WORLD HISTORY

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RISE OF CHINA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was used during the Han Dynasty to make sure government officials were qualified before being hired?
A
civil service exam
B
SAT exam
C
interrogations
D
random selection
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The imperial examination (Chinese: ; pinyin: kējǔ; lit. “subject recommendation") was a civil-service examination system in Imperial China administered for the purpose of selecting candidates for the state bureaucracy.

Detailed explanation-2: -Appointees to office were usually recommended men from the commanderies, family relatives of high officials, or student graduates of the Imperial University. This institution was established in 124 BC, and provided a Confucian-based education for those entering civil service.

Detailed explanation-3: -The civil service examinations of Imperial China allowed the state to find the best candidates to staff the vast bureaucracy that governed China from the Han Dynasty onwards (206 BCE-220 CE).

Detailed explanation-4: -Running an empire required a network of dedicated and well-educated officials. The men who governed the empire had to pass a grueling exam. For roughly 1, 300 years, China’s emperors used the civil service examination system to identify talented men for government service.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Han dynasty government was largely characterized by a combination of feudal structures and central bureaucracy. The emperor was the head of the government. He was responsible for creating laws, heading the armed forces as its commander-in-chief and serving as the chief executive official.

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