CBSE Class 10 Social Science Development MCQs Set 05

Answer: (c) Per Capita Income

Explanation:
1. Per capita income is the standard measure used to compare countries, just as height and weight are used to compare students.

Teacher's Note:
a) Per capita income is the standard measure for comparing countries.
b) This parallels height/weight as a simple comparative measure for students.

Answer: (d) Check their BMI

Explanation:
1. BMI (Body Mass Index) is a direct physical indicator of nourishment, unlike literacy or income, which measure different things.

Teacher's Note:
a) BMI directly measures physical nourishment.
b) Income and literacy are unrelated proxies for nutritional status.

Answer: (a) More employment opportunities

Explanation:
1. For someone who is jobless, securing employment opportunities in the first place is the most urgent and immediate goal.

Teacher's Note:
a) For a jobless person, finding work itself is the top priority.
b) 'More days of work and better wages' instead matters more to someone already employed.

Answer: (b) High technological development

Explanation:
1. High technological development is a feature of developed, not under-developed, countries.

Teacher's Note:
a) High technological development is a developed-country feature.
b) Agriculture-dependence, poverty and illiteracy instead characterise under-developed countries.

Answer: (c) Bihar

Explanation:
1. Bihar has the highest infant mortality rate and the lowest literacy and attendance figures among the three states, indicating the poorest child health outcomes.

Teacher's Note:
a) Bihar has the highest infant mortality and lowest literacy/attendance in this table.
b) This combination points to the weakest child health outcomes among the three states.

Answer: (b) Scarcity of clean water for consumption

Explanation:
1. Scarcity of clean water directly reflects unequal access to a basic resource, matching the SDG concern about equitable resource access.

Teacher's Note:
a) Clean water scarcity directly reflects unequal access to a basic resource.
b) This fits the SDG concern about equitable resource access, unlike the other disaster-related options.

Answer: (a) Public Distribution System

Explanation:
1. PDS stands for Public Distribution System, which distributes essential food and other items at subsidised rates.

Teacher's Note:
a) PDS = Public Distribution System.
b) It supplies subsidised food grains and essential items to the public.

Answer: (c) (c)

Explanation:
1. Assured higher support prices is a goal more relevant to prosperous farmers already selling surplus crops, not to rain-dependent farmers, whose priority would instead be irrigation facilities to reduce dependence on erratic rainfall.

Teacher's Note:
a) Rain-dependent farmers would prioritise irrigation, not assured support prices.
b) Support prices matter more to farmers already producing marketable surplus, like prosperous Punjab farmers.

Answer: (a) Reducing income disparities

Explanation:
1. A drought-affected, impoverished region's most pressing need is addressing income disparity and poverty directly.

Teacher's Note:
a) A poor, drought-hit region's top priority is reducing income disparity.
b) The other goals, while important, are not what the specific image depicts.

Answer: (b) Construction of dams and multipurpose projects

Explanation:
1. 'Construction of dams and multipurpose projects' describes a specific infrastructure project, while the other options describe broader development goals/outcomes (employment, income, equality).

Teacher's Note:
a) Dam construction is a specific infrastructure project, not a general development goal.
b) The other options describe broader goals like employment, income growth and equality.

Answer: (d) Nepal

Explanation:
1. Nepal has a higher life expectancy (70.8) than India (69.7), suggesting good healthcare, but a lower mean years of schooling (5.0) than India's 6.5, indicating lesser average education.

Teacher's Note:
a) Nepal has higher life expectancy than India but lower average schooling.
b) This combination fits 'well-developed healthcare, lesser education' better than the other options.

Answer: (b) (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

Explanation:
1. Sri Lanka ranks 73rd (IV), India 130th (III), Pakistan 154th (I), and Nepal 143rd (II), based on the given HDI data.

Teacher's Note:
a) Sri Lanka = 73rd; India = 130th.
b) Pakistan = 154th; Nepal = 143rd, per the given HDI ranks.

Answer: (a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Explanation:
1. People's aspirations beyond income are correctly explained by the fact that money alone cannot secure things like dignity, respect and freedom.

Teacher's Note:
a) Money cannot buy things like dignity, respect and freedom.
b) This explains why people's aspirations extend well beyond income alone.

Answer: (c) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong

Explanation:
1. Development does involve pursuing holistic growth (A is true), but holistic growth is not the same as purely economic growth — it also includes social, educational and other non-economic dimensions, making R incorrect.

Teacher's Note:
a) Holistic growth includes social and educational dimensions, not just economic ones.
b) A is correct, but equating holistic growth with economic growth alone (R) is wrong.

Answer: (c) Developmental goals

Explanation:
1. These aspirations about how a country should progress are specifically termed 'developmental goals'.

Teacher's Note:
a) Aspirations about a country's progress are called developmental goals.
b) This is the standard term used throughout the chapter for such aspirations.