 - 1. What is the total length of the Mindanao Railway Phase 1?
A) 80 kilometers
B) 130 kilometers
C) 100 kilometers
D) 110 kilometers
- 2. How many stations are planned for the Mindanao Railway Phase 1?
A) 12
B) 8
C) 10
D) 6
- 3. What was the Mindanao Railway Phase 1 project's expected daily ridership?
A) 150,000
B) 130,000
C) 100,000
D) 80,000
- 4. In what year was the Chinese funding for the Mindanao Railway withdrawn?
A) 2020
B) 2021
C) 2022
D) 2023
- 5. What was the former name of the Davao Public Transport Modernization Project?
A) Mindanao Transport Initiative
B) High Priority Bus System
C) Davao City Transit Network
D) Metro Davao Bus Line
- 6. How many kilometers long is the core network for the bus system's traffic management improvements?
A) 80 kilometers
B) 1,000 kilometers
C) 110 kilometers
D) 100 kilometers
- 7. What is the total number of buses planned for the Davao Public Transport Modernization Project?
A) 1,000
B) 500
C) 800
D) 1,200
- 8. How many electric articulated buses are included in the 1,000 bus total?
A) 100
B) 500
C) 300
D) 200
- 9. What is the budget allocated for the Davao Public Transport Modernization Project?
A) ₱80 billion
B) ₱130 billion
C) ₱100 billion
D) ₱50 billion
- 10. Which port is considered the busiest in Mindanao?
A) Santa Ana Wharf
B) General Santos Port
C) Port of Davao
D) Sasa International Seaport
- 11. Where is the Port of Davao located?
A) Samal Island
B) Davao Gulf
C) Bitung Harbor
D) Pakiputan Strait
- 12. Which shipping firm operates the Ro-Ro service to Indonesia?
A) Davao Ferries Inc.
B) Asian Marine Transport
C) Mindanao Shipping Lines
D) Super Sea Logistics
- 13. How many 12-meter regular buses will be included in the modernization project?
A) 1,000
B) 300
C) 500
D) 200
- 14. How many nine-meter buses are planned for the project?
A) 300
B) 200
C) 500
D) 100
- 15. Which strait serves as an approach to the Port of Davao?
A) Davao Channel
B) Pakiputan Strait
C) Samal Strait
D) Mindanao Passage
- 16. How many barangays does Davao City have?
A) 3
B) 182
C) 11
D) 28
- 17. How many legislative districts does Davao City currently have?
A) 1
B) 3
C) 11
D) 182
- 18. Who is the Mayor of Davao City as of June 30, 2026?
A) Sebastian "Baste" Zimmerman Duterte
B) Rodrigo "Rigo" Sangkola Duterte II
C) Paolo Z. Duterte
D) Isidro T. Ungab
- 19. Who is the Vice Mayor of Davao City as of June 30, 2026?
A) Paolo Z. Duterte
B) Sebastian "Baste" Zimmerman Duterte
C) Rodrigo "Rigo" Sangkola Duterte II
D) Isidro T. Ungab
- 20. How many administrative districts does Davao City have?
A) 11
B) 3
C) 182
D) 28
- 21. Who serves as the Representative for the 3rd District?
A) Omar Vincent S. Duterte
B) Isidro T. Ungab
C) Paolo Z. Duterte
D) Sebastian Duterte
- 22. What is the primary mode of transportation in the mountainous areas of Davao City?
A) Habal-habal
B) Bus
C) Taxi
D) Monorail
- 23. What is the intended completion year for the Davao City Bypass?
A) 2022
B) 2028
C) 2030
D) 2003
- 24. Which payment systems do Davao City taxis accept?
A) Cryptocurrency
B) GCash and PayMaya
C) BancNet and MegaLink
D) Visa and Mastercard
- 25. What is the function of the Davao City Coastal Road besides serving as an alternative route?
A) A dedicated monorail path
B) Coastal shore protection and breakwater
C) An airport runway extension
D) A cargo shipping terminal
- 26. How many designated passenger-vehicle routes do multicabs and jeepneys ply?
A) 82
B) 28
C) 182
D) 11
- 27. Who is the Representative of the 1st District?
A) Omar Vincent S. Duterte
B) Sebastian Duterte
C) Isidro T. Ungab
D) Paolo Z. Duterte
- 28. Which city in Luzon is reachable by bus from Davao City?
A) Makati
B) Pasay
C) Manila
D) Quezon City
- 29. What percentage of the population in Davao City is Roman Catholic?
A) 50%
B) 18%
C) 4%
D) 78%
- 30. Which religious group accounts for 4% of the population in Davao City?
A) Islam
B) Buddhism
C) Roman Catholic
D) Sikhism
- 31. Who is the leader of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ movement?
A) Saint Peter
B) Apollo Quiboloy
C) Romulo Valles
D) Pope Benedict XVI
- 32. Who is the patron saint of Davao City?
A) Saint Paul
B) Saint Anthony
C) Saint Peter
D) Saint Jude
- 33. What is the largest economic sector in Davao City?
A) Manufacturing
B) Technology
C) Agriculture
D) Finance
- 34. Which fruit is the largest fruit export of Davao City?
A) Banana
B) Durian
C) Pineapple
D) Mango
- 35. What is the newest industrial development in Davao City mentioned in the text?
A) Textile manufacturing
B) Chocolate industry
C) Steel production
D) Petroleum refining
- 36. Which company is the country's biggest exporter of cacao to Barry Callebaut?
A) Seed Core Enterprises
B) Dole
C) Lorenzo Group
D) Malagos Agriventures Corp.
- 37. Where are most fish catches from the Davao Gulf discharged?
A) San Pedro
B) Barangay Toril
C) Talaingod
D) Mati
- 38. Which multinational oil company is based in Davao City?
A) Phoenix Petroleum
B) Shell
C) Petron
D) Chevron
- 39. Which facility is the largest and most modern steel rolling mill in the Philippines?
A) Holcim Philippines
B) RC Cola Phil.
C) Union Galvasteel Corporation
D) SteelAsia
- 40. When did Archbishop Romulo Valles take office at San Pedro Cathedral?
A) May 22, 2012
B) December 31, 2012
C) January 1, 2012
D) February 11, 2012
- 41. Which of the following is a religious faith found in Davao City besides Christianity and Islam?
A) Jainism
B) Mormonism
C) Sikhism
D) Shintoism
- 42. Which municipality is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Davao?
A) Tagum
B) Digos
C) Mati
D) Talaingod
- 43. What is the collective term for residents of Davao City?
A) Davaoeños
B) Davaos
C) Davaonians
D) Davaosians
- 44. What is the overwhelming majority ethnic group in Davao City?
A) Cebuanos
B) Ilocanos
C) Tagalogs
D) Ilonggos
- 45. What are the indigenous people of Davao collectively called?
A) Mestizos
B) Lumads
C) Visayans
D) Moro
- 46. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a Moro ethnic group in Davao?
A) Maguindanaon
B) Ilocano
C) Tausug
D) Maranao
- 47. Which language is the most widely spoken in Davao City?
A) Tagalog
B) Hiligaynon
C) Chavacano
D) Cebuano
- 48. What is the formal medium of instruction in Davao City schools?
A) Filipino (Tagalog)
B) Mandarin
C) English
D) Cebuano
- 49. Which of these is an indigenous language of Davao City?
A) Giangan
B) Kapampangan
C) Hiligaynon
D) Ilocano
- 50. What languages are spoken privately by Chinese Filipinos in Davao?
A) Shanghainese
B) Taiwanese
C) Cantonese
D) Philippine Hokkien
- 51. Which mountain is the highest peak in the Philippines and located in Davao City?
A) Mount Apo
B) Mount Pinatubo
C) Mount Mayon
D) Mount Talomo
- 52. Who inaugurated the Mount Apo National Park in 1936?
A) Rodrigo Duterte
B) Corazon Aquino
C) Ferdinand Marcos
D) Manuel L. Quezon
- 53. In which town does the Davao River begin?
A) Samal Island
B) San Fernando, Bukidnon
C) Manila
D) Davao City
- 54. What is the Köppen climate classification of Davao City?
A) Af
B) Aw
C) As
D) Am
- 55. What is the 'Queen of Philippine Flowers' endemic to the Davao area?
A) Orchid Lily
B) Sampaguita
C) Hibiscus
D) Waling-waling
- 56. What fruit is known as the 'queen of fruits' in Davao?
A) Pineapple
B) Mangosteen
C) Durian
D) Mango
- 57. What fruit is known as the 'king of fruits' in Davao?
A) Mangosteen
B) Jackfruit
C) Durian
D) Banana
- 58. What is the status of Mount Apo in terms of volcanic activity?
A) Dormant
B) Extinct
C) Active
D) Erupting
- 59. What is the total land area of Davao City in square kilometers?
A) 1,700
B) 2,443.61
C) 2,000
D) 946
- 60. In what year did Davao City's population first exceed one million?
A) 2015
B) 1988
C) 1995
D) 2001
- 61. What is the average monthly temperature in Davao City?
A) Below 20 °C
B) Exactly 30 °C
C) Between 15-20 °C
D) Above 26 °C
- 62. In what year was the Port of Davao established?
A) 1900
B) 1936
C) 1926
D) 1903
- 63. Davao was incorporated as part of which province from 1903 to 1914?
A) Davao Province
B) Mindanao Province
C) Zamboanga Province
D) Moro Province
- 64. What building served as the provincial capitol after the establishment of Davao Province in 1914?
A) Port Authority Building
B) Legislative Council Building
C) City Hall
D) Davao Municipal Hall
- 65. Who filed Bill 609 to create the City of Davao?
A) Elias Lopez
B) Romualdo Quimpo
C) Manuel L. Quezon
D) Douglas MacArthur
- 66. When was Davao inaugurated as a charter city?
A) March 16, 1936
B) March 1, 1937
C) October 16, 1936
D) December 8, 1941
- 67. Besides Davao, what was the other town in Mindanao to be converted into a city at the same time?
A) Cotabato
B) Cagayan de Oro
C) General Santos
D) Zamboanga
- 68. When did Japanese forces land in Davao during World War II?
A) December 20, 1941
B) December 8, 1941
C) October 1944
D) 1945
- 69. What was the local nickname given to the Barangay Agdao during the period of urban insurrectionism?
A) The Laboratory
B) Murder Capital
C) Killing Fields
D) Nicaragdao
- 70. Who was the first indigenous person elected as Mayor of Davao City?
A) Rodolfo Biazon
B) Alex Orcullo
C) Elias Lopez
D) Franco Calida
- 71. What event ignited furor in the Moro community in the late 1960s?
A) Declaration of Martial Law
B) Assassination of Ninoy Aquino
C) Alsa Masa formation
D) Jabidah massacre
- 72. Who was the prominent party thinker killed in a raid in Skyline Subdivision in 1982?
A) Alex Orcullo
B) Edgar Jopson
C) Fernando Esperon
D) Laurente Ilagan
- 73. What was the name of the anti-communist vigilante group formed in 1984?
A) Free Legal Assistance Group
B) Alsa Masa
C) Yellow Friday Movement
D) New People's Army
- 74. Which Marine commander was noted for a sophisticated approach to addressing insurgency through community engagement?
A) Manuel L. Quezon
B) Franco Calida
C) Rodolfo Biazon
D) Romualdo Quimpo
- 75. Did the Spanish authorities in Davao take part in the Philippine Revolution?
A) Yes, defensively
B) No
C) Yes, briefly
D) Yes, actively
- 76. Where was the negligible pro-Filipino separatist rebel movement located?
A) Davao City proper
B) Manila
C) Santa Cruz
D) Malolos
- 77. Who arrived in Davao later in 1898 after the Spanish left?
A) The Americans
B) The Japanese
C) The British
D) The Dutch
- 78. Which indigenous group's origins are responsible for the name 'Davao'?
A) Matigsalug
B) Tausug
C) Bagobo
D) Maguindanaon
- 79. Where was Datu Bago's fortress of Pinagurasan located?
A) Davao Gulf coast
B) Bolton Riverside
C) Quezon Boulevard
D) Bangkerohan Public Market
- 80. In what year was the town of Nueva Vergara founded?
A) 1830
B) 1843
C) 1867
D) 1848
- 81. What was the name of the province established in 1850 with the town as its capital?
A) Nueva Guipúzcoa
B) Davao Province
C) Mindanao Province
D) Vergara Province
- 82. In what year was the name Nueva Vergara officially changed to Davao?
A) 1867
B) 1850
C) 1860
D) 1848
- 83. Which Spanish official ordered the colonization of the Davao Gulf region in 1842?
A) José Cruz de Oyanguren
B) Sultan Iskandar Qudaratullah
C) Narciso Clavería
D) Datu Bago
- 84. Who was the Mandaya chieftain that allied with the Spanish against Datu Bago?
A) Datu Obo
B) Datu Daupan
C) Datu Bago
D) Datu Clatta
- 85. Where did Datu Bago die after fleeing the Spanish conquest?
A) Pinagurasan
B) Hijo
C) Bolton Riverside
D) Samal Island
- 86. What happened to the province of Nueva Guipúzcoa on July 30, 1860?
A) It was renamed Davao
B) It was dissolved
C) It was expanded
D) It was conquered by Datu Bago
- 87. What is the largest rural bank in the Philippines in terms of assets based in Davao City?
A) Landbank
B) Davao Rural Bank
C) BDO Network Bank
D) Metrobank
- 88. In what year did Gaisano Mall of Davao open?
A) 2023
B) 1993
C) 1997
D) 2011
- 89. What is the first and largest Ayala Mall in Mindanao?
A) Abreeza
B) NCCC Mall
C) SM City Ecoland
D) SM Lanang Premier
- 90. Which mall was the oldest shopping mall in Davao City?
A) Abreeza
B) NCCC Mall VP
C) SM City Ecoland
D) Gaisano Mall of Davao
- 91. Where is the first Vista Mall in Davao City located?
A) Ecoland
B) Lanang
C) Mintal
D) Agdao
- 92. Which company is developing the Davao Global Township?
A) SM Prime Holdings
B) Gaisano Grand Group
C) Cebu Landmasters, Inc.
D) Ayala Land
- 93. In which district is Gaisano Grand Citygate Mall located?
A) Mintal
B) Calinan
C) Toril
D) Buhangin
- 94. Where is the Sta. Lucia Mall Davao being constructed?
A) Brgy. Communal
B) Brgy. Cabantian
C) Brgy. Matina
D) Brgy. Tibungco
- 95. Which district is known as Davao Chinatown?
A) Ecoland
B) Lanang
C) Bajada
D) Uyanguren
- 96. What is the primary function of NCCC Mall Maa after reconstruction?
A) Shopping mall
B) Hotel
C) Hospital
D) Government office
- 97. What is the name of the residential estate where CityMall Northtown Davao is located?
A) Camella Cerritos
B) Northtown
C) Davao Global Township
D) Ponte Verde
- 98. What is the most widespread religion in Davao City due to Spanish colonialism?
A) Christianity
B) Hinduism
C) Buddhism
D) Taoism
- 99. What do the barrio fiesta celebrations commemorate?
A) Patron saints
B) The city mayor
C) Harvest season
D) Founding day
- 100. When is the Kadayawan Festival typically held?
A) Late May
B) Late December
C) Early to mid August
D) Early January
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