GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

INVENTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Playing cards was invented in 9th century in
A
JuanDynasty China
B
Tang Dynasty China
C
Song Dynasty China
D
Ming Dynasty China
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Playing cards (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: zhǐpái) were most likely invented in China during the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279). They were certainly in existence by the Mongol Yuan dynasty (1271-1368).

Detailed explanation-2: -People in T’ang Dynasty China made the first playing cards, about 800 AD. They used their new material, paper, to make the cards, and they called their game “the leaf game“.

Detailed explanation-3: -Around 1480 the French started producing playing-cards by means of stencils, and simplified the German shapes into trefle (clover), pique (pike-heads), coeur (hearts), and carreau (paving tiles).

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