Development

Pick out the cause that enhances environmental degradation:

• Prevention of factory wastes getting mixed up with river water

• Allowing an increase in the level of exhaust fumes emitted by cars, buses, trucks, etc.

• Ban on use of plastic bags.

• Plantation

Development of a country can generally be determined by its:

• per capita income

• average literacy level

• health status of its people

• none of these

Proportion of literate population in the 7 and above age group is called as:

• Knowledge rate

• Literacy rate

• Attendance rate

• Excellence Rate

HDI stands for

• Human democracy interest

• Human development interest

• Human development index

• All of the above

Which state has a low infant mortality rate?

• Kerela

• Maharashtra

• Punjab

• Gujrat

Pick out the correct meaning listed below to define ‘average income’.

• The average income of the country means the total income of the country.

• The average income in a country is the income of only employed people.

• The average income is the same as per capita income.

• The average income includes the value of property held.

What will be the top priority in the developmental goal of a landless laborer?

• Expansion of rural banking

• More days of work with better wages

• To get a seat in politics

• To be a part of the Indian army

What brings about a stable income?

• Regular work and better wage

• Better wages

• Regular work

• All of the above

Different persons could have_________notions of a country’s development.

• Same

• Different

• No Notion

• None of the above

In World Development Reports, brought out by the World Bank, which criterion is used in classifying countries?

• Total income

• Gross income

• Per capita income

• Net income