Lesson 2

2 Industry and the Five-Year Plan, 1953–57 Quiz: Pearson Edexcel History, Unit 16

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The 20 questions

  1. When did the First Five-Year Plan run?

    • 1949–52
    • 1958–62
    • 1961–65
    • 1953–57

  2. Which country gave major financial and technical support to the first Five-Year Plan?

    • Britain
    • The Soviet Union
    • Japan
    • The United States

  3. What was the primary focus of China's first Five-Year Plan?

    • Heavy industry
    • Export farming
    • Textile production
    • Consumer goods

  4. Which major issue affected the economy during the first Five-Year Plan?

    • Hyperinflation
    • Surplus goods
    • Severe shortages
    • Complete collapse

  5. Which economic model inspired China's first Five-Year Plan?

    • The American model
    • The British model
    • The Soviet model
    • The capitalist model

  6. Which body was responsible for setting China's economic targets in the 1950s?

    • Peasant Union
    • Red Guard Committee
    • Military Council
    • State Planning Commission

  7. What ownership pattern was established for key industries under the First Five-Year Plan?

    • Foreign ownership
    • Co-operative ownership
    • Private ownership
    • State ownership

  8. What was a major result of industrialisation for urban workers under the First Five-Year Plan?

    • Widespread unemployment
    • Growth in employment
    • Rural depopulation
    • Immediate wage equality

  9. A planner in 1954 sets steel output targets for a state factory. Which plan is this?

    • Great Leap Forward
    • Economic reform of 1962
    • First Five-Year Plan
    • Hundred Flowers

  10. What type of support did Soviet engineers provide for Chinese industrialisation?

    • Military occupation
    • Agricultural labour
    • Naval blockade
    • Technical expertise

  11. A factory manager is told to hit output targets set in Beijing. What economic model does this reflect?

    • Cooperative ownership
    • Free market
    • Foreign concessions
    • Central planning

  12. What did producing excess low-quality steel illustrate about target-driven planning?

    • Sustainable growth
    • Consumer satisfaction
    • Technological mastery
    • Plan failures

  13. What critical resource did China lack when attempting rapid industrialisation?

    • Raw materials
    • Agricultural land
    • Unskilled labour
    • Capital and expertise

  14. What Chinese system provided urban workers with jobs, housing and welfare?

    • Commune system
    • Baojia system
    • Danwei system
    • Hukou system

  15. Why were private factories nationalised during the early 1950s?

    • Foreign investor demands
    • To encourage capitalism
    • Lack of workers
    • State planning control

  16. What characterised the economic results of the First Five-Year Plan?

    • Bottlenecks and waste
    • Massive consumer surplus
    • Total economic collapse
    • Flawless efficiency

  17. What main factor limited the overall success of the First Five-Year Plan?

    • Total foreign boycotts
    • Material shortages
    • Climatic disaster
    • Lack of workers

  18. How is the industrial output of the First Five-Year Plan best described?

    • Uniform perfection
    • Complete stagnation
    • Uneven growth
    • Rapid deindustrialisation

  19. How did funding industry through agriculture impact the rural population?

    • Eliminated all taxes
    • Reduced rural resources
    • Higher rural wages
    • Increased farm subsidies

  20. Where did central planning primarily allocate resources during the First Five-Year Plan?

    • Consumer goods
    • Priority industries
    • Agriculture sector
    • Foreign trade

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