Economic growth and human development-questions

 

1. One of the reasons for India’s occupational structure

remaining more or less the same over the years has been

that:

(a) investment pattern has been directed towards capital

intensive industries

(b) productivity in agriculture has been high enough to

induce people to stay with agricultural

(c) ceiling on land holdings have enabled more people to

own land and hence their preference to stay with agriculture

(d) people are largely unaware of the significance of

transition from agriculture to industry for economic

development .

 

2. The main reason for low growth rate in India, in spite of high

rate of savings and capital formation is :

(a) high birth rate

(b) low level of foreign and

(c) low capital output ratio

(d) high capital output ratio

 

3. Human Development Index comprises literacy rates, life

expectancy at birth and

(a) Gross National Product per head in the US dollars

(b) Gross Domestic Product per head at real purchasing

power

(c) Gross National Product in US dollars

(d) National Income per head in US dollars

 

4. Human Poverty Index was introduced in the Human

Development Report of the year:

(a) 1994 (b) 1995

(c) 1996 (d) 1997

 

5. The first Indian State to have its Human Development

Report prepared and released by Amartya Kumar Sen in

Delhi is :

(a) West Bengal (b) Kerala

(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Andhra Pradesh

 

6. Indian Human Development Report does not give for each

sample village:

(a) Infrastructure and Amenities Index

(b) Education Related Index

(c) Health Related Index

(d) Unemployment Related Index

 

7. The most appropriate measure of economic growth is its:

 (a) Gross Domestic Product of a country’s

(b) Net Domestic Product

(c) Net National Product

(d) Per Capita Real Income

 

8. Economic growth is usually coupled with

(a) Deflation (b) Inflation

(c) Stagflation (d) Hyperinflation

 

9. Consider the following specific stages of demographic

transition associated with economic development :

1. Low birthrate with low death rate

2. High birthrate with high death rate

3. High birthrate with low death rate

Select the correct order of the above stages using the codes

given below :

(a) 1, 2, 3 (b) 2, 1, 3

(c) 2, 3, 1 (d) 3, 2, 1

 

10. Who among the following constitute the National

Development Council?

1. The Prime Minister

2. The Chairman, Finance Commission

3. Ministers of the Union Cabinet

4. Chief Ministers of the States

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

(a) 1, 2 and 3 only (b) 1, 3 and 4 only

(c) 2 and 4 only (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4