THE INDIAN HIGH SCHOOL, DUBAI
GR.10 SOCIAL SCIENCE WORKSHEET: DEVELOPMENT
1. We can obtain per capita income of a country by calculating:
a) the total income of a person
b) by dividing the national income by the total population of a country
c) the total value of all goods and services
d) the total exports of the country
2. Kerala has low infant Mortality Rate because:
a) it has good climate condition
b) it has adequate infrastructure
c) it has adequate provision of basic health and educational facilities
d) it has poor net attendance ratio
3. Human Development Index compares countries based on which of the
following levels of the people?
(a) education level
(b) health status
(c) per capita income
(d) All of the above
4. Which one of the following is not a measure of development in the
Human
Development Report of the UNDP?
a) Per capita income in US$
b) Education Levels of the people
c) Body Mass Index
d) Life expectancy at birth
5. Income alone is not a completely adequate indicator of development of
a country. Which one of the following is not correct with regard to this
statement?
(a) Money cannot ensure a pollution free environment for individual
(b) Some people earn more than others do
(c) Money helps us buy only material goods and services
(d) Money does not ensure respect and dignity for individuals
7. Assertion (A) Suppose the literacy rate in a state is 78% and the the net
attendance ratio in secondary stage is 47%.
Reason ( R ) More than half of the students are going to other states for
elementary education.
(A) both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct
explanation of Assertion (A) .
(B) both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is not the correct
explanation of Assertion (A) .
(C) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
(D) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is correct.
8. Study the data given below and answer the questions that follow.
(2)
A) Which state has the highest infant mortality rate?
B) Why does this state have the highest infant mortality rate? Give
two reasons.
9. “People have conflicting development goals”. Support the statement with
suitable example. (2)
10. What are the development goals of people other than income? (2)
11. What should Indian do to become a developed country? (2)
12. What is the main criterion used by World Bank in classifying different
countries? Expalin (3)
13. “Money cannot buy all the goods and services that one needs to live well” Do
you agree with this statement? Justify your answer with any three suitable
arguments. (3)
14. What are the criterions used by the Human Development Report published
by UNDP to compare countries? Explain (5)
15. Read the given extract and answer following questions. (4)
Once it is realised that even though the level of income is important,
yet it is an inadequate measure of the level of development, we
begin to think of other criterion. There could be a long list of such
criterion but then it would not be so useful. What we need is a small
number of the most important things. Health and education
indicators, such as the ones we used in comparison of Kerala and
Maharashtra, are among them. Over the past decade or so, health
and education indicators have come to be widely used along with
income as a measure of development. For instance, Human
Development Report published by UNDP compares countries based
on the educational levels of the people, their health status and per
capita income.
1. Why National income of the country cannot be the indicator of the level of
development of a country? (1)
2. On what basis Kerala can be considered as the most developed state of
India. (1)
3. Suggest a method to findout if adults are undernousrished. How is it
calculated? (2)
