Please refer to Chapter 1 Development MCQ Class 10 Social Science with answers below. These multiple-choice questions have been prepared based on the latest NCERT book for Class 10 Social Science. Students should refer to MCQ Questions for Class 10 Social Science with Answers to score more marks in Grade 10 Social Science exams. Students should read the chapter Development and then attempt the following objective questions.

MCQ Questions Class 10 Social Science Chapter 1 Development

The Development MCQ Class 10 Social Science provided below covers all important topics given in this chapter. These MCQs will help you to properly prepare for exams.

Question. The development goals of landless rural labourers are:
(a) Assured high family income through higher support prices for their crops
(b) To settle their children abroad
(c) More days of work and better wages
(d) all the above

Question. The development goals of prosperous farmers from Punjab are :
(a) Assured high family income through higher support prices for their crops.
(b) More days of work and better wages
(c) Better market prices
(d) All the above

Question. If per capita income were to be used as the measure of development, Punjab will be considered the most developed and which of the states the least developed:
(a) West-Bengal
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Haryana
(d) Bihar

Question. Money cannot buy a:
(a) Pollution-free environment
(b) Unadulterated medicines
(c) Life without worries
(d) All the above

Question. Kerala has a low Infant Mortality Rate because it has:
(a) Surplus money
(b) Pollution free environment
(c) Basic health and educational facilities
(d) None of the above

Question. Literary rate for rural women population in UP is:
(a) 18%
(b) 19%
(c) 20%
(d) 21%

Question. For comparison between countries:
(a) Total income is a useful measure
(b) Total income is not such an useful measure
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above

Question. Average income is the:
(а) Total income of the country divided by the total population
(b) Total income of the country divided by the rich people
(c) Total income of the country divided by the working population
(d) None of the above

Question. The percentage of rural children aged 10-14 years attending school in UP is:
(a) 21%
(b) 23%
(c) 27%
(d) 31%

Question. The Human Development Report compares countries on the basis of:
(a) The educational levels of the people
(b) Health status of the people
(c) Per capita income of the people
(d) All the above factors

Question. Countries with per capita income of Rs. 37,000 or less are called:
(а) Rich countries
(b) Poor countries
(c) Low income countries
(d) None of the above

Question.The average income is also called: 
(a) Per capita profit
(b) Per capita income
(c) Limited income
(d) None of the above

Question. Gross Enrolment Ratio for three levels means:
(a) Enrolment ratio for primary school, middle school and higher education
(b) Middle school, secondary school and colleges
(c) Primary school, secondary school and higher education
(d) None of the above

Question. The per capita income for all countries is calculated in:
(a) Pounds
(b) Shillings
(c) Rupee
(d) Dollars

Question. Nepal has half the per capita income of India, yet it is not far behind India in:
(а) Literacy rate
(b) Gross enrolment-ratio
(c) Life expectancy and literacy levels
(d) None of the above

Question. Development involves:
(a) The ways in which we can work towards achieving our goals.
(b) Achieving the goal without doing work
(c) Participation of the people
(d) None of the above

Question. Which of the following is an important factor on which our life depends is:
(a) Money
(b) Food
(c) Games
(d) None of the above

Question. Which of the following is true of a job which offer high pay but no job security and no time for your family:
(a) Tension and more ability to work
(b) Mental torture
(c) Loss of sense of security and freedom
(d) None of the above

Question. Expectations of a girl are:
(a) Education as her brother
(b) Toys as her brother
(c) As much freedom and opportunity as her brother
(d) None of the above

Question. To get more electricity, industrialists may want:
(a) More money
(b) More factors
(c) More dams
(d) All the above

Question. What may be development for one may person be:
(a) Development for the other
(b) Less development for the other
(c) Destructive for the other
(d) None of the above

Question. Which of the following is true of peoples goals in addition to higher income:
(a) Equal treatment
(b) Freedom
(c) Respect and security
(d) All the above

Question. If women are engaged in paid work, their dignity in the house-hold and society:
(a) Decreases
(b) Becomes zero
(c) Increases
(d) None of the above

Question. A safe and secure environment:
(a) May enable more men to take up a variety of jobs or run a business
(b) May enable more women to take up a variety of jobs or run a business
(c) Help policemen to live in peace
(d) None of the above

Question. The per capita income of Sri Lanka in US $ is:
(a) 102.7
(b) 222.5
(c) 149.0
(d) 439.0

Question. The per capita income of India in US $ is:
(a) 313.9
(b) 222.5
(c) 149.0
(d) 439.0

Question. Which of the following is correct regarding Individuals who seek different goals :
(a) Ideas are different from others
(b) Ideas are similar to others
(c) Notion of national development is same also likely to be similar.
(d) Notion of national development is likely to be different.

Question. What is the most important attribute while comparing countries:
(a) Their population
(b) Their political status
(c) Their income
(d) None of the above

Question. Life expectancy at birth denotes:
(а) Average expected length of life of a person at the time of birth
(b) Average expected length of life of a person at the time of death
(c) Average expected length of life of a child at the time of birth
(d) None of the above

Question. HDI stands for :
(а) Heavy Developed Industry
(b) Human Development Index
(c) Heavy Developed Infrastructure
(d) Heavy Industries Development

Write true (T) or false (F)

Question. In Bihar in 2001, the Literacy Rate was 70%.

Question. Money in your pocket cannot buy all the goods and services that you may need to live well.

Question. Different persons can have different development goals.

Question. What may be development for one may not be development for the other.

Question. There are many things that are not easily measured but they mean a lot to our lives.

Question. A safe and secure environment may allow more women to take up a variety of jobs or run a business.

Question. The per capita income of Bangladesh in US $ is 222.5.

Question. Human Development Report compares countries based on the educational levels of the people, their health status and per capita income.

Question. If individuals seek different goals, then their notion of national development is also likely to be same.

Question. When we compare different things, they could have similarities as well as differences.

Question. The averages income is also called per capita income.

Question. Countries with per capita income of Rs. 4,53,000 per annum are called poor countries.

Question. The Infant Mortality Rate (per 1000), in the state of Punjab, is 49.

Question. The Infant Mortality Rate (per 1000), in Kerala is 60.

Question. The rich countries, including countries of Middle East are generally called developed countries.

Question. The per capita income of the state of Punjab is rupees 26,000.

Question. Many times, two persons or groups of persons may seek things which are not conflicting.

Question. A girl does not except as much freedom and opportunity as her brother.

Question. The per capita income of the state of Bihar is rupees 57,000.

Question. Kerala in 2001 had a alternate of 91%. The literacy Rate in Kerala, in 2001 was 91%.

Question. If women are engaged in paid work, their dignity in the household and society decreases.

Question. If there is respect for women there would be more sharing of housework.

Question. Money can also protect you from infectious diseases.

Question. Kerala has a low Infant Mortality Rate because it has adequate provision of basic health and educational facilities.

Question. Besides seeking more income, people may also seek things like equal treatment, freedom, security, etc.

Question. The quality of our life also depends on non-material things.

Question. Sri Lanka, is much ahead of India in every respect.

Question. The per capita income of Pakistan in US $ is 187.0.

Question. For comparing countries, their income is considered to be one of the most important attributes.

Question. Average income is the total income of the population divided by the adult members.

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Question. We compare ……………………… income which is the total income divided by the total population.

Question. ……………………… has a low Infant Mortality Rate because it has adequate provision of basic health and educational facilities.

Question. A girl from a rich urban family is able to pursue her studies ……………………… .

Question. A girl expects as much ……………………… and opportunity as her brother.

Question. ………………………, or material things that one can buy with it, is one factor on which our life depends.

Question. Per capita income is calculated in ……………………… .

Question. Groundwater is an example of ……………………… resources.

Question. For development people look at a ……………………… of goals.

Question. A safe and secure environment may allow more ……………………… to take up a variety of jobs.

Question. Development involves ……………………… about the questions and the ways in which we can work towards achieving the goals.

Question. Landless rural labourers want more days of work and better ……………………… .

Question. The per capita income of Nepal in US $ is ……………………… .

Question. To get more electricity, industrialists may want more ……………………… .

Question. Different persons can have different ……………………… goal.

Question. The development goals that people have are not only about better ……………………… but also about other important things in life.

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