Hong Kong History and Politics

History And Politics

230 practice questions, each with the answer and an explanation.

All 230 questions

  1. Complete the sentence about Bank of China with the correct year: The opening of a branch of the Bank of China in Hong Kong in ______ marked the entry of state-owned Chinese banks into the then-colony'…
  2. Complete the sentence about Bank of China with the correct year: In June ______, the Bank of China moved to increase the capital of the public-private banks.
  3. Complete the sentence about Hang Seng Bank with the correct year: In ______, Hang Seng Bank became a private company and embarked on commercial banking.
  4. Complete the sentence about Hang Seng Bank with the correct year: In ______, Hang Seng Bank suffered a bank run which depleted almost one-quarter of its reserves.
  5. Complete the sentence about Hang Seng Bank with the correct year: In ______, the Hang Seng Index was introduced as a public service.
  6. Complete the sentence about Hang Seng Bank with the correct year: In ______, Hang Seng Bank was given permission to run branches in MTR stations.
  7. Complete the sentence about Hang Seng Bank with the correct year: Hang Seng Bank began to extend its business to China in ______, with the opening of a representative office in Shenzhen.
  8. Complete the sentence about Currency board with the correct year: The first such case was the Board of Commissioners of Currency of Mauritius, established in ______.
  9. Complete the sentence about Currency board with the correct year: Previously, Estonia and Bulgaria operated under currency board arrangements fixed originally to the Deutsche Mark until ______, when t…
  10. Complete the sentence about Currency board with the correct year: Argentina abandoned its currency board in January ______ after a severe recession.
  11. Complete the sentence about Economy of Hong Kong with the correct year: The Hong Kong dollar is legally issued by three major international commercial banks, and since ______ has pegged to the US doll…
  12. Complete the sentence about Economy of Hong Kong with the correct year: The Economic Freedom of the World Index lists Hong Kong as the freest economy, with a score of 8.58 based on data from ______.
  13. Complete the sentence about Economy of Hong Kong with the correct year: In ______, Hong Kong's real economic growth fell by 2.8% as a result of the Great Recession.
  14. Complete the sentence about Free port with the correct year: The Brazilian government launched the first Export processing zones in ______, aiming to fight the imbalances in the country.
  15. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong at the Commonwealth Games with the correct year: After the last games attended by Hong Kong in ______, Hong Kong had 17 medals, see All-time tally of medals.
  16. Complete the sentence about Flag of Hong Kong with the correct year: The original design of the flag of Hong Kong was unveiled on 4 April ______ at the Third Session of the Seventh National People's C…
  17. Complete the sentence about Flag of Hong Kong with the correct year: The current design was approved on 10 August ______ at the Fourth Plenum of the Preparatory Committee of the Hong Kong Special Admi…
  18. Complete the sentence about Flag of Hong Kong with the correct year: The flag was officially adopted and hoisted on 1 July ______, during the handover ceremony marking the handover from the United Kin…
  19. Complete the sentence about March of the Volunteers with the correct year: During the Cultural Revolution, Tian Han was criticized and placed in prison, where he died in ______.
  20. Complete the sentence about March of the Volunteers with the correct year: In ______, the March of the Volunteers was enshrined as the national anthem in the constitution.
  21. Complete the sentence about March of the Volunteers with the correct year: In ______, the Law of the People's Republic of China on the National Anthem was adopted.
  22. Complete the sentence about God Save the King with the correct year: When the Jacobite pretender Charles Edward Stuart led the ______ rising, the song spread among those loyal to King George II.
  23. Complete the sentence about God Save the King with the correct year: In ______, it was claimed that the phrase "No surrender" was occasionally sung in the bridge before "Send her victorious" by Englan…
  24. Complete the sentence about God Save the King with the correct year: Scholes says that as early as ______, "God Save the King" was a watchword of the Royal Navy, with the response being "Long to reign…
  25. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Identity Card with the correct year: The use of identity documents has a long history in Hong Kong, starting with manually filled paper documents, to the smart ca…
  26. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Identity Card with the correct year: Beginning on 1 June ______, the government introduced the second generation of ID cards.
  27. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Identity Card with the correct year: The format of card was replaced in November ______ with a card without fingerprints.
  28. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Identity Card with the correct year: From 24 October ______, carrying an identity card in public areas and showing it when requested by a police or immigration of…
  29. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Identity Card with the correct year: From March ______, digitally processed identity cards were introduced to reduce forgery.
  30. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong passport with the correct year: The issuing of Hong Kong SAR passports began on 1 July ______, following the handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the…
  31. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong passport with the correct year: Starting from 1 January ______, the second version of the passport was introduced with enhanced security features.
  32. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong passport with the correct year: The new ePassport featured in the ______ Stockholm Challenge Event and was a finalist for the Stockholm Challenge Award in the Pub…
  33. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Immigration Department with the correct year: After the handover of Hong Kong to China in July ______, Hong Kong's immigration system remained largely unchanged f…
  34. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Immigration Department with the correct year: Residents from mainland China do not have the right of abode in Hong Kong, nor can they enter the territory freely…
  35. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Immigration Department with the correct year: In addition, visa-free entry acceptance regulations into Hong Kong for passport holders of some 170 countries have r…
  36. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Immigration Department with the correct year: Until the establishment of Immigration Department on 4 August ______, immigration control in Hong Kong was handled b…
  37. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Immigration Department with the correct year: The Immigration Service Ordinance ______ created the new department in charge of immigration control.
  38. Complete the sentence about MTR with the correct year: The integration of the Octopus card fare-payment technology into the MTR system in September ______ has further facilitated commuting.
  39. Complete the sentence about MTR with the correct year: In ______, British transport consultants Freeman, Fox, Wilbur Smith & Associates were appointed to study the transport system of Hong Kong.
  40. Complete the sentence about MTR with the correct year: The study was submitted to the Legislative Council on 14 February ______.
  41. Complete the sentence about Octopus card with the correct year: In ______, MTR Corporation announced it would move to use contactless smart cards.
  42. Complete the sentence about Octopus card with the correct year: After three years of trials, the Octopus card was launched on 1 September ______.
  43. Complete the sentence about Octopus card with the correct year: KMB reported that by ______ most bus journeys were completed using an Octopus card.
  44. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong tramways with the correct year: Hong Kong's tram system is one of the earliest forms of public transport in the metropolis, having opened in ______ under British…
  45. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong tramways with the correct year: Regular tram service commenced on 30 July ______, with twenty-six single-deck cars delivered in sections and assembled in the depo…
  46. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong tramways with the correct year: In ______, the London Board was disbanded and replaced by a Hong Kong Board with local Directors.
  47. Complete the sentence about Cathay Pacific with the correct year: Cathay Pacific was founded on 24 September ______ by Australian Sydney H. de Kantzow and American Roy C.
  48. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Airlines with the correct year: On 27 June ______, CR Airways became Hong Kong's third passenger airline after receiving a revised AOC from the director-general o…
  49. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Airlines with the correct year: In September ______, the airline applied for traffic rights to operate scheduled passenger services to Laoag and the Chinese citie…
  50. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Express with the correct year: The airline had its Air Operator's Certificate varied in July ______ for the operation of Embraer E170 aircraft.
  51. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Express with the correct year: The airline's initial use of its first Embraer E170 was on charter services to Taichung, Taiwan, on 3 September ______.
  52. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Housing Authority with the correct year: The contamination was first identified at Kai Ching Estate, opened in ______.
  53. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In June ______, the definitive abolition of the scheme was announced.
  54. Complete the sentence about Public housing in Hong Kong with the correct year: As at end-September ______, there were about 156 400 general applications for PRH, and about 103 600 non-elderly one-pers…
  55. Complete the sentence about Education in Hong Kong with the correct year: Small village Chinese schools were observed by the British missionaries when they arrived c. ______.
  56. Complete the sentence about Education in Hong Kong with the correct year: One of the earliest schools with reliable records was Li Ying College established in ______ in present-day New Territories.
  57. Complete the sentence about Education in Hong Kong with the correct year: Italian missionaries began to provide boy-only education to British and Chinese youth in ______.
  58. Complete the sentence about Education in Hong Kong with the correct year: Belilios Public School was a girls' secondary school founded in ______ – the first government school in Hong Kong that provide…
  59. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Observatory with the correct year: The Observatory adopted the current name and emblem in ______ after the handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to China.
  60. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Observatory with the correct year: The Hong Kong Observatory was built in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon in ______.
  61. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Observatory with the correct year: The building is a declared monument of Hong Kong since ______.
  62. Complete the sentence about Typhoon Mangkhut with the correct year: Mangkhut was the thirty-second tropical depression, twenty-second tropical storm, ninth typhoon, and fourth super typhoon of the ___…
  63. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong flu with the correct year: The first recorded instance of the outbreak appeared on 13th July ______ in British Hong Kong.
  64. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Sevens with the correct year: The Scottish Centenary at Easter ______ had been a recent international Sevens tournament but to which only the establishment countr…
  65. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Sevens with the correct year: The Hong Kong Sevens became established with the first staging in ______.
  66. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Jockey Club with the correct year: In ______, it was granted a royal charter and renamed the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club.
  67. Complete the sentence about Happy Valley Racecourse with the correct year: On 26 February ______, a temporary grandstand collapsed, knocking over hot food stalls that set bamboo matting ablaze.
  68. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Derby with the correct year: The Hong Kong Derby is a Hong Kong Thoroughbred horse race held annually since ______.
  69. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Derby with the correct year: The first Hong Kong Derby was raced at Happy Valley Racecourse but in ______ was transferred permanently to its present location at S…
  70. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Derby with the correct year: Since ______, the Derby has been won by several horses who went on to earn Hong Kong Horse of the Year honors including Football, Co…
  71. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Futures Exchange with the correct year: On 6 March ______, a new parent company Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing for the HKFE, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Lim…
  72. Complete the sentence about Li Ka-shing with the correct year: Forbes Lifetime Achievement Award on 5 September ______ in Singapore.
  73. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Li and his family fled to Hong Kong in ______ as refugees from the Sino-Japanese war.
  74. Complete the sentence about Cheung Kong with the correct year: As part of a reorganisation, a new company composed of the group's property assets was spun-off in June ______ as Cheung Kong Property Ho…
  75. Complete the sentence about Cheung Kong with the correct year: The new holding company was established on 18 March ______, based in the Cayman Islands, but listed in Hong Kong.
  76. Complete the sentence about Sun Hung Kai Properties with the correct year: In ______, SHKP established Kai Shing Management Services Limited, a property manager.
  77. Complete the sentence about Sun Hung Kai Properties with the correct year: In ______, SHKP established Sun Hung Kai Properties Insurance Limited, which was a provider of general insurance.
  78. Complete the sentence about Sun Hung Kai Properties with the correct year: In ______, SHKP acquired an interest in Kowloon Motor Bus, a public transport provider.
  79. Complete the sentence about Sun Hung Kai Properties with the correct year: The corporation moved its headquarters to Sun Hung Kai Centre, on an area of newly reclaimed land in Wan Chai, in ______.
  80. Complete the sentence about Sun Hung Kai Properties with the correct year: In ______, SHKP finished the construction of Central Plaza in Wan Chai, the tallest building in Asia at the time of completio…
  81. Complete the sentence about Sun Hung Kai Properties with the correct year: In ______, Shanghai Central Plaza commercial building was completed.
  82. Complete the sentence about Henderson Land with the correct year: The company is controlled by Lee Shau Kee, who owns approximately 70.17% of the share capital as of June ______.
  83. Complete the sentence about Henderson Land with the correct year: Founded by Li Shau-kee, the company was taken public in ______ by Sun Hung Kai Securities.
  84. Complete the sentence about Henderson Land with the correct year: In November ______, it made another attempt when it offered one share for every 2.6 share in HI, although the offer was subsequently s…
  85. Complete the sentence about Jardine Matheson with the correct year: In ______, both Jardine Matheson and Jardine Strategic were among the top 200 publicly traded companies in the world, as valued by m…
  86. Complete the sentence about Swire Group with the correct year: In ______, Swire Pacific acquired Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong's largest airline, and remains as the largest shareholder, with 42%.
  87. Complete the sentence about Swire Group with the correct year: In ______, the company formed Swire Hotels to create and manage urban hotels in Hong Kong, China and the United Kingdom.
  88. Complete the sentence about Hutchison Whampoa with the correct year: Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock was formed in ______ by John Couper, as a port management company.
  89. Complete the sentence about Hutchison Whampoa with the correct year: Hutchison International, a wholesale trading company and importer of consumer products, was founded in ______ by John Duflon Hutchi…
  90. Complete the sentence about Hutchison Whampoa with the correct year: In ______, Hutchison International under the leadership of Sir Douglas Clague gained a controlling interest of Hong Kong and Whampo…
  91. Complete the sentence about PCCW with the correct year: In ______, HK Television Entertainment was granted a 12-year free-to-air television broadcast license by the Hong Kong Government.
  92. Complete the sentence about PCCW with the correct year: Press releases prior to February ______ refer to PCCW Solutions by the name Unihub.
  93. Complete the sentence about PCCW with the correct year: Business eSolutions division formed a venture with China Telecom to provide IT solutions to major business organisations in ______.
  94. Complete the sentence about PCCW with the correct year: In early ______, Business eSolutions entered a contract to provide services for Bank of China's credit card back office processing system in Chi…
  95. Complete the sentence about CLP Group with the correct year: Incorporated in ______ as China Light & Power Company Syndicate, its core business remains the generation, transmission, and retailing of e…
  96. Complete the sentence about CLP Group with the correct year: The company was founded in Hong Kong in ______ as China Light & Power Company Syndicate by Shewan, Tomes & Co. and others.
  97. Complete the sentence about CLP Group with the correct year: By ______, the company was supplying electricity for street lights in Kowloon.
  98. Complete the sentence about CLP Group with the correct year: In ______, the company established a joint venture with Guangdong Nuclear Power for the construction and operation of the Daya Bay Nuclear…
  99. Complete the sentence about CLP Group with the correct year: On 6 January ______, CLP Holdings Limited replaced China Light & Power Company Limited as the new holding company listed on the Stock Excha…
  100. Complete the sentence about Tsang Tsou-choi with the correct year: Photographs of his work have toured in shows, such as "Power of the Word", which began its US tour at Grinnell College's Faulconer Ga…

Keep practising

More general knowledge topics

All general knowledge →

History And Politics in other exams

Ready for more general knowledge?

Play the GK ChallengeGeneral knowledge hub
History And Politics quiz questions (page 2) | GetMyMockTest