CBSE Class 9 Economics People as Resource MCQs

Question. Which of the following sectors is related to agriculture, forestry and dairy?
(a) Primary Sector
(b) Tertiary Sector
(c) Secondary Sector
(d) None of the above

Answer :   A

Question. Which state has highest literacy rate as per 2001?
(a) Kerala
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Bihar
(d) Orissa

Answer :   A

Question. The excess population is considered as a burden for an economy but they can become human capital if there is an investment made in the form of:
(a) Education and health
(b) Hospitals and schools
(c) Education, training and medical care
(d) None of the above

Answer :   C

Question. Disguised unemployment occurs when the number of persons working on a farm is
(a) only what is required
(b) more than required
(c) less than required
(d) None of the above

Answer :   B

Question. The two determinants of earning by an individual in the market are:
(a) Health and education
(b) Education and skill
(c) Age and education
(d) Skill and age

Answer :   B

Question. Increase in longevity of life is an indicator of
(a) good quality of life
(b) improvement in health sector
(c) better HDI (Human Development Index)
(d) all the above

Answer :   A

Question.____ can turn population into a productive asset.
(a) Quantity
(b) Education
(c) Industry
(d) Raw material 

Answer :   B

Question. Infant mortality rate refers to the death of a child under the age of
(a) 1 year
(b) 2 years
(c) 3 years
(d) 4 years

Answer :   A

Question. Which of the following is an economic activity?
(a) A teacher teaching his son
(b) Recitation among friends
(c) Teacher teaching in the classroom
(d) All of the above

Answer :   C

Question. On which of the following point, does the quality of population not depend?
(a) Literacy rate
(b) Health of person
(c) Skill formation
(d) Birth of a person

Answer :   D

Question. What is India’s position in scientifically and technically manpower in the world?
(a) first
(b) second
(c) third
(d) fourth

Answer :  C

Question. Why is literacy rate is low in the females?
(a) lack of equal education opportunities
(b) lack of transport facilities
(c) lack of infrastructure
(d) lack of income

Answer :   A

Question.____ is considered the greatest asset of a nation.
(a) Wealth
(b) Land
(c) Industries
(d) Healthy and literate population

Answer :   D

Question. In which of the following fields is disguised unemployment found?
(a) Industries
(b) Agriculture
(c) Mining
(d) Fisheries

Answer :   B

Question. Secondary sector includes:
(a) Manufacturing
(b) Forestry
(c) Trade
(d) Quarrying

Answer :   A

Question. Infant mortality rate refers to the death of a child under the age of
(a) 1 year
(b) 2 years
(c) 3 years
(d) 4 years

Answer :   A

Question. What is India’s position in scientifically and technically manpower in the world?
(a) first
(b) second
(c) third
(d) fourth

Answer :   C

Question. The scheme for the establishment of residential schools to impart education to talented children from rural areas is
(a) Kendriya Vidyalayas
(b) Navodaya Vidyalayas
(c) Sarvodaya Vidyalayas
(d) None of the aboves

Answer : B  

Question. Why are rural women employed in low-paid jobs?
(a) They do not need to work in high-paid jobs
(b) They lack in education or the necessary skill
(c) They are not allowed by their families to do high paid jobs
(d) They are not aware of the wage structure

Answer :   B

Question.The quality of population depends on
(a) literacy rate
(b) health
(c) skill
(d) all the above

Answer :   D

Question.The persons who are not working by their own willing is covered under
(a) seasonal unemployment
(b) disguised unemployment
(c) educated unemployment
(d) none of the above

Answer :   D

Question. Forestry and dairy are related to which?
(a) Primary Sector
(b) Tertiary Sector
(c) Secondary Sector
(d) None of the above

Answer :   A

Question. Which one from the following is the most labour absorbing sector?
(a) Agriculture
(b) Fisheries
(c) Poultry farming
(d) Mining

Answer :   A

Question. Decrease in IMR (Infant Mortality Rate) of a country signifies:
(a) Increase in life expectancy
(b) Increase in GNP
(c) Economic development of a country
(d) Increase in number of colleges in a country

Answer :   A

Question. ____ is considered superior to other resources such as land, physical capital, etc.
(a) Human capital
(b) Education
(c) Resource management
(d) Industrialisation

Answer :   A

Question. ____ workers suffer the most from seasonal unemployment.
(a) Tribal
(b) Urban
(c) Fishing
(d) Rural

Answer :   D

Question. The ____ sector includes agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry.
(a) Service
(b) Secondary
(c) Private
(d) Primary

Answer :   D

Question. The New Education Policy in India was announced in the year ____.
(a) 1986
(b) 1988
(c) 1987
(d) 1998

Answer :   A