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Class Register number Name HISTORY 24/S1WA2/HI Wednesday 8 May 2024 45 minutes VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL HISTORY WEIGHTED ASSESSMENT 2 2024 SECONDARY ONE EXPRESS READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, class and register number on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. You may use a pencil for any diagrams or graphs. Do not use paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Answer all questions. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. The total number of marks for this paper is 18. Setter: Mrs Janice Chua _______________________________________________________________________ This document consists of 3 printed pages including this page. Section A (Source-Based Case Study) Study the Background Information and the sources carefully, and then answer all the questions. VICTORIA SCHOOL 23/S1WA2/HI

2 In answering the questions, you should use your knowledge of the topic to help you interpret and evaluate the sources. 1 (a) Study Source A. What can you infer from Source A about piracy in 19 th century Singapore? Explain your answer. [4] (b) Study Sources B and C. How similar are both sources? Explain your answer. [6] Maintaining law and order in 19 th Century Singapore BACKGROUND INFORMATION Read this carefully. It may help you to answer some of the questions. When Singapore came under the British rule in the 19th century, one of the main functions of the British was to maintain law and order. The British authorities had to contend with issues such as piracy, secret societies, and other crimes, while also balancing the interests of different ethnic and cultural groups in the colony. How did the British maintain law and order in Singapore in the 19 th Century? Source A: Adapted from a historian account on piracy around Singapore in the early 19 th century. The main victims were the Chinese junks and the Malay trading boats. As late as 1835, Asian trading vessels were occasionally attacked within sight of Singapore harbour, and it was generally thought impossible to suppress piracy totally. What changed the situation was the arrival of steam-driven gunboats and the firm decision to root out piracy. Warships that depended on the winds could not pursue pirate vessels that could escape by rowing. In 1836, the British authorities, after years of neglect, decided to provide money and ships available for the suppression of piracy. Source B: Adapted from a historian writing in 1989, about law and order in 19 th century Singapore. VICTORIA SCHOOL 24/S1WA2/HI

3 The British Government neglected the wellbeing of the Chinese immigrants. Secret societies filled this vacuum, assuming many of the state’s responsibilities, including their members’ welfare, the settlement of disputes, by secret tribunal, of their own laws. The subsequent ban on secret societies brought more law and order into Singapore society. This was helped too by police reforms carried out, following a commission of enquiry into the alleged inefficiency of the police force. Source C: Adapted from a historian writing in 1998, about the secret societies in 19 th century Singapore. The Chinese migrants joined secret societies in a foreign country because the places they went to were ruled by Europeans who had little or no knowledge of Chinese custom or language. Such societies provide a social structure, livelihood, protection and possibly some measure of spiritual fulfilment through its activities. When Pickering became the first Protector of Chinese, he worked closely with the Chinese and judged over their petty quarrels. He sought to educate his fellow British officers in the Chinese language to bridge the gap between the two communities. Chinese classes were conducted at Raffles Institution by Pickering for the officers. Section B (Essay Question) 2 This question is about how Singapore became a trading post. Explain why the British wanted to establish a third trading post in Singapore. [8] Copyright Acknowledgements: Source A Adapted from A history of Singapore by Ernest CT Chew & Edwin Lee, 1996 Source B Adapted from A History of Singapore 1819-1988 by Turnbull, Mary C. 1989 Source C Adapted from Secret Societies in Singapore by Irene Lim, 1998. _______________________________________________________________________ End of Paper This document is intended for internal circulation in Victoria School only. No part of this document may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the Victoria School Internal Exams Committee. HISTORY WEIGHTED ASSESSMENT II 2024 VICTORIA SCHOOL 24/S1WA2/HI

4 Suggested Answer Scheme Section A (Source-Based Case Study) 1a) What can you infer from Source A about piracy in 19th century Singapore? Explain your answer [4] Level Response Mark L1 Content only/ Answers based on the description of the source/ Misinterpret source e.g. The main victims were the Chinese junks and the trading boats. [1] L2 Identifies sub-messages i .e. makes valid comments interpreting the source but misses the main message of the source e.g. It was difficult to maintain order because the British government did not have proper boats to outrun the pirates. / OR The trade of Singapore affected by Piracy [2] L3 Identifies the main message of the source with reference to why law and order was difficult to maintain. Award up to 4 marks well developed answers. e.g. I can infer from source A that privacy in 19 th Century Singapore was difficult to manage as it was not the priority of the British colonial government to maintain order in the new settlement (Singapore). This can be inferred from ‘after years of neglect’, the British governor in India finally decided to ‘make money and ships available for the suppression of piracy’. This seem to imply that the focus of the British