10th Class Social Science The Story of Development Question Bank

done Short Answer Type - Development Total Questions - 21

• question_answer1)
  Why is sustainable development essential for economic growth? Give two reasons.                             [AI 2007]
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• question_answer2)
  Explain the concept of human development with an example.                                                [Foreign 2006]
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  What is meant by 'economic development'? Write the two bases of measuring economic development of a country.                                                                                                                                        [Delhi 2007, AI 06]
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  Identify the different thrust areas of human development. Which one of them plays the most significant role in the development?                                                                                                 [AI 2007. 06C, Delhi 05]
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  Describe briefly four steps taken by the Indian Government for raising the status of women at par with that of men.                                                                                                                                [Foreign 2005. Delhi 05C]
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  Explain two main reasons for the need of environment friendly economic growth and two suggestions to achieve them.                                                                                                                             [Foreign 2005]
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  How does industrial pollution degrade the environment? Explain three measures to control environmental degradation.                                                                                                                                         [AI 2005]
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  What is meant by sustainable economic development? Give its main feature.                                     [AI 2005]
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• question_answer9)
  Do the following two statements mean the same? Justify your answer.    

  (a) People have different developmental goals.

  (b) People have conflicting developmental

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• question_answer10)
  Besides size of per capita income, what other property of income is important in comparing two or more societies?
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• question_answer11)
  Find out present sources of energy used by people in India. What could be possibilities fifty years from now?
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• question_answer12)
  Why do you think average income is an important criterion for development? Explain.   
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  Kerala, with lower per capita income a better human development ranking than Punjab. Hence, per capita income is not a useful criterion at all and should not be to compare states. Do you agree?  Discuss.
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  "The Earth has enough resources to meet the needs of all but not enough to satisfy the greed of even one person". How is this statement relevant to the discussion of development? Discuss.
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  For each of the items give in Table, find out which country is at the top and which is at the bottom.

  TABLE : SOME DATA REGARDING INDIA AND ITS NEIGHBOURS FOR 2004
  Country	Per Capita Income in US$	Life expectancy at birth	Literacy rate for 15+ yrs. population	Gross enrolment ratio for three levels	HDI rank  in the world
  Sri Lanka	4390	74	91	69	93
  India	3139	64	61	60	126
  Myanmar	1027	61	90	48	130
  Pakistan	2225	63	50	35	134
  Nepal	1490	62	50	61	138
  Bangladesh	1870	63	41	53	137

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• question_answer16)
  What is the main criterion used by the World Bank in classifying different countries? What are the limitation of this criterion, if any?
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• question_answer17)
  In What respects in the criterion used by the UNDP for measuring development different from the one used by the World Bank?
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  Why do different persons have different notions of development? Which of the following explanation is more important and why?

  (a) because people are different.

  (b) because life situation of people are different.

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• question_answer19)
  Is it correct to say that environmental degradation is not just a national issue? Illustrate with examples.
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• question_answer20)
  How is BMI Calculated?
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• question_answer21)

  On what bases WDR has categorized rich countries and low income countries.

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  'While average income is useful for comparison but it may hide disparities'. Discuss.

   
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