SSC SOCIAL SCIENCE CHAPTER 16 MCQ

CH 16 : ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Quiz

 

1. What is the concept of developed country ?
   1.   Optional
   2.   Absolute
   3.   Minimum
   4.   Relative
2. Which word is associated with 'underdevelopment'?
   1.   developing countries
   2.   developed countries
   3.   Poor countries
   4.   Socialist countries
3. Economic development is associated with people's ..........and living standard of a country.
   1.   optional income
   2.   poverty
   3.   per capita income
   4.   financial income
4. The figure obtained by dividing the total national income by the total population is ....
   1.   Average income
   2.   Per capita income
   3.   Absolute income
   4.   Economic growth income
5. What is economic development?
   1.   Improvement in standard of living
   2.   Inflation
   3.   Increase in income
   4.   Increase in export
6. Due to what is per capita income of people increases?
   1.   Import-export
   2.   Economic development
   3.   Business
   4.   Bank loans
7. Increase in what, brings improvement in the standard of living of people?
   1.   National income
   2.   Agricultural production
   3.   Per capita income
   4.   Industrial production
8. How can we say that there is economic development in India?
   1.   New industries are coming up every year.
   2.   Needs are satisfied in a better way.
   3.   Irrigation facilities have increased.
   4.   Peoples income keeps on growing.
9. ........... shows the increase in production and the rate of increase.
   1.   Industrial development
   2.   National development
   3.   Economic development
   4.   Economic growth
10. Which concept is more useful to know people's welfare and changes taking place in it?
    1.   National income
    2.   Economic development
    3.   Economic growth
    4.   Individual income
11. Earning or spending some money by exchange of commodities or services are called ....
    1.   Exchange Activity
    2.   Saving Activity
    3.   Economic Activity
    4.   Non-economic Activity
12. Providing basic amenities to every citizen during a year is included in ....
    1.   living standard
    2.   prosperity
    3.   development
    4.   income
13. Which country among the following is not a developed country?
    1.   Japan
    2.   Germany
    3.   USA
    4.   Brazil
14. What is the concept of economic development?
    1.   narrow
    2.   limited
    3.   social
    4.   elaborate
15. What is the concept of economic growth?
    1.   limited
    2.   narrow
    3.   elaborate
    4.   broad
16. Which country among the following is a developing country?
    1.   India
    2.   Japan
    3.   France
    4.   Sweden
17. Which country among the following is a developed country?
    1.   Argentina
    2.   Sri Lanka
    3.   North America
    4.   India
18. What type of countries are USA, Russia, Japan, France, etc.?
    1.   Developed
    2.   Backward
    3.   Underdeveloped
    4.   Developing
19. What is the primary occupation of people in developing countries?
    1.   Trade services
    2.   industries
    3.   agriculture
    4.   transportation
20. How is the social structure of developing countries?
    1.   progressive
    2.   encouraging for development
    3.   backward and orthodox
    4.   dual
21. What is the form of economy in developing countries?
    1.   backward and orthodox
    2.   developing
    3.   against development
    4.   dual
22. What is the chief feature of a developing economy?
    1.   Poverty
    2.   Increasing population
    3.   Rising prices
    4.   Low per capita income
23. Countries having how many $ per capita income are included in developing Economy?
    1.   765$
    2.   800$
    3.   565$
    4.   1,000$
24. What is India called economically?
    1.   Developed
    2.   Developing
    3.   Backward
    4.   Underdeveloped
25. In developing countries ...
    1.   there is no significant growth of technology.
    2.   per capita income is high.
    3.   land is cultivated by machines.
    4.   education level is high.
26. For developed countries foreign trade is ....
    1.   necessary
    2.   unnecessary
    3.   favourable
    4.   unfavourable
27. What is the annual population growth rate of developing countries?
    1.   2 % or higher
    2.   4 % or higher
    3.   2.5 % or higher
    4.   5.2 % or higher
28. Into how many sections can economic activities be classified?
    1.   Three
    2.   Five
    3.   Six
    4.   Seven
29. Which things are included in service sector?
    1.   Import-export, manufacture of nuclear weapons
    2.   Tools for communication, defense material, cloth manufacturing
    3.   Machinery, large industry, colour, chemical
    4.   Trade, communication, health, banking
30. Which sector dominates in developing countries?
    1.   Secondary sector
    2.   Primary sector
    3.   Service sector
    4.   Business sector
31. What per cent people of the developing countries are poor?
    1.   More than 12%
    2.   More than 18%
    3.   More than 24%
    4.   More than 30%
32. Which sector contributes most in employment generation and national income?
    1.   Tourism sector
    2.   Industrial sector
    3.   Primary sector
    4.   Education sector
33. What type of sector can primary sector be called?
    1.   Society dominated
    2.   Labour dominated
    3.   Ancient
    4.   Modern
34. Which of the following economic activities belong to primary sector?
    1.   machinery industry
    2.   agriculture
    3.   road transport
    4.   health
35. Which of the following economic activities belong to secondary sector?
    1.   production of nuclear weapons
    2.   fishing
    3.   banking
    4.   cattle rearing
36. Which of the following economic activities belong to service sector?
    1.   education
    2.   electricity
    3.   forest conservation
    4.   factories
37. What per cent people, in 1951, were engaged in agriculture?
    1.   62%
    2.   71%
    3.   60%
    4.   65%
38. In 2001-2002, what percent people were engaged in agriculture?
    1.   70%
    2.   68%
    3.   71%
    4.   58%
39. What per cent people in England and America are employed in the agricultural sector?
    1.   5%
    2.   7%
    3.   2%
    4.   3%
40. What percent people in France and Japan are employed in the agricultural sector?
    1.   7%
    2.   10%
    3.   3%
    4.   5%
41. What percent people in Canada are employed in the agricultural sector?
    1.   5%
    2.   3%
    3.   2%
    4.   8%
42. What percent people in Australia are employed in the agricultural sector?
    1.   5%
    2.   12%
    3.   8%
    4.   15%
43. What pe cent of industrial employment, large industries contribute?
    1.   8%
    2.   12%
    3.   4%
    4.   17.5%
44. What percent contribution of agriculture was in 1950-51 in the Primary Sector?
    1.   21.4%
    2.   57.7%
    3.   26.6%
    4.   41.5%
45. What percent of the total industrial employment of India do the small and cottage industries generate?
    1.   96%
    2.   86%
    3.   80%
    4.   72%
46. Indian economy is slowly ....
    1.   heading towards
    2.   settling
    3.   coming under America's influence
    4.   developing
47. Land, capital, labour and entrepreneurship are the factors of.. ..
    1.   Industrial development
    2.   Production
    3.   Individual development
    4.   National income
48. What percent share in employment of India does the Primary Sector contribute?
    1.   40%
    2.   58%
    3.   68%
    4.   70%
49. Mental or physical work or work including both, aimed at monetary gain means ....
    1.   working skill
    2.   labour
    3.   working capacity
    4.   production
50. What is a person, who coordinates land capital and labour called?
    1.   Entrepreneur
    2.   Landlord
    3.   Industrialist
    4.   Farmer
51. Due to unlimited ever increasing human needs resources will always be ....
    1.   sufficient
    2.   abundant
    3.   increasing
    4.   scarce
52. Which problem will always be more or less present in every economy?
    1.   Scarcity
    2.   Abundance
    3.   Expenditure
    4.   Income
53. Market mechanism and social system are ....
    1.   complimentary to each other
    2.   both. are the same
    3.   both are opposite to each other
    4.   little different from each other
54. How many uses do the production resources have?
    1.   Four
    2.   Multiple
    3.   Optional
    4.   Two
55. On what do we have to depend more for agriculture in India?
    1.   Chemical fertilizer
    2.   Pesticides
    3.   Land
    4.   Human labour
56. What is market mechanism known as?
    1.   Socialist method
    2.   Capitalist method
    3.   Mixed economy
    4.   Communist method
57. On what basis are the economic decisions taken in market mechanism?
    1.   Market
    2.   Supply
    3.   Price mechanism
    4.   Import and export
58. With the decrease in demand of any commodity in the market.. ..
    1.   prices rise
    2.   prices stabilise
    3.   prices go down
    4.   equilibrium of prices is lost
59. What are the main problems regarding production resources of a country?
    1.   efficiency
    2.   quality
    3.   scarcity
    4.   usage
60. Market mechanism system maintains a person's ........... freedom.
    1.   civil
    2.   economic
    3.   cultural
    4.   social
61. In which type of economy, is the market totally free from controls?
    1.   capitalist
    2.   socialist
    3.   mixed
    4.   monarchical
62. In which type of economy money and price mechanism is supreme?
    1.   Market mechanism
    2.   Communist economy
    3.   Socialist mechanism
    4.   Mixed economy
63. Which mechanism is known as free economic system?
    1.   Mixed economy
    2.   Socialist system
    3.   Capitalist method
    4.   Communist system
64. In which one of the following countries is market mechanism system being implemented?
    1.   USA
    2.   Russia
    3.   India
    4.   China
65. Which is the main important tool in market mechanism?
    1.   Capital
    2.   Entrepreneur
    3.   Land
    4.   Labour
66. Which one of the following is a factor of market mechanism?
    1.   Economic decisions are taken on the basis of price mechanism.
    2.   Economic decisions are taken on the basis of state mechanism.
    3.   Production resources are owned by the state.
    4.   Economic decision are taken on the basis of national income.
67. By what other name is socialist system known?
    1.   Capitalist system
    2.   Order and motivation system
    3.   Controlled economy system
    4.   Free economy system
68. Which one disadvantage from the following occurs in market mechanism system?
    1.   There is wastage of production resources.
    2.   There is no incentive for production growth.
    3.   Money is given too much importance.
    4.   Social welfare works are not done as desired.
69. Who takes economic decisions in a socialist economic system?
    1.   money
    2.   state mechanism
    3.   price mechanism
    4.   society
70. Who owns the production resources in socialism?
    1.   entrepreneur
    2.   market mechanism
    3.   state
    4.   planning commission
71. In market mechanism system ....
    1.   money is considered to be supreme
    2.   money is given too much importance
    3.   money does not have any value
    4.   there is no interference of state
72. Which one benefit among the following is derived in market mechanism system?
    1.   Person's economic freedom is maintained.
    2.   There is equal and rational distribution of income.
    3.   Class conflict is abolished.
    4.   There is economic stability in society.
73. In social system, there is no scope for ....
    1.   individual ownership
    2.   capital
    3.   entrepreneur
    4.   traders
74. How many tools of production are there?
    1.   Two
    2.   Three
    3.   Four
    4.   Five
75. Which one benefit among the following is there in socialist system?
    1.   Most of the wants of people are satisfied
    2.   Income is distributed equally and rationally
    3.   Person's economic freedom is protected
    4.   Production resources are used economically
76. What type of economic system prevails in India?
    1.   Mixed
    2.   Socialist
    3.   Market mechanism system
    4.   Capitalist
77. In which of the following countries is socialist system prevalent?
    1.   India
    2.   Japan
    3.   Britain
    4.   China
78. In which of the following countries is mixed economy prevalent?
    1.   USA
    2.   China
    3.   India
    4.   Yugoslavia
79. Which one of the following disadvantages is there in socialist system?
    1.   There is exploitation of customer
    2.   There is waste of production resources
    3.   There is monopoly
    4.   Money and price mechanism cannot be used fully
80. Which method is prevalent in France and England for the allocation of production resources?
    1.   market mechanism system
    2.   mixed economy system
    3.   capitalist system
    4.   socialist system
81. Which of the following limitations is seen in mixed economy?
    1.   lack of economic consistency
    2.   economic disorder
    3.   wastage of production resources
    4.   inefficiency
82. What can the mixed economy be called?
    1.   Controlled
    2.   Communist
    3.   Uncontrolled
    4.   Democratic
83. Which economic system is prevalent in India, England and France?
    1.   Mixed economy
    2.   Socialist system
    3.   Communist system
    4.   Imperialistic system
84. Market mechanism: USA: : Socialist:
    1.   Russia
    2.   India
    3.   France
    4.   Japan
85. Russia: Socialist system:: France:
    1.   Market mechanism system
    2.   Socialist system
    3.   Mixed mechanism
    4.   Communist system
86. Which one of the following pairs is wrong?
    1.   Agriculture, animal husbandry, etc. - Primary Sector
    2.   Production of atomic weapons - Secondary Sector
    3.   Education, Health, etc.-Service Sector
    4.   Jobs, etc. -- Employment Sector
87. Which one of the following statements is wrong ?
    1.   Per capita income is low in developing economy
    2.   The annual population growth is less than 1 % in developing economy
    3.   Agriculture is the main economic activity or, the developing economy
    4.   The growth of technology is less in developing economy
88. Which one from the following does not fit into the factors of production?
    1.   land
    2.   market
    3.   capital
    4.   labour