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RPH: Philippine Constitution

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. It is the fundamental law of a nation or state.

a)

Constitution

b)

Preamble

c)

Constitutional

2.

2. It is the highest law of the land and basis of governmental powers.

a)

Preamble

b)

Constitution

c)

State

3.

3. He issued Proclamation No. 9, s. 1986, which created a Constitutional Commission to create a new constitution to replace the 1973 constitution.

a)

Corazon Aquino

b)

Emilio Aguinaldo

c)

Franklin Roosevelt

4.
  1. It is consisting of the Philippine archipelago, including all its islands and waters, and all other territories over which the Philippines.

a)

Bill of Rights

b)

National Archipelago

c)

National Territory

5.

5.Which constitution is consisting of a preamble and seventeen articles, provides for the transition of government from a presidential to a parliamentary system.

a)

1973 Constitution

b)

1899 Malolos Constitution

c)

1986 Freedom Constitution

d)

1943 Constitution

6.
  1. It establishes the Congress, a bicameral legislature comprised of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

a)

Legislative

b)

Executive

c)

Judiciary

7.

7. It establishes a presidential form of government in which the President exercises executive authority.

a)

Judiciary

b)

Executive

c)

Legislative

8.
  1. It was the First Philippine Republic's constitution.

a)

1899 Constitution

b)

1935 Constitution

c)

1987 Constitution

9.

9. What Constitution did the Philippines used after the establishment of a revolutionary government by Corazon Aquino?

a)

1986 Provisional Freedom Constitution

b)

1987 Constitution

c)

1899 Malolos Constitution

10.

10. It introduces the constitution and the source of sovereignty, the peopleIt follows the pattern in past constitutions, including an appeal to God.

a)

Preamble

b)

Article 1

c)

State

11.

11.It establishes the Supreme Court

a)

Judiciary

b)

Legislative

c)

Congress

12.
  1. What year of the Philippine Constitution is called Malolos Constitution?

a)

1988

b)

1899

c)

1889

13.
  1. What constitution is written by Felipe Calderon Y Roca and Felipe Buencamino?

a)

1943 Constitution

b)

1935 Commonwealth Constitution

c)

1899 Malolos Constitution

14.
  1. The 1935 Philippine Constitution is called?

a)

Martial Law

b)

Freedom Constitution

c)

Commonwealth Constitution

15.
  1. The Philippines had a total of how many constitutions?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

16.
  1. During the American occupation these laws served as the constitution of the Philippines from 1902-1935 except from one.

a)

Philippine Organic Act 1902

b)

Philippine Autonomy Act of 1916

c)

Tydings-McDuffie Act of 1935

17.

What is the proper sequence of the Philippine Constitution?

(1 Corazon Constitution) (2 Commonwealth Constitution) (3 Freedom Constitution) (4 Second Republic) (5 Malolos Constitution) (6 Martial Law)

(a)  

18.
  1. What year of the constitution had a strong executive and a supreme court?

a)

1935

b)

1899

c)

1986

19.
  1. Everything happened in the 1935 Commonwealth Constitution except for

a)

Prime minister as the head of the government and the commander in chief

b)

Tagalog as the language of Manila

c)

Women's suffrage is adopted

20.
  1. Did the 1935 constitution was nullified by the Japanese during the WWII?

a)

Yes, and they mandated to draft a new constitution

b)

Yes,

c)

No, because the liked it and continued to use it

21.
  1. The 1934 Constitutional Convention was headed by?

a)

Manuel Roxas

b)

Manuel L. Quezon

c)

Emilio Aguinaldo

22.
  1. Who was the President under the Second Republic?

a)

Corazon Aquino

b)

Manuel L. Quezon

c)

Jose P. Laurel

23.
  1. ----- is the amendment made in the 1935 Constitution that gave US citizens equal rights with Filipino Citizens?

a)

Parity

b)

Pararity

c)

Partiary

24.
  1. When was the declaration of martial law?

a)

September 25, 1972

b)

September 21, 1972

c)

September 22, 1987

25.
  1. In the 1973 Constitution the President is elected by?

a)

Congress

b)

House Representatives

c)

National Assembly

26.
  1. In the 1973 Constitution, the Supreme Court has a judicial authority, it is composed of a Chief Justice and 14 justices.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Not sure

27.
  1. Who was the President under the 1973 Constitution?

a)

Ferdinand Marcos Sr.

b)

Rodrigo Duterte

c)

Elpidio Quirino

28.
  1. In the 1973 Constitution, dates from June 1971 - November 1972, 320 delegates met to?

a)

To ratify the new constitution

b)

Approve the draft of the new charter

c)

To make a new constitution

29.
  1. Who exposed the fraud that happened during the citizen's assembly ratification of the 1973 Constitution?

a)

Chief Justice Roberto V. Comcepcion

b)

Chief Justice Buencamino

c)

Chief Justice Romulo Santos

30.
  1. She issued the Proclamation No. 3, suspending certain provisions of the 1973 Constitution.

a)

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

b)

Corazon Aquino

c)

Leni Robredo

31.

  1. ---- is a community of persons more or less numerous, permanently occupying a definite portion of territory, having a government of their own to which the great body of inhabitants render obedience, and enjoying freedom from external control. (De Leon, 2008)



(a)  

32.

  1. ---- refers to the agency through which the will of the state is formulated, expressed and carried out.



(a)  

33.

  1. --- is the supreme power of the state to command and enforce obedience to its will from people within its jurisdiction and corollary, to have freedom from foreign control.



(a)  

34.
  1. ---- is the power of the state to rule within its territory.

a)

Internal Sovereignty

b)

External Sovereignty

c)

Joint Sovereignty

35.
  1. ---- is the freedom of the state to carry out its activities without the subjection to control by other states.

a)

Internal Sovereignty

b)

External Sovereignty

c)

Joint Sovereignty

36.
  1. ---- holds that the state is of divine creation and the ruler is ordained by God to govern the people.

a)

Divine Right Theory

b)

Force Theory

c)

Paternalistic Theory

37.
  1. ---- maintains that states must have been created through force by some great warriors who imposed their will upon the weak.

a)

Divine Right Theory

b)

Necessity or Force Theory

c)

Paternalistic Theory

38.
  1. ----- attributes the origin of states to be enlargement of the family which remained under the authority of the father or mother.

a)

Divine Right Theory

b)

Necessity or Force Theory

c)

Paternalistic Theory

39.
  1. It is a political concept

a)

State

b)

Nation

40.
  1. It is an ethnic concept

a)

State

b)

Nation

41.
  1. ---refers to “that body of rules and principles in accordance with which the powers of sovereignty are regularly exercised.

a)

State

b)

Nation

c)

Constitution

42.
  1. He promulgated a semi-parliamentary government.

a)

Ferdinand Marcos Sr.

b)

Manuel L. Quezon

c)

Jose P. Laurel

43.
  1. Under the 1899 Malolos Constitution what article states that unrestricted executive authority happens during war times?

a)

Article 87

b)

Article 99

c)

Article 98

44.
  1. Who certified the 1935 Constitution?

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Franklin D. Ross

c)

Franklyn D. Rosevelt

45.
  1. How many people vote that they are in favor of the 1973 Constitution?

a)

14,976,561

b)

14, 561,972

c)

14,967,512

46.
  1. What administration revealed the flaws and inadequacies in the 1935 constitution?

a)

Marcos administration

b)

Aquino administration

c)

Quezon administration

47.
  1. When was the 1987 Constitution promulgated?

a)

February 2, 1987

b)

February 9, 1987

c)

February 11, 1987

48.
  1. Proclamation No. 9 called for a constitutional commission that is consisting of

a)

47 members (41 men, 7 women)

b)

43 members ( 30 men, 13 women)

c)

48 members (42 men, 6 women)

49.
  1. In the 1987 Constitution the recognition of the aid of almighty god is stated in the?

a)

Preamble

b)

Article 6

c)

Article 1

50.
  1. What constitution imposed restrictions on the chief executive’s (president) unsupervised discretion which caused delays on decision making?

a)

1973

b)

1899

c)

1943