1. Which one of the following is not a developmental goal for the landless rural labourers?
(a) More days of work and better wages.
(b) Local school is able to provide quality education
for their children.
(c) There is no social discrimination.
(d) They can not become leaders in the village.
2. Which 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
3. What would be the most appropriate aspiration of a
prosperous farmer from Punjab?
(a) local school is able to provide quality education
for their children
(b) there is no social discrimination
(c) able to pursue her job in abroad.
(d) proper supply for irrigation
4. To get more ____ industrialists may want more
dams.
(a) electricity
(b) water
(c) raw material
(d) all of these
5. In order to get more income people need
(a) regular work
(b) better wages
(c) decent price for their crops
(d) All of these
6. “Besides seeking more income, people also seek things like equal treatment, freedom, security and respect of others”. What does the given statement signify?
(a) Mixed goals are important for people for development.
(b) Common goals are important for people for development.
(c) Conflicting goals are important for people for development.
(d) Similar goals are important for people for development.
7. Besides seeking more income, one-way or the other,
people not seek things like
(a) equal treatment
(b) freedom
(c) security
(d) discrimination
8. What is the meaning of material goods?
(a) They can be seen
(b) They can be touched
(c) They are tangible
(d) All of these
9. What is the factor on which life depends?
(a) material things
(b) non-material things
(c) Both of these
(d) None of these
10. There are many things that are not easily ____ but they mean a lot to our lives. These are often ____.
(a) measured, ignored
(b) ignored, measured
(c) available,unavailable
(d) available, measured
11. If you get a job in a far off place before accepting it
you would try to consider-
(a) Facilities for the family
(b) Job security
(c) Opportunity to learn
(d) all of these
12. Which type of environment may allow more women
to take up a variety of jobs?
(a) a safe and secured environment
(b) respect for women
(c) greater acceptance of women working outside
(d) All of these
13. It is very important to keep in mind that different
persons could have ____as well as conflicting
notions of a country’s development.
(a) same
(b) different
(c) not determined
(d) all of these
14. Select the country where 500 tons of liquid toxic
waste into open-air dumps
(a) USA
(b) Africa
(c) Japan
(d) China
15. When we compare different students usually we take
one or more important characteristics of students and
compare them based on these-characteristics such as
(a) friendliness
(b) cooperation
(c) marks secured
(d) all of these
16. For comparing countries, their ____ is considered
(a) Home
(b) income
(c) Gold
(d) Property
17. The income of the country is the income of ____
of the country.
(a) all the ministers
(b) all the residents
(c) all the men
(d) all the women
18. Total income of the country divided by its total
population is known as
(a) per capita income
(b) average income
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) none of these
19. National income of a country divided by its total
population is known as____.
(a) Gross Domestic Product
(b) Per capita income
(c) Net Domestic product
(d) Depreciation
20. What is per capita income?
(a) an indicator to show the living standard of men in a country
(b) an indicator to show the living standard of
ministers in a country
(c) an indicator to show the living standard of
people in a country
(d) an indicator to show the living standard of
children in a country
21. Countries with per capita income of _____ and
above in 2017, are called rich countries.
(a) US$ 12056 per month
(b) US$ 12056 per annum
(c) US$ 995 per annum
(d) US$ 995 per month
22. Countries with per capita income of _____ and
less in 2017, are called low-income countries.
(a) US$ 995 per annum
(b) US$ 12056 per annum
(c) above US$ 12056 per annum
(d) less than US$ 12056 per annum
23. India comes in the category of _____countries
because its per capita income in 2017 was US$ 1820
per annum.
(a) low-income countries
(b) low middle income
(c) rich countries
(d) none of these
24. The rich countries, excluding countries of Middle
East and certain other small countries, are generally
called____.
(a) poor countries
(b) developing countries
(c) developed countries
(d) Rich countries
25. ___is the number of deaths per 1,000 live births
of children under one year of age. The rate for a
given region is the number of children dying under
one year of age, divided by the number of live births
during the year, multiplied by 1,000.
(a) Neonatal Mortality Rate (NMR)
(b) Post-Neonatal Mortality Rate (PNMR)
(c) Infant mortality rate (IMR)
(d) Under-5 Mortality Rate (U5MR)
26. What age group is considered in calculating infant
mortality rate?
(a) between birth and age 1
(b) between birth and age 2
(c) between birth and age 3
(d) between birth and age 5
27. Literacy Rate measures the proportion of literate
population in the_____ age group.
(a) 7 and above
(b) 18 and above
(c) 3 and above
(d) 21 and above
28. What do you mean by Net Attendance Ratio?
(a) It implies the total number of children of age
group 6-10 attending school
(b) It implies the total number of children of age
group 12-15 attending school
(c) It implies the total number of children of age
group 14-16 attending school
(d) It implies the total number of children of age
group 17-19 attending school
29. What factors other than income are important aspects of our lives.
(a) pollution-free environment
(b) a disease-free life
(c) protection from infectious disease
(d) All of these
30. “Girls in India in the rural sector are sometimes not
able to get secondary level education”which of the
following is not the correct reason for this situation.
(a) Society’s mind set which prefers boys getting
better secondary and higher education.
(b) Due to Poverty people are unable to provide
basic education to their children
(c) In villages women also constitute a major
agricultural workforce which again works to
their disadvantage.
(d) Decreasing crime against women
31. Kerala has a ____ Infant Mortality Rate because
it has adequate provision of basic health and
educational facilities.
(a) low
(b) high
(c) no
(d) very high
32. Which is a function of PDS? Select the correct option.
(a) Distribution of black market products
(b) Control Hoarding, control process and control
over charging.
(c) Popularise black-marketing in the country
(d) None of these
33. In Tamil Nadu, ____ per cent of the people living in rural areas usea ration shop, whereas in Jharkhand only____per cent of rural people do so.
(a) 8,75
(b) 75,8
(c) 18,50
(d) 55,65
34. What is the only way to find out whether we are
properly nourished?
(a) Body mass index
(b) Sugar checking
(c) B.P checking
(d) Weight checking
35. How is BMI calculated?give the right order
1. the weight of the person is measured
2. height is measured in meters
3. The weight is then divided by the square of
height.
4. The height is then divided by the square of
weight.
(a) first 1 then 2 last 3
(b) first 2 then 1 last 4
(c) first 1 then 2 last 4
(d) first 3 then 2 last 1
36. If this BMI is more than ____, then a person is
overweight, If this figure is less than ____ then the
person would be considered undernourished.
(a) 18.5,20
(b) 25,18.5
(c) 18.5,25
(d) 20,18.5
37. The Human Development Report published by
____ compares countries based on the educational
levels of the people, their health status and per
capita income.
(a) IMF
(b) UNDP
(c) UNESCO
(d) UNDP
38. Published by UNDP compares countries based
on____ of the people.
(a) their health status
(b) the educational levels
(c) per capita income
(d) All of these
39. What is HDI rank of Indian among 189 countries of
the world?
(a) 212
(b) 189
(c) 131
(d) 314
40. How many countries are ranked in the HDI?
(a) 212 countries
(b) 189 countries
(c) 314 countries
(d) 889 countries
41. Which of the follwoing organization calculates HDI
India?
(a) UNDP
(b) UHID
(c) GDP
(d) HDI
42. Per Capita Income is calculated in ____for all
countries.
(a) euro
(b) rupees
(c) dollars
(d) pound
43. We have not inherited this earth from our forefathers;
we have borrowed it from our children.who said these
words?
(a) Mr. Rajendra prashad
(b) Gandhiji
(c) Mr. Lester Brown
(d) Mr. George Brown
44. Since the second half of the twentieth century, a
number of scientists have been warning that
(a) Health and nutrition level is declining.
(b) Per capita income is unstable.
(c) Levels of resources are not sustainable.
(d) Levels of development are not sustainable.
45. In how many districts of India has reported a water
level decline over 4 metre during the past 20 years?
(a) Over 500 districts
(b) Over 1000 districts
(c) Under 200 districts
(d) Over 300 districts
46. What proportion of the country is over using their
groundwater reserves?
(a) One-Fourth
(b) One-Tenth
(c) One-Third
(d) half
47. Where is groundwater overuse particularly found?
(a) Punjab
(b) Western U.P.
(c) plateau areas of central and south India
(d) All of these
48. ____is an example of renewable resources.
(a) Groundwater
(b) Crude oil
(c) Coal
(d) Natural Gas
49. “Consequences of environmental degradation do not
respect national or state boundaries.” which of the
following statement not justify this statement.
(a) Environmental degradation issue is no longer a
regional or national issue.
(b) Our future is linked together. Sustainability of
development is essential for all the mankind
and it is our common responsibility to save the
environment.
(c) These days it is a matter of discussion among
different countries of the world.
(d) Global warming, acid rain, etc., are to be
controlled by one nation. It is a personal matter
of thinking and finding the solutions.
50. Development of a country can generally be
determined by
(a) its per capita income
(b) its average literacy level
(c) health status of its people
(d) all the above
