DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE OF INDIA – A COMPARISON WITH NEIGHBOURS

India is not a member of which of the following regional / global economic groups?

• (a) European Union

• (b) BRICS

• (c) G20

• (d) SAARC

Identify the correct alternative with reference to the following statement: “Between 1966-76, Mao introduced this movement under which professionals and students were asked to work and learn from real life situations prevailing in the countryside of China.”

• (a) Commune System

• (b) Great Leap Forward

• (c) Open Door Policy

• (d) Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

Read the following statements carefully. Choose the correct option:

Statement 1: Amongst India, China and Pakistan, China is the largest nation and has the highest population density.

Statement 2: One-child policy introduced in the late 1970s in China led to a considerable decline in the population growth rate. In the light of the given statements, choose the correct alternative from the following:

• (a) Statement 1 is true and Statement 2 is false.

• (b) Statement 1 is false and Statement 2 is true.

• © Both Statements 1 and 2 are true.

• (d) Both Statements 1 and 2 are false.

Read the following statements carefully:

Statement 1: In the agricultural sector, communes were established, where land holdings were allocated to individual households for ownership.

Statement 2: Special Economic Zones (SEZs) were established to attract foreign investments and technology. In light of the given statements, choose the correct alternative from the following:

• (a) Statement 1 is true and Statement 2 is false.

• (b) Statement 1 is false and Statement 2 is true.

• (c) Both Statements 1 and 2 are true.

• (d) Both Statements 1 and 2 are false.

Economic reforms were introduced in the year___ in India and in the year____in Pakistan.

• (a) 1978, 1988

• (b) 1988, 1978

• (c) 1978, 1991

• (d) 1991, 1988

Read the following statements carefully and choose the correct alternative given below:

Assertion (A): The aim of Great Leap Forward Campaign initiated in China was to transform agrarian economy into a modern economy through rapid industrialisation.

Reason (R): Under Great Leap Forward Campaign, students and professionals were sent to work and learn from the countryside.

Alternatives:

• (a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).

• (b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, and Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).

• (c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is False.

• (d) Assertion (A) is False but Reason (R) is true.

Statement (1): In the agricultural sector, communes were established, where land holdings were allocated to individual households for ownership.

Statement (2): Special Economic Zones (SEZs) were established to attract foreign investments and technology.

• (a) Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false

• (b) Statement 1 is false and statement 2 is true

• (c) Both the statements are true.

• (d) Both the statements are false.

The Great Leap Forward (GLF) campaign in China focused on .

• (a) Widespread industrialisation

• (b) New agricultural strategy

• © Privatisation

• (d) Economic reforms

• Multiple reasons for economic slowdown and re-emergence of poverty in Pakistan may be enumerated."

Identify which of the following may not be one of them:

• (i) Rising dependence on foreign loans

• (ii) Stable macroeconomic indicators

• (iii) Unstable agricultural growth

  Alternatives:

• (a) (i), (ii) and (iii)

• (b) (ii) and (iii)

• (c) (i) and (iii)

• (d) Only (ii)

On the basis of the data given below, identify the incorrect statement in terms of annual growth of GDP (%): (Choose the correct alternative) Annual Growth of Gross Domestic Product (%), 1980-2017

Country 1980-90 2015-17

India 5.7 7.3

China 10.3 6.8

Pakistan 6.3 5.3

• (a) China was able to maintain near double-digit growth during the 1980s.

• (b) Pakistan was ahead of India during 1980-2017.

• (c) India experienced a rapid rise in Gross Domestic Product during 2015-17

• (d) Both China and Pakistan experienced a decline in growth rate during 2015-17.