DEVELOPMENT (MCQs)
1. India’s HDI rank in the world is:
(a) 125 (b) 115 (c) 130 (d) 134
2. 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
3. In terms of HDI, which of the following countries is ahead of India?
(a) Bangladesh (b) Sri Lanka (c) Nepal (d) Bhutan
4. In which state in India is the infant mortality rate lowest?
(a) Kerala (b) Bihar (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Punjab
5. We can obtain per capita income (PCI) of a country by calculating:
(a) the total income of a person
(b) by dividing the national income by the total population of a country
(c) the total value of all goods and services
(d) the total exports of the country.
6. 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
7. The countries with per capita income of US$ 2500 (2019) or less are termed as
(a) Low income countries (b) Developing countries (c) Developed countries (d) Rich countries
8. Which one of the following criteria is the basis to measure the development of a country
according to UNDP?
(a) Per capita income (b) Educational levels of the people
(c) Health status of the people (d) All the above
9. Which one of the following states has the highest Human Development Index (HDI)?
(a) Kerala (b) Punjab (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) West Bengal
10. 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
11. 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
12. Among the following South Asian countries, ______ had the highest life expectancy at birth.
a) Myanmar b) Sri Lanka c) Nepal d) India
1. What is What is Economic development?
The process to enhance the financial and other physical conditions of a nation , is called
Economic development.
2. What is Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) ?
The no. of children die before the age of 1 year in 1000 live birth in a calendar year is called
Infant Mortality Rate.
3. What is Literacy Rate?
It measures the proportion of literate population in the age group of 7 years and above.
4. What is Net Attendance Ratio?
It is the total no. of children between the age group of 6 – 10 attending as a percentage of
total no. of children in the same age group.
5. What are the important factor for calculating HDI (Human Development Index)
i. Per Capita Income
ii. Infant Mortality Rate
iii. Literacy Rate
iv. Net Attendance Ratio
6. What is Per Capita Income?
Per capita Income means average income of individual that is calculated, National income
divided by total population.
7. What is BMI (Body Mass Index)
Weight of individual is divided by the square of height of him/her. It should be 25.
18.5 to 24.9 is the normal BMI. If the value of BMI is between 25 to 29.9 , it is over weight
Below 18.5 is under weight.
8. How the developmental aspirations are some times conflicting each other.
i. Industrialists wanted more dams to get more electricity. On the other hand, tribal people do not
want more dams, which submerge their land and disrupt their life.
ii. A girl expects as much freedom and opportunity as her brother but the brother may not like it.
9. Why do different people can have different development goals.?
i. The life situation differs from each other.
ii. Development or progress does not mean the same thing for every individual.
iii. development for a farmer might be irrigation facilities
iv. for unemployed youth, it may mean employment opportunities, etc.
10. Why do we need Average when we compare two countries for economic development?
i. It is so because the no. of population of a given country may vary from other regardless of their
size.
ii. But it has got some limitation as Average income does not show the exact distribution of wealth
among people.
11. Why is the issue of sustainability important for development?
i. It is important because future generations should not suffer due to the development
programmes of the present generation.
ii. Issue of sustainability consider judicious use of resources, adopt measures to prevent
environmental pollution and to avoid wastages.
12. In what respects is the criterion used by the UNDP for measuring development different
from the one used by the World Bank?
i. United Nations Development Programe used three criteria, life expectancy(health status) ,
literacy rate and per capita income as the criteria to measure human development where as
World Bank used per capita income only as the criterion to classify countries.
ii. The World Bank considered the economic aspect i.e the average income only whereas UNDP
considered over all achievement in different aspects like health status, educational achievements
and average income to measure human development.
