WorksheetsDevelopment
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
Development of a country can generally be determined by its:
Per Capita Income
average literacy level
health status of its people
none of these
Different persons could have different as well as conflicting notions of a country’s development. A fair and just path for all should be achieved. Interpret the concept being discussed here
Social development
Cultural development
National development
Economic development
Countries with higher income are _____________ than others with less income.
Less developed
More developed
Less stronger
More organised
Total income of the country divided by its total population is known as:
Capital Income
National Income
Per capita income
GDP
What proportion of the country is over using their groundwater reserves?
One-Fourth
One-Tenth
One-Third
half
What will be the aspiration of an educated urban unemployed youth?
An educated urban unemployed youth will aspire for better opportunities in agriculture.
Support from government at every step in life for his upward movement.
An urban educated unemployed will aspire for good job opportunities where his education can be made use of.
Better facilities of recreation for his leisure time.
Which country can be considered as a developed country in the modern world? Select your answer from the following statements.
Countries which have accumulated huge amount of wealth and always secures the future of their citizens. These countries are considered to be developed.
Countries which are among the highest in the ‘Human Development Index’ are considered to be the developed countries.
Only rich countries are considered to be developed because people have money to buy everything needed for human beings—both material and non-material.
Iran is a rich country and therefore it is a developed country.
"Money cannot buy all the goods and services that we may need to have a good life".
# A list of things required for a good life is given below.
# Which among the following are things money cannot buy?
(i) Full protection from infectious diseases
(ii) High quality education
(iii) A luxury home
(iv) A pollution-free atmosphere in every part of the country
(i) and(ii)
(ii) and (iii)
(i), (ii) and (iii)
(i) and (iv)
HDI stands for ‘Human Development Index’ that focuses on Fill in the blanks with one of the following options:
life expectancy
gross enrollment ratio for three levels of schooling
national income
All the above
Kerala has a low infant mortality rate. What could be the reason? Find the correct answer from the following:
Kerala has a low infant mortality rate because all the girls are trained at the primary level schooling to look after a newborn child.
Because most of the girls are nurses in Kerala.
Because Kerala has very high female literacy rate and adequate health facilities are available for both mothers and children.
Kerala’s good climatic condition helps infants to survive.
What would be the most promising source of energy fifty years from now and why?
Petroleum energy, because it is obtained from fossil fuels
Solar energy, because it is not exhaustible
Coal based energy, because it is pollution- free.
Forest product based energy, because India has abundant forests.
Pick out the cause (from below) that enhances environmental degradation:
Planting of trees.
Prevention of factory wastes getting mixed up with river water.
Ban on use of plastic bags.
Allowing increase in the level of exhaust fumes emitted by cars, buses, trucks, etc
(a) is a comprehensive term which includes increase in real per capita income, improvement in living standard of people, reduction in poverty, illiteracy, crime rate, etc.
The development that should take place without damaging the environment, and development in the present should not compromise with the needs of the future generations is known as (a) .
Economic development is a wider term as compared to human development.
True
False
