This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Finance > Economics > Development Economics > Development Economics – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Development Economics Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the primary focus of PRADAN? A) Promoting education in rural areas. B) Providing healthcare services to marginalized communities. C) Alleviating poverty in Indian rural areas, with a special focus on women. D) Advocating for environmental conservation in rural regions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alleviating poverty in Indian rural areas, with a special focus on women. 2. Harrod-Domar model of growth is based on the concepts of and their equality A) Population and productivity growth. B) Investment and average growth rate of income. C) Actual, warranted and natural growth rate. D) Productivity growth and investment growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Actual, warranted and natural growth rate. 3. Who created Human Development Index? A) Joseph Stigliz. B) Pranab Bardhan. C) Abhijit Banerjee. D) Mahabub ul Haq. E) Amartya Sen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mahabub ul Haq. 4. The process by which the population of cities grow A) Counterurbanization. B) Ghetto. C) Slum. D) Urbanization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Urbanization. 5. According to the classic bid-rent curve, what happens to the value of land as one gets closer to the Central Business District (CBD)? A) Land gets used more extensively. B) Land gets more expensive. C) Land gets used less intensively. D) Land gets more affordable along busy streets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Land gets more expensive. 6. In the Solow growth model, the demand for goods equals investment: A) Minus depreciation. B) Plus depreciation. C) Plus consumption. D) Plus saving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plus consumption. 7. Per capita income of Kerala is higher than that of A) (a) Bihar. B) (b) Punjab. C) C) Gujarat. D) (d) none of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (a) Bihar. 8. Which growth model inspired the use of capital-output ratio for development planning? A) The Harrod-Domar model. B) Solow's model. C) Kaldor's model. D) Feldman's model. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Harrod-Domar model. 9. Harrod-Domar model of economic growth is based on the equilibrium between A) Income generation and productive capacity creation. B) Equilibrium between income and consumption. C) Equilibrium between savings and investment. D) Equilibrium between consumption and investment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Equilibrium between savings and investment. 10. How may growth acc to harrod A) 3. B) 1. C) 2. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 11. In de Mel et al. (2013) the effect of formalization is: A) Statistically significant for profits, sales and capital stock. B) Statistically significant only for sales and profits. C) Statistically significant only for profits. D) Statistically significant only for sales. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Statistically significant only for profits. 12. According to estimation results, variations in seasonal precipitation significantly affect RGDP growth rates. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 13. How do NGOs contribute to infrastructure development in India? A) By providing small loans and savings accounts. B) By organizing public forums and engagement. C) By constructing roads, bridges, and irrigation systems. D) By promoting sustainable agricultural practice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By constructing roads, bridges, and irrigation systems. 14. Development goal for landless agricultural labour is A) More days of work. B) Cheap labour. C) Pollution free environment. D) High prices for crops. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More days of work. 15. The per-capita income of different countries is counted in which currency? A) Canadian Dollars. B) Pounds. C) US Dollars. D) Rupees. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) US Dollars. 16. There are three broad categories of countries we have discussed in development. They are: A) Developing, Emerging, Developed. B) Third World, Growing, 1st World. C) Low Income, Emerging, 1st World. D) Developing, Secondary, Developed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Developing, Emerging, Developed. 17. What did Evans show about Brazil that confirmed the views of Frank? A) Development is conceivable in the periphery under conditions of exchange of primary products for manufactured goods from the core. B) Development is conceivable in the periphery under conditions of capitalism spread. C) Development is not inconceivable in the periphery under conditions of dependency. D) Development is inconceivable in the periphery under conditions of dependency. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Development is not inconceivable in the periphery under conditions of dependency. 18. 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. 19. 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) 9 %. C) 5 %. D) 10 %. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8 %. 20. 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. 21. External Economies means creation of External Economies. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. 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. 23. ITR filing deadline for FY19 extended till A) 30 July. B) 30 June. C) 30 April. D) 30 May. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 30 June. 24. Overall, authors see the effect of economic growth on poverty? A) Negative. B) Positive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Negative. 25. Which parameters does the structural change approach add to the Harrod-Domar model? A) Domestic investment capacity. B) Governmental expenditures. C) Domestic savings. D) International financial support. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Governmental expenditures. 26. 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) 3. B) 2. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 27. McKenzie (2017) both males and females could participate to the YouWIN! Business Plan Competition. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 28. When we produce a good by exploiting natural resources, it is an activity of the: A) Tertiary sector. B) Secondary sector. C) Organised sector. D) Primary sector. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Primary sector. 29. 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. 30. 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). ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEconomics QuizzesFinance QuizzesDevelopment Economics Quiz 1Development Economics Quiz 2Development Economics Quiz 3Development Economics Quiz 4Development Economics Quiz 6 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books