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1. Which one of the following countries has the largest size of the illiterate population in the age group of 15 + in the world?
India
Sri Lanka
Myanmar
Bangladesh
2. Development of a country can generally be determined by its
per capita income
average.literacy Ieve4
health status of its people
none of these
3. We can obtain per capita income of a country by calculating:
the total income of a person
by dividing the national income by the total population of a country
the total value of all goods and services
the total exports of the country
4. Kerala has low infant Mortality Rate because
it has good climatic condition
it has adequate infrastructure
it has adequate provision of basic health and educational facilities
it has poor net attendance ratio
5. Which of the following neighbouring countries has better performance in terms of human development than India?
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
Nepal
Pakistan
6. 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?
Rs 7,500
Rs 3,000
Rs 2,000
Rs 6,000
7. According to the World Development Report 2004, low-income countries are those which have per capita income of
$ 900 or less.
$ 1000 or less
$ 825 or less
$ 500 or less
8. Identify which of the following cannot be a development goal for a landless rural labourer?
More days of work
Better wages
Quality education for children
Foreign tours
9. Besides seeking more income, one way or the other, people also seek things like
equal treatment
freedom
security
all of them
10. 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
11. List how many tonnes of liquid toxic wastes a vessel dumped in a city called Abidjan in Ivory Coast, a country in Africa?
500 tonnes
600 tonnes
900 tonnes
1000 tonnes
12. Countries with higher income are ........ than others with less income.
Less developed
More developed
Less stronger
More organised
13. Income of the country divided by its total population is known as
Capital Income
National Income
Per capita income
GDP
14. In the World Development Report 2006, Rich Countries were those which in 2004 had the per capita income of
Rs 2,53,000 per annum & above
Rs 14,50,000 per annum & above
Rs 4,53,000 per annum & above
Rs 13,53,000 per annum & above
15. In the World Development Report 2006, low-income countries were those which in 2004 had the per capita income of
Rs 37,000 or less
Rs 47,000 or less
Rs 50,000 or less
Rs 39,000 or less
16. In 2004, India came in the category of
Rich countries
Low-income countries
Developed countries
Medium income countries
17. Comparing all states, identify the state which had the highest per capita income in 2002 ? 2003.
Kerala
Punjab
Delhi
Bihar
18. Which state had the least per capita income in 2002-03?
Bihar
Rajasthan
Kerala
Delhi
19. 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
Death rate
Survival rate
Infant mortality rate
Life death rate
20. Proportion of literate population in the 7 and above age group is called as
Knowledge rate
Literacy rate
Attendance rate
Excellence Rate
21. Which age group of children is included for calculating Net Attendance Ratio?
6 -10
7- 11
5- 9
10 - 15
22. In 2003, Infant Mortality Rate in Kerala was
49
11
60
22
23. For the year 1995 ? 96, the Net Attendance Ratio for class I to V in Bihar was
81
51
41
31
24. Literacy rate for the rural male population of Uttar Pradesh is
62%
59%
52%
42%
25. For calculating Body Mass Index (BMI), the weight of the person is divided by the
Square of the weight
Square of the height
Square root of the height
Square of the sum of height and weight
26. If BMI is less than 18.5 then the person would be considered
overweight
long height
under nourished
short height
27. Report published by UNDP which compares countries based on the educational levels of the people, their health status and per capita income is
Human Education Report
Human Development Report
Human Population Report
Human Quality Report
28. HDI Rank of India in the world out of 177 countries in 2004 was
93
126
130
125
29. Indias per capita income in US $ is ........ Sri Lanka (in 2004)
less than
more than
equal to
less than or equal to
30. Nepal has nearly ...... the per capita income of India (in 2004)
one - fourth
three - fourth
equal
half
31. What proportion of the country is overusing their groundwater reserves?
One - Fourth
One -Tenth
One -Third
half
32. Resources which will get exhausted after years of use is called .....
Renewable resources
Non -durable resources
Non - renewable resources
Competing resources
33. Development of a country can generally be determined by
its per capita income
its average literacy level
health status of its people
all the above
34. Which of the following neighbouring countries has better performance in terms of human development than India?
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
Nepal
Pakistan
35. 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?
Rs 7500
Rs 3000
Rs 2000
Rs6000
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