ECONOMICS (SOCIAL SCIENCE)

CHAPTER-1 DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE PAPER

SECTION-A OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS
1) Which statement does not justify the need for the provision of public facilities?
a) Income indicates the ability to utilize goods and services.
b) Public facilities are provided because people need them.
c) Providing public facilities collectively reduces cost.
d) Income itself cannot indicate the ability to utilize goods and services.
2) Assume there are five families in a country. The average per capita income of these families is Rs
10000. If the income of three families is Rs.9500, Rs.10500, Rs.10200 and Rs.9800 respectively, what is
the income of the fifth family?
a) Rs.10000
b) Rs.10500
c) Rs.20220
d) Rs.5800

3) Which of the following is true when industrialists want dam to get more electricity but tribals oppose it?
a) Different persons can have different developmental goals
b) What may be development for one may not be development for the other.
c) For development, people look at a mix of goals.
d) Different persons could have different as well as conflicting notions of a country’s development.

4) Study the given table and answer the following questions-

i) In which category / categories Nepal and Bangladesh are better than India?
 a) Gross National Income
b) Life Expectancy
c) Mean years of schooling
d) All three

ii) In which categories India is better than Pakistan and Myanmar?

a) Gross National Income
b) Life Expectancy
c) Only a
d) Both a and b

5) A person is height is 150cm and weight 50 kgs. Calculate his BMI and comment on it.

6) How will you help Mala, to know which data is included to measure Human Development Report?

7) What does Raman’s BMI indicate if his age is 14 years 8 months and his BMI is 15.2?

8) Assertion (A): The development goal that people have is only about better income.
Reason (R): Besides seeking more income people also seek things like equal treatment, freedom, security
and respect of others.
Options
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation for A.
b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation for A.
c) A is correct but R is wrong.
d) A is wrong but R is correct.

9) Read the following statements and choose the correct option-

Statement 1- Sustainable economic development means development should take place without damaging the
environment.
Statement 2- Resources to be used in such a way that they are not exploited and should not lead to
environmental degradation.
Options-
a) Statement 1 & Statement 2 are true.
b) Statement 1 & Statement 2 are false.
c) Statement 1 is true, statement 2 is false
d) Statement 2 is true, statement 1 is false

10) A person who expects more days of work and better wages, quality local school for his children will be
from which following category?
a) A rich farmer
b) Landless rural farmer
c) An industrialist.
d) Shopkeeper
11) Assertion: Money is not a factor that brings happiness in the life of the people.
Reason: Quality of life also depends on non-material things like Freedom, Respect of others, security etc.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false.
 d) A is false but R is true.
12) Based on the conflicting developmental goals, which of the following pairs are not correctly matched?
a) More wages to workers - against the interests of the entrepreneur.
b) Rich farmers want to sell food grains at high prices - poor workers want to purchase it at low prices.
c) Construction of a dam means more and cheaper power for people - The tribals do not want to leave the
place.
d) Expansion of roads in the city - good for reducing traffic congestion

13) Select the two non-material benefits that would increase the welfare of the population.
a) House and Car
b) Medical and Insurance facility
c) Freedom and security
d) Dignity and High income.

14) Consider that, there are five families in a country. The average per capita income of these families is Rs.
6000. It’s the income of other form families is Rs.6000, Rs. 9000, Rs. 3000, Rs. 5000. What is the income of the
fifth family?
a) 5500
b) 6000
c) 7000
d) 7500
15) What would be the most promising source of energy fifty years from now and why?
a) Petroleum, because it is obtained from fossil fuel.
b) Solar energy because it is not exhaustible.
c) Coal based energy because it is abundant.
d) Forest product based energy because it is pollution free.

SECTION-B SOURCE BASED QUESTIONS/ CASE STUDY

10) Read the paragraph given below and answer the questions that follows:-
“Recent evidence suggests that the groundwater is under serious threat of overuse in many parts of the
country. About 300 districts have reported a water level decline of over 4 meters during the past 20 years.
Nearly one-third of the country is overusing their groundwater reserves. In another 25 years,60 per cent of the
country would be doing the same if the present way of using this resource continues. Groundwater overuse is
particularly found in the agriculturally prosperous regions of Punjab and Western U.P., hard rock plateau areas
of central and south India, some coastal areas and the rapidly growing urban settlements.”
10.i) Nearly one-third of the country is overusing their groundwater reserves. In another 25 years what
percentage will be overusing their groundwater reserves?
a) 50
b) 40
c) 60
d) 20

10.ii) Which of the following is not a region where Groundwater overuse is visible?
a) Maharashtra
b) Punjab
 c) Rajasthan
d) South India

10. iii) Which of the following reason is mentioned in paragraph for overuse of groundwater.
a) Domestic use
b) Industrial use
c) Agricultural use
d) Construction work in summer

10. iv) About_____ districts have reported a water level decline of over ____meters during the past 20 years.
a) 200, 5
b) 150, 20
c) 25, 60
d) 300, 4

SECTION-C SHORT ANSWER & LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESATIONS

11) Why are public facilities necessary for the development of a country? Explain with e.g.
12) Study the table given below and answer the following questions-
State Infant Mortality Rate per 1000 Literacy rate (%)

Punjab 49 70

Kerala 11 91

Bihar 60 47

i) Calculate the difference in IMR of Punjab and Kerala.

ii) Calculate the difference in literacy rate of Kerala and Bihar

iii) Which state has the lowest HDI and why?

13) ‘What is development for one, may be destructive for other.’ Explain.

14) Why do we use average to compare the development of countries? What are the limitations of using it?

15) What is sustainable development? Explain any four measures to promote sustainable development.

16) Development means progress. Mention any four characteristic of development. What contributes to
human development?