Q.1
The country was called the PRC after What do these letters stand for?
  • Popular Republic of China
  • People's Republic of China
  • People's Revolutionary China
  • Popular Revolutionary China
Q.2
A large number of vicious killings took place in China in the aftermath of the revolution - according to most estimates at least 1 million, and possibly as many as 3 million. This was a settling of old scores. Which social group suffered in this wave of killing?
  • Rural landlords
  • Capitalist employers in the towns and cities
  • Officers in the defeated Kuomintang army
  • Members of the middle class professions
Q.3
One of the regime's chief supporters was the PLA. What do these letters stand for?
  • Popular Liberation Army
  • People's Local Army
  • People's Liberation Army
  • People's Liberating Army
Q.4
In 1957 Mao launched a campaign to encourage party members to air their grievances. What was this campaign called?
  • Let 100 Flowers Bloom
  • Let 100 Plants Flourish
  • Let 100 Flowers Flourish
  • Let 100 Plants Bloom
Q.5
Later in 1957 Mao decided to clamp down on those intellectuals who had taken the opportunity to criticise the party. What name was given to this campaign?
  • Anti-Class Traitors Campaign
  • Anti-Right Wing Deviationists Campaign
  • Anti-Rightist Campaign
  • Anti-Class Enemies Campaign
Q.6
In the course of the "Great Leap Forward" (1958-1962) the existing collective farms were greatly expanded in size. What name was given to these huge new units?
  • Giant collective farms
  • Huge communes
  • Mega communes
  • Giant communes
Q.7
The peasants on these enormous farms were encouraged to make which product in backyard furnaces?
  • Copper
  • Wrought iron
  • Aluminium
  • Steel
Q.8
In 1960 a friendly nation withdrew advisors and loans from China. Both had helped greatly in China's economic progress. Which state did this?
  • France
  • The USSR
  • Japan
  • India
Q.9
A new marriage law in 1950 discouraged which kind of marital practice?
  • Arranged marriages
  • Under age marriages
  • Bigamy (marriage to more than one person at a time)
  • Proxy marriages (when one or other of the parties is absent)
Q.10
The 1950 Education Act established a national system of primary education in China. What proportion of eligible children were attending such schools by 1956?
  • One half
  • One third
  • One quarter
  • Three quarters
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