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Grade X – Economics
Chapter 1- Development

Worksheet -1

Q1) Which of the following is true for development?

a. The notion of development is different for people from different sections of the society.
b. The notion of development can never be conflicting for people from different sections of the
society.
c. The notion of development always go hand in hand for industrialists and tribal people.
d. The notion of development is only associated to higher income.

Q2) Which of the following is not true about development?

a. Different people usually have same goals.
b. Different people usually have different goals.
c. Different people can have different as well as conflicting goals.
d. Different people can have different as well as conflicting goals regarding national development.

Q3) Which of the following report is published by UNDP to compare the country's education health and
per capita income level standards.
a. Urban Development Report.
b. Living Index Development Report.
c. Human Development Report.
d. Resource Development Report.

Q4) Which one of the following is not a base for preparation of human development index?
a. Literacy rate
b. Life expectancy
c. Industrialisation
d. Per capita income.

Q5) Which statement does justify the need for provision of public facilities:
a. Income itself indicate the ability to utilize goods and services.
b. Public facilities are provided because people need them.
c. Providing public facilities collectively reduces cost.
d. Income itself cannot indicate the ability to utilise goods and services.

Q6) In addition to the level of income which of the following measures are important for measuring the
development status of a nation?
a. Literacy level and health facilities.
b. Bond prices and stock prices.
c. Inflation level.
d. Interest level.

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Q7) Which of the following is true for a renewable resource?
a. Renewable resources can never be overused as they are in abundance.
b. Renewable resources are replenished by the nature over a period of time.
c. Renewable resources are fixed, and they are bound to get exhausted.
d. Renewable resources are available only in developed nations.

Q8) Which of the following is a drawback of using average income as a measure of development?
a. Average income does not indicate the disparity in income level.
b. Calculation of average income is tedious process.
c. Average income is always lower than the actual income of people.
d. Average income fails to indicate the economic stability of a country.

Q9) Which of the questions needs to be answered when thinking of national development?
a. Would a development plan benefit people from suburbs?
b. Would a development plan include construction of new buildings?
c. Would a development plan benefit a large or a small number of people?
d. Would a development plan lead to increase international trade?

Q10) Which of the following best define sustainable development?

a. Sustainable development refers to promotion of international trade so that the world doesn't
have to face scarcity of resources because of geographical constraints.
b. Sustainable development refers to ensuring pareto efficiency in the countries so that resources
are optimally allocated and it is not possible to reallocate resources to make some one better off
without making someone worse off.
c. Sustainable development refers to meeting human development total goals while maintaining
the ability of natural systems to provide and replenish natural resources upon which the
economy is dependent.
d. Sustainable development refers to ensuring that no individual firm or country can become free
rider that is no one can benefit from resources without paying for them.
Use the following format to answer Questions 1- 10
Alternatives:
a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.
d) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true.

Q1) Assertion (A) – The average income of a country is about us $12,056 how is that the country is
still not a developed country.
Reasoning (R) – The income levels are highly skewed for the country.

Q2) Assertion (A) – Different people have different developmental goal.

Reasoning (R) – The capitalist approach to development is detrimental to poor section of the
society.

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 Q3) Assertion (A) – Suppose the literacy rate in a state is 78% and the net attendance ratio in the
secondary stage is 47%.
Reasoning (R) – More than half of the students are going to other states for elementary
education.

Q4) Assertion (A) – The crude oil reserves are going down for the entire world and the country need
to find substitute fuel for crude oil.
Reasoning (R) – A country that is dependent on imports for crude oil will demand more crude
oil in future.

Q5) Assertion (A) – Non-renewable resources are abundant in nature.

Reasoning (R) – Non-renewable resources can be replenished over a period of time

Q6) Assertion (A) – Sustainable development is essential for economic growth of countries
Reasoning (R) – Sustainable development ensures that environment friendly measures are
adopted for carrying out production processes.

Q7) Assertion (A) – A high average income is not indicative of overall wellbeing or human
development of a country.
Reasoning (R) – Average income does not cover indicators like level of literacy rate health
facilities and public facilities in a country.

Q8) Assertion (A) – UNDP uses BMI to measure development.

Reasoning (R) – Body mass index is used to calculate both nourishment level and body growth.

Q9) Assertion (A) – For development people look at a mix of goals.

Reasoning (R) – Job security and work environment are also the reasons for which a person
might be prevented from joining a job which pays him a high salary.

Q10) Assertion (A) – Different persons could have different as well as conflicting notions of a
country’s development.
Reasoning (R) – When industrialists want more dam to get more electricity but tribals oppose it.

Very short Questions

Q1) What is economic development?
Q2) What is sustainable development?
Q3) Which one of the following options best signifies the
picture?
a) Private development system
b) Public department system
c) Pure domestic system
d) Public distribution system

Q4) Do all people of our country have the same notion of

development?

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 Q5) What are the development goals of people other than income?
Q6) Which is the most important criteria for comparing development of countries?
Q7) What is meant by total income of a country?
Q8) What is average income or per capita income
Q9) What are the main criteria used by World Bank in classifying different countries?
Q10) Why children in many parts of India are not able to achieve secondary education?
Q11) Why does Kerala have low infant mortality rate?
Q12) What are the criteria used by human development report published by UNDP to compare
country?
Q13) What is sustainable development?
Q14) Which criteria is used in World Development Report in classifying countries?
Q15) International bank for reconstruction and development is also called……
Q16) What is gross enrolment ratio?
Q17) Who publishes the World Development Report?
Q18) What is life expectancy at birth?
Q19) When is a person considered overweight?
Q20) How many countries are included in the HDI ranking?
Q21) Define literacy rate.
Q22) When is a person considered under nourished?
Short Answer Questions
Q1) “People have conflicting goals.” Support the statement with examples.
Q2) “Money cannot buy all the goods and services that were needs to live well.” Do you agree with
the statement? Justify your answer with any 3 suitable arguments.
Q3) Why does Kerala have a better human development index ranking in comparison to Haryan?
Explain with 3 reasons.
Q4) Besides income mention any 6 other things that people may look for growth and development.
Q5) Explain the importance of sustainable development with reference to groundwater by giving
examples?
Q6) Why do different people have different notions of development? Explain.
Q7) How are some countries generally called developed, and others underdeveloped on the basis of
World Development Report criteria?
Q8) What are the common developmental goals? Give any 2 suitable examples of common
developmental goals.
Q9) Give 2 examples to prove that development for some may cause harm to others.
Q10) In what respect is the criteria used by UNDP for measuring development different from the one
used by World Bank?
Q11) “Conflicting goals can be developmental goals.” Elaborate with examples
Q12) List a few examples of environmental degradation that you have observed around your
surroundings.
Q13) Why are better Public Facilities needed for the development of a country? Explain any 4 public
facilities.
OR
“National development of a country depends on the availability of public facilities.”

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