Colonial Singapore - Beginner Quiz!
10 Questions
| Total Attempts: 75
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Questions and Answers
- 1.On what date did Sir Stanford Raffles first landed on Singapore?
- A.
5 February 1819
- B.
8 February 1819
- C.
18 February 1819
- D.
8 February 1820
- 2.On which year did the Suez Canal open?
- A.
1867
- B.
1868
- C.
1869
- D.
1870
- 3.On which year did Sir Stanford Raffles draft the Raffles Plan of Singapore to reorganise the island?
- A.
1822
- B.
1823
- C.
1824
- D.
1825
- 4.On which year was the Straits Times established?
- A.
1842
- B.
1843
- C.
1844
- D.
1845
- 5.What is the name of the man who improved the police force as well as the pay and working hours of the policemen in Singapore.
- A.
John Crawfurd
- B.
Thomas Dunman
- C.
William Farquhar
- D.
Tan Tock Seng
- 6.On which year was the Singapore Brigade formed?
- A.
1885
- B.
1886
- C.
1887
- D.
1888
- 7.On which date did the Singapore Mutiny start?
- A.
14 February 1915
- B.
15 February 1915
- C.
14 February 1916
- D.
15 February 1916
- 8.On which date did the first air raid on Singapore occur?
- A.
7 December 1941
- B.
8 December 1941
- C.
7 December 1942
- D.
8 December 1942
- 9.On which date did the British surrender to the Japanese?
- A.
15 February 1942
- B.
15 March 1942
- C.
16 February 1942
- D.
16 March 1942
- 10.On which date did the Japanese surrender?
- A.
9 August 1945
- B.
14 August 1945
- C.
19 August 1945
- D.
24 August 1945
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