History and Politics (Singapore)

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  1. Complete the sentence about History of Singapore with the correct year: In ______ CE, Rajendra Chola I of the Chola Empire led forces across the Indian Ocean and invaded the Srivijayan empire, attacki…
  2. Complete the sentence about Stamford Raffles with the correct year: When Benjamin ended his involvement in the West India trade in ______, it caused his family considerable hardship.
  3. Complete the sentence about Stamford Raffles with the correct year: In ______, at the age of 14, Raffles started working in London as a clerk for the East India Company.
  4. Complete the sentence about William Farquhar with the correct year: Farquhar was born in Newhall, Aberdeenshire, near Aberdeen, in ______ as the youngest child of Robert Farquhar and Agnes Morrison, h…
  5. Complete the sentence about William Farquhar with the correct year: Shortly after arriving in Madras on 19 June ______, Farquhar joined the Madras Army of the East India Company as a cadet at the age…
  6. Complete the sentence about William Farquhar with the correct year: Two years later, on 16 August ______, he became a lieutenant in the Madras Pioneers.
  7. Complete the sentence about William Farquhar with the correct year: Farquhar was chief engineer in the expeditionary force which took Malacca from the Dutch on 18 August ______.
  8. Complete the sentence about William Farquhar with the correct year: On 1 January ______, Farquhar was promoted to the rank of captain.
  9. Complete the sentence about Temenggong Abdul Rahman with the correct year: In ______, his father was installed as the Temenggong by Sultan Mahmud Ri’ayat Shah after the death of his grandfather Temeng…
  10. Complete the sentence about Temenggong Abdul Rahman with the correct year: In ______, Abdul Rahman was installed as Temenggong of Johor after his uncle's death by the Sultan at Lingga.
  11. Complete the sentence about Temenggong Abdul Rahman with the correct year: Temenggong Abdul Rahman and his family and followers later moved to Singapura in ______ to establish a governance there.
  12. Complete the sentence about Temenggong Abdul Rahman with the correct year: The writings of Raffles and William Farquhar indicate that the British found Temenggong Abdul Rahman with 400 to 500 resident…
  13. Complete the sentence about Temenggong Abdul Rahman with the correct year: Another member of the ______ expedition party, Captain John Crawford, recalled in his diary an encounter with “upwards of 100…
  14. Complete the sentence about Sultan Hussein of Johor with the correct year: Sultan Mahmud Shah III died in ______ after reigning for more than forty years.
  15. Complete the sentence about Sultan Hussein of Johor with the correct year: On 29 January ______, Raffles landed at Singapura, and there he befriended Temenggong Abdul Rahman.
  16. Complete the sentence about Sultan Hussein of Johor with the correct year: In November ______, Sultan Abdul Rahman was installed as the Sultan of Riau-Lingga, complete with the royal regalia.
  17. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Most of the territories now form part of Malaysia, from which Singapore separated in ______.
  18. Complete the sentence about Straits Settlements with the correct year: The Dutch colony of Malacca was ceded to the British in the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of ______ in exchange for the British possession o…
  19. Complete the sentence about British Malaya with the correct year: Because the Malayan Union proved unpopular, it was dissolved in ______ to make way for the Federation of Malaya.
  20. Complete the sentence about British Malaya with the correct year: Following political tensions, Singapore separated to become a sovereign state in ______.
  21. Complete the sentence about Battle of Singapore with the correct year: Singapore was captured from the British by the Empire of Japan in February ______ during the Second World War.
  22. Complete the sentence about Operation Jaywick with the correct year: In mid-______, Krait travelled from a training camp at Broken Bay, New South Wales to Thursday Island.
  23. Complete the sentence about Operation Jaywick with the correct year: On 13 August ______, Krait left Thursday Island for Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia, where it was refuelled and repairs were undert…
  24. Complete the sentence about Sook Ching massacre with the correct year: Sook Ching was a mass killing that occurred from 18 February to 4 March ______ in Singapore after it fell to the Japanese.
  25. Complete the sentence about Sook Ching massacre with the correct year: On 25 October ______, the Japanese government ultimately agreed to reimburse S…
  26. Complete the sentence about Sook Ching massacre with the correct year: In ______, the Civilian War Memorial was constructed in memory of the civilians killed during the occupation, including Sook Chin…
  27. Complete the sentence about Syonan-to with the correct year: Shortly after the war, the Straits Settlements was dissolved and Singapore became a separate crown colony in ______.
  28. Complete the sentence about Syonan-to with the correct year: The day of the surrender of the British to the Japanese in ______ continues to be commemorated in Singapore with Total Defence Day, which i…
  29. Complete the sentence about Syonan-to with the correct year: Malaya was hit by the first Japanese bombs on 8 December ______.
  30. Complete the sentence about Lee Kuan Yew with the correct year: In ______, Lee led the PAP to its first electoral victory, becoming Singapore's first prime minister.
  31. Complete the sentence about Lee Kuan Yew with the correct year: Seeking sovereignty from the British Empire, Lee led Singapore to a merger with Malaya along with Sarawak and Sabah, forming Malaysia in…
  32. Complete the sentence about Lee Kuan Yew with the correct year: Racial strife and ideological differences later led to Singapore's expulsion from Malaysia and consequent independence in ______.
  33. Complete the sentence about Goh Chok Tong with the correct year: Goh enacted the Elected President scheme in ______ as presidents before were appointed by Parliament.
  34. Complete the sentence about Goh Chok Tong with the correct year: Goh was born in Singapore on 20 May ______ to Goh Kah Choon and Quah Kwee Hwa, who hailed from the Minnan region of Fujian province in…
  35. Complete the sentence about Goh Chok Tong with the correct year: In ______, he was promoted to Minister for Trade and Industry and later served in other appointments including Minister for Health and…
  36. Complete the sentence about Goh Chok Tong with the correct year: Goh was tasked to organise the ______ Anson SMC by-election which was a pivotal event in shaping his political sensibilities.
  37. Complete the sentence about Lee Hsien Loong with the correct year: Lee served in several cabinet roles under Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong before succeeding the latter to becoming prime minister in _…
  38. Complete the sentence about Lee Hsien Loong with the correct year: In ______, Lee stepped down and was succeeded by Lawrence Wong, who appointed him as a senior minister in his cabinet.
  39. Complete the sentence about Lawrence Wong with the correct year: Wong made his political debut in the ______ general election where he contested in West Coast GRC as part of a five-member PAP team and…
  40. Complete the sentence about Yusof Ishak with the correct year: Born in the Federated Malay States, Yusof received his education in Malaysia and Singapore, graduating from Raffles Institution in ______…
  41. Complete the sentence about Yusof Ishak with the correct year: On 3 December ______, he succeeded Sir William Goode as Yang di-Pertuan Negara.
  42. Complete the sentence about Yusof Ishak with the correct year: Yusof served three terms as head of state before his death in office on 23 November ______ due to heart failure.
  43. Complete the sentence about Yusof Ishak with the correct year: Following his death, he was succeeded by Benjamin Sheares on 2 January ______.
  44. Complete the sentence about Yusof Ishak with the correct year: Several places in Singapore bear his name, and his portrait appears on the current Singapore Portrait Series currency notes introduced in…
  45. Complete the sentence about Benjamin Sheares with the correct year: Born in Singapore under British rule, Sheares graduated from the King Edward VII College of Medicine in ______.
  46. Complete the sentence about Benjamin Sheares with the correct year: Edwin moved to Penang as a teenager, where he met and married Lilian in ______; she was born in Singapore and raised in Sumatra, Ind…
  47. Complete the sentence about Devan Nair with the correct year: Born on 5 August ______ in Malacca during British colonial rule.
  48. Complete the sentence about Devan Nair with the correct year: In ______, he became General-Secretary of the Singapore Teachers' Union.
  49. Complete the sentence about Devan Nair with the correct year: Nair had been detained in ______ by the British for anti-colonial activities.
  50. Complete the sentence about Wee Kim Wee with the correct year: Born in Singapore during colonial rule, Wee was educated at Outram Secondary School and Raffles Institution, dropping out to work at The…
  51. Complete the sentence about Wee Kim Wee with the correct year: For the ensuing presidential election in ______, the first in Singapore to be decided by popular vote, Wee decided not to contest and ret…
  52. Complete the sentence about Ong Teng Cheong with the correct year: Ong was born on 22 January ______ to Ong Keng Wee and Chung Lai Heng in Singapore, the second of five children from a middle-class fa…
  53. Complete the sentence about Ong Teng Cheong with the correct year: Ong graduated with distinctions from The Chinese High School in ______.
  54. Complete the sentence about Ong Teng Cheong with the correct year: In ______, with the help of his father's friends, Ong ventured abroad.
  55. Complete the sentence about S. R. Nathan with the correct year: After the war, he resumed his education and graduated with a Diploma in Social Studies from the University of Malaya's Singapore divisio…
  56. Complete the sentence about Tony Tan with the correct year: Tan was born on 7 February ______ in Singapore, to Tan Seng Hwee and Jessie Lim Neo Swee.
  57. Complete the sentence about Tony Tan with the correct year: In ______, he left academia to work in OCBC Bank as a sub-manager and rose to become a general manager.
  58. Complete the sentence about Halimah Yacob with the correct year: Halimah was born on 23 August ______ at her family home on Queen Street in Singapore during British colonial rule, to an Indian father…
  59. Complete the sentence about Goh Keng Swee with the correct year: Goh was born in Malacca on 6 October ______, then a part of the Straits Settlements, into a middle class Peranakan family and the fifth…
  60. Complete the sentence about Goh Keng Swee with the correct year: The Gohs later relocated to the Pasir Panjang rubber estate when his father found work there and became manager in ______.
  61. Complete the sentence about Goh Keng Swee with the correct year: In ______, Goh married Alice Woon, a secretary and colleague, and they had one son, Goh Kian Chee, two years later.
  62. Complete the sentence about S. Rajaratnam with the correct year: Rajaratnam is remembered for authoring the Singapore National Pledge in ______.
  63. Complete the sentence about S. Rajaratnam with the correct year: Rajaratnam was born in Vaddukoddai, Jaffna District, British Ceylon in ______, the second child of Sabapathy Pillai Sinnathamby and his…
  64. Complete the sentence about S. Rajaratnam with the correct year: In ______, he enrolled at King's College London to pursue a degree in law.
  65. Complete the sentence about Toh Chin Chye with the correct year: After resigning from the Cabinet in ______, Toh continued as an MP on the backbenches.
  66. Complete the sentence about Toh Chin Chye with the correct year: Toh stood as the PAP candidate in Rochore during the ______ general election and won.
  67. Complete the sentence about Lim Yew Hock with the correct year: Following Singapore's separation from Malaysia in ______, Lim became less involved in Singaporean politics and moved to Malaya.
  68. Complete the sentence about Lim Yew Hock with the correct year: The implementation of the Rendel Constitution in ______, spurred by growing demands for self-governance, led to the first Legislative As…
  69. Complete the sentence about Lim Yew Hock with the correct year: After the failure of the ______ Merdeka Talks in London to achieve self-governance, Marshall resigned, and Lim succeeded him as Chief Mi…
  70. Complete the sentence about Workers' Party of Singapore with the correct year: After the British initially rejected his proposal for home rule, he resigned as leader of the LF and from his seat in ___…
  71. Complete the sentence about Singapore Democratic Party with the correct year: The party was inaugurated on 21 September ______, a full year after being registered as a political party.
  72. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, Fok died and Ling How Doong took over as chairman of SDP.
  73. Complete the sentence about Barisan Sosialis with the correct year: In ______, with the support of the trade unions, the PAP won the election and formed the Government under Lee.
  74. Complete the sentence about Malaysia with the correct year: On 16 September ______, independent Malaya united with the then British crown colonies of North Borneo, Sarawak, and Singapore to become Mal…
  75. Complete the sentence about Malaysia with the correct year: In August ______, Singapore was separated from the federation and became an independent country.
  76. Complete the sentence about Operation Coldstore with the correct year: In the same period, British decolonisation of Singapore resulted in the installation of a new constitution in ______ which encour…
  77. Complete the sentence about Operation Coldstore with the correct year: The Barisan Sosialis would emerge as a prominent and popular left-wing group in ______ along with Jamit Singh.
  78. Complete the sentence about Operation Coldstore with the correct year: On 20 July ______, left-wing members of the PAP defected from the PAP after Lee Kuan Yew's call for a motion of confidence in the…
  79. Complete the sentence about Proclamation of Singapore with the correct year: Barker, Minister for Law, and signed by Lee Kuan Yew, the first Prime Minister of Singapore, on 9 August ______.
  80. Complete the sentence about Constitution of Singapore with the correct year: Since Singapore was founded as a factory or trading post of the East India Company in ______, a number of laws having const…
  81. Complete the sentence about Constitution of Singapore with the correct year: Further letters patent dated 17 November ______ set up an executive council and authorised the Governor to appoint judges.
  82. Complete the sentence about Constitution of Singapore with the correct year: After the Japanese Occupation, the Straits Settlements were dissolved in ______ and Singapore became a Crown colony.
  83. Complete the sentence about Supreme Court of Singapore with the correct year: Further changes to the Court's constitution were made in ______.
  84. Complete the sentence about Elections in Singapore with the correct year: A general election was last called on 15 April ______, and was held in 3 May that year.
  85. Complete the sentence about Group representation constituency with the correct year: The GRC scheme came into effect on 1 June ______, and was first introduced at the general election that same year.
  86. Complete the sentence about Group representation constituency with the correct year: Three proposals for minority representation in Parliament had been considered by a ______ Constitutional Commission…
  87. Complete the sentence about Group representation constituency with the correct year: In ______, 39 SMCs were grouped into 13 three-member GRCs, making up 39 out of a total of 81 elected seats in Parli…
  88. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In the ______ general election, SMCs returned to Parliament 12 MPs and 15 GRCs a total of 75 MPs.
  89. Complete the sentence about Non-constituency Member of Parliament with the correct year: During the Second Reading of the NCMP bill in July ______, prime minister Lee Kuan Yew formally presented to Pa…
  90. Complete the sentence about Non-constituency Member of Parliament with the correct year: On 1 July ______, the need for a presidential order to increase the number of NCMPs was removed.
  91. Complete the sentence about Government of Singapore with the correct year: From the founding of contemporary Singapore in ______, Singapore was headed by two residents in succession.
  92. Complete the sentence about Government of Singapore with the correct year: Following Singapore's amalgamation into the Straits Settlements in ______, it was governed by a governor together with a legi…
  93. Complete the sentence about Government of Singapore with the correct year: An executive council of the Straits Settlements was introduced in ______ to advise the governor but wielded no executive powe…
  94. Complete the sentence about Government of Singapore with the correct year: In ______, a Council of Ministers was created, appointed by the governor on the recommendation of the leader of the house.
  95. Complete the sentence about Government of Singapore with the correct year: The PAP has been returned to power in every general election and has thus formed the Cabinet since ______.
  96. Complete the sentence about Cabinet of Singapore with the correct year: The earliest predecessor of the Cabinet was the Executive Council of the Straits Settlements, introduced in ______ to advise the…
  97. Complete the sentence about Prime Minister of Singapore with the correct year: Following the independence of Singapore in ______, the office of Prime Minister was retained, with the president of Singa…
  98. Complete the sentence about Prime Minister of Singapore with the correct year: In ______, amendments to the Constitution of Singapore vested executive powers in the presidency, along with discretionar…
  99. Complete the sentence about President of Singapore with the correct year: The office was later succeeded by the president of Singapore following Singapore's independence from Malaysia in ______.
  100. Complete the sentence about Singapore Armed Forces with the correct year: The voluntary military force of Singapore was reestablished in ______.

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