R4RIN – MCQs, Mock Tests | Economics Social Economics -Development

Which one of the following countries has the largest size of the illiterate population in the age group of 15 + in the world?

1. India
2. Sri Lanka
3. Myanmar
4. Bangladesh

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Development of a country can generally be determined by its

1. per capita income
2. average.literacy Ieve4
3. health status of its people
4. none of these

✅ Correct Answer: 1

We can obtain per capita income of a country by calculating:

1. the total income of a person
2. by dividing the national income by the total population of a country
3. the total value of all goods and services
4. the total exports of the country

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Kerala has low infant Mortality Rate because

1. it has good climatic condition
2. it has adequate infrastructure
3. it has adequate provision of basic health and educational facilities
4. it has poor net attendance ratio

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following neighbouring countries has better performance in terms of human development than India?

1. Bangladesh
2. Sri Lanka
3. Nepal
4. Pakistan

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Assume there are four families in a country. The average per capita income of these families is ? 5000. If the income of three families is ? 4000, ? 7000 and ? 3000 respectively, what is the income of the fourth family?

1. Rs 7,500
2. Rs 3,000
3. Rs 2,000
4. Rs 6,000

✅ Correct Answer: 4

According to the World Development Report 2004, low-income countries are those which have per capita income of

1. $ 900 or less.
2. $ 1000 or less
3. $ 825 or less
4. $ 500 or less

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Identify which of the following cannot be a development goal for a landless rural labourer?

1. More days of work
2. Better wages
3. Quality education for children
4. Foreign tours

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Besides seeking more income, one way or the other, people also seek things like

1. equal treatment
2. freedom
3. security
4. all of them

✅ Correct Answer: 4

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.

1. Social development
2. Cultural development
3. National development
4. Economic development

✅ Correct Answer: 3

List how many tonnes of liquid toxic wastes a vessel dumped in a city called Abidjan in Ivory Coast, a country in Africa?

1. 500 tonnes
2. 600 tonnes
3. 900 tonnes
4. 1000 tonnes

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Countries with higher income are ........ than others with less income.

1. Less developed
2. More developed
3. Less stronger
4. More organised

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Income of the country divided by its total population is known as

1. Capital Income
2. National Income
3. Per capita income
4. GDP

✅ Correct Answer: 3

In the World Development Report 2006, Rich Countries were those which in 2004 had the per capita income of

1. Rs 2,53,000 per annum & above
2. Rs 14,50,000 per annum & above
3. Rs 4,53,000 per annum & above
4. Rs 13,53,000 per annum & above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

In the World Development Report 2006, low-income countries were those which in 2004 had the per capita income of

1. Rs 37,000 or less
2. Rs 47,000 or less
3. Rs 50,000 or less
4. Rs 39,000 or less

✅ Correct Answer: 1

In 2004, India came in the category of

1. Rich countries
2. Low-income countries
3. Developed countries
4. Medium income countries

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Comparing all states, identify the state which had the highest per capita income in 2002 ? 2003.

1. Kerala
2. Punjab
3. Delhi
4. Bihar

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which state had the least per capita income in 2002-03?

1. Bihar
2. Rajasthan
3. Kerala
4. Delhi

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Number of children that die before the age of one year as a proportion of 1000 live children born in that particular year is known as

1. Death rate
2. Survival rate
3. Infant mortality rate
4. Life death rate

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Proportion of literate population in the 7 and above age group is called as

1. Knowledge rate
2. Literacy rate
3. Attendance rate
4. Excellence Rate

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which age group of children is included for calculating Net Attendance Ratio?

1. 6 -10
2. 7- 11
3. 5- 9
4. 10 - 15

✅ Correct Answer: 1

In 2003, Infant Mortality Rate in Kerala was

1. 49
2. 11
3. 60
4. 22

✅ Correct Answer: 2

For the year 1995 ? 96, the Net Attendance Ratio for class I to V in Bihar was

1. 81
2. 51
3. 41
4. 31

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Literacy rate for the rural male population of Uttar Pradesh is

1. 62%
2. 59%
3. 52%
4. 42%

✅ Correct Answer: 3

For calculating Body Mass Index (BMI), the weight of the person is divided by the

1. Square of the weight
2. Square of the height
3. Square root of the height
4. Square of the sum of height and weight

✅ Correct Answer: 2

If BMI is less than 18.5 then the person would be considered

1. overweight
2. long height
3. under nourished
4. short height

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Report published by UNDP which compares countries based on the educational levels of the people, their health status and per capita income is

1. Human Education Report
2. Human Development Report
3. Human Population Report
4. Human Quality Report

✅ Correct Answer: 2

HDI Rank of India in the world out of 177 countries in 2004 was

1. 93
2. 126
3. 130
4. 125

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Indias per capita income in US $ is ........ Sri Lanka (in 2004)

1. less than
2. more than
3. equal to
4. less than or equal to

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Nepal has nearly ...... the per capita income of India (in 2004)

1. one - fourth
2. three - fourth
3. equal
4. half

✅ Correct Answer: 4

What proportion of the country is overusing their groundwater reserves?

1. One - Fourth
2. One -Tenth
3. One -Third
4. half

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Resources which will get exhausted after years of use is called .....

1. Renewable resources
2. Non -durable resources
3. Non - renewable resources
4. Competing resources

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Development of a country can generally be determined by

1. its per capita income
2. its average literacy level
3. health status of its people
4. all the above

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following neighbouring countries has better performance in terms of human development than India?

1. Bangladesh
2. Sri Lanka
3. Nepal
4. Pakistan

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Assume there are four families in a country. The average per capita income of these families is Rs 5000. If the income of three families is Rs 4000, Rs 7000 and Rs 3000 respectively, what is the income of the fourth family?

1. Rs 7500
2. Rs 3000
3. Rs 2000
4. Rs6000

✅ Correct Answer: 4