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1.

What is the local name of this native vine that is featured on the newly-
designed 5-peso coin recently released by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas? It
is commonly known as the jade vine.

Tayabak

Waling-waling

Katmon

Kapa-kapa

2. It was an ISIS-affiliated local terrorist group which took over Marawi


City.

Jemaah Islamiyah

NPA

Maute Group

Abu Sayyaf

3. The current Senate President of the 18th Congress.

Aquilino Pimentel

Alan Peter Cayetano

Vicente Sotto

Franklin Drilon

4. Who is the Filipina weightlifting athlete who won a silver medal in the
recent 2016 Rio Olympics held in Brazil?

Hidilyn F. Diaz

Hidilyn F. Frias

Hyedilin S. Frias

Hidilyn S. Diaz
5. The Barangay and Sangguiang Kabataan elections were held on:

May 15, 2018

May 13, 2018

May 14, 2018

May 16, 2018

6. He is the current Chief of the Bureau of Fire Protection.(BFP)

Fire Director Leonard Ramos Bañago

Fire Director Bobby Vaggas Baruelo

Fire Chief Superintendent Carlito Saquetón Romero

Fire Director Ariél Aguilár Barayuga

7. On February 2, 2018, President Rodrigo Duterte signed____________or


the Free Irrigation Service Act, a law that waives irrigation fees for farmers
who own 8 hectares of land or less.

Republic Act No. 11969

Republic Act No. 10969

Republic Act No. 10968

Republic Act No. 10169

8. The DOJ indicted 11 members of the________fraternity over the fatal


hazing of University of Santo Tomas (UST) law freshman student Horacio
"Atio" Castillo III in September last year.

Tau Gamma Phi

Upsilon Sigma Phi

Aegis Juris

Alpha Kappha Rho


9. President Duterte has signed this law, which expands the services covered
by Philhealth and intends to include all Filipino citizens in the program.

Accessible Health Law

Mandatory Philhealth Membership Law

Universal Health Care Law

Philhealth Law

10. The current Speaker of the House of the 18th Congress.

Sonny Belmonte

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Martin Romualdez

Allan Peter Cayetano

11. On January 21, 2019, a plebiscite takes place with the majority of voters
deciding to ratify the _____________ paving way to the creation of the
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region and abolition of the Autonomous Region in
Muslim Mindanao.

Bangsamoro Independence Law

Bangsamoro Organic Law

Bangsamoro Autonomy Law

Bangsamoro Republic Law

12. He is the 3rd richest man in China as of January 2018 with an estimated
net worth of $40.8 billion according to Forbes Magazine. He was bestowed the
title of Doctor of Science in Technopreneurship, honoris causa, by De La Salle
University on October 25, 2017.

Wang Jianlin

Jack Ma
Ma Huateng

Wang Wei

13. According to Article 31 of the ASEAN Charter, the Chairmanship of


ASEAN shall rotate annually, based on the alphabetical order of the English
names of Member States. After Singapore chaired and hosted the ASEAN
summit last 2018, what country will assume the Chairmanship this 2019?

Taiwan

Tonga

Tajikistan

Thailand

14. She was removed from office by way of an 8–6 decision by the Supreme
Court over a quo warranto petition, rendering her appointment as Chief Justice
null and void.

Teresita Leonardo-de Castro

Ma. Merceditas N. Gutierrez

Maria Lourdes Sereno

Conchita Carpio-Morales

15. It is the country that hosted the Trump-Kim Summit last June 12, 2018.

China

Japan

Singapore

Malaysia

16. What is the government agency mandated by the Philippine Identification


System Act to implement the national ID system for citizens and resident
aliens of the Philippines?
Department of Foreign Affairs

Philippine Statistics Authority

National Statistics Office

Department of Interior and Local Government

17. On May 18, 2018, this museum was opened to the public for the first
time. It is hosted inside the building formerly occupied by the Department of
Tourism within Rizal Park near the Agrifina Circle.

Museum of Contemporary Art and Design

National Museum of the Philippines

Museo Pambata

National Museum of Natural History

18. It is also known as PHL-Microsat-1, a Philippine microsatellite launched to


the International Space Station (ISS) in March 23, 2016.

Diyosa 1

Diwata 1

Encantadia 1

Marikit 1

19. She created history for the Philippines at the 2018 Asian Games by
winning the first ever gold medal for the Philippines in both women's individual
and women's team event in Asian Games golf competitions.

Kiyomi Watanabe

Yuka Saso

Hidilyn Diaz

Margielyn Didal
20. A rainfall advisory from PAG-ASA which means 30mm and up of rainfall is
expected for the first one hour and has possibility to cause severe flood.
Response to this warning should be immediate evacuation due to flooding.

Yellow

Orange

Blue

Red

21. Benham Rise is a 13-million hectare underwater plateau located near


Aurora. The area is solely claimed, as part of its continental shelf, by the
Republic of the Philippines, which was confirmed by the United Nations
Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf on April 12, 2012. Thru the
Executive Order No. 25, President Duterte renamed the underwater plateau.
What do we call Benham Rise now?

Benham Continental Shelf

Aurora Rise

Philippine Rise

Maharlika Rise

22. Judge Elmo Alameda of __________ issued a warrant against Sen.


Antonio Trillanes IV over a rebellion case following President Duterte's
issuance of Proclamation 572 voiding his amnesty.

Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 22

Pasay Regional Trial Court Branch 108

Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150

Mandaluyong Regional Trial Court Branch 213

23. On January 1, 2018, the Republic Act No. 10963, widely known as the
TRAIN Law took effect. What does TRAIN stand for?

Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion


Tax Reform for Acceleration and Income

Tax Reform for Accelerated Inclusion

Tax Reform for Added Income

24. She was included in Time's Person of the Year 2018 and was arrested by
National Bureau Investigation (NBI) for cyber libel upon the orders of the
Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 46.

Imelda Marcos

Leila De Lima

Maria Ressa

Pia Ranada

25. He was the controversial Tanauan, Batangas mayor who was assassinated
by an unknown sniper during a flag-raising ceremony.

Mayor Antonio Halipi

Mayor Antonio Halili

Mayor Meynardo Sabili

Mayor Anthony Palili

26. On January 31, 2018, a ________ coinciding with a super moon and blue
moon phenomenon was witnessed by many astronomers and skywatchers
throughout the country.

Partial lunar eclipse

Partial solar eclipse

Total lunar eclipse

Total solar eclipse

27. It was the date when President Duterte declared Martial law in the whole
island of Mindanao.
September 21, 2017

May 25, 2017

May 23, 2017

May 21, 2017

28. On April 30, 2019, he was arrested by the NBI for sharing "Bikoy" videos
accusing President Rodrigo Duterte and his family of their involvement in the
illegal drug trade.

Maria Ressa

Peter Joemel Advincula

Senator Antonio Trillanes

Rodel Jayme

29. Senator Manny Pacquiao founded this semi-professional basketball league


on August 29, 2017. According to Pacquiao, the league is not intended to be a
competitor to the Philippine Basketball Association, the country's top
professional basketball league.

Manny Pacquiao Basketball League

Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League

Manny Pacman Basketball Association

Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball Association

30. A rainfall advisory from PAG-ASA which means 15mm-30mm of rainfall is


expected for the first one hour and has possibility to cause flood. It advises
people to be ALERT with the possible flooding.

Blue

Red

Orange
Yellow

31. When was the last Presidential Elections which resulted to the victory of
President Rodrigo Duterte?

May 14, 2016

May 9, 2016

May 15, 2016

May 10, 2016

32. One hundred-three (103) shipping containers from Canada which were
falsely declared as plastic scraps for recycling were sent to the Philippines
from June 2013 to January 2014. What do these containers have?

Garbage

Fruits

Old clothes

Illegal drugs

33. He was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author and was
famous for his scientific works about black holes. He died on March 13, at
the age of 76.

Sir Roger Penrose

Alan Guth

Timothy Berners-Lee

Stephen William Hawking

34. He is the Philippine president who implemented the Nationwide Smoking


Ban.

Rodrigo Duterte

Benigno Aquino III


Joseph Ejercito Estrada

Fidel Ramos

35. She won the 4th and last gold medal for the Philippines in the 2018 Asian
Games women's street skateboard event in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia.

Lois Kaye Go

Bianca Pagdanganan

Margielyn Didal

Yuka Saso

36. The Philippine Navy ship that made history by completing the country’s
first-ever port call in Russia.

BRP Davao del Sur

BRP Ramon Alcaraz

BRP Tarlac

BRP Gregorio del Pilar

37. This program was launched by the DOTr which greatly affected transport
groups and resulted to several transport strike because one of its provisions
includes phasing out of jeepneys.

Jeepney Phaseout Program

None of these

PUV Modernization Program

Jeepney Modernization program

38. Medinilla magnifica, or rose grape is a flowering plant native to the


Philippines. It is featured on the newly-designed 10-peso coin issued by the
BSP last March 2018. What is the local name of this plant?

Kapa-kapa
Katmon

Tayabak

Waling-waling

39. From which country does the Miss Universe 2018 come from?

Venezuela

Colombia

Philippines

South Africaa

40. On January 27, 2019, at least 20 people were killed while 111 people
were injured as explosions rocked the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
in _________.

Patikul, Sulu

Lamitan, Basilan

Jolo, Sulu

Davao City

41. What are the 24-hour nationwide emergency hotlines?

8888 and 117

8888 and 911

999 and 911

2363 and 911

42. A rainfall advisory from PAG-ASA which means 7.5mm-15mm of rainfall is


expected for the first one hour and has possibility to occur continuously. It
advises people to MONITOR.

Blue
Yellow

Red

Orange

43. It is the Korean shipyard located in Subic, Zambales that filed for
corporate rehabilitation after it declared bankruptcy; the biggest ever
bankruptcy in the Philippines.

Herma Shipyard Inc.

Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Philippines

Keppel Philippines Marine Subic Shipyard

Austal Philippines Pty. Ltd.

44. The date when the Philippines won against China on its case on the
Permanent Court of Arbitration.

July 11, 2016

July 27, 2016

July 12, 2016

July 13, 2016

45. On his 3rd SONA, President Duterte told the Members of the Senate to
urgently pass this law to put in place a policy that will address our competing
land requirements for food, housing, businesses, and environmental
conservation.

Anti-Illegal Land Conversion Act

Comprehensive Land Reform Law

None of these

National Land Use Act


46. Last April 26, 2018, this world- famous island was closed to tourists for
six months and will undergo rehabilitation.

Camiguin island

Samal island

Boracay island

Guimaras island

47. An Executive Order issued by President Duterte which allows accessibility


of documents and other transactions in the government to ensure transparency
and accountability.

Reproductive health law

Anti-dynasty law

Freedom of Information

None of these

48. He is the former PNP Chief and former Director General of the Bureau of
Corrections under the Duterte administration .

Ronald dela Rosa

Oscar Albayalde

Alan Purisma

Guillermo Eleazar

49. On February 20, 2019, President Duterte signed Republic Act 11210
granting additional leave benefits for working mothers from 60-78 days to
105 days.

Extra Maternity Leave Law Extended Maternity Leave Law

Extra Maternity Leave Law Expanded Maternity Leave Law

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