Test 9 Development questions
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1. Human Development Report is published by
(a) UNDP
(b) World Bank
(c) IMF
(d) WHO
2. India’s HDI rank in the world is:
(a) 125
(b) 115
(c) 126
(d) 134
3. 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
4. 4. What was the literacy rate in Kerala in 2011?
(a) 82
(b) 94
(c) 62
(d) 50
5. 5. Life expectancy at birth means:
(a) average expected length of life of a person at the time of birth
(b) average expected length of life of a person at the time of death
(c) average expected length of a child at the time of birth
(d) None of the above
6. 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.
7. Which of the following is the most important component for comparing different countries?
(a) Population
(b) Income
(c) Per capita income
(d) Resources
8. Which one of the following is the most important attribute while comparing the level of
development of various countries?
(a) Population
(b) Social status of the people
(c) Political status
(d) Per capita income
9. 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.
10. In which state of India is the infant mortality rate lowest?
(a) Goa
(b) Bihar
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Kerala
11. Which one among the following is a developmental goal for the landless rural labourers?
(a) To get electricity and water
(b) To educate their children
(c) More days of work and better wages
(d) To shift to the cities
12. 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.
13. Which of the following countries has higher HDI rank than India?
(a) Sri Lanka
(b) Nepal
(c) Bangladesh
(d) Pakistan
14. Underemployment occurs when people:
(a) do not want to work
(b) are working in a lazy manner
(c) are working less than what they are capable of doing
(d) are not paid for their work
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)
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
17. Which of the following is most likely to be a development goal for landless rural
labourers?
(a) Higher support prices for their crops
(b) They should be able to settle their children abroad
(c) Raised wages
(d) None of these
18. 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.
19. According to the World Development Report a country is considered rich when the per
capita income is more than which of the following figures?
(a) Rs 24,000 per annum
(b) Rs 37,000 per annum
(c) Rs 4,53,000 per annum
(d) Rs 5,43,000 per annum
20. 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.
21. Groundwater overuse in India is how much
(a) one-third of country
(b) one-fourth of country
(c) one-fifth of country
(d) two-fifth of country
22. 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.
23. Which one of the following statements defines ‘Literacy Rate’?
(a) Total literate population divided by total population
(b) Total literate population divided by literate population
(c) Proportion of illiterate population in the 18 and above age group.
(d) It measures the proportion of literate proportion in the 7 years and above age group.
24. One common development goal among the people is:
(a) family
(b) freedom
(c) income
(d) security
25. Which of the following things money cannot buy?
(a) Building
(b) Pollution free environment
(c) Flowers
(d) Books
26. Which one of the following is not a feature of developing country?
(a) Agriculture as the major occupation
(b) High technological development
(c) Mass poverty
(d) Mass illiteracy
27. Proportion of literate population in the 7 years and above age group is termed as
(a) Education index
(b) Mortality ratio
(c) Literacy rate
(d) Gross enrolment ratio
28. Human Development Index compares countries based on which of the following levels of
the people?
(a) Educational level
(b) Health status
(c) Per capita Income
(d) All the above
29. The developmental goal for a girl from a rich family is:
(a) to get more days of work
(b) to get as much freedom as her brother gets
(c) to get electricity
(d) to get better wages
30. Per capita income is:
(a) income per person
(b) income per family
(c) income per earning person
(d) income per month
31. Which one of the following is a developmental goal for industrialists?
(a) To get more days of work
(b) To get better wages
(c) To get more electricity
(d) All the above
32. The countries with per capita income of US $955 (2017) or less are termed as
(a) Low income countries
(b) Developing countries
(c) Developed countries
(d) Rich countries
33. Development goals of different sections of our society can be achieved by:
(a) Force
(b) Democratic political process
(c) Violent agitation
(d) Terrorism
34.For development, people look at a mix of ______.
a) goals
b) responsibilities
c) accountability
d) none of the above
35. For comparison between countries, total income is not such a useful measure.
State whether true or false.
a) true
b) false
36. Since countries have different _______, comparing total income will not tell us
what an average person is likely to earn.
a) economic policies
b) reserves
c) resources
d) populations
37. In World Development Reports, brought out by the_________, per capita income
criterion is used in classifying countries.
a) UNICEF
b) World Bank
c) World Economic Forum.
d) United Nations
38. Countries with per capita income of US$ 12616 per annum and above in 2012 are
called ______.
a) underdeveloped countries
b) developing countries
c) poor countries
d) rich countries
39. India comes in the category of ________ countries because its per capita income
in 2012 was just US$ 1530 per annum.
a) low middle income
b) middle income
c) high middle income
d) none of the above
40. Among the following states, __________ has the highest per capita income as per
2012-13 figures.
a) Maharashtra
b) Bihar
c) Kerala
d) Jharkhand
41. Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) indicates the number of children that die before the age
of ____________ as a proportion of 100 live children born in that particular year.
a) four years
b) one year
c) two years
d) three years
42) Literacy rate measures the proportion of the literate population in the _________
age group.
a) 10 and above
b) 21 and above
c) 7 and above
d) 18 and above
43) Net Attendance Ratio is the total number of children of the age group ________
attending school as a percentage of the total number of children in the same age
group.
a) 17 and 18 years
b) 9 and 10 years
c) 12 and 13 years
d) 14 and 15 years
44) As per the 2011 census, which among the following states has the highest literacy
rate?
a) Kerala
b) Maharashtra
c) Bihar
d) Odisha
45) As per the 2011 census, which among the following states has the highest infant
mortality rate per 1000 live births?
a) Kerala
b) Bihar
c) Maharashtra
d) All of the above
46) From the given table in the chapter, which state has the highest net attendance
ratio?
a) Gujarat
b) Maharashtra
c) Kerala
d) Bihar
47) Which of the following statements about money are true?
a) Money cannot buy you a pollution-free environment.
b) Money cannot ensure that you get unadulterated medicines.
c) Money may also not be able to protect you from infectious diseases.
d) All of the above.
48) If the Body Mass Index (BMI) is _________, then the adult person would be
considered undernourished.
a) less than 18.5
b) less than 10.5
c) less than 25.5
d) less than 28.5
49) If the Body Mass Index (BMI) is _________, then the adult person would be
considered overweight.
a) more than 18
b) more than 30
c) more than 45
d) more than 25
50) Human Development Report published by UNDP compares countries based on
_________.
a) health status
b) per capita income
c) educational levels of the people
d) all of the above
51) As per the 2013 report, ________ had the HDI rank of 135 in the world.
a) Sri Lanka
b) Pakistan
c) India
d) Bangladesh
52) Among the following South Asian countries, ______ had the highest life
expectancy at birth.
a) Myanmar
b) Sri Lanka
c) Nepal
d) India
53. Per capita income hides
(a) disparities
(b) average income
(c) total population
(d) none of these
54. 4.Dividing the total income of country with its population, we get
I. Per-Capita income
II. National income
III. Average Income
IV. Total Income
(a) Only III
(b) I and II
(c) All of the above
(d) None of these
55. The per-capita income of different countries is counted in which currency?
(a) Rupees
(b) Pounds
(c) US Dollars
(d) Canadian Dollars
56. Among Haryana, Kerala and Bihar, the lowest per- capita income state is Bihar. It shows
that
(a) Bihar has high standard of living
(b) People are earning less in Kerala
(c) Maharashtra has more number of rich people
(d) On an average, people in Bihar have low income
57. Which one of the following is not a base for preparation of Human Development Index
(HDI)
(a) Literacy rate
(b) Life expectancy
(c) Industrialization
(d) Per capita income
58. Classical view of economic development includes
(a) per capita income
(b) national Income
(c) none of these
(d) both a and b
59. Full form of SED is
60. IMR stands for
(a) Infant Mortality Ratio
(b) Indian Mortality Ratio
(c) International Mortality Ratio
(d) none of these
61. Body mass index is used to calculate
(a) Nourishment level
(b) Body growth
(c) Only a
(d) Both a and b
62. Q. Assertion: The crude oil reserves are going down for the entire world, and the
countries need to find substitute fuel for crude oil.
Reason: A country that is dependent on imports for crude oil will demand more crude oil in
the future.
63. Q. Assertion: The average income of a country is about USS 12,056; however, the
country is still not a developed country.
Reason: The income levels are highly skewed for the country.
64 Q. Assertion: Sustainable development is essential for economic growth of the
countries.
Reason: Sustainable development ensures that environment friendly measures are adopted
for carrying out production processes.
65 Q. Assertion: Suppose the literacy rate in a state is 78% and the net attendance ratio in
secondary stage is 47%.
Reason: More than half of the students are going to other states for elementary
education.
66Q. Assertion: A state has a per capita income of Rs. 2, 25, 000 per annum. The infant
mortality rate in the state is 2%. So, the state cannot be considered a developed state.
Reason: There are medical facilities in the state, but people fail to take their children to
hospital in time.
67 Q. Assertion: A small town has a high rate of robbery; however, a locality in this town
has well- maintained law and order.
Reason: The people in the locality are aware of the importance of having security guards,
and they collectively pay to have the security guards in the locality.
68 Q. Assertion: A high average income is not indicative of the overall well-being or human
development in a country.
Reason: Average income does not cover indicators like level of literacy rate, health facilities
and public facilities in a country.
