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Question 1: The Straits Settlements were a group of British territories located in ________.
PhilippinesSingaporeSoutheast AsiaMalaysia

Question 2: On 1 April 1867 the Settlements became a British crown colony, making the Settlements answerable directly to the Colonial Office in London instead of the ________ government based in India.
KolkataMumbaiBangaloreDelhi

Question 3: Labuan was briefly annexed to Singapore, before being attached to the new colony of ________.
Federated Malay StatesNorth BorneoStraits SettlementsMalayan Union

Question 4: The colony was dissolved as part of the British reorganisation of its South-East Asian dependencies following the end of the ________.
Collaboration with the Axis Powers during World War IISecond Sino-Japanese WarWorld War IISoviet occupations

Question 5: Originally established in 1826 as part of the territories controlled by the ________, the Straits Settlements came under direct British control as a crown colony on 1 April 1867.
Dutch East India CompanyFrench East India CompanyChartered companyEast India Company

Question 6: The Straits Settlements consisted of the individual settlements of Malacca, Penang (also known as Prince of Wales Island), and Singapore, as well as (from 1907) ________, off the coast of Borneo.
MalaysiaLabuanKampung Gersik SagukingVictoria, Labuan

Question 7: The Cocos or Keeling Islands and ________, originally made part of the crown colony of Singapore in 1946, were transferred to Australian administration in 1955 and 1957 respectively.
TokelauNew CaledoniaNorfolk IslandChristmas Island

Question 8: Penang and ________ were administered, directly under the governor, by resident councillors.
ArguinDejimaHugli-ChuchuraMalacca

Question 9: The work of administration, both in the colony and in the ________, was carried on by means of a civil service whose members were recruited by competitive examination held annually in London.
Straits SettlementsFederated Malay StatesNorth BorneoMalayan Union

Question 10: The establishment of the Straits Settlements followed the ________ between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, by which the Malay archipelago was divided into a British zone in the north and a Dutch zone in the south.
History of IndonesiaAnglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824SrivijayaMalacca Sultanate
















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