This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Finance > Economics > Development Economics > Development Economics – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Development Economics Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why would land be more expensive in the CBD (Central Business District) of an urban area? A) The lack of skyscrapers. B) The lack of residential space. C) High threshold and range. D) Competition for limited space. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Competition for limited space. 2. As economic development proceeds, income inequality tends to follow a(n) ..... curve A) L-shaped. B) S-Shaped. C) Inverted U-shaped. D) Convex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inverted U-shaped. 3. Which country has the highest total greenhouse gas emissions? A) USA. B) Russia. C) China. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) China. 4. In this study, the authors have used ..... data of rain. A) Monthly. B) Bi annual. C) Weekly. D) Annual. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monthly. 5. The Solow's growth model is defined using a Cobb-Douglas function Q=AKa Lb. Which hypothesis does this imply on the behavior of K and L? A) K and L have independent linear returns to scale. B) K and L have independent decreasing returns to scale. C) K and L have combined increasing returns to scale. D) K and L have combined decreasing returns to scale. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) K and L have independent decreasing returns to scale. 6. Who is responsible for rural development planning in Malaysia? A) Town and Country Planning Department (Plan Malaysia). B) Ministry of Housing and Local Governance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Town and Country Planning Department (Plan Malaysia). 7. In the model of nutritional status, what are the factors affecting energy intake of an individual? A) Resting metabolism. B) Energy expended on physical work. C) Energy released from the body. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 8. According to estimation results, variations in seasonal precipitation significant ..... impacts on states' RGDP growth rates. A) Negative. B) Positive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Negative. 9. Which intuition did Cardoso, Faletto and Wallerstein share about development? A) The attribution of the sole responsibility of underdevelopment to the policies of the industrial capitalist countries. B) The acceptance of an inertia of the countries' status. C) The necessity to adopt a historical-structural approach. D) The necessity to adopt a three-level structure of analysis:core/semi-periphery/periphery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The necessity to adopt a historical-structural approach. 10. The total number of children attending school as a percentage of total number of children in the same age group is called A) Net attendance ratio. B) Gross enrolment ratio. C) Level of education. D) Literacy rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Net attendance ratio. 11. NREGA (National Rural Employment Guarantee Act of 2005) has guaranteed ..... days of employment in a year in many districts of India. What are the correct number of days? A) 60 days. B) 100 days. C) 30 days. D) 200 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 100 days. 12. If the steady state rate of savings is too low, then the policymaker who successfully raises the saving rate will enact a policy that A) Causes consumers in this economy to reduce their consumption per worker initially due the higher savings rate. B) Causes investment spending to fall initially since the level of savings is too low for this economy. C) Alters the marginal product of capital per worker for this economy. D) Alters the steady state level of depreciation schedule for this economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Causes consumers in this economy to reduce their consumption per worker initially due the higher savings rate. 13. Which among the following statement(s) on classical theory of development is/are correct(A) Surplus accumulation by the capitalists is the source of growth. (B) Accumulation leads to decreased demand for labour. A) (A) only. B) (B) only. C) Both (A) and (B). D) Neither (A) nor (B). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (A) only. 14. By how much will the food production need to increase to meet the demands of the global population in 2050? A) By 80%. B) By 40%. C) By 60%. D) By 20%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By 60%. 15. How has PRADAN enhanced the productivity of participating farmers? A) By providing access to modern markets. B) By implementing sustainable farming practices. C) By organizing public forums for farmers. D) By offering educational programs on crop selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By providing access to modern markets. 16. How did the concentration of nitrogen dioxide in Delhi change during the first lockdown? A) Decreased by 30%. B) Decreased by 70%. C) Decreased by 50%. D) Decreased by 15%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decreased by 70%. 17. The association of undernourishmentprevalence with cereal production, per capita production and yield, and all the three productionindicators is found to be statistically ..... A) Insignificant. B) Significant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Significant. 18. In this article, the authors used the ..... as proxy of poverty. A) Relative poverty. B) Headcount poverty index. C) Absolute poverty. D) Multidimensional poverty index. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Headcount poverty index. 19. Explain how in McKenzie (2017) the author checks whether the effect of being assigned to the treatment is driven by a handful of specific firms. Also comment on the results he finds. A) He estimates a quantile regression where he checks if the treatment effect is different at different percentiles of the firm size distribution. He finds that results are not driven by outliers neither for the sample of new firms (where the effect is similar in magnitude to the main. B) Regression estimates between the 30th and 90th percentiles), nor for existing firms (where the effect is similar in magnitude to the main regression estimates between the 20th and 90th percentiles). C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 20. According to the linear-stages approach, in the absence of government intervention, how will the growth rate of national income be related to the savings ratio? A) Inversely or negatively related. B) Directly or negatively related. C) Inversely or positively related. D) Directly or positively related. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Directly or positively related. 21. HDI is compared on the basis of education only. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 22. Who prepared Human Development Index A) Mahabub-Ul-Haq. B) Amartya Sen. C) Abhijit Banarji. D) None Of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mahabub-Ul-Haq. 23. Which among the following is not a public facility? A) (a) Transport and electricity. B) B) Roads and bridges. C) (c) Private schools. D) (d) Government hospitals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (c) Private schools. 24. Covid-19 contributed to a recovery of endangered species. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 25. According to the classical theory wage level and population growth are A) Positively correlated. B) Inversely correlated. C) Not related. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positively correlated. 26. What have we learned from the experience of China and India? A) That the key for sustainable growth is economic autarky. B) That the key for sustainable growth is the development of alliances with core partners. C) That the key for sustainable growth is to trade only with other developing countries. D) That the key for sustainable growth is to hinder capitalism spread. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That the key for sustainable growth is the development of alliances with core partners. 27. The HDI calculates the 4 indicators to give a score between what? A) 1-2. B) 0-1. C) 0-100. D) 0-10. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 0-1. 28. How many National parks are their in MP A) 7. B) 11. C) 10. D) 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 9. 29. The Human Development Index does not contain which of the following measurements? A) GNI per Capita. B) Life Expectancy. C) Indicators of Education. D) GDP per Capita. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) GDP per Capita. 30. Which year National Food Security Act in India Implemented A) 2015. B) 2001. C) 2013. D) 2017. 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