MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
Q.1. Per capita income is :
(a) income per person (b)
income per family
(c) income per earning person
(d) income per month
Ans.
(a)
Q.2. What the countries with per capita income of Rs 4,53,000 per annum and
above (in 2004)
are called?
(a) Rich countries (b)
Low-income countries
(c) Developing countries (d)
None of the above
Ans.
(a)
Q.3. Which is the most important attribute to compare countries?
(a) Human Development Index
(HDI) (b) Literacy rate
(c) Export earnings (d) Income
Ans.
(a)
Q.4. Which of the following resources is a non-renewable energy resource?
(a) Solar radiations (b) Crude
oil (c) Wind energy (d) All the above
Ans.
(b)
Q.5. Which country among India's neighbours has the highest per capita income?
(a) Bhutan (b) Sri Lanka (c)
Nepal (d) Bangladesh
Ans.
(b)
Q.6. Per capita incomes of countries for international comparison are expressed
in :
(a) Rupees (b) Dollars (c)
Pounds (d) None of the above
Ans.
(b)
Q.7. 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
Ans.
(c)
Q.8. Net Attendence Ratio is the total number of children of age group _____
attending
schools as a percentage of total number of children in the same age group
(a) 0-3 years (b) 8-10 years
(c) 5-7 years (d) 6-10 years
Ans.
(d)
Q.9. The countries with per capita income of 935 US $ (2007) or less are termed
as
(a) Low income countries (b)
Developing countries
(c) Developed countries (d)
Rich countries
Ans.
(a)
Q.10. One common development goal among the people is :
[HOTS]
(a) family (b) freedom (c)
income (d) security
Ans.
(c)
Q.11. Cause of high infant mortality rate is :
(a) inadequate facilities of
health (b) lack of infrastructural facilities
(c) lack of awareness (d) both
(a) and (b)
Ans.
(d)
Q.12. Which of the following neighbouring countries has better performance in
terms of
human development rank than India ?
(a) Bhutan (b) Sri Lanka (c)
Nepal (d) None of the above
Ans.
(b)
Q.13. Development of a country can generally be determined by
(a) its per capita income (b)
its average literacy level
(c) health status of its
people (d) all the above
Ans.
(d)
Q.14. Which of the following had the highest per capita income in 2007?
(a) Sri Lanka (b) India (c)
Pakistan (d) Bangladesh
Ans.
(a)
Q.15. Which of the following is having highest human development rank in 2007?
(a) India (b) Pakistan (c)
Nepal (d) Bangladesh
Ans.
(a)
Q.16. Sex ratio in India in 2001 was :
(a) 913 (b) 923 (c) 933 (d)
943
Ans.
(c)
Q.17. What is necessary for good health?
(a) Balanced diet (b)
Nutritious diet (c) Healthcare facilities (d) All the above
Ans.
(d)
Q.18. Groundwater overuse in India is how much
(a) one-third of country (b)
one-fourth of country
(c) one-fifth of country (d)
two-fifth of country
Ans.
(a)
PREVIOUS YEARS’ QUESTIONS
Q.1. 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.
Ans.
(b)
Q.2. Kerala has low Infant Mortaliy Rate because:
(a) it has good climatic
condition (b) it has adequate infrastructure
(c) it has adequate provision
of basic health and educational facilities
(d) it has poor net attendence
ratio
Ans.
(c)
Q.3. Human Development Index compares countries based on which of the following
levels of
the people?
(a) Educational level (b)
Health status (c) Per capita Income (d) All the above
Ans.
(d)
Q.4. What does Infant Mortality Rate indicate?
(a) Literate population in the
7 and above age group.
(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.
Ans.
(b)
Q.5. According to the World Bank, the countries with an income of Rs. 4,53,000
per annum
and above in 2004 were considered as :
(a) Low income countries (b)
Rich countries
(c) Average countries (d)
Underdeveloped countries
Ans.
(b)
Q.6. Which of the following things money cannot buy?
(a) Building (b) Pollution
free environment (c) Flowers (d) Books
Ans.
(b)
OR
What money cannot buy?
(a) Medicines (b) Clothes
(c) Pollution free environment
(d) None of these
Ans.
(c)
Q.7. 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) Educational Levels of the people
(c) Body Mass Index (d) Life
Expectancy at Birth
Ans.
(c)
Q.8. In which state in India is the infant mortality rate lowest?
(a) Kerala (b) Bihar (c) Uttar
Pradesh (d) Punjab
Ans.
(a)
Q.9. 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
Ans.
(b)
Q.10. According to the 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
Ans.
(c)
Q.11. In terms of human development, which of the following countries is ahead
of India?
(a) Bangladesh (b) Sri Lanka
(c) Nepal (d) Bhutan
Ans.
(b)
Q.12. Which of the following is most likely to be a development goal for
landless rural labourers?
(a) Higher support prices for
their crops
(b) They should be able to
settle their children abroad
(c) Raised wages (d) None of
these
Ans.
(c)
Q.13. Which is the most important attribute for comparing the development of
countries ?
(a) Resources (b) Population (c) Average
income (d) None of these
Ans.
(d)
Q.14. Which of the following countries has higher HDI rank than India?
(a) Sri Lanka (b) Nepal (c)
Bangladesh (d) Pakistan
Ans.
(a)
Q.15. Development of the country can generally be determined by
(a) Its per capita income (b)
Its average literacy rate
(c) Health status of its
people (d) None of these
Ans.
(a)
Q.16. If there are five persons in a family and their total income is Rs 20,000/
- what would be
the average income of each person?
(a) Rs. 6000/- (b) Rs. 4000/-
(c) Rs. 5000/- (d) Rs. 10,000/-
Ans.
(b)
Q.17. Which one of the following states has the highest Human Development Index
(HDI)?
(a) Kerala (b) Punjab (c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) West Bengal
Ans.
(a)
Q.18. Underemployment occurs when people:
(a) do not want to work
(b) are working in a lazy
manner
(c) are working less than what
they are capable of doing
(d) are not paid for their
work
Ans.
(c)
Q.19. What was the annual per capita income of India in 2004 ?
(a) Rs. 37,000 (b) Rs.
4,53,000 (c) Rs. 28,000 (d) Rs. 38,000
Ans.
(c)
Q.20. Which one of the following is a developmental goal for industrialists?
(a) To get more days of work
(b) To get better wages
(c) To get more electricity
(d) All the above
Ans.
(c)
Q.21. Which one of the following criteria is the basis to measure the
development of a
country according to UNDP? [2010 (T-1)]
(a) Per capita income (b)
Educational levels of the people
(c) Health status of the
people (d) All the above
Ans.
(d)
Q.22. 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
Ans.
(c)
Q.23. Which one of the following is the most important attribute while comparing
the level of
development of various countries? [2010 (T-1)]
(a) Population (b) Social
status of the people
(c) Political status (d) Per
capita income
Ans.
(b)
Q.24. Which of the following is true of the people’s goals in addition to higher
income?
(a) Equal treatment (b) Freedom (c)
Respect and security (d) All the above
Ans.
(d)
Q.25. The developmental goal for a girl from a rich family is :
(a) to get more days of work
(b) to get as much freedom as her brother gets
(c) to get electricity (d) to
get better wages
Ans.
(b)
Q.26. Which one of the following is not a component of Human Development Index?
(a) Per capita income (b) Life expectancy
(c) Literacy rate (d) Poverty rate
Ans.
(d)
Q.27. Which one of the following organizations has prepared Human Development
Report?
(a) World Bank (b) IMF (c) UNDP (d) UNO
Ans.
(c)
Q.28. Which one of the following is not a feature of developing country?
(a) Agriculture as the major
occupation (b) High technological development
(c) Mass poverty (d) Mass illiteracy
Ans.
(b)
Q.29. Which one of the following statements defines ‘Literacy Rate’?
(a) Total literate population
divided by total population
(b) Total literate population
divided by literate population
(c) Proportion of illiterate
population in the 18 and above age group.
(d) It measures the proportion
of literate proportion in the 7 years and above age group.
Ans.
(c)
Q.30. Which area of the world has the largest crude oil reserves?
(a) U.S.A. (b) Russia (c)
China (d) The Middle East
Ans.
(d)
Q.31. Life expectancy at birth means
(a) average expected length of
life of a person at the time of birth
(b) average expected length of
life of a person at the time of death
(c) average expected length of
a child at the time of birth
(d) None of the above
Ans.
(a)
Q.32. Development goals of different sections of our society can be achieved by
(a) Force (b) Democratic
political process
(c) Violent agitation (d)
Terrorism
Ans.
(b)
Q.33. India’s HDI rank in the world is :
(a) 125 (b) 115 (c) 126 (d)
134
Ans.
(c)