CBSE Class 10 Social Science Development Assignment Set 03

Short Answer Questions

Question. Mention any four characteristics of development?
Answer: • Different people have different development goals.
• What may be development for one may not be development for the other. It may be even destructive for other.
• Income is the most important component of development, but along with income, people also seek equal treatment, good health, peace, literacy, etc.
• For development, people look at mix goals.

Question. What contributes to the human development?
Answer: There are many economic as well as non-economic factors which contribute to the human development.
• Living a long and healthy life.
• To have education, information and knowledge.
• Enjoying a decent standard of living.
• Enjoying basic fundamental rights like freedom, security, education etc.
• To have equality and enjoyment of human rights.

Question. ‘Money cannot buy all the goods and services that one needs to live well.’ Explain
Answer: • Money or higher per capita income cannot buy a pollution free environment or good health.
• Money cannot buy peace and democracy
• Per capital income of Maharashtra is higher than Kerala but still in lacks behind in education and health facilities.
• In Kerala, out of 1000 children born alive,12 die before completing one year of age but in Maharashtra the proportion of children dying is 25.

Question. Why is the issue of sustainability important for development?
Answer: The issue of sustainability is important for development because development must be in tandem with the future. If natural resources are not sustained, then development will stagnate after a point of time. Exploiting resources unethically will ultimately undo the development that a country may have achieved. This is because in the future, those resources will not be available for further progress.

Question. Mention any four characteristics of development?
Answer: • Different people have different development goals.
• What may be development for one may not be development for the other. It may be even destructive for other.
• Income is the most important component of development, but along with income, people also seek equal treatment, good health, peace, literacy, etc.
• For development, people look at mix goals.

Question. What contributes to the human development?
Answer: There are many economic as well as non-economic factors which contribute to the human development.
• Living a long and healthy life.
• To have education, information and knowledge.
• Enjoying a decent standard of living.
• Enjoying basic fundamental rights like freedom, security, education etc.
• To have equality and enjoyment of human rights.

Question. Money cannot buy all the goods and services that one needs to live well.’ Explain
Answer: • Money or higher per capita income cannot buy a pollution free environment or good health.
• Money cannot buy peace and democracy
• Per capital income of Maharashtra is higher than Kerala but still in lacks behind in education and health facilities.
• In Kerala, out of 1000 children born alive,12 die before completing one year of age but in Maharashtra the proportion of children dying is 25.

Question. What is national development? What are the aspects covered under the national development?
Answer: National development refers to the ability of a nation to improve the lives of its citizen.
i). Under national development, the government decides what would be a fair and just for all.
ii). Under national development, only those programmes and policies are implemented which would benefit a large number of people.
iii). Under national development, it is very important to decide about the conflicts and their solutions.
iv). Under national development, we have to think whether there is a better way of doing things.

Question. Why is the issue of sustainability important for development?
Answer: The issue of sustainability is important for development because development must be in tandem with the future. If natural resources are not sustained, then development will stagnate after a point of time. Exploiting resources unethically will ultimately undo the development that a country may have achieved. This is because in the future, those resources will not be available for further progress.

Long Answer Questions

Question. What is average income or per capita income? Why do we use averages? What are the limitations of per capita income?
Answer: The average income is the total income of the country divided by its total population. We use averages because they are useful for comparing differing quantities of the same category. For example, to compute the per capita income of a country, averages have to be used because there are differences in the incomes of diverse people. Its main limitations are:
i) A rise in per capital income is due to rise in prices and not due to increase in physical output; it is not a reliable index of economic development.
ii) National income rises but its distribution makes the rich richer and the poor poorer.
iii) It excludes all non-marketed goods and services, even though they may be important for human happiness and better quality of life.
iv) Rise in per capital income may be due to use of modern capital intensive technology in production which may be labour displacing in nature thus adversely affecting the poor masses
v) It covers only the economic aspects ignoring peace, health, environment, education, longevity, etc.

Question. Who publishes Human Development Report? What are the criteria used to prepare this report?
Answer: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) publishes Annual Human Development Report every year. Major parameters such as longevity of life (Life Expectancy at birth), levels of literacy and Per capita income are used to measure the development of countries. Life expectancy at birth denotes average expected length of a person at the time of birth. Percapita income is calculated in dollars for all countries so that it can be compared and also because every dollar would buy the same amount of goods and services in any country. World countries are ranked accordingly in to Very High Developed countries, High Developed countries, Medium Developed countries and Low Developed countries.

Question. What is national development? What are the aspects covered under the national development?
Answer: National development refers to the ability of a nation to improve the lives of its citizen.
i).Under national development, the government decides what would be a fair and just for all.
ii) Under national development, only those programmes and policies are implemented which would benefit a large number of people.
iii).Under national development, it is very important to decide about the conflicts and their solutions.
iv).Under national development, we have to think whether there is a better way of doing things.