This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Economics > Development Economics > Development Economics – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Development Economics Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What did Evans show about Brazil that confirmed the views of Frank? A) Development is not inconceivable in the periphery under conditions of dependency. B) Development is inconceivable in the periphery under conditions of dependency. C) Development is conceivable in the periphery under conditions of capitalism spread. D) Development is conceivable in the periphery under conditions of exchange of primary products for manufactured goods from the core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Development is not inconceivable in the periphery under conditions of dependency. 2. Which historical movements did NGOs play a significant role in? A) Industrial revolution and labor rights. B) Civil rights and racial equality. C) Anti-slavery and women's suffrage. D) Environmental conservation and wildlife protection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anti-slavery and women's suffrage. 3. If China's GDP increased from $ 997.5 billion in 1999 to $ 1, 076.9 billion in 2000. What will be the growth rate of China's GDP in 2000 A) 8 %. B) 10 %. C) 9 %. D) 5 %. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8 %. 4. In McKenzie (2017) the treatment and control groups are: A) Balanced alongside baseline characteristics for the group of new firms, but unbalanced for the group of existing firms. B) Balanced alongside baseline characteristics for the group of existing firms, but unbalanced for the group of new firms. C) Balanced alongside baseline characteristics for the group of new firms and for the group of existing firms. D) Not balanced alongside baseline characteristics neither for the group of new firms nor for the group of existing firms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Balanced alongside baseline characteristics for the group of new firms and for the group of existing firms. 5. External Economies means creation of External Economies. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Which program of PRADAN aims to impact the lives and livelihoods of smallholder women farmers? A) TASAR Development Foundation. B) National Smallholder Poultry Development Trust (NSPDT). C) LEAP-Livelihoods Enhancement through Market Access and Women Empowerment. D) Farmer Producers Organization (FPO) Initiative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) LEAP-Livelihoods Enhancement through Market Access and Women Empowerment. 7. ITR filing deadline for FY19 extended till A) 30 June. B) 30 April. C) 30 July. D) 30 May. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 30 June. 8. Overall, authors see the effect of economic growth on poverty? A) Negative. B) Positive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Negative. 9. Which parameters does the structural change approach add to the Harrod-Domar model? A) Domestic savings. B) Governmental expenditures. C) Domestic investment capacity. D) International financial support. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Governmental expenditures. 10. In this study, the authors examined the impact of the 2010 floods on children's schooling by taking the district-level data of ..... years. A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 11. McKenzie (2017) both males and females could participate to the YouWIN! Business Plan Competition. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. When we produce a good by exploiting natural resources, it is an activity of the: A) Secondary sector. B) Tertiary sector. C) Primary sector. D) Organised sector. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Primary sector. 13. What is one way NGOs advocate for the poor and influence government policies? A) Providing financial aid directly to individuals. B) Organizing public protests and demonstrations. C) Establishing social enterprises and cooperatives. D) Conducting research studies on poverty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organizing public protests and demonstrations. 14. In Asher and Novosad (2019), what do the authors do to minimise the drawbacks associated with multiple hypothesis testing? A) The authors group similar individual outcomes in five big "macro" groups (transportation, labor market, firms, agriculture and asset/consumption index). B) No answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The authors group similar individual outcomes in five big "macro" groups (transportation, labor market, firms, agriculture and asset/consumption index). 15. Usually, goods that are natural monopolies are provided by governments (social planner) instead of private firms, because: A) Governments can veto the entrance of private firms by amending the law around business operating natural monopolies. B) Private firms would compete on price, and therefore induce final prices to be too high for the final consumers to afford. C) Private firms would not be able to bear the high fix costs typical of these markets. D) Private firms would compete on quantities, bringing the optimal production quantity to be too low to satisfy all consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Private firms would not be able to bear the high fix costs typical of these markets. 16. When conducting a cost-benefit analysis, people analyze where to spend their money to see what will give them the most ..... A) Answers. B) Taxes. C) Benefits. D) Consequences. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Benefits. 17. Rostow's economic stages are A) The preconditions for takeoff, the takeoff, the drive to maturity, and the age of creative destruction. B) The traditional society, the preconditions for takeoff, the takeoff, the drive to maturity, and the age of high mass consumption. C) The preconditions for consumption, the replication, the drive to maturity, and the age of high mass consumption. D) NONE OF THESE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The traditional society, the preconditions for takeoff, the takeoff, the drive to maturity, and the age of high mass consumption. 18. What is the objective of Oxfam's "My Rights, My Voice" project in Vietnam? A) Promote access to clean water and sanitation. B) Empower children and young people to claim their rights to quality education. C) Provide emergency aid to vulnerable communities. D) Advocate for human rights and democracy in Vietnam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Empower children and young people to claim their rights to quality education. 19. The clearing of a forest and its replacement by another land use is called A) Forestry. B) Clear-cutting. C) Timber harvesting. D) Deforestation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deforestation. 20. Consider the Solow model q=100k0.5. If growth were due exclusively to capital accumulation, this model would result in a steady-state output of 3, 000 and a steady-state capital stock of 900. What would happen if the model's multifactor productivity coefficient increased from 100 to 200? A) The growth per capita would beq*'=6, 000 with k*=900. B) The growth per capita would beq*'=6, 000 with k*'=200. C) The growth per capita would beq*'=7, 000 with k*'=200. D) The growth per capita would beq*=3, 000 with k*=900. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The growth per capita would beq*'=6, 000 with k*=900. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEconomics QuizzesDevelopment Economics Quiz 1Development Economics Quiz 2Development Economics Quiz 3Development Economics Quiz 4Development Economics Quiz 5Development Economics Quiz 6Development Economics Quiz 7Development Economics Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books