Question

question 8 of 10
during the yuan dynasty, the mongols suspended the chinese civil service examination system. what important effect did this have?
a. it prompted many chinese civil servants to move to india, where they became an important part of indias civil administration.
b. it increased the level of mongol control over the chinese by preventing the entrance of more chinese into the civil service.
c. it led to a large peasant uprising that spread quickly across all of china and resulted in hundreds of deaths.
d. it provoked the alliance between chinese peasants and russian serfs that eventually expelled the mongols from both china and russia.

Explanation:

The civil service exam was the main path for Chinese elites to enter government. Suspending it blocked Chinese from joining the civil service, letting Mongols hold most administrative power and tighten control over Chinese society. Option A is false as there was no mass migration of Chinese civil servants to India. Option C is incorrect because the major peasant uprisings that ended the Yuan were driven by famine and oppression, not the exam suspension alone. Option D is wrong as there was no such alliance between Chinese peasants and Russian serfs against the Mongols.

Answer:

B. It increased the level of Mongol control over the Chinese by preventing the entrance of more Chinese into the civil service.