MCQ Questions for Class 10 Social Science with Answers: Economics Chapter 1 Development

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What proportion of the country is over using their groundwater reserves?

(a) One-Fourth
(b) One-Tenth
(c) One-Third
(d) half

Answer

Answer: (c) One-Third

What are the goals/aspirations of prosperous farmers from Punjab ?

(a) Higher support prices for their crops
(b) Hard working and cheap labourers
(c) To settle their children abroad
(d) None of the above.

Answer

Answer: (a) Higher support prices for their crops

What are the development goals/aspirations of landless rural labourers?

(a) More days of work and better wages
(b) Best school to provide quality education for their children
(c) There is no social discrimination and they too can become leaders in the village
(d) None of the above.

Answer

Answer: (a) More days of work and better wages

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

(a) the total income of a person
(b) by dividing the national income by the total population of a country
(c) the total value of all goods and services
(d) the total exports of the country.

Answer

(b)

Underemployment occurs when people:

(a) do not want to work
(b) are working in a lazy manner
(c) are working less than what they are capable of doing
(d) are not paid for their work

Answer

(c) are working less than what they are capable of doing

Total income of the country divided by its total population is known as: ‘

(a) Capital Income
(b) National Income
(c) Per capita income
(d) GDP

Answer

(c) Per capita income

The developmental goal for a girl from a rich family is:

(a) to get more days of work
(b) to get as much freedom as her brother gets
(c) to get electricity
(d) to get better wages

Answer

Answer: (b) to get as much freedom as her brother gets

The countries with per capita income of US $955 (2017) or less are termed as

(a) Low income countries
(b) Developing countries
(c) Developed countries
(d) Rich countries

Answer

Answer: (a) Low income countries

Proportion of literate population in the 7 years and above age group is termed as

(a) Education index
(b) Mortality ratio
(c) Literacy rate
(d) Gross enrolment ratio

Answer

Answer: (c) Literacy rate

Pick out the correct meaning listed below to define ‘average income’.

(a) Average income of the country means the total income of the country.
(b) The average income in a country is the income of only employed people.
(c) The average income is the same as per capita income.
(d) The average income includes the value of property held.

Answer

Answer: (c) The average income is the same as per capita income.

Pick out the cause (from below) that enhances environmental degradation:

(a) Planting of trees.
(b) Prevention of factory wastes getting mixed up with river water.
(c) Ban on use of plastic bags.
(d) Allowing increase in the level of exhaust fumes emitted by cars, buses, trucks, etc.

Answer

(d) Allowing increase in the level of exhaust fumes emitted by cars, buses, trucks, etc.

One common development goal among the people is:

(a) family
(b) freedom
(c) income
(d) security

Answer

(c)

Medium income countries are:

(a) Sri Lanka, Brazil
(b) China, Argentina
(c) Iran
(d) All of these.

Answer

Answer: (d) All of these.

Life expectancy at birth means:

(a) average expected length of life of a person at the time of birth
(b) average expected length of life of a person at the time of death
(c) average expected length of a child at the time of birth
(d) None of the above

Answer

(a)

Kerala has a low infant mortality rate. What could be the reason? Find the correct answer from the following:

(a) Kerala has a low infant mortality rate because all the girls are trained at the primary level schooling to look after a newborn child.
(b) Because most of the girls are nurses in Kerala.
(c) Because Kerala has very high female literacy rate and adequate health facilities are available for both mothers and children.
(d) Kerala’s good climatic condition helps infants to survive.

Answer

Answer: b

India’s HDI rank in the world is:

(a) 125
(b) 115
(c) 126
(d) 134

Answer

(c) 126

In which state of India is the infant mortality rate lowest?

(a) Goa
(b) Bihar
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Kerala

Answer

Answer: (a) Goa

In terms of human development, which of the following countries is ahead of India?

(a) Bangladesh
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) Nepal
(d) Bhutan

Answer

(b) Sri Lanka

In addition to income people want ………. for development.

(a) freedom
(b) security
(c) equal treatment
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (d) All of these

If BMI is less than 18.5 then the person would be considered: v

(a) over weight
(b) long height
(c) under nourished
(d) short height

Answer

(c)