CBSE Class 10 - Economics - Ch 1 - Development (MCQs)

DEVELOPMENT

MCQs

Q1: We can obtain per capita income 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


Q2: Kerala has low infant Mortality Rate because:
(a) it has good climate condition
(b) it has adequate infrastructure
(c) it has adequate provision of basic health and educational facilities
(d) it has poor net attendance ratio


Q3: Human Development Index compares countries based on which of the following levels of the people?

(a) education level
(b) health status
(c) per capita income
(d) All of the above


Q4: What does infant mortality indicate?
(a) Literate populatio in the 7 and above age
(b) The number of children that die before the age of one year as a proportion of 1000 live children.
(c) The total number of children attending the school.
(d) The number of children born in a year.




Q5: According to the World Bank, the criterion used to classify countries with the income of Rs. 4,53,000 per annum and above in 2004 is considered as:
(a) Low income countries
(b) Rich countries
(c) Average countries
(d) Underdeveloped countries


Q6: Which of the following things money cannot buy?
(a) Building
(b) Flowers
(c) Pollution free environment
(d) Books


Q7: Which one of the following is not a measure of development in the Human Development Report of the UNDP?

(a) Per capita income in US$
(b) Education Levels of the people
(c) Body Mass Index
(d) Life expectancy at birth


Q8: In which state in India is the infant mortality rate lowest?
(a) Kerala
(b) Bihar
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Punjab


Q9:  BMI(Body Mass Index) is a method of finding out which of the following?
(a) Infant Mortality
(b) Health status
(c) Longevity
(d) Economic Status


Q10: Which of the following neighbours of India ranks higher on the Human Development Index?
(a) Nepal
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) Bhutan
(d) Pakistan


Q11: According to 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


Q12: Income alone is not a completely adequate indicator of development of a country. Which one of the following is not correct with regard to this statement?
(a) Money cannot ensure a pollution free environment for individual
(b) Some people earn more than others do
(c) Money helps us buy only material goods and services
(d) Money does not ensure respect and dignity for individuals


Q13: Infant Mortality Rate refers to the number of children that die:
(a) before the age of one year as a proportion to 1000 live births in that particular year.
(b) before the age of five years as a proportion to 1000 live births in that particular year.
(c) before the age of one year as a proportion to 100 live births in that particular year.
(d) out of 1000 live births in that particular year.


Q14: Development goals of different sections of our society can be achieved by:
(a) Force
(b) Democratic Political process
(c) Violent Agitation
(d) Terrorism


Q15: Which of the following states of India has low IMR?

(a) Punjab
(b) Kerala
(c) Bihar
(d) None of these


Answers
Ans.1:(b) by dividing the national income by the total population of a country
Ans.2:(c) it has adequate provision of basic health and educational facilities
Ans.3:(d) All of the above
Ans.4:(b) The number of children that die before the age of one year as a proportion of 1000
    live children.
Ans.5:(b) Rich countries
Ans.6:(c) Pollution free environment
Ans.7:(a) Per capita income in US$  [Not Sure]
Ans.8:(a) Kerala
Ans.9:(b) Health status
Ans.10:(b) Sri Lanka
Ans.11:(c) Rs.4,53,000 per annum
Ans.12:(d) Money does not ensure respect and dignity for individuals
Ans.13:(a) before the age of one year as a proportion to 1000 live births in that
 particular year.
Ans.14:(b) Democratic Political process
Ans.15:(b) Kerala