Question

The opium war was fought between which countries?
A)India and china
B)China and France
C)France and England
D)England and china

Answer 1

Hint: The opium war which was fought between 2 nations, in 1839-1842. The reason behind Opium war was to suppress opium trade.

Complete answer:
The Opium Wars which were two wars fought between the Chinese Qing dynasty and European powers. Both the wars were a result of the Qing Dynasty’s attempts to curb the opium trade. Now let’s see the opium war was fought between which countries from given options,

Chinese Qing dynasty was one of the counties in the opium war but India did not participate in the war.

Chinese Qing dynasty was one of the counties in the opium war but Francewas not involved in the war.

England or Great Britain was one of the countries participating in the opium war, but France was not.

Opium Wars were fought between China and England between 1839-42. The war was supported by the other European powers and China was defeated by England which imposed a series of unequal treaties on China.

Hence, the correct answer is option (D)

Note: As the smuggling of opium by the European traders to China increased, the Chinese authorities suspended all trade with European traders. This led to what was called the Opium Wars. The result of the Opium Wars resulted in the weakening Qing Dynasty. In the eyes of the Chinese people, the losses to European was a humiliation for which they held the Qing Emperors directly responsible through mismanagement and rampant corruption. The wars marked the start of what 20th-century Chinese nationalists called the “Century of Humiliation”