1. Development of a country can generally be determined by its:
(a) per capita income
(b) average literacy level
(c) health status of its people
(d) none of these
Answer
Answer: a
2. Different persons could have different as well as conflicting notions of a country’s development. A fair and just path for all should be achieved. Interpret the concept being discussed here.
(a) Social development
(b) Cultural development
(c) National development
(d) Economic development
Answer
Answer: c
3. Countries with higher income are _____________ than others with less income.
(a) Less developed
(b) More developed
(c) Less stronger
(d) More organized
Answer
Answer: b
4. Total income of the country divided by its
total population is known as: ‘
(a) Capital Income
(b) National Income
(c) Per capita income
(d) GDP
Answer
Answer: c
5. Proportion of literate population in the 7 and above age group is called as:
(a) Knowledge rate
(b) Literacy rate
(c) Attendance rate
(d) Excellence Rate
Answer
Answer: b
6. Which age group of children is included for calculating Net Attendance Ratio?
(a) 6-10
(b) 7-11
(c) 5-9
(d) 14-15
Answer
Answer: d
7. For calculating Body Mass Index (BMI), weight of the person is divided by the:
(a) Square of the weight
(b) Square of the height
(c) Square root of the height
(d) Square of the sum of height and weight
Answer
Answer: b
8. If BMI is less than 18.5 then the person would be considered: v
(a) over weight
(b) long height
(c) under nourished
(d) short height
Answer
Answer: c
9. What proportion of the country is over using their groundwater reserves?
(a) One-Fourth
(b) One-Tenth
(c) One-Third
(d) half
Answer
Answer: c
10. Resources which will get exhausted after years of use are:
(a) Renewable resources
(b) Non-durable resources
(c) Non-renewable resources
(d) Competing resources
Answer
Answer: c
11. What will be the top priority in the developmental goal of a landless labourer?
(a) Expansion of rural banking
(b) More days of work and better wages
(c) Metal roads for transportation
(d) Establishment of a high school
Answer
Answer: b
12. What will be the aspiration of an educated urban unemployed youth?
(a) An educated urban unemployed youth will aspire for better opportunities in agriculture.
(b) Support from government at every step in life for his upward movement.
(c) An urban educated unemployed will aspire for good job opportunities where his education can be made use of.
(d) Better facilities of recreation for his leisure time.
Answer
Answer: c
13. Pick out the correct meaning listed below to define ‘average income’.
(a) Average income of the country means the total income of the country.
(b) The average income in a country is the income of only employed people.
(c) The average income is the same as per capita income.
(d) The average income includes the value of property held.
Answer
Answer: c
14. Which country can be considered as a developed country in the modern world? Select your answer from the following statements.
(a) Countries which have accumulated huge amount of wealth and always secures the future of their citizens. These countries are considered to be developed.
(b) Countries which are among the highest in the ‘Human Development Index’ are considered to be the developed countries.
(c) Only rich countries are considered to be developed because people have money to buy everything needed for human beings—both material and non-material.
(d) Iran is a rich country and therefore it is a developed country.
Answer
Answer: b
15. Money cannot buy all the goods and services that we may need to have a good life. A list of things required for a good life is given below. Which among the following are things money cannot buy?
(i) Full protection from infectious diseases
(ii) High quality education
(in) A luxury home
(iv) A pollution-free atmosphere in every part of the country
(a) (i) and(ii)
(b) (ii) and (iii)
(c) (i), (ii) and (in)
(d) (i) and (iv)
Answer
Answer: d
16. HDI stands for ‘Human Development Index’ that focuses on Fill in the blanks with one of the following options:
(a) life expectancy
(b) gross enrolment ratio for three levels of schooling
(c) national income
(d) All the above
Answer
Answer: d
17. Kerala has a low infant mortality rate. What could be the reason? Find the correct answer from the following:
(a) Kerala has a low infant mortality rate because all the girls are trained at the primary level schooling to look after a newborn child.
(b) Because most of the girls are nurses in Kerala.
(c) Because Kerala has very high female literacy rate and adequate health facilities are available for both mothers and children.
(d) Kerala’s good climatic condition helps infants to survive.
Answer
Answer: b
18. What would be the most promising source of energy fifty years from now and why?
(a) Petroleum energy, because it is obtained from fossil fuels.
(b) Solar energy, because it is not exhaustible.
(c) Coal based energy, because it is pollution- free.
(d) Forest product based energy, because India has abundant forests.
Answer
Answer: b
19. Pick out the cause (from below) that enhances environmental degradation:
(a) Planting of trees.
(b) Prevention of factory wastes getting mixed up with river water.
(c) Ban on use of plastic bags.
(d) Allowing increase in the level of exhaust fumes emitted by cars, buses, trucks, etc.
Answer
Answer: d
20. _____________ is a comprehensive term which includes increase in real per capita income, improvement in living standard of people, reduction in poverty, illiteracy, crime rate, etc.
Answer
Answer:
Explanation: Development
21. _____________ indicates the number of years a new born is expected to live.
Answer
Answer:
Explanation: Life expectancy at birth
22. The development that should take place without damaging the environment, and development in the present should not compromise with the needs of the future generations is known as _____________ .
Answer
Answer:
Explanation: Sustainable Economic Development
23. _____________ means sustained increase in real per capita income that promotes economic welfare by reducing poverty, unemployment and inequalities in distribution of income.
Answer
Answer:
Explanation: Economic development
24. Two important aspects of our lives other than income are _____________ and _____________ .
Answer
Answer:
Explanation: Equal treatment; freedom
25. _____________ ensures availability of essential commodities like wheat, rice, sugar, edible oils and kerosene, etc. to the consumers through a network of outlets or fair price shops.
Answer
Answer:
Explanation: Public Distribution System (PDS)
26. The two developmental goals of landless rural labourers are _____________ and _____________ .
Answer
Answer:
Explanation: More days of work; better wages
27. The level of efficiency and productivity is low in a _____________ country.
Answer
Answer:
Explanation: Developing
28. Economic development is a wider term as compared to human development. (True/False)
Answer
Answer:
Explanation:
False, as economic development is a narrower term.
29. According to recent World Development Report, countries which had per capita income of US dollar 12236 per annum are rich countries. (True/False)
Answer
Answer:
Explanation: True
30. Kerala has low infant mortality rate. (True/False)
Answer
Answer:
Explanation: True
31. A decent standard of living is a variable of Human Development Index. (True/False)
Answer
Answer:
Explanation: True
32. Longevity implies how long a newborn is expected to live. (True/False)
Answer
Answer:
Explanation: True
