Economics (Class-10th ) - Chapter 1 (Objective Type Questions)

Q1. For development, people look at a mix of ________________.

(a) goals (b) responsibilities (c) accountability (d) none of the above
Answer: Option (a)
Q2. To compare the development of countries, their ______________ is considered to be one of
the most important attributes.
(a) income (b) population (c) demographics (d) none of the above
Answer: Option (a)
Q3. For comparison between countries, total income is not such a useful measure. State whether
true or false.
(a) true (b) false
Answer: Option (a)
Q4. Since countries have different ____________, comparing total income will not tell us what
an average person is likely to earn.
(a) economic policies (b) reserves (c) resources (d) populations
Answer: Option (d)
Q5. In World Development Reports, brought out by the___________, per capita income criterion
is used in classifying countries.
(a) UNICEF (b) World Bank (c) World Economic Forum (d) United Nations
Answer: Option (b)
Q6. Countries with per capita income of US$ 12616 per annum and above in 2012 are called
_______________.
(a) underdeveloped countries (b) developing countries
(c) poor countries (d) rich countries
Answer: Option (d)
Q7. India comes in the category of ________ countries because its per capita income in 2012
was just US$ 1530 per annum.
(a) low middle income (b) middle income
(c) high middle income (d) none of the above
Answer: Option (a)

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Q8. Among the following states, __________ has the highest per capita income as per 2012-13
figures.
(a) Maharashtra (b) Bihar (c) Kerala (d) Jharkhand
Answer: Option (a)
Q9. Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) indicates the number of children that die before the age of
____________ as a proportion of 100 live children born in that particular year.
(a) four years (b) one year (c) two years (d) three years
Answer: Option (b)
Q10. Literacy rate measures the proportion of the literate population in the _________ age
group.
(a) 10 and above (b) 21 and above (c) 7 and above (d) 18 and above
Answer: Option (c)
Q11. Net Attendance Ratio is the total number of children of the age group ________ attending
school as a percentage of the total number of children in the same age group.
(a) 17 and 18 years (b) 9 and 10 years (c) 12 and 13 years (d) 14 and 15 years
Answer: Option (d)
Q12. As per the 2011 census, which among the following states has the highest literacy rate?
(a) Kerala (b) Maharashtra (c) Bihar (d) Odisha
Answer: Option (a)
Q13. As per the 2011 census, which among the following states has the highest infant mortality
rate per 1000 live births?
(a) Kerala (b) Bihar (c) Maharashtra (d) All of the above
Answer: Option (b)
Q14. From the given table in the chapter, which state has the highest net attendance ratio?
(a) Gujarat (b) Maharashtra (c) Kerala (d) Bihar
Answer: Option (c)
Q15. Which of the following statements about money are true?
(a) Money cannot buy you a pollution-free environment.
(b) Money cannot ensure that you get unadulterated medicines.
(c) Money may also not be able to protect you from infectious diseases.
(d) All of the above.

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Answer: Option (d)
Q16. If the Body Mass Index (BMI) is _________, then the adult person would be considered
undernourished.
(a) less than 18.5 (b) less than 10.5 (c) less than 25.5 (d) less than 28.5
Answer: Option (a)
Q17. If the Body Mass Index (BMI) is _________, then the adult person would be considered
overweight.
(a) more than 18 (b) more than 30 (c) more than 45 (d) more than 25
Answer: Option (d)
Q18. Human Development Report published by UNDP compares countries based on _________.
(a) health status (b) per capita income
(c) educational levels of the people (d) all of the above
Answer: Option (d)
Q19. As per the 2013 report, ________ had the HDI rank of 135 in the world.
(a) Sri Lanka (b) Pakistan (c) India (d) Bangladesh
Answer: Option (c)
Q20. Among the following South Asian countries, ______ had the highest life expectancy at
birth.
(a) Myanmar (b) Sri Lanka (c) Nepal (d) India
Answer: Option (b)
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Q1. India’s HDI rank in the world is:
(a) 125 (b) 115 (c) 126 (d) 134
Answer: (c) 126

Q2. 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) average expected length of life of a person at the time of birth

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Q3. Which one of the following is the most important attribute while comparing the level of
development of various countries?
(a) Population
(b) Social status of the people
(c) Political status
(d) Per capita income
Answer: (b) Social status of the people

Q4. Which one among the following is a developmental goal for the landless rural labourers?
(a) To get electricity and water
(b) To educate their children
(c) More days of work and better wages
(d) To shift to the cities
Answer: (c) More days of work and better wages

Q5. 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

Q6. Which of the following is most likely to be a development goal for landless rural labourers?
(a) Higher support prices for their crops
(b) They should be able to settle their children abroad
(c) Raised wages
(d) None of these
Answer: (c) Raised wages

Q7. 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

Q8. According to the World Development Report a country is considered rich when the per

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 capita income is more than which of the following figures?
(a) Rs 24,000 per annum (b) Rs 37,000 per annum
(c) Rs 4,53,000 per annum (d) Rs 5,43,000 per annum
Answer: (c) Rs 4,53,000 per annum

Q9. In which state in India is the infant mortality rate lowest?

(a) Kerala (b) Bihar (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Punjab
Answer: (a) Kerala

Q10. 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) by dividing the national income by the total population of a country

Q11. Groundwater overuse in India is how much

(a) one-third of country (b) one-fourth of country
(c) one-fifth of country (d) two-fifth of country
Answer: (a) one-third of country

Q12. One common development goal among the people is:

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

Q13. 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: (c) Literacy rate

Q14. Per capita income is:

(a) income per person (b) income per family
(c) income per earning person (d) income per month
Answer: (a) income per person

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Q15. 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: (a) Low income countries

Q16. Development goals of different sections of our society can be achieved by:
(a) Force (b) Democratic political process (c) Violent agitation (d) Terrorism
Answer: (b) Democratic political process

Q17. Which one of the following statements defines ‘Literacy Rate’?

(a) Total literate population divided by total population
(b) Total literate population divided by literate population
(c) Proportion of illiterate population in the 18 and above age group.
(d) It measures the proportion of literate proportion in the 7 years and above age group.
Answer: (c) Proportion of illiterate population in the 18 and above age group.

Q18. Which one of the following is not a feature of developing country?

(a) Agriculture as the major occupation (b) High technological development
(c) Mass poverty (d) Mass illiteracy
Answer: (b) High technological development

Q19. 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: (b) to get as much freedom as her brother gets

Q20. Which one of the following is a developmental goal for industrialists?

(a) To get more days of work
(b) To get better wages
(c) To get more electricity
(d) All the above
Answer: (c) To get more electricity

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Q21. Which one of the following criteria is the basis to measure the development of a country
according to UNDP?
(a) Per capita income
(b) Educational levels of the people
(c) Health status of the people
(d) All the above
Answer: (d) All the above

Q22. Which one of the following states has the highest Human Development Index (HDI)?
(a) Kerala (b) Punjab (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) West Bengal
Answer: (a) Kerala

Q23. Which is the most important attribute for comparing the development of countries ?
(a) Resources (b) Population (c) Average income (d) None of these
Answer: (d) None of these

Q24. Which of the following countries has higher HDI rank than India?
(a) Sri Lanka (b) Nepal (c) Bangladesh (d) Pakistan
Answer: (a) Sri Lanka

Q25. Kerala has low Infant Mortaliy Rate because:

(a) it has good climatic condition
(b) it has adequate infrastructure
(c) it has adequate provision of basic health and educational facilities
(d) it has poor net attendance ratio
Answer: (c) it has adequate provision of basic health and educational facilities

Q26. Human Development Index compares countries based on which of the following levels of
the people?
(a) Educational level (b) Health status (c) Per capita Income (d) All the above
Answer: (d) All the above

Q27. Cause of high infant mortality rate is :

(a) inadequate facilities of health

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(b) lack of infrastructural facilities
(c) lack of awareness
(d) both (a) and (b)
Answer: (d) both (a) and (b)

Q28. Which of the following neighbouring countries has better performance in terms of human
development rank than India ?
(a) Bhutan (b) Sri Lanka (c) Nepal (d) None of the above
Answer: (b) Sri Lanka

Q29. Which is the most important attribute to compare countries?

(a) Human Development Index (HDI) (b) Literacy rate

(c) Export earnings (d) Income

Answer: (a) Human Development Index (HDI)

Q30. What the countries with per capita income of US $12,056 per annum and above (in 2017)
are called?
(a) Rich countries (b) Low-income countries

(c) Developing countries (d) None of the above

Answer: (a) Rich countries

Q31. Which of the following resources is a non-renewable energy resource?

(a) Solar radiations (b) Crude oil (c) Wind energy (d) All the above
Answer: (b) Crude oil

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Q1. In addition to income people want ………. for development.

(a) freedom (b) security (c) equal treatment (d) All of these
Answer: (d) All of these
Q2. According to the World Bank, High Income countries are those where per capita income is:
(a) 8,08,296 or more (b) 5,35,500 or more
(c) between 35,500 and 4,35,500 (d) None of the above.

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Answer: (a) 8,08,296 or more
Q3. High Income countries are:
(a) USA, Japan (b) UK, Denmark (c) Germany, Singapore (d) All
of these
Answer: (d) All of these
Q4. Medium income countries are:
(a) Sri Lanka, Brazil (b) China, Argentina (c) Iran (d) All of these.
Answer: (d) All of these.
Q5. Low Income countries are:
(a) India, Kenya (b) Pakistan, Bangladesh (c) Nepal (d) All of these.
Answer: (d) All of these.
Q6. 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: (a) More days of work and better wages
Q7. 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: (a) Higher support prices for their crops
Q8. What can be the goals/aspirations of farmers who depend only on rain for growing crop?
(a) Sufficient rain at the proper time
(b) Rich farmers in the village to provide food grains if rain fails
(c) Government to come forward to help them
(d) None of the above.
Answer: (a) Sufficient rain at the proper time
Q9. Mention any two national development goals of India.
Answer: (i) Corruption free society (ii) High per capita income.

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Q10. Which is the most important attribute for national development ?
Answer: National income or per capita income of the nation.
Q11. What is the most important component for comparing different countries ?
Answer: Per capita income.
Q12. Which criteria is used by the World Bank to classify different countries ?
Answer: Per capita income.
Q13. Mention any two developmental goals of a landless rural labourer.
Answer: (i) More days of work and better wages (ii) Quality education for his children.
Q14. Mention any two developmental goals of a girl.
Answer: (i) Gender equality (ii) Girls empowerment.
Q15. Mention any two developmental goals of people other than income.
Answer: (i) Equal treatment (ii) Respect of others.
Q16. Mention any two developmental goals of a rural woman.
Answer: (i) Dignity in the household (ii) A safe and secure environment.
Q17. Which organisation classifies countries as rich countries and low income countries ?
Answer: World Bank.
Q18. Which countries have been categorised as rich countries according to the World
Development Report ?
Answer: Countries with per capita income of US $ 12,476 per annum and above in 2016 are
called rich countries.
Q19. Mention any two things which money cannot buy.
Answer: (i) Peace (ii) Freedom.
Q20. Which countries have been categorised as low income countries according to World
Development Report 2016 ?
Answer: Countries with per capita income of US $ 1,025 or less are called low income countries.
Q21. Under which category India has been placed by the World Bank Development Report.
Answer: Low middle income countries as India’s per capita income is less than US $ 1,340.4 or
less.
Q22. What is Literacy Rate ?
Answer: It measures the proportion of literate population in the seven and above age group.

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Q23. What is Gross Enrolment Ratio ?
Answer: It is the enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and higher education.
Q24. Which Indian state has the lowest Infant Mortality Rate ?
Answer: Kerala.
Q25. What are the three components of Human Development Index ?
Answer: (i) Per Capita Income (ii) Life Expectancy (iii) Literacy Rate.
Q26. What is India’s rank according to 2015 HDI ?
Answer: 130.
Q27. What is life expectancy in India?
Answer: 62.8 years [Census 2011]
Q28. Mention any two parameters where Sri Lanka has scored over India in HDI.
Answer: (i) Per capita income (ii) Literacy rate.
Q29. Define life expectancy.
Answer: Average expected length of life of a person at the time of birth.
Q30. Name the region of world which has large crude oil reserves.
Answer: Middle East.
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Q1. What will be the top priority in the developmental goal of a landless labourer?
(a) Expansion of rural banking
(b) More days of work and better wages
(c) Metal roads for transportation
(d) Establishment of a high school
Answer: b

Q2. What will be the aspiration of an educated urban unemployed youth?

(a) An educated urban unemployed youth will aspire for better opportunities in agriculture.
(b) Support from government at every step in life for his upward movement.
(c) An urban educated unemployed will aspire for good job opportunities where his education
can be made use of.
(d) Better facilities of recreation for his leisure time.
Answer: c

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Q3. 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: c
Q4. Which country can be considered as a developed country in the modern world? Select your
answer from the following statements.
(a) Countries which have accumulated huge amount of wealth and always secures the future of
their citizens. These countries are considered to be developed.
(b) Countries which are among the highest in the ‘Human Development Index’ are considered to
be the developed countries.
(c) Only rich countries are considered to be developed because people have money to buy
everything needed for human beings—both material and non-material.
(d) Iran is a rich country and therefore it is a developed country.
Answer: b
Q5. Money cannot buy all the goods and services that we may need to have a good life. A list of
things required for a good life is given below. Which among the following are things money
cannot buy?
(i) Full protection from infectious diseases
(ii) High quality education
(in) A luxury home
(iv) A pollution-free atmosphere in every part of the country
(a) (i) and(ii)
(b) (ii) and (iii)
(c) (i), (ii) and (in)
(d) (i) and (iv)
Answer: d

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Q6. HDI stands for ‘Human Development Index’ that focuses on Fill in the blanks with one of
the following options:
(a) life expectancy
(b) gross enrolment ratio for three levels of schooling
(c) national income
(d) All the above
Answer: d
Q7. 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: b
Q8. What would be the most promising source of energy fifty years from now and why?
(a) Petroleum energy, because it is obtained from fossil fuels.
(b) Solar energy, because it is not exhaustible.
(c) Coal based energy, because it is pollution- free.
(d) Forest product based energy, because India has abundant forests.
Answer: b
Q9. 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
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Q1. Human Development Index compares countries based on which of the following levels
of the people?
(a) Educational level (b) Health status (c) Per capita Income (d) All of the above
Ans: (d) All of the above

Q2. Per capita incomes of countries for international comparison are expressed in :
(a) Rupees (b) Dollars (c) Pounds (d) None of the above
Ans: (b) Dollars

Q3. Which is the most important attribute to compare countries?

(a) Human Development Index (HDI) (b) Literacy rate
(c) Export earnings (d) Income
Ans: (a) Human Development Index (HDI)

Q4. Which of the following resources is a non-renewable energy resource?

(a) Solar radiations (b) Crude oil (c) Wind energy (d) All the above
Ans: (b) Crude oil

Q5. Kerala has low infant Mortality Rate because:

(a) it has good climate condition
(b) it has adequate infrastructure
(c) it has adequate provision of basic health and educational facilities
(d) it has poor net attendance ratio
Ans: (c) it has adequate provision of basic health and educational facilities

Q6. What is necessary for good health?

(a) Balanced diet (b) Nutritious diet (c) Healthcare facilities (d) All of the above
Ans: (d) All of the above

Q7. Groundwater overuse in India is how much:

(a) one-third of country (b) one-fourth of country
(c) one-fifth of country (d) two-fifth of country
Ans: (a) one-third of country

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Q8. Human Development Index compares countries based on which of the following levels
of the people?
(a) Educational level (b) Health status (c) Per capita Income (d) All of the above
Ans: (d) All of the above

Q9. Which of the following things money cannot buy?

(a) Building (b) Pollution free environment (c) Flowers (d) Books
Ans: (b) Pollution free environment

Q10. Which one of the following is not a measure of development in the Human
Development Report of the UNDP?
(a) Per capita income in US $ (b) Educational Levels of the people
(c) Body Mass Index (d) Life Expectancy at Birth
Ans: (c) Body Mass Index

Q11. As per World Development Reports brought by the World Bank, which of the
following per capita income per annum in 2016 is those of the rich countries?
(a) US $ 12,056 per annum
(b) US $ 13336 per annum
(c) US $ 14336 per annum
(d) US $ 15336 per annum
Ans: (a) US $ 12,056 per annum

Q12. Proportion of literate population in the 7 and above age group is called as:
(a) Knowledge rate (b) Literacy rate (c) Attendance rate (d) Excellence Rate
Ans: (b) Literacy rate

Q13. BMI (Body Mass Index) is a method of finding out which of the following?
(a) Infant mortality (b) Health status (c) Longevity (d) Economic status
Ans: (b) Health status

Q14. Which of the following is most likely to be a development goal for landless rural
labourers?
(a) Higher support prices for their crops

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(b) They should be able to settle their children abroad
(c) Raised wages
(d) None of these
Ans: (c) Raised wages

Q15. Development of a country can generally be determined by its:

(a) Per capita income (b) Average literacy level
(c) Health status of its people (d) All of the above
Ans: (d) All of the above

Q16. Which one of the following statements is correct about comparing countries?
(a) Their income is considered to be one of the most important attributes.
(b) Their population is considered to be one of the most important attributes.
(c) Their industrial progress is considered to be one of the most important attributes.
(d) Their agricultural progress is considered to be one of the most important attributes.
Ans: (a) Their income is considered to be one of the most important attributes.

Q17. Development of the country can generally be determined by

(a) Its per capita income (b) Its average literacy rate
(c) Health status of its people (d) None of these
Ans: (a) Its per capita income

Q18. 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
Ans: (c) are working less than what they are capable of doing

Q19. Which one of the following criteria is the basis to measure the development of a
country according to UNDP?
(a) Per capita income
(b) Educational levels of the people
(c) Health status of the people

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(d) All of the above
Ans: (d) All of the above

Q20. Which one of the following is a developmental goal for industrialists?

(a) To get more days of work
(b) To get better wages
(c) To get more electricity
(d) All the above
Ans: (b) To get better wages

Q21. Which one of the following is the most important attribute while comparing the level
of development of various countries?
(a) Population (b) Social status of the people
(c) Political status (d) Per capita income
Ans: (b) Social status of the people

Q22. Which one of the following is not a component of Human Development Index?
(a) Per capita income (b) Life expectancy (c) Literacy rate (d) Poverty rate
Ans: (d) Poverty rate

Q23. Which one among the following is a developmental goal for the landless rural
labourers?
(a) To get electricity and water
(b) To educate their children
(c) More days of work and better wages
(d) To shift to the cities
Ans: (c) More days of work and better wages

Q24. Which one of the following is not a feature of developing country?

(a) Agriculture as the major occupation (b) High technological development
(c) Mass poverty (d) Mass illiteracy
Ans: (b) High technological development

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