should dictate:

a. the surplus budget b. the deficit c. a balanced budget d. Both A and C

133. Investment expenditures capital spending derived from:

a. accumulated savings b. current income c. consumption d. both A and B

134. Total product continues to increase despite a decrease in the marginal products when:

a. the marginal product is still positive

b. the resource mix changes

c. the average product continuous to increase

d. the marginal product is already negative

135. A sum money annually paid by rich Filipinos in order to be exempted from force labor:

a. sanctorum b. bandalla c. falla d. cedula/ctr

136. In general the government which Spain established in the Philippines was highly:

a. centralized b. autocratic c. dictator d. democratic

137. They are the last immigrants from mainland Asia to reach the Philippines:

a. aetas b. dawnmen c. Malays d. Indonesians

138. It is the act of presenting one’s claims, answers or arguments in defense or prosecution of an action?

a. procedure b. pleading c. practice of law d. protection and enforcement

139. These become the ingredient of educational philosophy?

a. traditional and common sense

b. biology and psychology

c. religion and moral

d. sociology and psychology

140. These are stone monuments that relate what the Egyptians’ were like and what they did thousands of years ago:

a. obelisk b. sphinxes c. pyramids d. temple of karnak

141. Which duty do you fulfill if you give information to the proper authority on the whereabouts of the wanted criminals of the country?

a. to engaged in gainful work

b. to exercise rights responsibility

c. to uphold the constitution

d. to cooperate with duly constituted authorities

142. The following are our constitution except to______

a. form association labor unions

b. be presumed guilty until proven guilty

c. have access to the record of government

d. be entitled to free legal assistance if we are a pauper litigant

143. Hazing rights in school persist despite their being outlawed. Which is the purpose of such rites?

a. to foster patriotism

b. to preserve tradition

c. to minimize culture shock

d. to mark changes in n individual’s status

144. Which countries are principal purchasers of the Philippine export?

a. United States, China, India

b. China, France, Italy

c. India, Korea, Great Britain

d. United States, Japan, Singapore

145. The Mahatma Gandhi Vidyalaya put out subabul plantation programmed that would see more than 3 tons lakh trees growing under the care of?

a. teacher b. parents c. children d. servants

146. It is the charter of liberties for the individual and a limitation on the power of the state:

a. public administrator b. bill of rights c. magna Charta for teacher d. state policies

147. These are people who enjoy full civil and political privileges and owe allegiance to the state:

a. citizen b. national c. aliens d. all of the above

148. When the maximum period for rendition of decisions is within 24 months, this is done by the?

a. supreme court b. court of appeals c. barangay court d. lower court

149. Which type of government proclaimed Philippines independence on June 12, 1898?

a. parliamentary b. dictatorial c. republican d. commonwealth

150. The maximum price that can be legally charged for a good or service is called _____ ?

a. price floor b. price ceiling c. legal wage d. minimum wage