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What is the meaning of the term Hamba?

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B
C
D
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commoners
ministers

royalfamily

Who was the first Arnetican Consul-General in Brunei?

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B
C
D
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chiefs

Balestier
Cochrane
Pryer

Torrey

ln which year did Dent establish the British North Borneo Company?

A 1861
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1891

Baram
Kuching
Labuan
Limbang

Why was there no government official for the Belait district until 1907?

A
B
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D
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c 1881

Which part of Brunei was taken by Sarawak in 1890?

A
B
C
D
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B 1871

lt had too small a population.

lt was under the control of Charles Brooke until that date.
No one was aviilable,

The Shell Oil Company had bought the district from the Sultan.

Which industry was centred in Muara?

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B
C
D

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cutch
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Which was the first town in Brunei captured by Japanese troops (16 Decem ber
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B
C
D

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Brunei Town

Kuala Belait
Muara
Tutong

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Which Brunei nationalrst was jailed by the Blitigh for alleged collaboration with
the Japanese, but
later became leader of Barisan pemuda in .1g46?

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B
C
D

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A M Azahari
H M Salleh

MZWali
P M Yusof

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Which important development took place in Brunei in 1956?

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B
C
D

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The Constitution Agreement was signed.

The first teacher-training centre was opened.
The Japanese Occupation came to an end.

who was appointed to carry out the First National Development Plan (1953-1g58) in
Brunei?

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B
C
D

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Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien lll succeeded to the throne.

Bevington
Cowie
Marriott
Selkirk

where was there an important new discovery of tin in 1B4B?

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B
C
D

Kuala Lumpur
Larut
Pangkor
Singapore

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12 Which

was a reason for transfer of control over the Straits Settlements to the Colonial Office in
London in 1867?
Merchants in the Straits Setilements did not want Britain to intervene in the Malay States.

B
C
D

The British wanted to prepare the Straits Settlements for independence.

The lndian government did not deal effectively with problems in the Straits Settlements.
The Straits Settlements wanted to send convicts to lndia, but this was refused.

" 13 ln which Malay state was the Resident murdered in 1875?

A Pahang
B Perak
C Selangor
D Trengganu
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Which of the following was one of the Unfederated Malay States?

A
B
C
D
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Johore
Malacca
Pahang
Penang

Who set up the Federal Council in 1909?

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B
C
D

Anderson
Clementi
Duff
Guillemard

16 Which industry in Malaya employed large numbers of lndians in the early twentieth century?

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B
C
D

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in Malaya who was murdered by the

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23 Who set up the Ethical Policy in lndonesia?

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B
C
D
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Dekker
Deventer
Kuyper
Van der Putte

What is the correct order (by date) of the Dutch policies in lndonesia?

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B
C
D

the culture system -+ the ethical policy -+ the liberal policy

the culture system --+ the liberal policy -+ the ethical policy
the liberal policy -+ the ethical policy

set up?

to give the lndonesians experience of government

to grant independence to lndonesia
to promote commerce and trade
to promote lslam

26 When did Sukarno declare

A 1941
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lndonesian independence?

B 1943

C 1945

1947

Where was the 1949 Round Table Conference on independence for lndonesia held?

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B
C
D
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the culture system

the ethical policy --+ the culture system -+ the liberal policy

25 Why was the Volksraad

A
B
C
D

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Jakarta
London

Singapore
The Hague

When Rama ll died in July 1824, why did his son, Mongkut, not succeed him as King of

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B
C

He was serving as a monk

He was serving as a soldier.

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China
France
Holland

Who set up the Wild Tigef Corps?

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B
C

Chulalongkorn

Vajiravudh

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B
C
D

They thought change was coming too quickly in Siam.

Mongkut
Prajadhipok

They wanted to end the monarchy.

They wanted to introduce denrocratic ideas.
They wanted to win the support of China.

Which Prime Minister of Thailand supported the Japanese in the Second World War?

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B
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D

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Which country gave Siam a loan of four million pounds in 1909 to help build a railway?

Phya Pahon
Pibul Songgram
Pridi Panomyong
Seni Pramoj

Which of the following did Vajiravudh not do?

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B
C
D

build Don Muang airport

found Chulalongkorn University
promote Thai nationalism
support the Allies in World War One

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Which best describes the rule of Governor de la Torre (1869-71) over the Philippines?

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: B
C
D
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He was very religious and encouraged Spanish missionaries.

the Cavite Mutiny

ifre Katipunan Revolution

the Makabulos Revolt
the US invasion

Aguinaldo
Bonifacio
Mabini
Rizal

What did Commodore Dewey do in the Philippines?

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B
C
D
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He was interested only in economic development and increasing trade.

Who founded Liga Filipina in 1892?

A
B
C
D
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He was harsh and crushed opposition violently.

Which event in the Phiiippines led to three priests, Burgos, Gomez and Zamora, being executed?

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g
C
D
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He relaxed censorship and allowed freedom of speech.

He destroyed Spanish ships in Manila Bay.

He executed Jose Rizal.
He helped General MacArthur escape the Japanese.
He helped set up the Philippines Commonwealth.

Who was the American President when the United States of America decided to occupy the
Philippines (1898)?

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that independence would be granted to the philippines as soon as

a
stable government was established?

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B
C
D

Hare-Hawes-CuttingAci
Jones Act

Philippine Organic Act

Tydings-McDuffie Act

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B
C
D

as first President of the Republic of the philippines in 1946?

Osmena
Quezon
Quirino
Roxas

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