PART I NATIONAL QUIZ (MALAYSIA 2014)

POLITICAL

1. Where was the first ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting ( ADMM ) in 2006 held ?
A. Vientiane
B. Kuala Lumpur
C. Singapore
D. Jakarta
ANSWER : Kuala Lumpur
2. Which country below proposed an intiatitive to set up a cybercrime working group at the 9 th
ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime ?
A. Indonesia
B. Singapore
C. Malaysia
D. Thailand

ANSWER : Singapore

3. Name the US Secretary of Defense who attended the first ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting
Plus ( ADMM Plus ) in 2010 in Ha Noi,Vietnam
A. Donald Rumsfeld
B. Leon Panetta
C. Robert Gates
D. Chuch Hegal
ANSWER : Robert Gates
4. Where is the permanent Secretariat of Conference of the ASEAN chiefs of Police
( ASEANPOL) located ?
A. Manila
B. Kuala Lumpur
C. Singapore
D. Jakata
ANSWER : Kuala Lumpur
5. The following issues were on the agenda of the 9th ASEAN Ministrial Meeting on
Transnational Crime on 2013,except____________
A. Economic Crimes
B. Free Movement of Labor
C. Piracy
D. Cyber Crime
ANSWER : Free Movement of Labor

ECONOMY
1. Which of the following statements on Free Trade area is True ?
A. A single currency is used throughout the region
B. A common political foreign policy are practiced
C. Barriers to the trade of goods and services are removed
D. A common external trade policy is adopted
ANSWER : Barriers to the trade of goods and services are removed
2. The ASEAN Economic Community is envisaged to have the following characteristics except
________
A. A highly economic region
B. A common currency
C. A region of equitable economic development
D. A single market and production ban
E. ANSWER : A common currency
3. Which ASEAN Member State has the highest per capita Gross Domestic Products ( GDP )?
A. Singapore
B. Thailand
C. Brunei Darussalam
D. Malaysia
ANSWER : Singapore
4. Which is the ASEAN Economic Community ( AEC ) expected to be realized ?
A. 1 January 2015
 B. 31 December 2015
C. 31 December 2014
D. 31 January 2013
ANSWER : 31 December 2015
5. What does ABAC Stand for ?
A. ASEAN Business Advisory Council
B. ASEAN Business Administrative Commission
C. ASEAN Business Administrative Center
D. ASEAN Business Advisory Committee
ANSWER : ASEAN Business Advisory Council

SOCIO CULTURAL

1. Jenesys 2.0 is a new youth programme between ASEAN member states and _____
A. Japan
B. Canada
C. South Korea
D. China
ANSWER : Japan
2. When was the ASEAN Task Force on AIDS established ?
A. 1993
B. 1986
C. 2000
D. 1990
ANSWER : 1993
3. The Regional Capacity Building Workshop to promote Youth Initiative ( ICT) enterprises was
held in 2007 and aimed at facilitating capacity building for government officials and young
entrepreneurship among the youth,Name the host country.
A. Cambodia
B. Singapore
C. Malaysia
D. Myanmar
ANSWER : Myanmar
4. The ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting ( AHMM ) was established in __________
A. 1980
B. 1988
C. 1998
D. 1990
ANSWER : 1980
5. The largest sports stadium in terms of seating capacity in Southeast Asia is the ________
A. Rajamangala Stadium ( Thailand )
B. Phnom Penh National Olympic Stadium ( Cambodia )
C. Bung Karno Stadium ( Indonesia )
D. National Stadium,Bukit Jalit ( Malaysia )

2nd NATIONAL ASEAN QUIZ MALAYSIA 2014

ASEAN in General

1. The ASEAN Youth Council is headquartered in ____________

A. Indonesia
B. Singapore
C. Myanmar
D. Malaysia
ANSWER : Malaysia
2. AMME is one of the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community.What does AMME stands for ?
A. ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Peolple Engagement
 B. ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment
C. ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Earthquake
D. ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Energy
ANSWER : ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment
3. What is the criterion used to determine the annual operating budget of ASEAN?
A. Annual contribution based on the number of population
B. Equal annual contribution
C. Annual contribution based on the per capita GDP
D. Annual contribution based on the size of GDP
ANSWER : Equal annual contribution
4. On 8th August 1967 Indonesia,Malaysia,the Philippines,Singapore and Thailand signed the
document established ASEAN.What is the name of the document ?
A. Bangkok Declaration
B. Treaty of Amity and Cooperation
C. Peace Declaration
D. Declaration of Peace and Stability
ANSWER : Bangkok Declaration
5. Name the Network of ASEAN Thinktanks.
A. ASEAN- CSIS
B. ASEAN-ISIS
C. ASEAN-ISEAS
D. ASEAN-IDFR
ANSWER: ASEAN-ISIS

ASEAN/Member States

1. The first Southeast Asian Peninsular Games (SEAP Games ) in 1959 was hosted by
____________
A. The Philippines
B. Malaysia
C. Thailand
D. Indonesia
ANSWER : Thailand
2. Southeast Asias busiest airport in terms of passenger arrivals and departures in 2011 was
__________
A. Changi ( Singapore )
B. Soekarno-Hatta International Airport ( Indonesia )
C. Kula Lumpur International Airport ( KLIA ) Malaysia
D. Suvarnabhumi ( Thailand )
ANSWER : Soekarno-Hatta International Airport ( Indonesia )
3. Which Southeast Asian country receives the most number of foreign tourists annually ?
A. Thailand
B. Singapore
C. Malaysia
D. Indonesia
ANSWER :Malaysia

4. The largest shopping mall in Southeast Asia is ____________

A. Mall Artha Gading ( Indonesia )
B. Mid Valley Megamall ( Malaysia )
C. Siam Paragon ( Thailand )
D. SM City North EDSA ( The Philippines )
ANSWER : SM City North EDSA ( the Philippines )
5. Whivh Vietnamese city is reminiscent of Paris with French architecture and has a replica of
the Eiffel Tower ?
A. Ha Noi
B. Ho Chi Minh City
C. Dalat
D. Da Nang
ANSWER : Dalat

SECOND SEGMENT
1. Name the ASEAN led Mechanism for confidence building preventive diplomacy and
promoting conflict resolution in the region.
ASEAN Regional Forum ( ARF )
2. Where was the first ASEAN Regional Forum ( ARF ) meeting held?
Bangkok
3. In which City is the Southeast Asia Regional Center for Counter Terrorism ( SEARCCT )?
Kuala Lumpur
4. In which year that the ASEAN political Security Community is expected to be realized ?
2015
5. Which country has formally applied to be the new Member of ASEAN ?
Timor Leste
6. ZEST airways ia an airline company based in _________
Philippines
7. Which was the last country to join ASEAN ?
Cambodia
8. In which City was the 2013 ASEAN International Film Festival and Awards held ?
Kojik
9. Which Malaysian University Manages the ASEAN Eco leaders programme under the ASEAN
Youth Volunteer Programme ( AYVP )?
National University of Malaysia University of Malaysia Bang Saen
10. Who is the current Prime Minister of Lao PDR ?

11. The Ineternational Air Transport Association ( AITA ) code for SoekarnoHatta International
Airport in Jakarta is ___________
CGK
12. In which city is the ASEAN Coordinating Centre of Hummanitarian Assistance on Disaster
Management ( AHA ) based at ?
Jakarta
13. In which year did ASEAN celebrate its 45th anniversary ?
2012
14. The current Secretary-General of ASEAN hails from ?
Vietnam
15. The head of ASEAN secretariat is known as _______
Secretary-General
16. What was the first Southeast Asians regional organization established in 1961?
ASA
17. Viet Nam joined ASEAN on 28th July ______
1995
18. What was the ASEAN Motto ?
One Vision,One Identity One Community
19. Name the ASEAN institution responsible for promoting greater awareness of the ASEAN
identity people-to-people interaction and close collaboration among the business sector,civil
society,academia, and other stakeholders in ASEAN?
ASEAN Foundation
20. Name one of the two ASEAN Summits that adopted the Declaration on Counter Terrorism ?
7th ASEAN Summit (2001)
8th ASEAN Summit (2002)
21. What does ASEAN COCI stands for ?
Committee on Culture
22. As stipulated in Article 12 of the ASEAN charter,each ASEAN member State shall appoint a
Permanent Representative to ASEAN based in Jakarta with the rank of ___
Ambassador
23. How many countries are in the ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting Plus ( ADMMPlus )
18
24. How often is the ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting ( ADMM) held ?
Annually (once a year)
25. Which country proposed the idea of forging defense industry cooperation among ASEAN
member States at the 2011 ADMM Jakarta ?
1997
26. Where was the 6th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting Plus Three on Transnational Crimes (^th
AMMTC 3 ) held ?
Lao PDR (Vietnam)
27. Where was the first Conference of ASEAN Chiefs of Police ( ASEANPOL) held in 1981?
Manila,the Philippines
28. Where is the ASEAN Training Centre for Narcotics Law Enforcement situated ?
Bangkok ,Thailand
29. Where is the drug realated ASEAN Training Centre for Treatment and Rehabilitation located?
Kuala Lumpur ,Malaysia
30. In which year was the Chiang Mai Initiative ( CMI ) launched ?
2010
31. The four priority integration sectors under the ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services
are air travel;E-ASEAN,healthcare and ……..
Tourism
32. Brunei Darussalam which joined ASEAN on 7th January 1984 was the____ member of ASEAN
6th member
33. Name the seventh Secretary General of ASEN who was from Brunei Darussalam
Jackson Sy Rudyak Young
34. Name the Southeast ASias country which socialism is the national ideolism under a one
pary system and its population comprises of more than 80 million
Vietnam
35. The worlds largest palace found in Southeast Asia is located in…..
Brunei Darussalam
36. Increased in walking is an easy and practical way to keep physically active.ASEAN
supports the recommendation of how many steps per day by the American Heart
Association for a Healthy and active lifestyle ?
10,000 steps per day
37. In what year did Malaysia host the 7th ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting ?
2004
38. Name the Brunei Darussalams theme for ASEAN Chairmanship in 2013
Our People,Our Future Together
39. How often is the ASEAN Youth Day Meeting Held ?
Annually
40. Bahasa Malaysia is one of the official languages of ASEAN.TRUE or FALSE ?
FALSE
41. The ASEAN Inter Parliamentary Assembly ( AIPA )an itentity associated with ASEAN,brings
together parliamentarians from the ASEAN member States. TRUE or FALSE ?