Revision Questions - Economics
Revision Questions - Economics
1. Different people have different developmental goals. Analyse with the help of suitable
examples.
2. Different people may have conflicting development goals. Comment and justify with
suitable examples.
3. For development people look at a mix of goals. Justify with the help of an example.
4. How does the World Bank compare countries and classify them? Explain its limitation
5. Explain the criterions used by UNDP to classify countries.
6. What is Sustainable Development? Give suitable examples to explain why we need it?
7. Calculate the Body Mass Index of Rahul, if his weight is 75 Kg and the square of his
height is 2.56 m2. What can you infer about the health of Rahul by looking at his BMI?
8. Country Y has a population of 6 citizens. Calculate the PCI of the country if their income
is $ 5000, $ 9000, $6000, $10000, $ 6000 and $ 6000 respectively. Classify the country Y on
the World Bank criterion.
1. Classify the economic activities on the basis of the nature of activity.
2. ”In recent years, the secondary sector has really benefited modernizing agriculture and related
activities.” Justify the statement with suitable examples.
OR
Explain with the help of suitable examples that economic activities though are grouped
in different categories are highly interdependent.
3. If we really want a developed economy, which sectors do you think can help our country the
most and why?
OR
Explain the reasons for the rising importance of the tertiary sector.
● Technology
● Communication
● World Trade Organisation
3. Explain Liberalisation. Why did the Indian government introduce trade barriers and analyse the
reasons for their removal later on in the 1990s.