ACSI 2025 HIST PRELIM P1 QP

1 Name: ________________________________ ( ) Class: ________________ Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2025 YEAR FOUR (O-levels) HISTORY PAPER 1 (2174/1) Thursday 14 August 2025 1 hr 50min INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES • Do not open this examination paper until instructed to do so. • Section A: Answer all parts of Question 1. • Section B: Answer two questions. • If you use more than one sheet of writing paper, fasten them together. Attach the answer cover page to the TOP of your answers. • Be careful to number all questions attempted correctly. • The maximum mark for this examination paper is [50 marks]. Section A: __________/30 marks Section B: __________/20 marks Total marks obtained: __________/ 50 marks Parent/ Guardian’s Signature and Date: ____________________ This question paper consists of 6 pages, including the cover page.

2 Section A: Source-Based Case Study Study the Background Information and the sources carefully, and then answer all the questions. You may use any of the sources to help you answer the questions, in addition to those sources you are told to use. 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 does the advertisement’s message reveal about British attitude and its role in the world? Explain your answer. [5] (b) Study Sources B and C. How similar are these two sources? Explain your answer. [6] (c) Study Source D. Why did Sir Andrew Clarke write this letter to the Earl of Carnarvon? Explain your answer. [5] (d) Study Sources E and F. How far does Source F prove that Source E is wrong about the state of internal stability in the Malay states ? Explain your answer. [6] (e) Study all the sources. “The British intervened in Malaya to help the local people.” How far do the sources support this view? Use the sources and your knowledge to explain your answer. [8]

3 Reasons for British Intervention in Malaya BACKGROUND INFORMATION Read this carefully. It may help you to answer some of the questions. The British intervention in Malaya in 1874 was driven by a mix of strategic, economic, and local factors. Britain was eager to expand its empire and strengthen its spheres of influence in Southeast Asia to secure trade routes and outpace rival powers. Malaya’s rich resources, especially tin and other valuable raw materials, made it an attractive target to fuel Britain’s growing industrial economy and demand for cash crops. At the same time, internal instability in states like Perak—marked by the violent Lar ut Wars between Chinese secret societies and disputes over the royal succession—created disorder that the British claimed justified their involvement to restore