Kampong Glam - Quiz
  • 1. What is Kampong Glam classified as in Singapore?
A) A commercial financial district
B) An industrial manufacturing zone
C) A neighbourhood and ethnic enclave
D) A residential housing estate
  • 2. In which planning area is Kampong Glam located?
A) Rochor
B) Orchard
C) Jurong
D) Geylang
  • 3. Which river is Kampong Glam located north of?
A) Kallang River
B) Rochor River
C) Singapore River
D) Singapore Straits
  • 4. What is Kampong Glam commonly known as?
A) The European colonial town
B) The Indian merchant sector
C) The Chinese heritage district
D) The Malay-Muslim quarter
  • 5. What does the word 'kampong' mean?
A) Village
B) Market
C) Palace
D) Island
  • 6. What is the name 'Kampong Glam' thought to be derived from?
A) An early Malay ruler
B) A colonial trading ship
C) A Melaleuca species tree
D) A type of local spice
  • 7. What is the Malay word for the 'gelam' tree?
A) Kampung
B) Gelam
C) Sultan
D) Temenggong
  • 8. Who inhabited the area prior to British colonisation in 1819?
A) The Malay aristocracy of Singapore
B) Indian fishermen and soldiers
C) Chinese plantation workers
D) European traders and merchants
  • 9. Which company signed a treaty in Singapore in 1819?
A) British North Borneo Company
B) Dutch East India Company
C) Royal African Company
D) British East India Company
  • 10. Who were the signatories of the 1819 treaty alongside the British?
A) Sultan Hussein Shah and Temenggong Abdul Rahman
B) Temenggong Abdul Rahman and Raffles
C) Sultan Iskandar Shah and Raffles
D) Sultan Hussein Shah and Stamford Raffles
  • 11. What right was granted to the British under the 1819 treaty?
A) To set up a trading post in Singapore
B) To build a military naval base
C) To tax all local agricultural produce
D) To govern the entire Malay Peninsula
  • 12. Under which plan was the settlement divided into different ethnic groups?
A) Colonial Housing Plan of 1805
B) Raffles Plan of 1822
C) Singapore Master Plan of 1950
D) Johor Development Scheme of 1819
  • 13. Which ethnic kampong was NOT listed under the Raffles Plan of 1822?
A) Arab kampong
B) Malay Town
C) Bugis kampongs
D) European Town
  • 14. Where were people from the Coromandel Coast of India called?
A) Banjarese
B) Baweanese
C) Chulia
D) Bugis
  • 15. For whom was Kampong Glam specifically designated under the Raffles Plan?
A) European merchants and colonial administrators
B) The Temenggong and his followers
C) The Sultan, his household, and the Malay and Arab communities
D) Chinese coolies and Indian labourers
  • 16. What was the occupation of many people in the Malay and Arab communities in Kampong Glam?
A) Fishermen
B) Soldiers
C) Farmers
D) Merchants
  • 17. Where was Kampong Glam situated relative to European Town?
A) North
B) East
C) South
D) West
  • 18. Where did the Temenggong and his followers settle?
A) Geylang Serai
B) Telok Blangah
C) Kampong Glam
D) Joo Chiat
  • 19. Where did Sultan Hussein, his family, and followers settle?
A) Telok Blangah
B) European Town
C) Kampong Eunos
D) Kampong Glam
  • 20. What was the Sultan given for residential use in Kampong Glam under the treaty?
A) A fleet of trading ships
B) Exclusive trading rights over the river
C) A monthly financial stipend
D) Large areas of land
  • 21. Which of the following immigrant groups was NOT mentioned as receiving land allocations in Kampong Glam?
A) Baweanese
B) Europeans
C) Chinese
D) Banjarese
  • 22. Malays from which Indonesian regions settled in Kampong Glam?
A) Sulawesi, Borneo and Timor
B) Java, Bali and Lombok
C) Malacca, the Riau Islands and Sumatra
D) Aceh, Medan and Jakarta
  • 23. During which time period did immigrant communities in Kampong Glam grow rapidly?
A) The early nineteenth century
B) The second half of the nineteenth century
C) The early colonial period
D) The late twentieth century
  • 24. Initially, the rapid immigrant growth in Kampong Glam came from which place?
A) China
B) Sumatra
C) Europe
D) India
  • 25. What type of community of traders existed in Kampong Glam during the growth period?
A) A small but successful Arab community
B) A vast and powerful Indian community
C) A large and dominant European community
D) A wealthy and influential Chinese community
  • 26. When did commercial activities in Kampong Glam expand with the building of new shop houses and residential buildings?
A) In the late nineteenth century
B) In the early nineteenth century
C) In the mid-twentieth century
D) In the early twentieth century
  • 27. What kind of community developed in Kampong Glam in the early twentieth century?
A) A homogeneous Malay village
B) A purely European settlement
C) A strictly segregated ethnic enclave
D) A multi-ethnic community
  • 28. Which ethnic groups made up the multi-ethnic community in Kampong Glam in the early twentieth century?
A) Baweanese, Banjarese, British and Dutch
B) Malays, Arabs, Chinese and Indians
C) Sumatrans, Riau Malays, Tamils and Hokkiens
D) Europeans, Bugis, Chulia and Javanese
  • 29. Why did the Arabs move out of Kampong Glam to areas like Joo Chiat and Tanglin?
A) Due to an expansion of commercial activities and an increase in immigrant settlers
B) Due to a massive fire that destroyed their homes
C) Due to a government order evicting all Arab residents
D) Due to the closing of all trading posts in the area
  • 30. What was the stretch of Dunearn Road near Balmoral Road and Chancery Lane formerly called?
A) Joo Chiat Road
B) Tunggal Road
C) Glam Road
D) Geylang Road
  • 31. Which modern school is mentioned near the former Tunggal Road?
A) Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road)
B) St. Andrew's School
C) Victoria School
D) Raffles Institution
  • 32. By which decade had many Malays moved out to designated resettlement areas?
A) By the mid-1940s
B) By the early 1920s
C) By the late 1850s
D) By the early 1900s
  • 33. To which designated resettlement areas did many Malays move by the early 1920s?
A) Telok Blangah and Kampong Malacca
B) Geylang Serai and Kampong Eunos
C) Joo Chiat and Tanglin
D) Bukit Tunggal and Kampong Java
  • 34. Which street has a particularly significant Muslim population presence?
A) Bussorah Street
B) Haji Lane
C) Baghdad Street
D) Arab Street
  • 35. Which street features rows of conserved shophouses alongside Haji Lane, Arab Street, and Bussorah Street?
A) Orchard Road
B) Victoria Street
C) Serangoon Road
D) Baghdad Street
  • 36. What type of traditional trade was practiced by one of the shops affected by the 2006 fire?
A) Carpenter
B) Tailor
C) Blacksmith
D) Goldsmith
  • 37. When did a fire destroy four shophouses at Sultan Gate?
A) 16 December 2006
B) 20 June 2006
C) 20 June 2014
D) 16 December 2014
  • 38. How many shophouses were destroyed in the fire at Sultan Gate on 16 December 2006?
A) Five
B) Four
C) Two
D) Three
  • 39. How many of the shophouses destroyed in the 2006 fire were vacant?
A) One
B) Two
C) Four
D) Three
  • 40. What was the blacksmith shop used for prior to the fire, besides its trade?
A) Religious gatherings
B) Educational tours
C) Art exhibitions
D) Food catering
  • 41. When was the One Kampong Gelam association established?
A) 16 December 2006
B) 20 June 2014
C) 16 December 2014
D) 20 June 2006
  • 42. Which of the following changes has the One Kampong Gelam association initiated?
A) Better car parking systems
B) Building a new MRT station
C) Demolishing the Sultan Mosque
D) Banning all traditional businesses
  • 43. Besides better parking and road closures, what celebrations has the One Kampong Gelam association initiated?
A) Deepavali celebrations
B) Christmas celebrations
C) Chinese New Year celebrations
D) Ramadan celebrations
  • 44. What type of shops selling items used by Muslims can be found blending with newer tenants?
A) Shops selling imported vehicles
B) Shops selling electronic items
C) Shops selling modern furniture
D) Shops selling religious items
  • 45. Which museum is located in Kampong Glam according to the text?
A) Vintage Camera Museum
B) Philatelic Museum
C) Peranakan Museum
D) Art Museum
  • 46. What is the name of the yellow building listed as a notable place in Kampong Glam?
A) Blue House
B) Gedung Kuning
C) Sultan Mosque
D) Istana Kampong Glam
  • 47. Starting from which general election was Kampong Glam a division of its own called an SMC?
A) 1988
B) 1997
C) 1959
D) 1991
  • 48. Who was the Member of Parliament for Kampong Glam SMC from 1959 until 1988?
A) Loh Meng See
B) Denise Phua
C) Lee Kuan Yew
D) S. Rajaratnam
  • 49. What was S. Rajaratnam's former political position mentioned in the text?
A) Speaker of Parliament
B) Deputy Prime Minister
C) Prime Minister
D) President
  • 50. Who took over the Kampong Glam MP seat in 1988?
A) S. Rajaratnam
B) Goh Chok Tong
C) Loh Meng See
D) Denise Phua
  • 51. After which general elections was Kampong Glam SMC absorbed into a GRC?
A) 1988
B) 1991
C) 2001
D) 1959
  • 52. What political party won the seats for the Kampong Glam Group Representation Constituency on nomination day itself?
A) Workers' Party
B) Singapore Democratic Party
C) People's Action Party
D) Progress Singapore Party
  • 53. How long did the Kampong Glam Group Representation Constituency exist?
A) For only one term
B) Until 2011
C) For three terms
D) For a decade
  • 54. Prior to which general elections was Kampong Glam GRC disbanded?
A) 1991
B) 1997
C) 1988
D) 2001
  • 55. Until which general election did the reverted Kampong Glam SMC last?
A) 2001
B) 2015
C) 1991
D) 2011
  • 56. Which GRC absorbed Kampong Glam following the redrawing of electoral boundaries prior to 2001?
A) Moulmein-Kallang GRC
B) Marine Parade GRC
C) Kampong Glam GRC
D) Jalan Besar GRC
  • 57. Who became the elected MP for the area after Kampong Glam was absorbed into Jalan Besar GRC?
A) Lee Hsien Loong
B) S. Rajaratnam
C) Loh Meng See
D) Denise Phua
  • 58. In what year was Jalan Besar GRC dissolved and made part of a newly created GRC?
A) 2011
B) 2001
C) 2015
D) 1991
  • 59. What was the name of the newly created GRC in 2011 that absorbed Jalan Besar GRC?
A) Kampong Glam GRC
B) Jalan Besar SMC
C) Moulmein-Kallang GRC
D) Downtown GRC
  • 60. In what year was the short-lived Moulmein-Kallang GRC abolished?
A) 2011
B) 1991
C) 2006
D) 2015
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