General Information Reviewer - Part 12

Practice 20 General Information questions for the Civil Service Exam (CSE), each with the correct answer and an explanation.

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Part 12 of our General Information reviewer has 20 practice questions in the style of the Civil Service Exam. Answer them in order, read the explanation after each one, and check your score against the 80% passing mark at the end. Questions and choices are reshuffled every time you retake the part.

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Sample questions from Part 12

Here are a few questions from this part. Take the full test to answer all 20 and get your score.

Sample question 1

Which Article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution?

  • Article 14
  • Article 13
  • Article 15
  • Article 16
Answer: Article 14
Article 13 concerns freedom of movement and residence, Article 15 the right to a nationality, and Article 16 the right to marry and found a family. Answer: Article 14.

Sample question 2

Which UDHR article provides for the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion?

  • Article 21
  • Article 19
  • Article 20
  • Article 18
Answer: Article 18
Article 19 covers opinion and expression, Article 20 peaceful assembly and association, and Article 21 participation in government. Answer: Article 18.

Sample question 3

Which UDHR article provides that everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law?

  • Article 10
  • Article 12
  • Article 11
  • Article 9
Answer: Article 11
Article 9 prohibits arbitrary arrest, Article 10 guarantees a fair and public hearing, and Article 12 protects privacy. Answer: Article 11.

Sample question 4

Which of the four 1949 Geneva Conventions protects prisoners of war?

  • The First Geneva Convention
  • The Third Geneva Convention
  • The Second Geneva Convention
  • The Fourth Geneva Convention
Answer: The Third Geneva Convention
The First covers wounded and sick armed forces in the field, the Second covers the wounded, sick and shipwrecked at sea, and the Fourth protects civilians. Answer: The Third Geneva Convention.

Sample question 5

Under RA 9344 as amended by RA 10630, a child fifteen years old or below at the time of the commission of the offense is:

  • criminally liable if he acted with discernment
  • criminally liable, with a mitigated penalty
  • tried as an adult for serious offenses
  • exempt from criminal liability but subject to an intervention program
Answer: exempt from criminal liability but subject to an intervention program
A child above fifteen but below eighteen is exempt unless he acted with discernment. Exemption from criminal liability does not mean exemption from civil liability. Answer: exempt from criminal liability but subject to an intervention program.

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