Explore Development MCQs For CBSE Class 10
1) For development, people look at a mix of ______
a) goals
b) responsibilities
c) accountability
d) None of the above
Answer: Option (a)
2) For comparing the development of countries, their _______ is considered to be
one of the most important attributes
a) income
b) population
c) demographics
d) None of the above
Answer: Option (a)
3) For comparison between countries, total income is not such a useful measure.
State whether true or false.
a) True
b) False
Answer: Option (a)
4) Since countries have different _______, comparing total income will not tell us
what an average person is likely to earn.
a) economic policies
b) reserves
c) resources
d) populations
Answer: Option (d)
5) In World Development Reports, brought out by the_________, per capita income
criterion is used in classifying countries.
a) UNICEF
b) World Bank
c) World Economic Forum.
d) United Nations
Answer: Option (b)
6) Countries with per capita income of US$ 12616 per annum and above in 2012, are
called ______.
a) underdeveloped countries
b) developing countries
c) poor countries
d) rich countries
Answer: Option (d)
7) India comes in the category of ________ countries because its per capita income
in 2012 was just US$ 1530 per annum.
a) low middle income
b) middle income
c) high middle income
d) None of the above
Answer: Option (a)
8) Among the following states __________ has the highest per capita income as per
2012-13 figures.
a) Maharashtra
b) Bihar
c) Kerala
d) Jharkhand
Answer: Option (a)
9) Infant Mortality Rate (or IMR) indicates the number of children that die before
the age of ____________ _ as a proportion of 100 live children born in that
particular year
a) four years
b) one year
c) two years
d) three years
Answer: Option (b)
10) Literacy Rate measures the proportion of the literate population in the
_________ age group.
a) 10 and above
b) 21 and above
c) 7 and above
d) 18 and above
Answer: Option (c)
11) Net Attendance Ratio is the total number of children of the age group ________
attending school as a percentage of the total number of children in the same age
group.
a) 17 and 18 years
b) 9 and 10 years
c) 12 and 13 years
d) 14 and 15 years
Answer: Option (d)
12) As per 2011, which among the following states has the highest literacy rate?
a) Kerala
b) Maharashtra
c) Bihar
d) Odisha
Answer: Option (a)
13) As per 2011, which among the following states has the highest infant mortality
rate per 1,000 live births?
a) Kerala
b) Bihar
c) Maharashtra
d) All of the above have the same infant mortality rate
Answer: Option (b)
14) From the given table in the chapter, which state has the highest net attendance
ratio.
a) Gujarat
b) Maharashtra
c) Kerala
d) Bihar
Answer: Option (c)
15) Which of the following statements about money are true?
a) money cannot buy you a pollution-free environment
b) money cannot ensure that you get unadulterated medicines
c) money may also not be able to protect you from infectious diseases
d) All of the above statements are true
Answer: Option (d)
16) If the Body Mass Index (BMI) is _________ then the adult person would be
considered undernourished
a) less than 18.5
b) less than 10.5
c) less than 25.5
d) less than 28.5
Answer: Option (a)
17) If the Body Mass Index (BMI) is _________ then the adult person would be
considered overweight.
a) more than 18
b) more than 30
c) more than 45
d) more than 25
Answer: Option (d)
18) Human Development Report published by UNDP compares countries based on
a) health status
b) per capita income
c) educational levels of the people
d) All of the above
Answer: Option (d)
19) As per 2013 report ________ had the HDI rank of 135 in the world.
a) Sri Lanka
b) Pakistan
c) India
d) Bangladesh
Answer: Option (c)
20) Among the following South Asian countries, ______ had the highest life
expectancy at birth.
a) Myanmar
b) Sri Lanka
c) Nepal
d) India
Answer: Option (b)
