Quantitative Reasoning Practice Test with Answer a. Congruency c.

10%
b. *Being supplementary d. 5%
1. 10 cats caught 10 rats in 10 seconds. How many cats are c. Being complementary e. none of these
required to catch 100 rats in 100 seconds? d. Being adjacent
a. 50 e. Inequality 12. The value of 2 to the fifth power is?
b. 100 7. What is 111% equal to? a. 36
c. *10 a. 11.1 b. 10
d. 20 b. .0111 c. *32
e. 30 c. *1.11 d. none of these
d. 111 e. 25
2. Which part of a right angle is an angular degree? e. .111 13. A storekeeper bought three grades of pencils at ₱2.00,
a. *1/90 8. The square root of 25 times the square root of 81 is? ₱3.00, and ₱4.00 a dozen respectively. If he paid a total of
b. 1/4 a. none of these ₱76.50 for them, and bought the same number of each
c. 1/45 b. 120 grade, how many pencils did he buy?
d. 1/60 c. 60 a. *306
e. 1/9 d. *45 b. 102
e. 90 c. 90
3. What is 2⁻¹ equal to? d. none of these
a. -2 9. Ramon has a horse and a carabao. The horse is 2/3 as e. 84
b. *1/2 old as the carabao.. The difference between their ages is 4 14. A businessman marked goods "1/3 off" and sold them
c. 2 years. How old is the carabao? at a margin of 1/3 of the selling price. What part of the
d. -1/2 a. 16 years cost was his margin?
e. -1.2 b. 6 years a. 1/3
c. 10 years b. 1/12
4. What is a trapezoid? d. none of these c. 2/3
a. Decagon e. *12 years d. 1/8
b. Rhombus e. *1/6
c. *Quadrilateral 10. Which of these is not a quadrilateral?
d. Parallelogram a. *Triangle 15. When Mr. Ramos died, ⅓ of his estate was given to
e. Dodecagon b. Rectangle charity and ½ of the remainder to each of his two sons. If
5. Two numbers are reciprocals of each other. One c. Trapezoid each son received ₱150,000, what was the value of his
number is 16 times as large as the other. What are the two d. Rhombus estate?
numbers? e. Square a. ₱500,000
a. *none of these b. ₱300,000
b. 16 and 1/4 11. Mr. Santos gained 15%, based on cost, of selling 3/4 of c. ₱400,000
c. 8 and 16 a shipment of textiles. He sold the remainder at a lost of d. *₱450,000
d. 4 and 1/4 10% of the cost. What percent of the cost did he gain on e. ₱350,000
e. 6 and ¼ the entire shipment?
6. If two angles are vertical angles, what relationship exists a. 9% 16. A rectangular lot 60 ft. long and 30 ft. wide is to be
between them? b. 15% surrounded by a fence with posts 6 ft. apart. If the corner
posts cost ₱2.50 each and the remaining posts ₱1.50 each, a. 6/10 26. 36 is 4/7 of what number?
what is the cost of all the posts? b. 9/10 a. 64
a. *₱49.00 c. *20/16 b. 81
b. none of these d. none of these c. *80
c. ₱50.00 d. 63
d. ₱52.00 22. What is ½% equivalent to? e. 72
e. ₱40.00 a. .00½
b. .05 27. Which of these fractions is equal to 3/4?
17. What kind of angle is inscribed in a semicircle? c. .½ a. 15/16
a. *Right angle d. *.005 b. 21/32
b. Obtuse angle e. .5 c. 9/16
c. Straight angle 23. A boy starts walking to school at 7:30 a.m. at the rate d. 12/20
d. Acute angle of 3 miles per hour. At 7:40 a.m. his brother starts for e. *21/28
e. Reflex angle school on his bicycle at 6 miles per hour. When will the
boy on the bicycle overtake his brother? 28. When a number is added to its additive inverse, what
18. Which of the following is smaller than .0031 a. *7:50 a.m. is the sum equal to?
a. .021 b. 8:05 a.m. a. The number itself
b. *.00092 c. 8:00 a.m. b. 10
c. .004 d. 8:10 a.m. c. *0
d. .012 e. 7:55 a.m. d. The negative of number
e. .006 e. 1
24. A boy starts walking to school at 7:30 a.m. at the rate
19. What number must be added to 6, 16 and 8 to get an of 3 miles per hour. At 7:40 a.m. his brother starts for 29. If 30% of a number is 12.6, find the number?
average of 13? school on his bicycle at 6 miles per hour. When will the a. 40
a. 25 boy on the bicycle overtake his brother? b. *42
b. 19 a. *7:50 a.m. c. 43
c. 20 b. 8:05 a.m. d. 45
d. 18 c. 8:00 a.m. e. 38
e. *22 d. 8:10 a.m.
e. 7:55 a.m. 30. Which of the following is heavier than 5 kilos of steel
20. A tank was ½ full of water. After 420 gallons had been rod?
taken out, it was ⅛ full. Find the capacity of the tank? 25. What is the geometric term for a line that has but one a. 5 pounds of palay
a. 1260 gal point in common with a circle? b. 3 kilograms of iron bars
b. 840 gal. a. Chord c. 6 pounds of galvanized iron
c. *1120 gal. b. Diameter d. 10 pounds of gold bars
d. 1110 gal. c. Transversal e. *6 kilograms of cotton balls
e. 1680 gal. d. *Tangent
e. Secant
21. Which of the following has the greatest value?
16/20
 TEST III SCIENTIFIC ABILITY a. 3 12. Which one of the following is a source of methane
b. 4 emission into the atmosphere?
1. What is the boiling point in Fahrenheit scale? c. *1 a. Industrial chimney
a. 200° d. 2 b. Automobile exhaust fume
b. *212° c. *Wetland
c. 100° 7. Which is/are the important raw material(s) required in d. Mining
d. 189° cement industry?
e. 112° a. *Limestone and Clay 13. The mass number of a nucleus is:
b. Limestone a. always more than the atomic weight.
2. During summer, we feel comfortable under a fan c. Clay b. always less than its atomic number.
because it: d. Gypsum and Clay c. a fraction.
a. *Set the air in motion, thereby increasing the d. *the sum of the number of protons and neutrons
evaporation of sweat. 8. When velocity is doubled: present in the nucleus.
b. Throws cool air on us. a. Kinetic energy is doubled
c. Produces convection currents. b. Acceleration is doubled 14. Glass is made of the mixture of:
d. Produces air which takes heat away from us. c. Potential energy is doubled a. *Sand and silicates
d. *Momentum is doubled b. Salt and quartz
3. The Earth's diameter is approximately how many c. Sand and salt
kilometers? 9. Deep blue color is imparted to glass by the presence of: d. Quartz and mica
a. 15,448 a. *Cobalt Oxide
b. 9,655 b. Iron Oxide 15. The fossil of Archaeopteryx represents the evidence of
c. 6,542 c. Nickel Oxide origin of:
d. *12,756 d. Cupric Oxide a. mammals from birds.
b. mammals from reptiles.
4. Detergents used for cleaning clothes and utensils 10. Nitrogen is fixed in ecosystems in ways stated below. c. *birds from reptiles.
contain? Which one of the statements below is false? d. reptiles from amphibians.
a. Bicarbonates a. By cyanobacteria
b. Nitrates b. By industrially synthesized fertilizer 16. Earth rotates in about _______ hours.
c. Bismuthates c. *By denitrification a. *24
d. *Sulphonates d. By electrical discharges in the atmosphere b. 12
c. 18
5. The existence of microorganisms in the human gastric 11. One finds it more difficult to walk on ice than on a d. 6
system is an example of: concrete road because:
a. Parasitism a. *The friction between the ice and the feet is less 17. Natural radioactivity was discovered by:
b. Phylesis than that between the concrete and feet. a. *Henri Becquerel
c. *Mutualism b. There is more friction on the ice than on concrete. b. Marie Curie
d. Meiosis c. None of these c. Enrico Fermi
d. Ice is soft and spongy where as concrete is hard. d. Ernest Rutherford
6. Earth has how many natural satellites visible to the
naked eye?
18. Organisms in temperate zones are able to time their a. *infrasonic a. Earthosphere
activities to cues given by the photoperiod, since: b. supersonics b. Lithosphere
a. Day length is always constant for a specific locality c. audio sounds c. *Troposphere
and season. d. ultrasonic d. Terrasphere
b. All organisms need time to rest.
c. All organisms have a biological clock. 25. The living material comprising the bulk of a cell is 31. Which of the following is common bleaching agent?
d. *Light is a limiting factor. called the: a. Sodium Hydroxide
a. Cytochrome b. Sodium Chloride
19. The weight of a body is: b. Genes c. Calcium Chloride
a. maximum at the equator. c. *Protoplasm d. *Chlorine
b. the same everywhere on the surface of the earth. d. Chloroplast
c. *maximum at the pole. 32. Which one of the following is not a chemical change?
d. more on the hills than in the plains. 26. If the distance between the earth and the sun were a. *Magnetization of iron
twice what it is now, the gravitational force exerted on the b. Rusting of iron
20. Radioactivity is a phenomenon of the spontaneous earth by the sun would be: c. Digestion of food
emission of: a. half of what it is now d. Conversion of milk into curd
a. Gamma rays (short wave electromagnetic waves) b. *one-fourth of what it is now 33. Around what body of water will you find the region
b. Protons (alpha particles) c. twice as large as now known as the Ring of Fire?
c. *All of these d. four times as large as it is now a. Atlantic Ocean
d. Electrons (beta particles) b. Indian Ocean
21. Of the planets below, which has the largest number of 27. Rate of change of velocity is called: c. *Pacific Ocean
satellites?: a. Momentum d. Arctic Ocean
a. Mercury b. Speed
b. Neptune c. *Acceleration 34. Your rocket eventually reaches an altitude of
c. Pluto d. Weight approximately 1,000 km (620 mi) above the Earth's
d. *Jupiter 28. Ptyalin is an enzyme produced in the: surface. Here you will reach an area where belts of
a. Pancreas radiation surround the Earth. What are these belts called?
22. Who formulated the geocentric theory? b. Pituitary glands a. *Van Allen belts
a. Newton c. *Salivary glands b. Von Braun belts
b. Copernicus d. Thyroid glands c. Einstein belts
c. Galileo 29. In vulcanization, natural rubber is heated with: d. Hawking belts
d. *Ptolemy a. Carbon
23. Which of the following items could best be called b. *Sulphur 35. One should not connect a number of electrical
biodegradable? c. Phosphorous appliances to the same power socket because:
a. Polyvinylchloride pipes d. Silicon a. this can damage the electrical meter.
b. Phosphate detergents b. *this can damage the domestic wiring due to
c. *Cellulose 30. You are at the Kennedy Space Center, sitting in your overloading.
d. Polystyrene cups rocket, ready to launch. You look out the window and view c. this can damage the appliances due to
the sky. You are currently sitting at the lowest level of the overloading.
24. Sound of frequency below 20 Hz is called: atmosphere. What is this level called? d. the appliance will not get full voltage.
36. The hardest form of carbon is?
42. A person weighs more in an elevator, which is:
a. Coke 47. It is easier to roll a barrel than to pull it because:
a. moving down with constant velocity
b. Charcoal a. The full weight of the barrel comes into play when
b. accelerating downward
c. Graphite it is pulled.
c. *accelerating upward
d. Diamond b. The surface area of the barrel in contact with the
d. moving up with constant velocity
37. A body is taken from the earth to the moon: road is more in case of pulling.
a. both mass and weight will be different c. None of these
43. The gas used for artificial ripening of green fruit is:
b. its mass will be different but weight will remain d. *Rolling friction is much less than sliding friction.
a. Ethane
the same
b. Carbon dioxide
c. *its mass will remain the same but weight will be 48. Mumps is a disease caused by:
c. *Ethylene
different a. Bacterium
d. Acetylene
d. its mass and weight will be different b. Fungus
c. *Virus
44. The current explanation for the geologic processes
38. It is a special area of the atmosphere that protects the d. Protozoa
behind the Ring of Fire is that large pieces of the Earth's
Earth from harmful ultraviolet rays emitted by the sun.
surface, called plates, are moving around. What is the
a. Van Allen belts 49. The universal law of gravitation was propounded by:
name for the field of study which investigates this motion?
b. Ionosphere a. *Isaac Newton
a. Terrology
c. *Ozone layer b. Nicolas Copernicus
b. Oceanography
d. Thermosphere c. Johannes Kepler
c. Crust kinematics
d. Galileo Galilei
d. Plate tectonics
39. Carbon dioxide is called a greenhouse gas because:
a. It emits visible radiation. 50. Why should we wear light colored clothes during
45. The following are the half lives of four active isotopes.
b. *It absorbs infrared radiation. summer?
Which one of the following is the most dangerous to
c. It is used in photosynthesis. a. Light color allows body heat escape faster.
handle?
d. Its concentration remains always higher than b. Light color is a good radiator of heat.
a. 13 days
other gases. c. *Light color absorbs less heat.
b. 100 years
d. Light color soaks sweat faster.
c. *0.01 minute
40. Optic fibers are mainly used for which of the following?
d. 3 billion years
a. *Communication 51. Isotopes of an element contain same number of:
b. Weaving a. *Protons but different number of neutrons.
46. The gravitational force with which the sun attracts the
c. Musical instruments b. Neutrons but different number of protons.
earth:
d. Food industry c. Protons and neutrons.
a. is more than the force with which the earth
d. Electrons and neutrons.
attracts the sun.
41. When two mercury drops are brought into contact,
b. is less than the force with which the earth attracts
they merge to a bigger drop because liquids have tendency
the sun.
to possess:
c. *is same as the force with which the earth attracts
a. *Minimum surface area
the sun.
b. Minimum volume
d. is constant throughout the year.
c. Maximum volume
d. Maximum surface area