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UPSC CDS Modern Indian History — practice questions — page 16

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The Tale of the Genji, a fictionalised diary of the Heian court, was written by whom?Read the answer and worked solution →Which US Commodore arrived in 1853 demanding that Japan open trade and diplomatic relations?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1868 the shogun was removed and the emperor brought to Edo, which was renamed:Read the answer and worked solution →The Meiji slogan fukoku kyohei meant what?Read the answer and worked solution →Japan's first railway line, built in 1870-72, ran from Tokyo to which port?Read the answer and worked solution →Large family-controlled business houses that dominated Japan's economy were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Who launched Japan's first agitation against industrial pollution in 1897 with 800 villagers?Read the answer and worked solution →The Japanese parliament is called the Diet. From which language did Japan take the word?Read the answer and worked solution →Which leading Meiji intellectual said Japan must expel Asia and founded what became Keio University?Read the answer and worked solution →Article 9 of Japan's post-war constitution is known as the:Read the answer and worked solution →Japan's Shinkansen bullet trains began running in which year, the same year Tokyo hosted the Olympics?Read the answer and worked solution →Mercury poisoning in the 1960s that spurred Japan's environmental movement is linked to which place?Read the answer and worked solution →The first Opium War between Britain and China was fought in which years?Read the answer and worked solution →China's centuries-old civil service examination system was abolished in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Who is regarded as the founder of modern China, becoming first president of the republic in 1911?Read the answer and worked solution →The May Fourth Movement began with a demonstration in Beijing in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The Communist Party of China was founded in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The Long March of 1934-35 covered about how many miles to Shanxi?Read the answer and worked solution →The Great Leap Forward, with backyard steel furnaces and communes, was launched in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Mao launched the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Japanese islandsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Chinese leadersRead the answer and worked solution →Run the East Asian yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the Meiji reformsRead the answer and worked solution →Japan or ChinaRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the three countriesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →East Asia bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Columbus, sponsored by the rulers of Spain, sailed west in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The Inca city of Machu Picchu was rediscovered in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →

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The Tale of the Genji, a fictionalised diary of the Heian court, was written by whom?

  1. Murasaki Shikibu
  2. Sima Qian of Han
  3. Fukuzawa Yukichi
  4. Naito Konan Kyoto
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Correct answer: A. Murasaki Shikibu

1. It is the central work of Japanese fiction. 2. Murasaki Shikibu, a woman, wrote it. 3. Heian women wrote in the Japanese script. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 11, Paths to Modernisation._

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Which US Commodore arrived in 1853 demanding that Japan open trade and diplomatic relations?

  1. Oliver Perry
  2. Matthew Perry
  3. Douglas MacArthur
  4. George Dewey
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Correct answer: B. Matthew Perry

1. Only Holland then traded with Japan. 2. Commodore Matthew Perry came in 1853. 3. A treaty followed the next year. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 11, Paths to Modernisation._

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In 1868 the shogun was removed and the emperor brought to Edo, which was renamed:

  1. Osaka
  2. Nara
  3. Tokyo
  4. Kyoto
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Correct answer: C. Tokyo

1. This was the Meiji Restoration. 2. Edo became Tokyo, meaning eastern capital. 3. The emperor re-emerged as a key figure. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 11, Paths to Modernisation._

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