The Political Economy of Development and Planing Solved MCQs

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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» A. life sustenance, self esteem and freedom

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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» C. longevity, knowledge and income

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3.	Economic development , as a concept is more relevant for;
A.	developed countries
B.	under developed countries
C.	asian countries
D.	developing countries.
Answer» D. developing countries.

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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
Answer» A. ability to meet basic needs

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5.	Non – income based index is /are
A.	hdi
B.	pqli
C.	gnp
D.	both a and b
Answer» B. pqli

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6.	The major factor of economic growth are;
A.	capital accumulation
B.	population
C.	technical progress
D.	all the above
Answer» D. all the above

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7.	PQLI was contributed by;
A.	muhabul ul huq
B.	morris d morris
C.	meier g m
D.	none of these
Answer» B. morris d morris

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8.	Which are the conventional method of development;
A.	national income
B.	per capita income
C.	both a and b
D.	none of these
Answer» C. both a and b

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9.	India's rank in HDI in 2013 is ;
A.	136
B.	127
C.	119
D.	132
Answer» A. 136

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10.	Sen explain the concept of development in terms of expansion of :
A.	entitlement and capabilities
B.	freedom
C.	both
D.	none of these
Answer» A. entitlement and capabilities

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11.	Modern economic growth is has been analyses by:
A.	maurice alias
B.	leontief
C.	stone
D.	simon kuznets
Answer» D. simon kuznets

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12.	All under developed countries are:
A.	not developing at all
B.	developing but slowly
C.	developing at different rates
D.	receding backward
Answer» C. developing at different rates

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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
Answer» C. cairncross

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14.	Economic development means:
A.	growth.
B.	development.
C.	growth plus change.
D.	none of these.
Answer» C. growth plus change.

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15.	Nurkse talks about the:
A.	relative poverty.
B.	vicious circle of poverty.
C.	lack of capital formation.
D.	none of these.
Answer» B. vicious circle of poverty.

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16.	Basically absolute poverty is related with;
A.	Developing nations
B.	Developed nations
C.	Both
D.	None
Answer» A. Developing nations

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17.	Which is not an index of poverty measure?
A.	Head-Count Method
B.	Foster Greer-Thornbeck Measure
C.	Theil-index
D.	Poverty Line
Answer» C. Theil-index

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18.	Inequality looks into;
A.	Poverty
B.	Different levels of access
C.	Both
D.	None
Answer» B. Different levels of access

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19.	The Gini -coefficient varies between;
A.	0 to 1
B.	1to 100
C.	+1 to -1
D.	None
Answer» A. 0 to 1

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20.	The Gini- coefficient is used to measure;
A.	Poverty
B.	Income
C.	Inequality
D.	Wealth
Answer» C. Inequality

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21.	Which is not an index of inequality?
A.	Theil-index
B.	Decile dispersion ratio
C.	Head-Count Ratio
D.	Share of income
Answer» C. Head-Count Ratio

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22.	Gender is determined by;
A.	Socially
B.	Biologically
C.	Either (a) or (b)
D.	Sex
Answer» A. Socially

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23.	The concept of missing women was introduced by;
A.	Robinson
B.	Das Gupta
C.	Emily Oster
D.	Amartya Sen
Answer» D. Amartya Sen

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24.	Hepatitis B Hypothesis related with missing women was introduced by;
A.	Amartya Sen
B.	Emily Oster
C.	Das Gupta
D.	Ming-Jen Lin
Answer» B. Emily Oster

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25.	The Club of Rome tookplace in;
A.	1970
B.	1972
C.	1968
D.	1992
Answer» C. 1968

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26.	The Limits to Growth was published in;
A.	1992
B.	1968
C.	1972
D.	1970
Answer» C. 1972

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27.	Who headed the Limits to Growth report?
A.	Donald Meadows
B.	Randers
C.	Beherns
D.	None
Answer» A. Donald Meadows

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28.	The Club of Rome is a;
A.	Governmental agency
B.	Non Governmental Agency
C.	Both
D.	None
Answer» B. Non Governmental Agency

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29.	The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment took place in the year;
A.	1992
B.	1968
C.	1972
D.	1970
Answer» C. 1972

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30.	Who was Brundtland?
A.	Prime Minister of Norway
B.	President of UK
C.	President of USA
D.	None
Answer» A. Prime Minister of Norway

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31.	Brundtland Report was known as;
A.	Club of Rome
B.	Limits to growth
C.	Our Common Future,
D.	None
Answer» C. Our Common Future,

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32.	Brundtland Report was published in;
A.	1992
B.	1968
C.	1987
D.	1970
Answer» C. 1987

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33.	The first Earth Summit was held at:
A.	UK
B.	Geneva
C.	Rio de Jeneiro
D.	USA
Answer» C. Rio de Jeneiro

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34.	World Summit on Sustainable Development held in;
A.	UK
B.	Geneva
C.	Rio de Jeneiro
D.	Johannesburg
Answer» D. Johannesburg

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35.	Global warming will increase;
A.	Temperature of the earth
B.	Disease
C.	Melting glaciers
D.	All
Answer» D. All

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36.	Major greenhouse gases are;
A.	Methane,
B.	Nitrous Oxide
C.	Hydro Fluoro Carbons
D.	All
Answer» D. All

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37.	Which is good to reduce global warming?
A.	Plant a tree
B.	Change a Light Bulb
C.	Adopt Reduce, Reuse, Recycle policy
D.	All
Answer» D. All

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38.	The largest (manmade) contributor to the greenhouse effect is;
A.	Carbon Dioxide Gas emissions
B.	Deforestation
C.	Methane
D.	None
Answer» A. Carbon Dioxide Gas emissions

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39.	The ability of gasses in the atmosphere to absorb heat from the earth's surface is known as;
A.	Global warming
B.	Green house effect
C.	Both
D.	None
Answer» B. Green house effect

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The Political Economy of Development and Planing Solved MCQs

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

Human development index is based on;

Economic development , as a concept is more relevant for;

Life substance according to Goulet means;

Non – income based index is /are

The major factor of economic growth are;

PQLI was contributed by;

Which are the conventional method of development;

India's rank in HDI in 2013 is ;

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

Modern economic growth is has been analyses by:

All under developed countries are:

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

Economic development means:

Nurkse talks about the:

Basically absolute poverty is related with;

Which is not an index of poverty measure?

Inequality looks into;

The Gini -coefficient varies between;

The Gini- coefficient is used to measure;

Which is not an index of inequality?

Gender is determined by;

The concept of missing women was introduced by;

Hepatitis B Hypothesis related with missing women was introduced by;

The Club of Rome tookplace in;

The Limits to Growth was published in;

Who headed the Limits to Growth report?

The Club of Rome is a;

The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment took place in the year;

Who was Brundtland?

Brundtland Report was known as;

Brundtland Report was published in;

The first Earth Summit was held at:

World Summit on Sustainable Development held in;

Global warming will increase;

Major greenhouse gases are;

Which is good to reduce global warming?

The largest (manmade) contributor to the greenhouse effect is;

The ability of gasses in the atmosphere to absorb heat from the earth's surface is known as;