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To test a students knowledge of math
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To determine a person’s ability to work for the government
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To allow a person to enter a college base on the person’s knowledge
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To place a student in thge proper grade level based on the student’s maturity
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Detailed explanation-1: -The civil service examinations were used as a way to select officials based on merit and ability, rather than family lineage or political connections. This idea came from Confucian philosophy, which seeked a state ruled by men of ability and virtue.
Detailed explanation-2: -The broad purpose of the civil service examinations was to select a pool of viable candidates who were all trained in the same Confucian classics to be appointed as imperial officials at various locations and positions.
Detailed explanation-3: -*The Tang dynasty used civil service examinations to improve bureaucracy by ensuring that candidates were qualified to hold office. The examinations tested the candidates on Chinese classics, poetry, and legal and administrative issues.
Detailed explanation-4: -What was true about civil service exams during the Tang dynasty? The civil service exams often favored aristocrats. What ended the Tang dynasty in 907?
Detailed explanation-5: -From the point of view of the early Song emperors, the purpose of the civil service examinations was to draw men with literary educations into the government to counter the dominance of military men.