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CHAPTER 1
Development
Multiple Choice Questions
Q.1. Which of the following is the most important component for comparing different countries?                                                           Â
(a) Population
(b) Income
(c) Per capita income
(d) Resources
Q.2. Countries with per capita income of …………or less are called low income countries                                                                                  Â
(a) US $ 955
(b) US $ 1200Â
(c) US $ 12,056
(d) US $ 1800
Q.3. What does Infant Mortality Rats indicate?
(a) Literate population 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.
Q.4. Literacy rate measures the proportion of literate population in the ……….. and above age group.                                                      Â
(a) Five
(b) Six
(c) Seven
(d) Eight
Q.5. “Kerala has low infant mortality rate.” Which of the following is appropriate reason for the same?                             Â
(a) It has adequate provision of basic health and educational facilities.
(b) It has highest per capita income.
(c) It has natural resources.
(d) The government of Kerala is very efficient.
Q.6. In which state in India is the infant mortality rate lowest?
 (a) Kerala
(b) Bihar
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Punjab
Q.7. Infant mortality rate refers to the number of the 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.
Q.8. Which of the following is most likely to be a development goal for landless rural labourers as :Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
(a) Highest support prices for their crops.
(b) They should be able to settle their children abroad.
(c) Raised wages.
(d) None of these.
Q.9. Which one of the following Its also called Income?   Â
(a) National Income
(b) Per Capital Income
(c) Total Income
(d) All the mentioned above
Q.10. Life expectancy at birth means:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
(a) average expected length of life of a person at the time of birth.
(b) average expected length of a life of a person at time of death.
(c) average expected length of a child at time of birth.
(d) none of above.
Q.11. Which one of the following statement defines ‘Literacy Rate’:
 (a) Total literate population divided by total population.
(b) Total literate population divided by total literate population.
(c) Proportion of literate population in the 18 and above age group.
(d) It measures the proportion of literate population in the 7 years and above age group.
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Q.12. Which of the following do we get when we divided the National Income of a country by its total population ?
(a) Per Capita Income
(b) Gross Development Product
(c) Human Development Index
(d) None of the above
Q.13. Which one of the following countries has the largest size of illiterate population in the age group of 15% in the world?
(a) India
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) Myanmar
(d) Bangladesh
Q.14. ………….Is considered to be one of the most Important attributes for development.
(a) Per Capita Income
(b) Average literacy level
(c) Health status of the people
(d) Safety
Q.15. Which state among the following has the lowest literacy rate?
(a) Punjab
(b) Bihar
(c) Kerala
(d) Tamil Nadu
ANSWERS:
| 1. (c) Per capita income |
| 2. (a) US $ 955 |
| 3. (b) The number of children that die before the age of one year as a proportion of 1000 live children. |
| 4. (c) Seven |
| 5. (a) It has adequate provision of basic health and educational facilities. |
| 6. (a) Kerala |
| 7. (a) Before the age of one year as a proportion to 1000 live births in that particular year. |
| 8. (c) Raised wages. |
| 9. (b) Per Capital Income |
| 10. (a) average expected length of life of a person at the time of birth. |
| 11. (d) It measures the proportion of literate population in the 7 years and above age group. |
| 12. (a) Per Capita Income |
| 13. (d) Bangladesh |
| 14. (a) Per Capita Income |
| 15. (b) Bihar |
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