Question Bank: DEVELOPMENT

Study Table given carefully and fill in the blanks in the following paragraphs. For this, you may need to make calculations based on the table. a) The literacy rate for all age groups, including young and old, is {{ }} for rural males and {{ }} for rural females. However, it is not just that these many adults could not attend school but that there are {{ }} who are currently not in school. b)It is clear from the table that {{ }} % of rural girls and {{ }} % of rural boys are not attending school. Therefore, illiteracy among children in the age group 10-14 is as high as {{ }} % for rural females and {{ }} % for rural males. c)This high level of illiteracy among {{ }} age group, even after more than 70 years of our independence, is most disturbing. In many other states also we are nowhere near realisation of the constitutional goal of free and compulsory education for all children up to the age of 14, which was expected to be achieved by 1960.

Write a paragraph on your notion of what should India do, or achieve, to become a developed country.

Suppose records show that the average income in a country has been increasing over a period of time. From this, can we conclude that all sections of the economy have become better? Illustrate your answer with an example.

Besides size of per capita income, what other property of income is important in comparing two or more societies?

Why do you think average income is an important criterion for development? Explain.

Give three examples where an average is used for comparing situations

Will you be equally happy to live in both these countries? Are both equally developed?

Based on data given in Table 1.2, calculate the average income for both the countries.

What can be some of the developmental goals for your village, town or locality?

Read this newspaper report and answer the questions that follow: A vessel dumped 500 tonnes of liquid toxic wastes into open-air dumps in a city and in the surrounding sea. This happened in a city called Abidjan in Ivory Coast, a country in Africa. The fumes from the highly toxic waste caused nausea, skin rashes, fainting, diarrhoea etc. After a month seven persons were dead, twenty in hospital and twenty six thousand treated for symptoms of poisoning. A multinational company dealing in petroleum and metals had contracted a local company of the Ivory Coast to dispose the toxic waste from its ship. What should be the developmental goal for this country?

Read this newspaper report and answer the questions that follow: A vessel dumped 500 tonnes of liquid toxic wastes into open-air dumps in a city and in the surrounding sea. This happened in a city called Abidjan in Ivory Coast, a country in Africa. The fumes from the highly toxic waste caused nausea, skin rashes, fainting, diarrhoea etc. After a month seven persons were dead, twenty in hospital and twenty six thousand treated for symptoms of poisoning. A multinational company dealing in petroleum and metals had contracted a local company of the Ivory Coast to dispose the toxic waste from its ship. Who are the people who benefited and who did not?

Look at the picture on the right. What should be the developmental goals for such an area?

Explain some of the important ideas of the above section in your own words.

Give some examples where factors other than income are important aspects of our lives.

Do the following two statements mean the same? Justify your answer. (a) People have different developmental goals. (b) People have conflicting developmental goals.

Why do different persons have different notions of development? Which of the following explanations is more important and why?

Match the Developmental Goals of different categories of persons

How can the concepts of development and economic growth be applied to real-life problems and situations?

Investigate the opposition to the setting up of SEZs in India and the reasons behind it.

How can consumers fulfill their duties when visiting a shopping complex in their locality?

Analyze the impact of labor laws on companies and their operations.

Discuss the role of credit in promoting development in a country.

How does the production of goods and services contribute to the GDP of a nation?

What are the developmental goals that can be set for a village or town?

Explain the concept of disguised unemployment with examples from urban and rural areas.