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The PRC 1949-1978 Paper 1: Basics
The PRC 1949-1978 Paper 1: Basics
Starting from the founding, land reform and the Korean War, the spine of dates is fixed step by step down to the end of the Cultural Revolution.
Direct answers Answers and explanations for all ten questions
01 Paper details (check answers afterwards)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Questions | 10 |
| Suggested time | 20 |
| Difficulty mix | Foundation 3 · Intermediate 3 · Challenge 3 · Error redo 1 |
| Chapter | Chapter: DSE History The People’s Republic of China 1949-1978 |
| Level | Paper 1 (basics) |
02 Questions (10 items)
- FoundationOn which date was the People’s Republic of China founded, and where was the ceremony held?
- FoundationWhat did the land reform of 1950 to 1952 do?
- FoundationIn which years did the Korean War break out, did Chinese volunteers enter Korea, and was the armistice signed? How many days from outbreak to armistice?
- IntermediateWhat were the years and the priority of the First Five-Year Plan, and how many days from 1 October 1949 to 1 October 1957?
- IntermediateWhat steps did agricultural co-operativisation take from 1953, and what was basically completed by the end of 1956?
- IntermediateIn which year and by which body was the first PRC constitution adopted, and how many days after the founding?
- ChallengeThe Hundred Flowers line of 1956 turned into the Anti-Rightist campaign of 1957. How many days from 2 May 1956 to 8 June 1957, and what changed?
- ChallengeIn which year were the Great Leap Forward and the people’s communes launched, and how many days from the Beidaihe meeting of August 1958 to November 1960?
- ChallengeWhich two events mark the start and end of the Cultural Revolution, and how many days apart are they?
- Error redoError clinic: the claim that people’s communes were introduced nationwide right after the 1949 founding. What is wrong?
03 Answers and one-line notes
| # | Answer | One-line note |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 October 1949; Tiananmen in Beijing | The Central People’s Government was proclaimed the same day, the baseline year for every later campaign. |
| 2 | it abolished landlord ownership and distributed land to landless and poor peasants as private property | Land was allocated by household and class labels were fixed, remaking rural society. |
| 3 | outbreak 1950, entry October 1950, armistice 1953; 1128 days | From 25 June 1950 to 27 July 1953; entry put the new state in direct conflict with the United States. |
| 4 | 1953 to 1957, with heavy industry first; 2922 days | Soviet-aided key projects and the planning system carried this round of industrialisation. |
| 5 | from mutual-aid teams to elementary producers co-operatives and then advanced co-operatives; socialist transformation was basically complete by late 1956 | Land moved from peasant private ownership to collective ownership, a change in the nature of property. |
| 6 | 1954, by the First National People’s Congress; 1815 days after 1 October 1949 | It established the people’s congress system in place of the earlier common programme. |
| 7 | 402 days; encouragement of criticism and open debate turned into labelling and attacking rightists | The turn silenced intellectuals and the democratic parties for years, weakening later error correction. |
| 8 | 1958; 809 days | The August 1958 meeting set a doubled steel target and rural China was soon merged into communes. |
| 9 | the 16 May 1966 circular and the arrest of the Gang of Four on 6 October 1976; 3796 days, about ten years and five months | It is called a decade of internal disorder; institutional and human capital damage were the main costs. |
| 10 | the sequence: land reform came first in 1950 to 1952, co-operation began in 1953, and communes only appeared in 1958 | The early task was consolidating power and restoring the economy, not immediate collectivisation. |
04 What to do after marking
- After marking, redo only the wrong items and write down which step went wrong (formula, unit, or misread number).
- Repeat the same item two days later; move to the next paper only when both attempts are correct.
- Parents only need the answer and note columns; there is no need to explain every item.
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