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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?




2. Development of a country can generally be determined by its




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




4. Kerala has low infant Mortality Rate because




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




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?




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




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




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




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.




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




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




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




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




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




16. In 2004, India came in the category of




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




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




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




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




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




22. In 2003, Infant Mortality Rate in Kerala was




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




24. Literacy rate for the rural male population of Uttar Pradesh is




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




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




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




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




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




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




31. What proportion of the country is overusing their groundwater reserves?




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




33. Development of a country can generally be determined by




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




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?