national income & human development index section 3 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 16 [UPPCS (Mains) 2006]

‘Saving energy and other resources for the future without sacrificing people’s comfort in the present’ is the definition of which of the following concepts?

a) Sustainable development

b) Economic growth

c) Human development

d) Economic development

Question : 17 [HPPSC (Pre) 2011]

Which of the following is not a measure of Human Development Index?

a) Literacy Rate

b) Life Expectancy

c) Gross Enrolment

d) Sex Ratio

Question : 18

Which one of the following is not a feature of India’s economic planning?

a) limited centralisation

b) imperative planning

c) democratic socialism

d) indicative planning

Question : 19 [UPPCS (Mains) 2006]

Which of the following dimensions is exclusively considered in HPI-2 (Human Poverty Index-2)?

a) Economic Exclusion

b) Social Exclusion

c) Gender Inequalities

d) Knowledge Exclusion

Question : 20

Which of the following is not a feature of India’s economic planning?

a) Democratic solution

b) Limited centralisation

c) Planning of imperative nature

d) Planning of indicative nature