Deck 1: Development, Economic Growth, Poverty, and Inequality

Question 1

According to Prof. Dennis Goulets the three core values of development are;

A)life sustenance, self esteem and freedom
B)life sustenance, self esteem and rise in material well being.
C)expansion in per capita output, life sustenance and equality.
D)none of these

Answer 1

life sustenance, self esteem and freedom

Question 2

Human development index is based on;

A)life expectancy, infant mortality and literacy
B)life expectancy, infant mortality and social enrollment ratio
C)longevity, knowledge and income
D)none of these

Answer 2

longevity, knowledge and income

Question 3

Economic development , as a concept is more relevant for;

A)developed countries
B)under developed countries
C)asian countries
D)developing countries.

Answer 3

developing countries.

Question 4

Life substance according to Goulet means;

A)ability to meet basic needs
B)to be a person
C)to be able to choose
D)all the above

Question 5

Non - income based index is /are

A)hdi
B)pqli
C)gnp
D)both a and b

Question 6

The major factor of economic growth are;

A)capital accumulation
B)population
C)technical progress
D)all the above

Question 7

PQLI was contributed by;

A)muhabul ul huq
B)morris d morris
C)meier g m
D)none of these

Question 8

Which are the conventional method of development;

A)national income
B)per capita income
C)both a and b
D)none of these

Question 9

India's rank in HDI in 2013 is ;

A)136
B)127
C)119
D)132

Question 10

Sen explain the concept of development in terms of expansion of :

A)entitlement and capabilities
B)freedom
C)both a and b
D)none of these

Question 11

Modern economic growth is has been analyses by:

A)maurice alias
B)leontief
C)stone
D)simon kuznets

Question 12

All under developed countries are:

A)not developing at all
B)developing but slowly
C)developing at different rates
D)receding backward

Question 13

"Under developed countries are slums of the world economy" is a statement given by:

A)david ricardo
B)g myrdal
C)cairncross
D)arthur lewis

Question 14

Economic development means:

A)growth.
B)development.
C)growth plus change.
D)none of these.

Question 15

Nurkse talks about the:

A)relative poverty.
B)vicious circle of poverty.
C)lack of capital formation.
D)none of these.

Question 16

Basically absolute poverty is related with;

A)Developing nations
B)Developed nations
C)both a and b
D)None

Question 17

Which is not an index of poverty measure?

A)Head-Count Method
B)Foster Greer-Thornbeck Measure
C)Theil-index
D)Poverty Line

Question 18

Inequality looks into;

A)Poverty
B)Different levels of access
C)both a and b
D)None

Question 19

Which is not an index of inequality?

A)Theil-index
B)Decile dispersion ratio
C)Head-Count Ratio
D)Share of income

Question 20

Gender is determined by;

A)Socially
B)Biologically
C)Either (a) or (b)
D)Sex

Question 21

The concept of missing women was introduced by;

A)Robinson
B)Das Gupta
C)Emily Oster
D)Amartya Sen

Question 22

Hepatitis B Hypothesis related with missing women was introduced by;

A)Amartya Sen
B)Emily Oster
C)Das Gupta
D)Ming-Jen Lin

Question 23

The Club of Rome tookplace in;

A)1970
B)1972
C)1968
D)1992