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Class 10 Social Science Economics Chapter 1 Development MCQ

1. Human Development Report is published by
(a) UNDP
(b) World Bank
(c) IMF
(d) WHO

Answer: (a) UNDP

2. India’s HDI rank in the world is:
(a) 125
(b) 115
(c) 126
(d) 134

Answer: (c) 126

3. What will be the top priority in the developmental goal of a landless labourer?
(a) Expansion of rural banking
(b) More days of work and better wages
(c) Metal roads for transportation
(d) Establishment of a high school

Answer: (b) More days of work and better wages

4. What was the literacy rate in Kerala in 2011?
(a) 82
(b) 94
(c) 62
(d) 50

Answer: (b) 94

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5. 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

Answer: (a) average expected length of life of a person at the time of birth

6. What will be the aspiration of an educated urban unemployed youth?
(a) An educated urban unemployed youth will aspire for better opportunities in agriculture.
(b) Support from government at every step in life for his upward movement.
(c) An urban educated unemployed will aspire for good job opportunities where his education can be made use of.
(d) Better facilities of recreation for his leisure time.

Answer: (c) An urban educated unemployed will aspire for good job opportunities where his education can be made use of.

7. Which of the following is the most important component for comparing different countries?
(a) Population
(b) Income
(c) Per capita income
(d) Resources

Answer: (c) Per capita income

8. Which one of the following is the most important attribute while comparing the level of development of various countries?
(a) Population
(b) Social status of the people
(c) Political status
(d) Per capita income

Answer: (b) Social status of the people

9. Pick out the correct meaning listed below to define ‘average income’.
(a) Average income of the country means the total income of the country.
(b) The average income in a country is the income of only employed people.
(c) The average income is the same as per capita income.
(d) The average income includes the value of property held.

Answer: (c) The average income is the same as per capita income.

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10. In which state of India is the infant mortality rate lowest?
(a) Goa
(b) Bihar
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Kerala

Answer: (a) Goa

11. Which one among the following is a developmental goal for the landless rural labourers?
(a) To get electricity and water
(b) To educate their children
(c) More days of work and better wages
(d) To shift to the cities

Answer: (c) More days of work and better wages

12. Which country can be considered as a developed country in the modern world? Select your answer from the following statements.
(a) Countries which have accumulated huge amount of wealth and always secures the future of their citizens. These countries are considered to be developed.
(b) Countries which are among the highest in the ‘Human Development Index’ are considered to be the developed countries.
(c) Only rich countries are considered to be developed because people have money to buy everything needed for human beings—both material and non-material.
(d) Iran is a rich country and therefore it is a developed country.

Answer: (b) Countries which are among the highest in the ‘Human Development Index’ are considered to be the developed countries.

13. Which of the following countries has higher HDI rank than India?
(a) Sri Lanka
(b) Nepal
(c) Bangladesh
(d) Pakistan

Answer: (a) Sri Lanka

14. Underemployment occurs when people:
(a) do not want to work
(b) are working in a lazy manner
(c) are working less than what they are capable of doing
(d) are not paid for their work

Answer: (c) are working less than what they are capable of doing

15. 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
(in) A luxury home
(iv) A pollution-free atmosphere in every part of the country
(a) (i) and(ii)
(b) (ii) and (iii)
(c) (i), (ii) and (in)
(d) (i) and (iv)

Answer: (d) (i) and (iv)

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16. HDI stands for ‘Human Development Index’ that focuses on Fill in the blanks with one of the following options:
(a) life expectancy
(b) gross enrolment ratio for three levels of schooling
(c) national income
(d) All the above

Answer: (d) All the above

17. Which of the following is most likely to be a development goal for landless rural labourers?
(a) Higher support prices for their crops
(b) They should be able to settle their children abroad
(c) Raised wages
(d) None of these

Answer: (c) Raised wages

18. Kerala has a low infant mortality rate. What could be the reason? Find the correct answer from the following:
(a) Kerala has a low infant mortality rate because all the girls are trained at the primary level schooling to look after a newborn child.
(b) Because most of the girls are nurses in Kerala.
(c) Because Kerala has very high female literacy rate and adequate health facilities are available for both mothers and children.
(d) Kerala’s good climatic condition helps infants to survive.

Answer: (c) Because Kerala has very high female literacy rate and adequate health facilities are available for both mothers and children.

19. Pick out the correct meaning listed below to define ‘average income’.
(a) Average income of the country means the total income of the country.
(b) The average income in a country is the income of only employed people.
(c) The average income is the same as per capita income.
(d) The average income includes the value of property held.

Answer: (c) The average income is the same as per capita income.

20. 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

Answer: (c) Rs 4,53,000 per annum

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21. What would be the most promising source of energy fifty years from now and why?
(a) Petroleum energy, because it is obtained from fossil fuels.
(b) Solar energy, because it is not exhaustible.
(c) Coal based energy, because it is pollution- free.
(d) Forest product based energy, because India has abundant forests.

Answer: (b) Solar energy, because it is not exhaustible.

22. What will be the top priority in the developmental goal of a landless labourer?
(a) Expansion of rural banking
(b) More days of work and better wages
(c) Metal roads for transportation
(d) Establishment of a high school

Answer: (b) More days of work and better wages

23. Groundwater overuse in India is how much
(a) one-third of country
(b) one-fourth of country
(c) one-fifth of country
(d) two-fifth of country

Answer: (a) one-third of country

24. Pick out the cause (from below) that enhances environmental degradation:
(a) Planting of trees.
(b) Prevention of factory wastes getting mixed up with river water.
(c) Ban on use of plastic bags.
(d) Allowing increase in the level of exhaust fumes emitted by cars, buses, trucks, etc.

Answer: (d) Allowing increase in the level of exhaust fumes emitted by cars, buses, trucks, etc.

25. 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.

Answer: (d) It measures the proportion of literate proportion in the 7 years and above age group.

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26. One common development goal among the people is:
(a) family
(b) freedom
(c) income
(d) security

Answer: (c) income

27. Which of the following things money cannot buy?
(a) Building
(b) Pollution free environment
(c) Flowers
(d) Books

Answer: (b) Pollution free environment

28. 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

Answer: (b) High technological development

29. 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

Answer: (c) Literacy rate

30. Human Development Index compares countries based on which of the following levels of the people?
(a) Educational level
(b) Health status
(c) Per capita Income
(d) All the above

Answer: (d) All the above

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31. The developmental goal for a girl from a rich family is:
(a) to get more days of work
(b) to get as much freedom as her brother gets
(c) to get electricity
(d) to get better wages

Answer: (b) to get as much freedom as her brother gets

32. Per capita income is:
(a) income per person
(b) income per family
(c) income per earning person
(d) income per month

Answer: (a) income per person

33. Which one of the following is a developmental goal for industrialists?
(a) To get more days of work
(b) To get better wages
(c) To get more electricity
(d) All the above

Answer: (c) To get more electricity

34. The countries with per capita income of US $955 (2017) or less are termed as
(a) Low income countries
(b) Developing countries
(c) Developed countries
(d) Rich countries

Answer: (a) Low income countries

35. Development goals of different sections of our society can be achieved by:
(a) Force
(b) Democratic political process
(c) Violent agitation
(d) Terrorism

Answer: (b) Democratic political process

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