CBSE Class 11 Economics Infrastructure MCQs Set B

Question: Essential indicator of good health in a country is increase in ___________
a) Death rate
b) Infant mortality rate
c) Expectancy of life
d) Incidence of deadly diseases
Answer: c

Question: From the following which is not a non-commercial source of energy
a) Solar energy
b) Wind energy
c) Tidal energy
d) Coal
Answer: d

Question: ISM stands for:
a) Indian systems of medicine
b) International system of medicine
c) Indian standard of medicine
d) None of the options
Answer: b

Question: ___________ is an indicator which measures the number of people dying prematurely due to a particular disease:
a) Global burden of disease
b) Golden burden of disease
c) Global burden of depression
d) Global break down disease
Answer: a

Question: Indian system of medicine:
a) Unani
b) Yoga
c) Siddha
d) All of the options
Answer: d

Question: A lot of power is wasted during its transmission and distribution from power stations to households. This can be controlled by:
a) Promoting the use of CFL’s
b) Proper lead management
c) Promoting non conventional sources
d) All of the options
Answer: b

Question: ___________ is an example of social infrastructure
a) Transport
b) Communication
c) Energy
d) Education
Answer: d

Question: ____________ include hospitals with better facilities of health care like X-ray, surgeries, ECG etc.
a) Primary health care
b) Secondary heath care
c) Tertiary heath care
d) None of the options
Answer: b

Question: Which of the following is an example of conventional source of energy?
a) Natural gas
b) Solar energy
c) Biomass
d) Wind energy
Answer: a

Question: Sources of electricity are ____________
a) Water
b) Oil,Coal
c) Gas
d) All of the options
Answer: d

Question: Indicator of health status:
a) Expansion of health services
b) Decline of infant mortality rate
c) Both Expansion of health servicesand Decline of infant mortality rate
d) Neither Expansion of health services nor Decline of infant mortality rate
Answer: c 

Fill In The Blanks 

Question: Generally, scholars assess people’s health by taking into account indicators like_____________.
Answer: infant mortality and maternal mortality rates, life expectancy, nutrition levels and the incidence of communicable and non-communicable diseases.

Question:_____________ are those resources that can be replenished or renewed naturally over time.
Answer: Renewable resources

Question: At present nuclear/atomic energy accounts for only ____________ of the total energy consumption, against a global average of 13%.
Answer: 2 per cent

Question: Some private practitioners are not even registered doctors and are known as _____________.
Answer: quacks 

Question: __________________energy plants produce electricity through the fission of uranium.
Answer: Nuclear

Question: Indian system of Medicine (ISM) have huge potential and can solve large part of our healthcare problems. True/False? Give reason.
Answer: True : Because they are effective, safe and inexpensive.

Question: Government expenditure on health sector is only_____________ of the total GDP; which is very low as compared to USA and China.
Answer: 4.7 per cent

Question: _____________ is used as an indicator to assess the number of people dying prematurely of some disease and also the number of years spent by them in a state of disability due to that disease.
Answer: Global Burden of Disease (GBD).

Question: Health infrastructure includes __________________.
Answer: hospitals; doctors, nurses and other para-medical professionals, beds, equipment required in hospitals; and well-developed pharmaceutical industry. 

Match the following 

Question: Write the correct sequence of option in Column II by matching them with options of Column I.
Column I                                                                                                                        Column II
a. Infrastructure associated with energy,transportation and communication            (i) Social infrastructure
b. Infrastructure related to education,health and housing                                        (ii) Economic infrastructure
Answer: a – (ii) ,b- (ii)

Question: Write the correct sequence of option in Column II by matching them with options of Column I.
Column I                                                                              Column II
a. Global burden of diseases (GBD)                           (i) Infant mortality rate, life expectancy
and nutrition levels
b. Indian Systems of Medicine (ISM)                         (ii) A variety of hospitals at the village level
c. Primary Health Centres (Pl-fCs)                            (iii) Ayurveda, Yoga, unani, Siddha, Naturopathy and Homeopathy
d. Health Indicators                                                   (iv) An indicator to gauge the number of people dying prematurely due to a
                                                                                        particular disease
Answer: a- (iv) , b- (iii) , c- (ii) , d- (i)