Exploring Citizenship and Governance (Issue 1) quiz: O-Level Social Studies (SEAB 2261) quiz

Is harmony achievable in a diverse society?

How can we respond to globalisation?

Why does Singapore engage with the world?

Working for the good of society: whose responsibility is it?

A combination of rights, responsibilities and a sense of belonging

Only the legal right to hold a passport

The duty to pay taxes and nothing more

A status that gives rights but requires no contribution

Free speech, free markets, free movement

Leadership is key; anticipate change and stay relevant; reward for work and work for reward

Equality, liberty, fraternity

Defence, deterrence, diplomacy

Because leaders should never be questioned

Because leadership replaces the need for laws

Because honest and capable leaders earn public trust and steer the country well

Because it guarantees Singapore will never face problems

The government can change any law without limit

Laws apply only when convenient

Only citizens, not foreigners, must follow the law

Everyone, including those in power, is subject to the same clear and fairly applied laws

Because a small, open country cannot afford to fall behind and must plan ahead

Because Singapore has vast natural resources to fall back on

Because change should always be resisted

Because it removes the need for good leadership

Because it does not want to help citizens

Because resources such as money, land and manpower are limited

Because every need is equally easy to meet at once

Because citizens have no needs

Voting in elections

The protection of the law

Doing National Service (for male citizens)

Receiving public services

The government does everything and citizens do nothing

Citizens replace the government entirely

They work against each other

The government provides direction and services while citizens contribute, participate and give feedback

As either the Section A case study or the Section B structured-response question, but not both in one paper

Only ever as the structured-response question

Only ever as the source-based case study

It never appears in the examination

Diversity

Governance

Globalisation

Migration

To discourage people from working

To give everyone identical outcomes regardless of effort

To recognise effort so that people stay motivated and contribute

To remove the need for any government support

Because unpredictable rules attract more investment

Because it makes laws secret

Because it lets the powerful ignore the law

Because clear, equally applied laws give citizens and investors predictability and protect rights

Working for the good of society is a shared responsibility of the government and citizens

Only citizens are responsible for the good of society

Only the government is responsible for the good of society

No one is responsible for the good of society