MAJORSHIP MENTORSHIP EXAM: Governance, Laws and Politics Quiz Set A

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QUESTION 1
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Some European rulers advocated Divine Rights of Kings. This meant that:
Question 1Select one:
a.
King was born to rule
b.
King was given by God the authority to rule

c.
King was God himself
d.
King was God’s representative
The correct answer is: King was given by God the authority to rule
QUESTION 2
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The law which has its applications where the military arm does not supersede civil authority but
is called upon to aid in the execution of its vital functions.
Question 2Select one:
a.
Martial law

b.
National defense act
c.
Civil law
d.
Education act
The correct answer is: Martial law
QUESTION 3
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Which is refereed to when a public official or employee is a member of a board, an officer, or a
substantial stockholder of a private corporation or owner or has a substantial interest in a
business, and the interest of such corporation or business, or his rights or duties therein, may
be opposed to or affected by the faithful performance of official duty?
Question 3Select one:
a.
Conflict of interest
b.
Public interest

c.
Integrity
d.
Public accountability
The correct answer is: Conflict of interest
QUESTION 4
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In ancient Athens (Greece) tribes and generals took turns at power. This is an example of what
type of political system?
Question 4Select one:
a.
Oligarchy
b.
Pure democracy
c.
Dictatorship

d.
Monarchy
The correct answer is: Oligarchy
QUESTION 5
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Which term refers to a formal organization that uses rules and hierarchical ranking to achieve
efficiency?
Question 5Select one:
a.
Norm
b.
Bureaucracy
c.
Standard
d.
Red tape
The correct answer is: Bureaucracy
QUESTION 6
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Which duty do you fulfill if you give information to the authority on the whereabouts of the
wanted criminals of the country?
Question 6Select one:
a.
To engage in gainful work.
b.
To exercise rights responsibility
c.
To uphold the constitution
d.
To cooperate with duly constituted authorities

The correct answer is: To cooperate with duly constituted authorities

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What essential power of the state may be exercised by public service corporations?
Question 7Select one:
a.
Eminent domain and taxation
b.
Taxation

c.
Eminent domain
d.
Police power
The correct answer is: Eminent domain
QUESTION 8
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No one is above the law. Ours is a government of laws and not of men. Which principle is
referred to?
Question 8Select one:
a.
Rule of law
b.
Democracy
c.
Rule of minority
d.
Sovereignty of the people

The correct answer is: Rule of law

QUESTION 9
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Despite strong protestations from Mang Jose, the government took away from his private
property for public use upon payment to him or just compensation. What power of the State was
involved in the particular case?
Question 9Select one:
a.
Power of Taxation
b.
Police Power
c.
Power of Eminent Domain

d.
Absolute Power of the State
The correct answer is: Power of Eminent Domain
QUESTION 10
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The Constitution states that we have a democratic and republican state and all government
authority emanates from the:
Question 10Select one:
a.
Supreme court
b.
People

c.
Congress
d.
President
The correct answer is: People
QUESTION 11
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Preferential attention to the welfare of the less fortunate in society is the legitimate goal of the
______?
Question 11Select one:
a.
Anti-poverty programs

b.
Constitutional reform
c.
Cooperative movement
d.
Fisheries law
The correct answer is: Anti-poverty programs
QUESTION 12
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This law promotes responsible family and proper use of reproductive methods to eliminate
overpopulation growth.
Question 12Select one:
a.
Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law
b.
RH Bill
c.
Family Planning
d.
Reproductive Law
The correct answer is: Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law
QUESTION 13
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A de facto government acquires a de jure status when it gains wide acceptance from the people
and recognition from the community of nations.
Question 13Select one:
a.
The statement is an assumption.
b.
The statement is a fallacy.
c.
The statement is true and valid.

d.
The statement is doubtful.
The correct answer is: The statement is true and valid.
QUESTION 14
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In the Philippines, it seems that the best candidates to a position or a job do not always get
hired. Which practice prevents the “best and the brightest” from being hired for position?
Question 14Select one:
a.
Meritocracy
b.
Nepotism

c.
Networking
d.
Merit system
The correct answer is: Nepotism
QUESTION 15
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What doctrine states that an archipelago should be treated as one unit?
Question 15Select one:
a.
Archipelagic doctrine

b.
Sea Doctrine
c.
Continental doctrine
d.
Island doctrine
The correct answer is: Archipelagic doctrine
QUESTION 16
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Who among the following is responsible for determining the existence of probable cause for the
issuance of a warrant of arrest or search warrant?
Question 16Select one:
a.
Police Investigator
b.
Judge

c.
Lawyer
d.
Prosecutor
The correct answer is: Judge
QUESTION 17
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It is prerogative inherent in the state where it is called upon to protect those with less than full
capacity to take adequate care of their own interests.
Question 17Select one:
a.
Eminent Domain
b.
Taxation
c.
Parens patriae
d.
Police

The correct answer is: Parens patriae

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What element of the state serves as the agency wherein the will of the state is manifested?
Question 18Select one:
a.
Sovereignty
b.
People
c.
Government

d.
Territory
The correct answer is: People
QUESTION 19
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Who has the authority to interpret the constitution?
Question 19Select one:
a.
Courts
b.
Private individual
c.
All of the given options
d.
Legislative and Executive departments of the government
The correct answer is: Courts
QUESTION 20
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Which constitutional safeguard exists such that the executive can turn down the legislative
measures and congress can move to remove the president?
Question 20Select one:
a.
Veto Power

b.
Impeachment
c.
Pardoning Power
d.
Check-and-Balance
The correct answer is: Check-and-Balance
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MAJORSHIP MENTORSHIP EXAM: Governance, Laws and Politics Quiz Set B

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How is marriage considered if a spouse discovers that the person, he or she married has
psychological incapacity?
Question 1Select one:
a.
Void from the beginning
b.
Valid until annulled
c.
Valid and legit
d.
Void after the discovery

The correct answer is: Void from the beginning

QUESTION 2
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It is a policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially and
economically.
Question 2Select one:
a.
Imperialism

b.
Mercantilism
c.
Nationalism
d.
Militarism
The correct answer is: Imperialism
QUESTION 3
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The female spouse who concealed her pregnancy with a man other than her spouse in marriage
commits a crime of _______.
Question 3Select one:
a.
Lying
b.
Injustice
c.
Concealment
d.
Fraud

The correct answer is: Fraud

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The first Filipino appointed by the Americans as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court:
Question 4Select one:
a.
Sergio Osmeña
b.
Gregorio Araneta
c.
Jose Abad Santos
d.
Cayetano Arellano
The correct answer is: Cayetano Arellano
QUESTION 5
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These are cases when marriage is not allowed under the Family Code of the Philippines,
EXCEPT ______.
Question 5Select one:
a.
Parent-in-law and children-in-law
b.
Grandparent with grandchild
c.
Stepparent with stepchild
d.
Collateral blood relations to 5th degree

The correct answer is: Collateral blood relations to 5th degree

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These are ground for legal annulment of marriage EXCEPT _______.
Question 6Select one:
a.
Sexual infidelity or perversion
b.
Lesbianism or homosexuality

c.
Drug use of alcohol drinking
d.
Repeated physical violence or abuse.
The correct answer is: Drug use of alcohol drinking
QUESTION 7
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What does a priest need in order to solemnize marriage legally in the Philippines?
Question 7Select one:
a.
Couple’s parental approval
b.
Ordination
c.
Civil authority
d.
Bishop’s approval

The correct answer is: Civil authority

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What phenomenon refers to the intensification of all possible interactions that both the state and
none-state actors in the international community?
Question 8Select one:
a.
Sovereignty
b.
Globalization
c.
United Nations
d.
International Community

The correct answer is: Globalization

QUESTION 9
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When the court granted Pete and Jenny separation from bed and board this frees them from
______.
Question 9Select one:
a.
Share in financing
b.
Sleeping from one bed and one house
c.
Conjugal relations and same domicile

d.
Care for children
The correct answer is: Conjugal relations and same domicile
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Who among the following presidents was known for his nationalistic moves particularly in the
field of economics?
Question 10Select one:
a.
Ferdinand Marcos
b.
Fidel Ramos

c.
Carlos Garcia
d.
Joseph Estrada
The correct answer is: Carlos Garcia

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MAJORSHIP MENTORSHIP EXAM: Governance, Laws and Politics

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QUESTION 1
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What form of government is characterized by the separation of powers?
Question 1Select one:
a.
Parliamentary
b.
Aristocracy
c.
Monarchial
d.
Presidential

The correct answer is: Presidential

QUESTION 2
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"Rules by few persons", where political power is exercised by a privilege class known as the
elite.
Question 2Select one:
a.
Democracy
b.
Monarchy
c.
Oligarchy
d.
Aristocracy
The correct answer is: Oligarchy
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Which of the following grounds for impeachment is considered as the WORST case?
Question 3Select one:
a.
Corruption
b.
Betrayal of Public Trust
c.
Bribery
d.
Treason

The correct answer is: Betrayal of Public Trust

QUESTION 4
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Judith was arrested by a police officer because of a criminal charge after presenting a warrant
and reading her Miranda Rights. What inherent power of the state was shown in the situation?
Question 4Select one:
a.
Taxation
b.
Social Justice
c.
Expropriation
d.
Police

The correct answer is: Police

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Ann, a 35-year-old Filipino-born citizen, registered voter and resided in Manila for 35 years, and
graduated Summa Cum Laude with BS in Political Science. Is she qualified to run as President
of the Philippines?
Question 5Select one:
a.
No, because of the age requirement
b.
No, because of her address
c.
Yes, because of her Bachelor’s Degree.
d.
Yes, because of her citizenship.

The correct answer is: No, because of the age requirement

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In his greatest wish to serve the nation, he delivered his SONA via radio broadcast while he was
confined at the John Hopkins Hospital in Maryland, USA. He was the first Filipino president to
do so, who was he?
Question 6Select one:
a.
President Elpidio Quirino
b.
President Manuel L. Quezon
c.
President Fidel V. Ramos

d.
President Manuel Roxas
The correct answer is: President Elpidio Quirino
QUESTION 7
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Monarchy: King and Queen :: Aristocracy: _____________
Question 7Select one:
a.
President
b.
Representatives
c.
Selected few
d.
Elites

The correct answer is: Elites

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It is where people elect representatives to act in their behalf. Philippines is one of the best
example of this classification of government.
Question 8Select one:
a.
Egalitarian
b.
Republican
c.
Democracy

d.
Direct democracy
The correct answer is: Republican
QUESTION 9
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When an individual is imprisoned without proper investigation what right is violated?
Question 9Select one:
a.
Right to protection
b.
Right to secure persons
c.
Right to due process of law

d.
Right to process paper
The correct answer is: Right to due process of law
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If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
Question 10Select one:
a.
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
b.
Speaker of the House
c.
Governor of the most populous state
d.
President of the Senate

The correct answer is: President of the Senate

QUESTION 11
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According to Section 3, Article II, which ‘authority’ is supreme over the military?
Question 11Select one:
a.
Democratic

b.
Coercive
c.
Civil
d.
Moral
The correct answer is: Civil
QUESTION 12
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The right to vote is also known as _________?
Question 12Select one:
a.
Suffrage

b.
Naturalization
c.
Democracy
d.
Plebiscite
The correct answer is: Suffrage
QUESTION 13
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The students in Miss Tamayo's Civics class talked about governance. Based on their discussion
of the Philippine constitution, in whom does a sovereignty reside and from whom does all
government authority emanate?
Question 13Select one:
a.
the appointed officials
b.
the elected officials
c.
the Filipino people

d.
the members of the Cabinet
The correct answer is: the Filipino people
QUESTION 14
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In President Quezon's time ,the country had the Philippine Commonwealth. What is TRUE
about Philippine Commonwealth? The Filipino people _________.
Question 14Select one:
a.
Were citizens of the United States
b.
Were fully independent
c.
Were granted total freedom to course their destiny only in matters of education
d.
Were partially independent

The correct answer is: Were partially independent

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President A delayed Constance’s execution for a week. Is President A’s action constitutional?
Question 15Select one:
a.
Yes, since he did it out of moral compassion.
b.
No, if the sentence was already given by the court.
c.
No, the action should be approved by the Congress first.
d.
Yes, he exercised the power to reprieve.

The correct answer is: Yes, he exercised the power to reprieve.

QUESTION 16
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The protection of working women is enshrined in the constitution. What part of the Constitution
stipulates this?
Question 16Select one:
a.
Article I
b.
Article III
c.
Article XIV

d.
Article XIII
The correct answer is: Article XIII
QUESTION 17
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It is a power to collect monetary contribution to the people of the government?
Question 17Select one:
a.
Police Power
b.
Power of taxation

c.
Both a and c
d.
Power of Eminent Domain
The correct answer is: Power of taxation
QUESTION 18
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The element of the state in which seen in this situation; “State X is now an independent and
recognized by a family of Nations thus, State A who is a former colonizer has no direct control
and cannot interfere in its internal functions”. This is the ________________.
Question 18Select one:
a.
International Sovereignty
b.
External Sovereignty
c.
Internal Sovereignty

d.
Involuntary Sovereignty
The correct answer is: External Sovereignty
QUESTION 19
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A rebel group who was prison in bilibid were given amnesty by the president, what is amnesty?
Question 19Select one:
a.
It is the act of forgetting the rebels.
b.
It is the act that the president favors them.

c.
It is the act of forgiving the rebels.
d.
is the act of forgetting the offenses of the rebels.
The correct answer is: is the act of forgetting the offenses of the rebels.
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The state came from the need to have a great leader or warrior to protect it from invasion. What
theory supports this statement?
Question 20Select one:
a.
Necessity/force
b.
Paternalistic

c.
Social Contract
d.
Divine Right
The correct answer is: Necessity/force
QUESTION 21
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What does the President’s Cabinet do?
Question 21Select one:
a.
Advises the president

b.
Negotiates treaties with foreign nations
c.
Selects the Vice President
d.
Runs the government when the President travels
The correct answer is: Advises the president
QUESTION 22
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The first Filipino president to deliver SONA in Filipino.
Question 22Select one:
a.
President José P. Laurel
b.
President Ferdinand Marcos, Sr.
c.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte
d.
President Benigno Aquino III

The correct answer is: President Benigno Aquino III

QUESTION 23
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is considered the Father of Political Science and coined the term Politics which means “affairs of
the state”?
Question 23Select one:
a.
Plato
b.
Socrates
c.
Ptolemy
d.
Aristotle

The correct answer is: Aristotle

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A group of people living in a definite territory, having a government of their own and enjoying
their own independence.
Question 24Select one:
a.
State

b.
Society
c.
People
d.
Nation
The correct answer is: State
QUESTION 25
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Martial Law remained in force until 1981 under Proclamation number:
Question 25Select one:
a.
9994
b.
1081

c.
7610
d.
1425
The correct answer is: 1081
QUESTION 26
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Who is considered as the longest reign emperor in Japan?
Question 26Select one:
a.
Jimmu Tenno
b.
Amaterasu
c.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi

d.
Hirohito
The correct answer is: Hirohito
QUESTION 27
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She is the first Filipina Associate Justice of the Supreme Court and was the appointed
Chairwoman of the 1986 Constitutional Commission.
Question 27Select one:
a.
Cecilia Muñoz-Palma

b.
Conchita Carpio-Morales
c.
Leticia Ramos-Shahani
d.
Solita Garduño Collás-Monsod
The correct answer is: Cecilia Muñoz-Palma
QUESTION 28
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Who shall exercise suffrage?
Question 28Select one:
a.
All citizens of the Philippines except natural born outside the country.

b.
All citizens of the Philippines with or without disabilities
c.
All citizens of the Philippines not otherwise disqualifies by the law
d.
All citizens who can read and write
The correct answer is: All citizens of the Philippines not otherwise disqualifies by the law
QUESTION 29
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Higher court requiring the lower court to elevate the case to them for the purpose of further
review. What type of writ is this?
Question 29Select one:
a.
Quo Warranto
b.
Writ of Ceritorari
c.
Writ of Prohibition
d.
Writ of Amparo
The correct answer is: Writ of Ceritorari
QUESTION 30
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It is an element of the states, that refers to the space within which the government exercise its
supreme authority.
Question 30Select one:
a.
Territory

b.
People
c.
Sovereignty
d.
Government
The correct answer is: Territory
QUESTION 31
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The power of the President to declare martial law is subject to the approval of the Congress.
This abides with the concept of __________.
Question 31Select one:
a.
democratic state
b.
representative democracy
c.
parliamentary procedures
d.
check and balance
The correct answer is: check and balance
QUESTION 32
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The following are the functions of Executive Department of government EXCEPT:
Question 32Select one:
a.
To give pardon to the accused

b.
To execute the laws
c.
To reject laws made by congress
d.
To initiate revenue bills
The correct answer is: To initiate revenue bills
QUESTION 33
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What kind of monarchs hold the supreme power and made all the decision?
Question 33Select one:
a.
unlimited monarchy
b.
limited monarchy
c.
absolute monarchy

d.
federal monarchy
The correct answer is: absolute monarchy
QUESTION 34
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The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these
words? Choose one:
Question 34Select one:
a.
We the Colonists.
b.
Congress shall make.
c.
We the British.
d.
We the People.

The correct answer is: We the People.

QUESTION 35
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What right and duty do Filipinos exercise when they participate in ratifying a proposed
constitution
Question 35Select one:
a.
Suffrage
b.
Bill of rights

c.
Habeas corpus
d.
Citizenship
The correct answer is: Suffrage
QUESTION 36
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Article VI Section 23. The Congress, by a vote of ______ of both Houses in joint session
assembled, voting separately, shall have the sole power to declare the existence of a state of
war.
Question 36Select one:
a.
three-forth
b.
two-thirds

c.
more than half
d.
majority
The correct answer is: two-thirds
QUESTION 37
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What is freedom of religion?
Question 37Select one:
a.
You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.

b.
You must choose a religion.
c.
No one can practice a religion.
d.
You can’t choose the time you practice your religion.
The correct answer is: You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.
QUESTION 38
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It is order from superior court requiring the lower court to do their duty.
Question 38Select one:
a.
Writ of Kalikasan
b.
Writ of Prohibition
c.
Writ of Quo Warranto

d.
Writ of Mandamus
The correct answer is: Writ of Mandamus
QUESTION 39
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Article IX B. Section 3. The ___________, as the central personnel agency of the Government,
shall establish a career service and adopt measures to promote morale, efficiency, integrity,
responsiveness, progressiveness, and courtesy.
Question 39Select one:
a.
Civil Service Commission

b.
Constitutional Commissions
c.
Commission on Elections
d.
Commission on Audit
The correct answer is: Civil Service Commission
QUESTION 40
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In whose presidency was the famous MIRACLE RICE produced?
Question 40Select one:
a.
Ferdinand Marcos Sr.

b.
Sergio Osmenia
c.
Fidel Ramos
d.
Erap Estrada
The correct answer is: Ferdinand Marcos Sr.
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