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Developing countries

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is not likely to help an economy grow?

a)

An increase in population

b)

An increase in the level of education

c)

An increase in the price level

d)

An increase in the availability of natural resources

2.

Which of the following is not an upper-middle income country?

a)

Poland

b)

South Africa

c)

Pakistan

d)

Greece

3.

Which of the following is a low-income country?

a)

Vietnam

b)

Thailand

c)

Turkey

d)

Bangladesh

4.

Development economics must have a scope wider than traditional economics because?

a)

values and attitudes play little role in the pace of development

b)

people in developing societies do less utility-maximizing

c)

transformation of social institutions is necessary for development

d)

all of the above

5.

What are the features of economic development ?

a)

Long-term concept

b)

Structual change

c)

Qualitative concept

d)

All are correct

6.

Developing or developed?

a)

Developed

b)

Developing

7.

Which answer is a problem that most developing countries face?

a)

Corruption

b)

Bad relationship between the government and the people

c)

Poor infrastructure

d)

All of the above

8.

How many developing countries are there in the world?

a)

166

b)

100

c)

150

d)

206

9.

What is meant by economic development ?

a)

the process by which a nation improves the economic, political, and social well-being of its people

b)

the way that people earn money and develop their job

c)

the period for companies widen their area

d)

all of the options given are correct

10.

In 1981, what percentage of the world's population lived on less than 1$ per day?

a)

60

b)

40

c)

50

d)

30

11.

What is the impact of economic growth follow the text?

a)

the number of people live on less than $1 per day had declined from 1.5 billion in 1981 to 1.1 billion in 2001

b)

demand-pull and cost-push inflation – this leads to a conflict between macro objectives

c)

rising growth stimulates new investment e.g. in low-carbon technologies

d)

Rapid increases in real national income can lead to a higher level of inequality and social divisions

12.

Which country ranks first in the corruption rate?

a)

Angola

b)

Norway

c)

Chad

d)

Belgium

13.

What are obstacles to development ?

a)

Population growth

b)

Diseases

c)

External debt

d)

All of the options given are correct

14.

What is ZPG stands for ?

a)

Zero population growth

b)

Zero people gravity

c)

Zero purposes growth

d)

Zero population grammar

15.

Economic growth thus is the

most effective way of dealing with global

poverty?

a)

False

b)

True

16.

What is GNI stands for ?

a)

Gross national income

b)

Gross national index

c)

Gross nation of income

d)

Gross nation of index

17.

Which country rank 1st of countries perceived to have the least corruption ?

a)

France

b)

Ireland

c)

Iceland

d)

Australia

18.

Which nations have a per capita gross national income similar to that of Japan?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

Italy

d)

India

19.

What is “capital flight” ?

a)

the legal or illegal export of a nation’s currency and foreign exchange.

b)

The illegal export of a nation’s currency and foreign exchange.

c)

The way that countries export their goods

d)

All of the options given are correct

20.

What is the effect of “war” ?

a)

the devastating loss of lives and property

b)

the damage to the country’s infrastructure

c)

lost virtually all of “intelligentsia”

d)

All of the options given are correct