SECTION A

Answer the following questions by selecting the correct option from the given options:

[1 mark each]

March 2018

1. The maximum value of PQLI is…

(a) 1 (b) 10 (c) 25 (d) 100

March 2019 

2.Which of the following is development? is the real indicator of economic

(A) Increase in National Income  (B) Increase in literacy

(C) Decrease in unemployment   (D) Increase in Per Capita Income

3. What was the Human Development Index of Norway in 2014?

(A) 0.944 (B) 0.609 (C) 0.984 (D) 0.914

March 2020, March 2024

4. Development is a multidimensional process. Who has given this statement?

(a) Todaro (b) Marshall (c) Kindle Berger (d) Machlup

March 2022, March 2025

5. When economic development takes place in a country, contribution of which sector as percentage of the total national income decreases?

(A) Agriculture (B) Service (C) Industrial (D) Industrial and Service

6. What is the maximum value of Human Development Index (HDI)?

(A) more than 100 (B) 1 (C) 100 (D) less than 100

March 2023

7. Who has given the following definition “Economic Growth refers to growth rate of national income or rise in total quantum of goods and services?”

(A) Pigoue (B) Hansen  (C) Michael Todaro (D) Ms. Ursula Hicks 

March 2024

5.Which country was first in Human Development Index according to 2014 report?

(A) Japan (B) Norway (C) America (D) India

SECTION B

Answer the following questions in one sentence:                                             [1 mark each]

March 2018

1. What is the meaning of Economic development?

March 2019, March 2022

2. Who presented the concept of physical quantity of life index?

March 2020

3. What is per capita income?

March 2023

4.Why is Per Capita Income Superior to National Income as an indicator?

5. State the full form of H.C.I.

March 2024

6. What is Infant Mortality rate? 

SECTION C

Answer the following questions in brief: [2 marks each]

March 2018 

1. State any four characteristics of Economic development.

March 2019, March 2024

2. Explain any two limitations of National income as an indicator in brief.

March 2022, March 2025

3. Explain any two limitations of per capita income as an indicator.

4. State importance of Human Development Index. (Any four points)

March 2023

5. State the limitations of economic growth.

March 2024 

6. What are the various indicators of Economic development? Make a list.

March 2025 

7. Give the definition of economic growth and economic development.

SECTION  D 

Answer the following questions to the point: [3 marks each]

March 2018 

1.Explain the meaning and determinants of ‘Human Development Index’ (HDI). 

March 2020, March 2024

2. Discuss the three determinants of physical quality of life index.

3.Explain the usefulness of internet technology in the process of learning economics.

March 2025

4. Aspects which are included in the physical quality of life. 

SECTION-E

Answer the following questions in detail. Each question carries 5 marks:

March 2018, March 2019, March 2022, March 2024

1) Give the meaning of economic growth and economic development and write the difference between them.

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