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Gulf Asian English School , Sharjah

Class: X Department: Social Science Sub: ECONOMICS

Chapter-1 Topic: DEVELOPMENT Year: 2023-2024


Work Sheet:1

1 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.
2 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
3 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
(iii) 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 (iii)
(d) (i) and (iv)

4 Kerala has a low infant mortality rate. What could be the reason?

(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.

5 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.

6 Pick out the cause 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.

7 Human Development Report is published by

(a) UNDP
(b) World Bank
(c) IMF
(d) WHO
8 Which of the following is the most important component for comparing different countries?

(a) Population
(b) Income
(c) Per capita income
(d) Resources
9 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
10 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.
11 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
12 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
13 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
14 Per capita income is

(a) income per person


(b) income per family
(c) income per earning person
(d) income per month
15 For development, people look at a mix of
(a) goals
(b) responsibilities
(c) accountability
(d) none of the above

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