WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The tests administered during the Han dynasty did not offer formal entry into government posts. Recruitment and appointment in the Han dynasty were primarily through recommendations by aristocrats and local officials. Recommended individuals were also primarily aristocrats.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first standardized tests, any world history student can tell you, were created in ancient China, during the Han Dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD), when officials designed civil service exams to choose people to work in the government based on merit rather than on family status.

Detailed explanation-3: -The main jobs in the Han Dynasty were artisans, being part of the imperial family, merchants, nobles, officials, peasants, slaves, and soldiers. At the top of the social pyramid was the emperor. Then, came the military leaders, scholars, government officials, and nobles.

Detailed explanation-4: -During Han dynasty, the first civil service exam was set up. Confucianism, with no surprise, was one of the key subjects to study for the civil service exam. Provincial schools were established countrywide and the Confucianism tradition of education was spread all over China.

Detailed explanation-5: -The civil service examination system was an important vehicle of social mobility in imperial China. Even a youth from the poorest family could theoretically join the ranks of the educated elite by succeeding in the examination system.