The Rise of Modern China MCQs Questions

Question. Out of the Six Boards, the most important one was:
(a) The Board of Revenue
(b) The Civil Office
(c) The Board of Rights
(d) The Board of War

Question. The average age for upper gentry was:
(a) 30
(b) 31
(c) 32
(d) 33

Question. On the first day of the provincial examination, the candidates had to write three essays on subjects chosen from:
(a) Confucian Four Books
(b) Five Classic
(c) Historical subjects
(d) Current problems.

Question. No one was allowed to be appointed to a high position in his native province by the:
(a) Law of Inheritance
(b) Law of appointment
(c) Law of avoidance
(d) None of the above

Question. By 1745, the number of the councilors was increased to:
(a) 7
(b) 8
(c) 9
(d) 10

Question. After the first Ming emperor abolished the office of the prime minister in 1380, the most important organ in the central government till 1729 was:
(a) The Grand Secretariat
(b) The Grand Council
(c) Civil Office
(d) Governors.

Question. How many provinces were there in the Ch’ing administration?
(a) 12
(b) 15
(c) 18
(d) 20

Question. The Chinese emperor made offering to heaven, in times of
(a) Natural calamities
(b) War
(c) Victory
(d) None of the above

Question. The main source of revenue was:
(a) Land tax
(b) Poll tax
(c) Salt tax
(d) Tea tax

Question. Which among the following is not Ming loyalist movement?
(a) The Heaven and Earth Society
(b) The White Lotus Sect
(c) Triad Society
(d) The Boxers

Question. A kowtow is:
(a) 2 kneelings and 9 knockings
(b) 3 kneelings and 9 knockings
(c) 2 kneelings and 8 knockings
(d) 3 kneelings and 8 knockings.

Question. The Ch’ings established themselves in Peking in:
(a) 1644
(b) 1645
(c) 1646
(d) 1647

Question. The gentry played a dominant role in Chinese society and enjoy many unique privileges, they were:
(a) Scholars who had passed the governmental examinations
(b) Clansmen, direct male descendants of Nurhaci
(c) Duke K’ang, direct descendants of Confucious.
(d) Bannermen.

Question. Who abdicated the throne in 1795?
(a) Abahai
(b) Yung –cheng
(c) Shun-chin
(d) Ch’ien-lung

Question. The Manchus were the nomadic tribes living in present day
(a) Manchuria
(b) Korea
(c) Mongolia
(d) None of the above.

Question. Government examination was conducted on the district, provincial and metropolitan levels. In order to qualify for the first of these, the preliminary district examination, the candidate had to present a guarantee of his origin and character from a member of the gentry. The first session of exam was conducted by:
(a) District Magistrate
(b) Grand Secretariat
(c) Grand Council
(d) Prefecture.

Question. The greatest literary contribution of emperor Ch’ien-lung was the compilation of
(a) A record of ten perfect accomplishment
(b) A discourse on parties and cliques
(c) The complete library of the four treasuries
(d) None of the above

Question. The first emperor of the Ch’ing dynasty was:
(a) Chen-long
(b) K’ang-she
(c) Fu Lin
(d) Sun-chih

Question. During the Ch’ing period, among the many criteria for social classification, majority of the population were:
(a) The farmers 70% and 30% of the people who live in the urban areas represent composite stratum of scholars, gentry, officials, absentee landlords, artisans, merchants, military etc
(b) The farmers 65% and 25% of the people who live in the urban areas represent composite stratum of scholars, gentry, officials, absentee landlords, artisans, merchants, military etc
(c) The farmers 80% and 20% of the people who live in the urban areas represent composite stratum of scholars, gentry, officials, absentee landlords, artisans, merchants, military etc
(d) The farmers 70% and 30 % of the gentry.

Question. The ingenious military ‘Banner System’ was adopted by:
(a) Nurhaci
(b) Abahai
(c) Dorgon
(d) Hai – his

Question. The most important organ in the Ch’ing administration after 1729 was
(a) The Six Boards
(b) Civil Office
(c) The Grand Council
(d) Bannermen

Question. Gentry status was conferred one’s winning a literary degree in the civil service examinations called:
(a) Seven-legged essay
(b) Eight-legged essay
(c) Nine-legged essay
(d) Ten legged essay

Question. The major function performed by the gentry in the local community was
(a) compiling and updating genealogies
(b) aiding clan members
(c) educating young clan members
(d) The settlement out of court of civil disputes

Question. Who were the most important single group in Chinese society?
(a) Government officials
(b) Gentry
(c) Artisans
(d) Merchants.

Question. At the bottom of the provincial administration was:
(a) Province
(b) District
(c) Prefect
(d) Circuit

Question. In the Chinese society, every ten household form a:
(a) Pau
(b) Li-chia
(c) Pai
(d) None of the above

Question. The clansmen numbering about 700 from the late 16th century through the end of the 19th century were the direct descendants of:
(a) Duke K’ung
(b) Nurhaci
(c) Dalai Lama
(d) Karmapa

Question. A census was taken on the basis of land and poll tax after every 5 years since:
(a) 1653
(b) 1654
(c) 1655
(d) 1656

Question. A recent view appraises the Chinese society as an archetype of:
(a) Feudal system
(b) Oriental despotism
(c) A gentry-based elite
(d) Bureaucratic system

Question. At the very bottom of the rural community was:
(a) Peasants
(b) Artisans
(c) Traders
(d) None of the above

Question. Which province was allotted the highest quota in the district examination?
(a) Chihli
(b) Szechuan
(c) Kansu
(d) Kiaotung

Question. In Chinese society, the farmers constituted:
(a) 60% of the population
(b) 70% of the population
(c) 80% of the population
(d) 90% of the population

Question. Before 1850, the average total number of the gentry was about:
(a) 1 million
(b) 1.1 million
(c) 1.2 million
(d) 1.3 million

Question. In the early and middle Ch’ing period, the land tax was the greatest of all taxes, the basis of its collection was the 1646 edition of the Fu-I ch’chuan-shu, (complete tax of land and labor), which include:
(a) The total amount of cultivated land in the country, quotas of land and labor imposed in various provinces
(b) The total amount of their produce
(c) The total amount of the population in the area
(d) Total number of taxable men.

Question. Arrange the following titles in ascending order:
(a) Sheng-yuan, Chu-zen, Kung-shih
(b) Chu-zen, Sheng-yuan, Kung-shih
(c) Kung-shih, Chu-zen, Sheng-yuan
(d) Sheng-yuan, Kung-shih, Chu-zen

Question. The land measurement registers showed the total land area in each locality, this register was called:
(a) Yellow registers
(b) Fish-scale registers
(c) Bannermen
(d) None of the above

Question. In the Ch’ing period, the method of tax collection was the Single-whip system, which consolidated all taxes into one compound sum to be paid twice a year, the two payment known as ‘the upper busy season’ and ‘the lower busy season’ which was:
(a) Summer payment and autumn payment
(b) Summer payment and winter payment
(c) Winter payment and autumn payment
(d) None of the above.

Question. The largest items of debit during the Ch’ing period were:
(a) Military expenditures and promoting education
(b) Military expenditures and officials’ salaries and allowances
(c) Officials’ salaries and repairs of rivers and ponds
(d) Official salaries and Public Works

Question. Every three or five years during the Ch’ing period. The li-chia heads conducted a census of taxable adult males between the ages of:
(a) 15 and 55
(b) 20 and 65
(c) 16 and 60
(d) 18 and 60

Question. The nobility of the Ch’ing system consisted of :
(a) Dalai Lama, The Chief Taoist. The Duke King
(b) Two categories such as the six board and nine minister
(c) Three categories such as imperial clansmen, titular nobles and bannermen
(d) Officials and Gentry

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Question. The ………. was the lowest in rank among the Six Boards.

Question. The greatest shortcoming of the examination system was its …………..

Question. The population of China rose to 300 millions in the year …………..

Question. The censors were known as the …………….

Question. In 1799,…………… off a memorial to the emperor in which he bluntly described the moral degradation of scholars and officials.

Question. Conspicuously absent in the central government under the Ch’ing was …………..

Question. Membership in the …………. Academy was a haven for the bright young talents and was a training centre for their political careers.

Question. The signs of administrative inefficiency, widespread corruption, degradation of the military and strained treasury reflected the inner workings of the phenomenon known as ………..

Question. The emperor questioned the candidates and decided the ranking of the first ….. successful ones.

Question. China was sometimes described as …………

Question. ………., an imperial bodyguard was an example of corruption in China.

Question. Originally, the number of the councilors was ……

Question. In 1712, Emperor …….. issued an edict in which poll tax was fixed and the inhabitants born hereafter shall be exempted from poll tax.

Question. ……….. of popular right to revolt was the strongest check on a ruler’s conduct.

Question.  …………….the foundations of an empire which turned out to be the largest in China since the Mongols.

Question. The emperor occasionally would lecture to the…………

Question. The highest form of absolute monarchism was reached under the ………….

Question. The banner men were tried not by civil magistrates, but by the …………..

Question. The Regent of emperor Chun Shih was ………….

Question. The ………… were at the bottom of the social scale.