 - 1. What was the population of Hong Kong island in January 1841?
A) 530,000
B) 125,504
C) 6,000
D) 1.6 million
- 2. What event in the 1850s caused large numbers of Chinese to emigrate to Hong Kong?
A) World War I
B) Taiping Rebellion
C) Fall of the last dynasty
D) The Peak Reservation Ordinance
- 3. How many Americans and Europeans were recorded in the 1865 Hong Kong census?
A) 60,000
B) 2,000
C) 6,000
D) 125,504
- 4. What was the approximate population of Hong Kong by 1941?
A) 530,000
B) 1.6 million
C) 125,504
D) 725,000
- 5. Which ordinance prevented Chinese people from living in elite areas like Victoria Peak?
A) Peak Reservation Ordinance
B) Union Flag Ordinance
C) Legislative Council Ordinance
D) Colonial Segregation Act
- 6. Who served as an unofficial member of the Legislative Council?
A) Robert Hotung
B) Sir Kai Ho
C) Frederick Stewart
D) Sun Yat-sen
- 7. Which individual wanted Chinese citizens to recognize Hong Kong as their new home after 1911?
A) Robert Hotung
B) Isabella Bird
C) Sir Kai Ho
D) Frederick Stewart
- 8. What was the term used for European businessmen in Hong Kong?
A) Tai-pans
B) Hakka
C) Coolies
D) Tanka
- 9. Where was a notable hangout spot for the Tai-pans located?
A) Queen's Road
B) Victoria Peak
C) Central School
D) Possession Point
- 10. Who is considered the founder of the Hong Kong education system?
A) Robert Hotung
B) Sun Yat-sen
C) Frederick Stewart
D) Sir Kai Ho
- 11. Which famous figure was educated at Hong Kong's Central School?
A) Robert Hotung
B) Sun Yat-sen
C) Frederick Stewart
D) Sir Kai Ho
- 12. What percentage of mainland China's imports did Hong Kong handle by 1880?
A) 50%
B) 27%
C) 37%
D) 10%
- 13. In the 1870s, which British traveller described Hong Kong as a colony of Victorian comfort?
A) Isabella Bird
B) Robert Hotung
C) Sir Kai Ho
D) Frederick Stewart
- 14. What was the primary occupation of the original population of Hong Kong island in 1841?
A) Teachers and students
B) Soldiers and administrators
C) Merchants and tai-pans
D) Fishermen and charcoal burners
- 15. What common breakfast dish is mentioned in the text?
A) Rice and salted vegetables
B) Bread and tea
C) Dim sum and tea
D) Congee with fish and barley
- 16. Which treaty formally ceded Hong Kong Island to Britain in 1842?
A) Convention of Peking
B) Convention of Chuenpi
C) Treaty of Canton
D) Treaty of Nanking
- 17. What product did the British export from India to China to balance their trade deficit?
A) Silver
B) Clocks
C) Tea
D) Opium
- 18. Who was the Chinese commissioner who wrote a letter to Queen Victoria opposing the opium trade?
A) Qishan
B) Daoguang Emperor
C) Lin Zexu
D) Charles Elliot
- 19. On what date was the Union Jack first raised to claim Hong Kong as a colony?
A) 25 January 1841
B) 26 January 1841
C) 20 January 1841
D) 30 June 1842
- 20. What was the name of the British commander who landed on Hong Kong on 25 January 1841?
A) Gordon Bremer
B) Edward Belcher
C) Anthony Blaxland Stransham
D) Charles Elliot
- 21. Which area was acquired rent-free under the 1860 Convention of Peking?
A) The New Territories
B) South of Boundary Street on the Kowloon Peninsula
C) Hong Kong Island
D) Zhoushan Island
- 22. How long was the lease for the New Territories signed in 1898?
A) 90 years
B) 100 years
C) 50 years
D) 99 years
- 23. What was the British East India Company's original intended location for a permanent base?
A) Zhoushan Island
B) Guangdong
C) Kowloon Peninsula
D) Hong Kong Island
- 24. What percentage of the British government's income was accounted for by the duty on tea in 1830?
A) 10%
B) 20%
C) 15%
D) 5%
- 25. What were the British clocks, watches, and musical boxes sold to China called?
A) Treasures
B) Tick-tocks
C) Chimes
D) Sing-songs
- 26. Which company is mentioned as one of the major opium dealers that launched the city's trade?
A) Royal Navy Trading
B) Jardine Matheson & Co.
C) East India Company
D) Qing Imperial Traders
- 27. In what year was the legislative council of Hong Kong established?
A) 1843
B) 1848
C) 1840
D) 1844
- 28. Which official assisted the governor in legal matters during the early years of Hong Kong?
A) Lieutenant-governor
B) Colonial Secretary
C) British plenipotentiary
D) Police Commissioner
- 29. When were the first court sessions for criminal and admiralty matters held in Hong Kong?
A) 1 May 1843
B) 1 January 1840
C) 4 March 1844
D) 22 September 1874
- 30. Which district of Hong Kong was primarily affected by the bubonic plague outbreak in May 1894?
A) Victoria Peak
B) Yaumati
C) Tai Ping Shan
D) Kowloon
- 31. In what year did the Peak Tram begin operation?
A) 1874
B) 1904
C) 1910
D) 1888
- 32. When was the Kowloon-Canton Railway first launched?
A) 1910
B) 1924
C) 1904
D) 1888
- 33. From which country were rickshaws imported to Hong Kong in 1874?
A) Spain
B) China
C) Japan
D) Britain
- 34. What was the preferred mode of transport for wealthy Europeans living on Victoria Peak before the Peak Tram?
A) Rickshaws
B) Automobiles
C) Buses
D) Sedan chairs
- 35. In what year were franchises formally issued to China Motor Bus and Kowloon Motor Bus?
A) 1928
B) 1937
C) 1933
D) 1920
- 36. When did the first flight service from Imperial Airways become available in Hong Kong?
A) 1924
B) 1933
C) 1928
D) 1937
- 37. What was the price of a ticket for the first Imperial Airways flight service?
A) 100 pounds
B) 288 pounds
C) 450 pounds
D) 500 pounds
- 38. What kind of engines did the first automobiles in Hong Kong have?
A) Electric motors
B) Petrol-driven internal combustion engines
C) Diesel engines
D) Steam engines
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