🧪 Economics MCQ Quiz Hub

1. Human Development Report is published by
UNDP
World Bank
IMF
WHO

2. What was the literacy rate in Kerala in 2011?
82
94
62
50

3. Which of the following is the most important component for comparing different countries?
Population
Income
Per capita income
Resources

4. In which state of India is the infant mortality rate lowest?
Goa
Bihar
Uttar Pradesh
Kerala

5. Which of the following countries has higher HDI rank than India?
Sri Lanka
Nepal
Bangladesh
Pakistan

6. Pick out the cause (from below) that enhances environmental degradation:
Planting of trees.
Prevention of factory wastes getting mixed up with river water.
Ban on use of plastic bags.
Allowing increase in the level of exhaust fumes emitted by cars, buses, trucks, etc.

7. HDI stands for ?Human Development Index? that focuses on Fill in the blanks with one of the following options:
life expectancy
gross enrolment ratio for three levels of schooling
national income
all the above

8. Pick out the correct meaning listed below to define ?average income?.
Average income of the country means the total income of the country.
The average income in a country is the income of only employed people.
The average income is the same as per capita income.
The average income includes the value of property held.

9. What will be the top priority in the developmental goal of a landless labourer?
Expansion of rural banking
More days of work and better wages
Metal roads for transportation
Establishment of a high school

10. What proportion of the country is over using their groundwater reserves?
One-Fourth
One-Tenth
One-Third
half

11. Development goals of different sections of our society can be achieved by:
Force
Democratic political process
Violent agitation
Terrorism

12. Which one of the following statements defines ?Literacy Rate??
Total literate population divided by total population
Total literate population divided by literate population
Proportion of illiterate population in the 18 and above age group.
It measures the proportion of literate proportion in the 7 years and above age group.

13. Which one of the following is not a feature of developing country?
Agriculture as the major occupation
High technological development
Mass poverty
Mass illiteracy

14. The developmental goal for a girl from a rich family is:
to get more days of work
to get as much freedom as her brother gets
to get electricity
to get better wages

15. Which one of the following is a developmental goal for industrialists?
To get more days of work
To get better wages
To get more electricity
All the above

16. Which one of the following criteria is the basis to measure the development of a country according to UNDP?
Per capita income
Educational levels of the people
Health status of the people
All the above

17. Which one of the following states has the highest Human Development Index (HDI)?
Kerala
Punjab
Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal

18. Which is the most important attribute for comparing the development of countries ?
Resources
Population
Average income
None of these

19. Which of the following countries has higher HDI rank than India?
Sri Lanka
Nepal
Bangladesh
Pakistan

20. Kerala has low Infant Mortaliy Rate because:
it has good climatic condition
it has adequate infrastructure
it has adequate provision of basic health and educational facilities
it has poor net attendence ratio

21. Human Development Index compares countries based on which of the following levels of the people?
Educational level
Health status
Per capita Income
All the above

22. Cause of high infant mortality rate is :
inadequate facilities of health
lack of infrastructural facilities
lack of awareness
both (a) and (b)

23. Which of the following neighbouring countries has better performance in terms of human development rank than India ?
Bhutan
Sri Lanka
Nepal
None of the above

24. Proportion of literate population in the 7 years and above age group is termed as
Education index
Mortality ratio
Literacy rate
Gross enrolment ratio

25. Per capita income is:
income per person
income per family
income per earning person
income per month

26. The countries with per capita income of US $955 (2017) or less are termed as
Low income countries
Developing countries
Developed countries
Rich countries