MCQ 11 Mark
If women are engaged in paid work, what difference does it make?
- A
Their dignity in the household and society decreases.
- B
Household work of women decreases.
- C
Income of the family is reduced.
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Their dignity in the household and society increases.
AnswerCorrect option: D. Their dignity in the household and society increases.
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How do ration shops under the Public Distribution System $\text{(PDS)}$ help people?
- A
By maintaining the nutritional status of the people.
- B
By making food available at lower cost.
- ✓
Both $(a)$ and $(b).$
- D
AnswerCorrect option: C. Both $(a)$ and $(b).$
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- ✓
Total income of the country divided by the total population.
- B
Total income of the country divided by the rich people.
- C
Total income of the country divided by the working population.
- D
AnswerCorrect option: A. Total income of the country divided by the total population.
Average income is the total income of the country divided by the total population.
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In terms of human development, which of the following countries is ahead of India?
MCQ 51 Mark
$\text{HDI}$ stands for :
- A
Heavy Developed Industry.
- ✓
- C
Heavy Developed Infrastructure.
- D
Heavy Industries Development.
Answer$\text{HDI}$ stands for Human Development Index.
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Countries with per capita income of $₹\ 37,000$ or less are called :
AnswerSuch countries are called low $-$ income countries.
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In the comparative data on Haryana, Kerala, and Uttar Pradesh which state has the highest literacy rate?
MCQ 81 Mark
Read this newspaper report and answer the questions that follow :
A vessel dumped $500$ tons of liquid toxic wastes into open $-$ air dumps in a city and in the surrounding sea. This happened in a city called Abidjan in Ivory Coast, a country in Africa. The fumes from the highly toxic waste caused nausea, skin rashes, fainting, diarrhea etc. After a month seven persons were dead, twenty in hospital and twenty $-$ six thousand treated for symptoms of poisoning. A multinational company dealing in petroleum and metals had contracted a local company of the Ivory Coast to dispose of the toxic waste from its ship. Who are the people who benefitted in this situation?
- A
The People of the Ivory Coast.
- B
Government of the Ivory Coast
- ✓
The Local Company of the Ivory Coast to dispose of the toxic waste from its ship.
- D
The Multinational company dealing with petroleum and metals.
AnswerCorrect option: C. The Local Company of the Ivory Coast to dispose of the toxic waste from its ship.
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Which one of the following is not a measure of development in the Human Development Report of the $\text{UNDP}\ ?$
AnswerCorrect option: B. Educational Levels of the people.
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Where is groundwater overuse particularly found?
MCQ 111 Mark
What brings about stable income?
- A
- B
- ✓
- D
Decent price for their crops or other products.
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The development goal of a girl in a village will be $.........$
- A
To study in a foreign country.
- B
To be free to choose her vocation in life.
- C
To be given equal opportunities to boys.
- ✓
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Study the data and answer the following question.
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State
|
Infant mortality rate per $1,000$ live births $(2016)$
|
Literacy rate $\%$
|
Net attendance ratio $($per $100$ per persons$)$ secondary stage $($age $14$ and $15$ years$) 2013-2014$
|
|
$2011$
|
|
Haryana
|
$33$ |
$82$ |
$61$ |
|
Kerala
|
$10$ |
$94$ |
$83$ |
|
Bihar
|
$38$ |
$62$ |
$43$ |
Sources : Economic survey $2017-2018$ Vol. $2$. government of India National sample survey organisation. $($Report No. $575).$ Which state has the highest infant mortality rate?MCQ 141 Mark
Which one of the following is a development goal common to all?
- A
- B
- C
- ✓
A high level of income and better quality of life.
AnswerCorrect option: D. A high level of income and better quality of life.
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If the Body Mass Index $\text{(BMI)}$ is $ ......... $ then the adult person would be considered overweight.
- A
More than $18.$
- B
More than $30.$
- C
More than $45.$
- ✓
More than $25.$
AnswerCorrect option: D. More than $25.$
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What is the main criterion for comparing the development of different countries?
MCQ 171 Mark
How can we find out if we are properly nourished?
- A
Through good weight and scale.
- ✓
- C
- D
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Human Development Report published by $\text{UNDP}$ compares countries based on.
- A
- B
- C
Educational levels of the people.
- ✓
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In World Development Reports, brought out by the World Bank, which criterion is used in classifying countries?
MCQ 201 Mark
AnswerMoney cannot buy all the above factors.
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The ways in which we can work towards achieving our goals.
- B
Achieving the goal without doing work.
- C
Participation of the people.
- D
AnswerCorrect option: A. The ways in which we can work towards achieving our goals.
Development involves the ways in which we can work towards achieving ours goals.
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Since countries have different $ .........,$ comparing total income will not tell us what an average person is likely to earn.
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Literacy Rate measures the proportion of the literate population in the $ ......... $ age group.
- A
$10$ And above.
- B
$21$ And above.
- ✓
$7$ And above.
- D
$18$ And above.
AnswerCorrect option: C. $7$ And above.
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India comes in the category of $ ......... $ countries because its per capita income in $2012$ was just $\text{US} \ 1530$ per annum.
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What proportion of the country is over using their groundwater reserves?
- A
One $-$ Fourth.
- B
One $-$ Tenth.
- ✓
One $-$ Third.
- D
AnswerCorrect option: C. One $-$ Third.
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Match the following and choose the correct option given.
| |
Column $1$ |
|
Column $2$ |
| $A.$ |
Per capita Income |
$1.$ |
Measures the proportion of literate population in the $7-$ and $-$ above age group. |
| $B.$ |
Infant Mortality rate |
$2.$ |
Compares countries based on the educational levels of the people, their health status and per capita income. |
| $C.$ |
Literacy rate |
$3.$ |
The total income of the country divided by its total population. |
| $D.$ |
Human Development Index |
$4.$ |
Indicates the number of children that die before the age of one year as a proportion of $1000$ live children born in that particular year. |
- ✓
$\ce{A – 3, B – 4, C – 1, D – 2}.$
- B
$\ce{A – 4, B – 3, C – 2, D – 1}.$
- C
$\ce{A – 3, B – 1, C – 4, D – 2}.$
- D
$\ce{A – 2, B – 4, C – 1, D – 3}.$
AnswerCorrect option: A. $\ce{A – 3, B – 4, C – 1, D – 2}.$
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Among the following states $ ......... $ has the highest per capita income as per $2012-13$ figures.
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What is the one factor on which our life depends?
- A
- B
- ✓
Money, or material things that one can buy with it.
- D
AnswerCorrect option: C. Money, or material things that one can buy with it.
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Read the given data and find out which country has most equitable distribution of income Monthly income of five families in country $A$ and country $B$.
| |
$I$ |
$II$ |
$III$ |
$IV$ |
$V$ |
| $A$ |
$9500$ |
$9600$ |
$10000$ |
$10400$ |
$10500$ |
| $B$ |
$3000$ |
$2000$ |
$5000$ |
$4000$ |
$36000$ |
- ✓
Country $A.$
- B
Country $B.$
- C
Country $A$ and $B.$
- D
AnswerCorrect option: A. Country $A.$
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The Developmental goal for a Landless agricultural labour is $ .........$
- ✓
More days of work and better wages.
- B
Assured a high family income through higher support prices for their crops.
- C
They should be able to settle their children abroad.
- D
Proper and developed Irrigational facilities for their crops.
AnswerCorrect option: A. More days of work and better wages.
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In World Development Reports, brought out by the $ .........,$ per capita income criterion is used in classifying countries.
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Over the past decade or so $, ……………$ indicators have come to be widely used along with income as a measure of development?
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Nepal has half the per capita income of India, yet it is not far behind India in :
AnswerCorrect option: C. Life expectancy and literacy levels.
Nepal is not for behind India in life expectancy and literacy levels.
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Gross Enrolment Ratio for three levels means :
- A
Enrolment ratio for primary school, middle school and higher education.
- B
Middle school, secondary school and colleges.
- ✓
Primary school, secondary school and higher education.
- D
AnswerCorrect option: C. Primary school, secondary school and higher education.
Gross Enrolment Ratio for three levels means primary school, secondary school and higher education.
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What can be the developmental goal of a landless rural laboures?
- A
Freedom to decide his occupation.
- ✓
More days of work and better wages.
- C
- D
Good climatic conditions.
AnswerCorrect option: B. More days of work and better wages.
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Besides seeking more income, people also want :
MCQ 371 Mark
Which of the following resources is a non $-$ renewable energy resource?
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Human Development Index compares countries based on which of the following levels of the people?
MCQ 391 Mark
Kerala has a low Infant Mortality Rate because it has :
- A
- B
Pollution free environment.
- ✓
Basic health and educational facilities.
- D
AnswerCorrect option: C. Basic health and educational facilities.
Kerala has low Infant Mortality Rate because of basic health and educational facilities.
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Which category does India come under?
- ✓
High $-$ income countries.
- B
Low middle $-$ income countries.
- C
Low $-$ income countries.
- D
High middle $-$ income countries.
AnswerCorrect option: A. High $-$ income countries.
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According to the Human Development Report, $2018,$ United Nations Development Programme which two countries have a higher Life expectancy at Birth rate than India?
View full question & answer→MCQ 421 Mark
The per capita income of Sri Lanka in $\ce{US} $ is :
- A
$102.7$
- B
$222.5$
- C
$149.0$
- ✓
$439.0$
AnswerCorrect option: D. $439.0$
It is $439.0$.
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For comparison between countries :
- A
Total income is a useful measure.
- ✓
Total income is not such an useful measure.
- C
Both $(a) $ and $(b).$
- D
AnswerCorrect option: B. Total income is not such an useful measure.
For comparison between countries total income is not such an useful measure.
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The per capita income of India in $\text{US} $ is :
- ✓
$313.9$
- B
$222.5$
- C
$149.0$
- D
$439.0$
AnswerCorrect option: A. $313.9$
It is $313.9$.
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What can money not buy you?
AnswerCorrect option: C. Pollution $-$ free environment.
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Assume there are four families in a country. The average per capita income of these families is $Rs. 5000.$ If the income of three families is $Rs. 4000, Rs. 7000$ and $Rs. 3000$ respectively, what is the income of the fourth family?
- A
$Rs. 7500.$
- B
$Rs. 3000.$
- C
$Rs. 2000.$
- ✓
$Rs. 6000.$
AnswerCorrect option: D. $Rs. 6000.$
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Nearly $………..$ of the country is overusing their groundwater reserves?
- ✓
Two $-$ third.
- B
One $-$ third.
- C
- D
AnswerCorrect option: A. Two $-$ third.
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Underemployment occurs when people :
- A
- B
Are working in a lazy manner.
- ✓
Are working less than what they are capable of doing.
- D
Are not paid for their work.
AnswerCorrect option: C. Are working less than what they are capable of doing.
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The calculation of per capita income of all countries is made in :
MCQ 501 Mark
Why does Kerala have a low Infant Mortality Rate?
- ✓
Adequate provision of basic health and educational facilities.
- B
- C
Pollution Free environment.
- D
AnswerCorrect option: A. Adequate provision of basic health and educational facilities.
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