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WorksheetsDevelopment, Grade 10
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3mins
Which is the most important attribute to compare countries?
(a) Human Development Index (HDI)
(b) Literacy rate
(c) Export earnings
(d) Income
Cause of high infant mortality rate is :
(a) inadequate facilities of health
(b) lack of infrastructural facilities
(c) lack of awareness
(d) both (a) and (b)
Kerala has low Infant Mortaliy Rate because:
(a) it has good climatic condition
(b) it has adequate infrastructure
(c) it has adequate provision of basic health and educational facilities
(d) it has poor net attendence ratio
Which one of the following criteria is the basis to measure the development of a country according to UNDP?
(a) Per capita income
(b) Educational levels of the people
(c) Health status of the people
(d) All the above
Which one of the following is not a feature of developing country?
(a) Agriculture as the major occupation
(b) High technological development
(c) Mass poverty
(d) Mass illiteracy
Which one of the following statements defines ‘Literacy Rate’?
(a) Total literate population divided by total population
(b) Total literate population divided by literate population
(c) Proportion of illiterate population in the 18 and above age group.
(d) It measures the proportion of literate proportion in the 7 years and above age group.
Proportion of literate population in the 7 years and above age group is termed as:
(a) Education index
(b) Mortality ratio
(c) Literacy rate
(d) Gross enrolment ratio
According to the World Development Report a country is considered rich when the per capita income is more than which of the following figures?
(a) Rs 24,000 per annum
(b) Rs 37,000 per annum
(c) Rs 4,53,000 per annum
(d) Rs 5,43,000 per annum
Life expectancy at birth means:
(a) average expected length of life of a person at the time of birth
(b) average expected length of life of a person at the time of death
(c) average expected length of a child at the time of birth
(d) None of the above
BMI (Body Mass Index) is a method of finding out which of the following?
(a) Infant mortality
(b) Health status
(c) Longevity
(d) Economic status
