WorksheetsLesson 37 Test Review: India's Comparative Advantage
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 24mins
Which term best describes hiring someone outside a company to do work that was once done by the company's own workers?
recycling
outsourcing
smart growth
division of labor
India today is the world's largest
democracy.
nation-state.
cultural region.
developed country.
Which city in India is the main hub of IT work?
Bangalore
Chennai
Hyderabad
Mumbai
How many standard time zones are there in the world today?
12
24
30
60
What is one comparative advantage that India has over many other countries in attracting IT jobs from the United States?
India's brain drain
India's caste system
many Hindi speakers
many English speakers
Which nation was responsible for making English the dominant second language for educated Indians?
Australia
United States
Great Britain
Canada
What does it mean when we say that about a third of India's population is illiterate?
They have a lung disease.
They cannot read or write.
They cannot vote.
They are skilled at IT.
What is NOT a reason why India has a comparative advantage over some other countries in attracting IT jobs from the United States?
Indians are willing to work for lower wages than American.
About 10% of all Indians speak some English.
India has a mild climate.
India has many workers who are well-trained in the IT field.
In what year did India gain its independence from Great Britain?
1947
1991
1951
2001
Name 3 areas of life in which English is still the dominant language used in India.
dance, movie industry, and cultural celebrations
business, government, and higher education
fine arts, trade, and industry
farming, weaving, and fishing
What are 2 reasons why not all Indians have equal educational opportunities?
India does not have enough schools, and what schools that they do have are not big enough for all students.
Indians do not value education, and they discourage children born into all castes from attending school.
Brain drain outweighs brain gain in India, and there aren't enough students who are prepared to attend college there.
Poor children have to work instead of attending school, and those from lower castes are not expected to be well educated.
Which is NOT a factor that gives India a comparative advantage for attracting Information Technology jobs?
10% of Indians speak some English.
Because of a high level of competition for jobs and a lower standard of living, Indians are willing to work for lower wages.
25% of Indians are illiterate.
India has a skilled and educated workforce.
Some Indian IT companies' campuses provide their employees with
golf courses
stores
gyms
all of the above
A way that Indian IT workers, like Meena Kumar, are NOT challenging their parents' traditional values is by
gaining their independence in the work place.
dating and marrying the person of their choice instead of allowing their parents to choose for them.
living at home with their parents until their parents arrange a marriage for them.
getting their own apartment and spending extra money on fun and entertainment.
What is one negative effect of the IT industry on Bangalore that Nareesh Patel sees
He has increased business because many customers need his tuk-tuk service, since he can get them easily through the congested traffic in Bangalore.
Many new jobs have been created for janitors, security guards, and construction workers.
Those who have English skills like he has are finding work.
Because Bangalore is growing so fast, the government cannot keep up with the city's needs.
What is a factor that allows men like Varun Joshi to have a successful IT career?
He was born into a high caste and is expected to be well educated.
He is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology.
He works for one of India's top IT businesses in Bangalore.
all of the above
What is Bangalore now being called because many top computer and software corporations are based there?
The New York City of India
The Silicon Valley of India
The Taj Mahal of India
The Bollywood of India
What must engineers in Bangalore keep doing in order to make sure that India remains a global leader in IT?
increase brain drain
innovating new technology
decrease brain gain
outsourcing
Why have engineering and IT educational opportunities expanded in India?
the end of the caste system
the government's need to fill technical jobs
greater investment in education
huge number of foreign students
Which of these is a comparative advantage that attracts foreign companies to the United States?
low living costs
long life expectancies
many linguistic groups
highly educated workers
What factor is most important in attracting U.S. and other foreign companies to outsource to India?
workforce size
communications infrastructure
lack of competition
lower wages
When the IT Industry took off in India, new opportunitites for people with technical degrees
led to a decline in agricultural industries.
turned a brain drain into a brain gain.
prompted the government to make Hindi the official language.
turned a brain gain into a brain drain.
