Top 80+ Solved Growth and Development MCQ Questions Answer
Q. With economic growth, the proportion of labour-force engaged in agriculture:
a. increases
b. decreases
c. remains unaffected
d. changes in an uncertain manner
Q. Which of the following models makes the assumption of constant saving-income ratio?
a. kaldor model
b. leontief model
c. harrod-domar model
d. joan robinson model
Q. Identify the model which is concerned with the ‘golden age’ equilibrium:
a. kaldor model
b. joan robinson model
c. keynesian model
d. domar model
Q. India’s First Five Year Plan was based on:
a. mahalanobis model
b. feldman model
c. harrod-domar model
d. leontief model
Q. The number of deaths of children under one year of age per 1000 live births is the:
a. child mortality rate
b. infant mortality rate
c. toddler mortality rate
d. neo-natal mortality rate
Q. The Gini coefficient is a technique frequently used to show:
a. variations in life expectancy
b. income inequality
c. differences in infant mortality
d. the education gap
Q. A graphical technique that can be used to show the degree of inequality that existsbetween two variables is the:
a. lorenz curve
b. median-line bar graph
c. kuznets curve
d. semantic differential profile
Q. Which of the following explains the term economic growth?
a. increase in per capita production
b. increase in per capita real income
c. structural change in the economy
d. all the above are right
Q. Which of the following explains the term economic development?
a. improvement in the technology involved
b. improvement in production
c. improvement in distribution system
d. all the above
Q. An underdeveloped economy is characterized by
a. high per capita real income
b. large proportion of labour force in the tertiary sector
c. state of deprivation of large proportion of population
d. all the above
Q. Scarcity of capital, technological backwardness and unemployment are generally found in
a. developed countries
b. underdeveloped countries
c. both
d. none of the above
Q. Which of the following denotes an underdeveloped economy?
a. high level of inequalities
b. low level of capital productivity
c. a relatively closed economy
d. all the above
Q. The concept of PQLI was developed by
a. morris d morris
b. uno
c. undp
d. oxford poverty and human development initiative
Q. The parameter/s of the PQLI is/are
a. life expectancy index
b. standard of living index
c. infant mortality rate
d. a and c
Q. The concept of HDI was popularized by
a. morris d morris
b. adam smith
c. keynes
d. mahbub ul haq