CBSE Class 10 Social Science Development MCQs Set 06

Answer: (a) The notion of development is different for people from different sections of society

Explanation:
1. Different people, depending on their circumstances, often have different, sometimes conflicting, ideas of what development means for them.

Teacher's Note:
a) This is the chapter's opening theme — development means different things to different groups.

Answer: (c) are working less than what they are capable of doing

Explanation:
1. Underemployment (disguised unemployment) occurs when people are technically working, but at a level well below their real capacity or potential.

Teacher's Note:
a) This is distinct from open unemployment, where a person has no work at all.

Answer: (b) Per capita income

Explanation:
1. Per capita (average) income is the most commonly used measure for comparing the development status of different countries.

Teacher's Note:
a) It's commonly used, but — as the next question highlights — not the only measure that matters.

Answer: (a) Literacy level and health facilities

Explanation:
1. Literacy and health indicators, alongside income, give a fuller picture of a country's development.

Teacher's Note:
a) This is the core idea behind the Human Development Index, introduced later in the chapter.

Answer: (b) Per capita income

Explanation:
1. Per capita income is calculated by dividing total national income by population, making it, by definition, the average income.

Answer: (c) Would a development plan benefit a large or a small number of people?

Explanation:
1. A key question for national development is how widely its benefits are shared — whether they reach a large or only a small section of the population.

Teacher's Note:
a) This links to the chapter's broader theme: whose goals count, and how fairly benefits are distributed.

Answer: (a) Average income does not indicate the disparity in income level

Explanation:
1. Average (per capita) income can conceal how unequally that income is actually distributed within the population.

Teacher's Note:
a) Two countries can have the same average income but very different levels of inequality — average income alone can't show this.

Answer: (d) all of the above

Explanation:
1. A country's development is generally assessed using a combination of income, literacy, and health indicators together, not any single measure alone.

Answer: (b) Haryana

Explanation:
1. Haryana had the highest per capita income among the states compared in the Economic Survey 2018-19 data used in this chapter.

Teacher's Note:
a) Despite this, Haryana trails Kerala on health and education indicators — a key point this chapter makes about income alone being misleading.

Answer: (a) Income criteria

Explanation:
1. The World Bank's main classification of countries (as high, middle or low income) is based on income (per capita income) criteria.

Teacher's Note:
a) This contrasts with the UNDP's Human Development Index, which uses a broader set of indicators.

Answer: (c) Human Development Report

Explanation:
1. The Human Development Report, published annually by the UNDP, compares countries on education, health and income together.

Answer: (a) Human Development Index

Explanation:
1. HDI stands for Human Development Index.

Answer: (b) Sri Lanka

Explanation:
1. Sri Lanka has consistently ranked higher than India on the Human Development Index among South Asian neighbours.

Teacher's Note:
a) This matches the HDI comparison table covered in this chapter's notes.

Answer: (d) Their Body Mass Index

Explanation:
1. Body Mass Index (BMI), calculated from height and weight together, is the standard measure used to classify a person as underweight, healthy or overweight.

Teacher's Note:
a) BMI = weight (kg) ÷ height (m) squared; under 18.5 is generally classed as underweight.

Answer: (c) 130

Explanation:
1. India ranked 130th (out of 189 countries) in the Human Development Report based on 2018 data.

Teacher's Note:
a) This improved slightly to 131st (out of 189) by the 2020 report — both figures place India in the medium human development category.

Answer: (b) Bangladesh

Explanation:
1. Bangladesh ranks lower than India on the Human Development Index, among the countries listed.

Teacher's Note:
a) Contrast this with Sri Lanka, which ranks higher than India — South Asian countries vary widely in HDI.

Answer: (d) The proportion of literate population in the 7 years and above age group

Explanation:
1. Literacy rate is specifically measured as the proportion of literate people within the population aged 7 and above.

Teacher's Note:
a) Remember '7 years and above' specifically — a precise age threshold often tested directly.

Answer: (b) Renewable resources are replenished by nature over a period of time

Explanation:
1. Renewable resources naturally regenerate or replenish over time, unlike non-renewable resources, which are fixed in supply.

Teacher's Note:
a) Even renewable resources can be overused faster than they replenish — option (a) is a common misconception worth ruling out.

Answer: (c) Development that meets present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

Explanation:
1. This is the standard, widely used definition of sustainable development — meeting today's needs without compromising tomorrow's.

Teacher's Note:
a) Learn this definition precisely; it's one of the most commonly quoted definitions in the entire syllabus.

Answer: (b) Middle East countries

Explanation:
1. The Middle East holds the largest share of the world's known crude oil reserves.

Teacher's Note:
a) This fact connects to the chapter's point about resource distribution being highly uneven across regions.

Answer: (b) Non-renewable

Explanation:
1. A resource with a finite, exhaustible supply at current usage rates is classified as non-renewable.

Teacher's Note:
a) Non-exhaustible implies no depletion risk at all — the opposite of what this scenario describes.

Answer: (c) Gujarat

Explanation:
1. Gujarat's mandatory use of solar (renewable) energy for industry is the example of sustainable development here, unlike UP's reliance on thermal (non-renewable, polluting) power.

Teacher's Note:
a) This question applies the abstract definition of sustainable development to a concrete, real policy contrast.