Which of the following pairs of countries became colonial allies during the american revolution?
a-france and spain
b-france and great britain
c-russia and spain
d-spain and great britain

it provided for selection of government employees through competitive examinations. it also made it unlawful to fire or demote covered employees for political reasons or to require them to give political service or payment, and it set up a civil service commission to enforce the law.

explanation:

it should be a. song dynasty’s civil service examination system created an administrative bureaucracy manned by the landed aristocracy.