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