CBSE Class 11 Economics Comparative Development Experiences Of India and Its Neighbours Worksheet Set A

Question. Reforms in __________ were introduced in 1978
(A) China
(B) Pakistan
(C) India
(D) None of the above
Answer : A

Question. _________ has the highest life expectancy
a) India
b) China
c) Pakistan
d) Both (a) and (c)
Answer : B

Question. ____________ has the highest life expectancy at birth.
(a)India
(b)China
(c) Pakistan
(d) Both (a) and (b)
Answer : B

Question. One child norm is a feature of ____________ country.
a) France
b) India
c) Pakistan
d) China
Answer : D

Question. Which sector of the economy contributes the highest to India’s GDP?
(a) Service
(b) Agriculture
(c) Industry
(d) None of these
Answer : A

Question. _______ Performance in providing sanitation is better in comparison to ______.
(a) Pakistan’s, India
(b)China’s, Pakistan
(c) China’s, India
(d) India’s, Pakistan
Answer : B

Question. In which of the following areas, Pakistan has an edge over Indian?
a) Export of software after economic reforms
b) Number of ph.d’s produced in science and engineering every year
c) Reducing the proportion of population below poverty line
d) All the above
Answer : C

Question. Which of the following countries has the lowest density of population?
(a) India
(b) China
(c) Pakistan
(d) None of the above
Answer : B

Question. The fertility rate is very high in
a) Pakistan
b) India
c) China
d) USA
Answer : A

Question. A campaign in China in 1958 where people were encouraged to set up industries in their backyard was named as:
a) Great leap forward
b) Great proletarian cultural revolution
c) Anti- rightist movement
d) Four pests damping
Answer : A

Question. India, Pakistan and ____ have many similarities in their development strategies
(a) Nepal
(b) China
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Bangladesh
Answer : B

Question. Reforms in _________ were introduced in 1988.
a) China
b) Pakistan
c) India
d) USA
Answer : B

Question. Which economic system did China chose for economic development?
a) Capitalist system
b) Socialist system
c) Mixed capitalist system
d) None of the above
Answer : B

Question. Growth rate of population is highest in which of the following country?
(a) India
(b) China
(c) Pakistan
(d) None of the above
Answer : C

Question. Which type of economic system is followed in China?
(a) Mixed Economy
(b) Socialist Economy
(c) Capitalist Economy
(d) None of these
Answer : B

Question. Which economic sector is the highest contribution to GDP in India, Pakistan and China?
a) Agriculture
b) Industries
c) Services
d) all equal
Answer : C

Question. ___________ programme was started in China with the aim of industrialization.
(a) Great leap Forward
(b) Great proletarian Cultural Revolution
(c) One child policy
(d) None of these
Answer : A

Question. Which economic system did India adopt as development strategy?
a) Capitalist system
b) Socialist system
c) Mixed capitalist system
d) Socialist system upto 1991 and then capitalist system
Answer : C

Question. First five year plan of __________ commenced in the year 1956
a) Pakistan
b) China
c) India
d) (a) and (b)
Answer : A

Question. Which of the three countries has highest percentage of population above poverty line?
a) China
b) Pakistan
c) India
d) All equal
Answer : C

Question. Proportion of people below poverty line is more in:
a) India
b) Pakistan
c) China
d) USA
Answer : A

Question. Which of the three countries has highest life expectancy at birth?
a) India
b) China
c) Pakistan
d) All equal
Answer : B

Question. China moving ahead of India and Pakistan is true for which indicator?
a) GDP per capita
b) Proportion of population below poverty line
c) HDI ranking
d) All the above
Answer : D

Question. China succeeded in achieving higher growth rate than India because:
(a) It followed communist pattern of economy.
(b) It started reforms early.
(c) It gave much importance to manufacturing sector.
(d) All of above
Answer : C

Question. Which of the following two countries have adopted the Mixed Economic System?
(a) India and China
(b) India and Pakistan.
(c) China and Pakistan
(d) None of these
Answer : B

Question. Rank India, Pakistan and China in terms of better value of human development index.
(a) 1st – Pakistan; 2nd – China; 3rd– India.
(b) 1st – Pakistan; 2nd – India; 3rd– China.
(c) 1st – China; 2nd – Pakistan; 3rd - India
(d) 1st – China; 2nd – India; 3rd- Pakistan
Answer : D

Question. Which of the following is a feature pertaining to the Indian economy?
(a) One child norm
(b) Growth due to manufacturing sector
(c) High degree of urbanisation
(d) Life expectancy at birth
Answer. D

Question. What was the fertility rate in Pakistan as in 2015?
(a) 1.6
(b) 2.6
(c) 3.7
(d) 3.6
Answer. C

Question. Which of the following country was faster in shifting its workforce from agriculture to service sector?
(a) India
(b) Pakistan
(c) China
(d) Both (a) and (b)
Answer. B

Question. Which of the following is not an indicator of human development?
(a) Density of population
(b) GDP per capita
(c) Life expectancy at birth
(d) Literacy rate
Answer. A

Question. With which of the following concepts is commune system associated?
(a) Industrialisation
(b) Human rights
(c) Equal distribution of land
(d) Special Economic Zones
Answer. C

Question. How many people died in the devastating earthquake that took place in Pakistan in 2005?
(a) 45000
(b) 55000
(c) 65000
(d) 75000
Answer. D

Question. First five- year plan of __________commenced in the year 1956.
(a) Pakistan
(b) India
(c) China
(d) None of these
Answer. A

Question. Reforms were introduced in 1978 in_________.
(a) China
(b) Pakistan
(c) India
(d) All of these
Answer. A

Question. One child norm is featured of ______country.
(a) France
(b) India
(c) Pakistan
(d) China
Answer. D

Question. ________has the highest life expectancy.
(a) India
(b) China
(c) Pakistan
(d) both (a) and (c)
Answer. B

Question. A campaign in China in 1958 where people were encouraged to set up industries in their backyard was named as:
(a) Great leap forward
(b) Great proletarian cultural revolution
(c) Anti-rightist movement
(d) Four pests campaign
Answer. A

Question. In which of the following areas, Pakistan has an edge over India?
(a) Export of software after economic reforms
(b) Number of Ph.D.’s produced in science and engineering every year
(c) Reducing the proportion of population below poverty line
(d) All the above
Answer. C

Question. According to demographic parameters, the density of population is lowest in:
(a) China
(b) India
(c) Pakistan
(d) Both (b) and (c)
Answer. A

Question. What is the infant mortality rate as per thousand in China compared with per thousand in India?
(a) 30,60
(b) 30,35
(c) 35,65
(d) 24,45
Answer. B

Question. What is the percentage of the workforce engaged in agriculture in China?
(a) 55
(b) 54
(c) 60
(d) 53
Answer. B

Question. Per capita income is highest in
(a) India
(b) Pakistan
(c) China
(d) None
Answer. A

Question. In an economy, Human Development Index measures
(a) Birth rate
(b) Death rate
(c) Quality of life
(d) Quality of education
Answer. C

Question. Full form of UNDP
(a) United Nation Development Policy
(b) United Nation Development Programme
(c) Union Nation Development Programme
(d) None of the above
Answer. B

Question. UNDP prepares quality life index for how many countries
(a) 186
(b) 187
(c) 188
(d) 185
Answer. B

CBSE Class 11 Economics Comparative Development Experiences Of India and Its Neighbours Fill in the Blanks

Question. In the strategy of growth of India and Pakistan, _________sector was assigned the secondary role of pushing the process of growth. (public/private)
Answer. Private

Question. ____________ has established a substantial lead over India in terms of GDP growth and structural transformation. (China/Pakistan)
Answer. China

Question.The trade-GDP ratio of India is _______ than that of Pakistan (greater/lesser).
Answer. Greater

Question. _________has shown brighter signs of urbanisation. (India/Pakistan)
Answer. Pakistan

Question. One child policy was adopted in China in the year_______(1978/1979)
Answer. 1979

Question. Pakistan’s five-year plan is now called the ______Development Plan. (Long-term/Medium-term).
Answer. Medium-term

Question. _________ introduced the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in 1695 in China. (Mao/Sun-jat-sen)
Answer. Mao

Question. In the 1970s, nationalisation of capital goods industries took place in_________ (India/Pakistan)
Answer. Pakistan

Question. Lack of _______ (economical/political) freedom and its implications for human rights are major concerns in China.
Answer. Political

Question. In 1978 _______ (Economic Reforms/ The Great Leap Forward) were initiated in China.
Answer. Economic Reforms

Question. GOP per capital, or proportion of population below poverty line is _________________ . (income indicator of human development/Health indicator of human development)
Answer : income indicator of human development

Question. First five year plan of ____________________ commenced in the year 1956. (Pakistan/China)
Answer : Pakistan

Question. China is ahead of India and Pakistan on many human development indicators. These improvements were attributed to the reform process initiated in China in 1978. (True/False)
Answer : False

Question. Mortality rates, literacy, life expectancy etc. are____________. (income indicator of human development/Health indicator of human development)
Answer : Health indicator of human development

Write True/False State whether the following statements are True or False:

Question. China relied on ‘outward-looking’ strategy of growth.
Answer. False

Question. Chinese government is battling with the problem of environment degradation.
Answer. True

Question. In China, commune system is related to industry. (True/False)
Answer. False

Question. In India, agricultural reforms have been far less effective than in China.
Answer. True

Question. In terms of sectoral contribution to GDP, Chinese economy is relying more on secondary sector.
Answer.True

Question. With a significant jump in the growth of GDP, the structure of growth has failed to show structural transformation in China.
Answer. False

Question. Regional and global economic groupings are formed to protest against free flow of goods and services between nations.
Answer. False

Question. Pakistan introduced a variety of regulated policy framework for import substitution industrialisation.
Answer. True 

Question. Matching
Form the set of statements given in Column I and Column II, chose the correct pair of statements:
Column I                                                        Column II
(a) One child policy                                        (i) Pakistan
(b) Jobless growth process                           (ii) China
(c)Availability of cheap labour force              (iii) Comparative cost advantage to China
(d) Problem of environment degradation      (iv) Pakistan
Answers: (c) Availability of cheap labour force- (iii) Comparative cost advantage to China

CBSE Class 11 Economics Comparative Development Experiences Of India and Its Neighbours Answer the Following Questions

Question. What type of economic system is followed in China?
Answer. Command economy model. In this model all critical areas of production were brought under state ownership in China.

Question. Give the meaning of infant mortality rate.
Answer. Infant mortality rate refers to number of infants dying before reaching one year of age per 1000 live birth in a year.

Question. Between India and China, which country has higher value of Human Development Index?
Answer. China

Question. Mention the major reason for the low population growth in China.
Answer. Introduction of ‘One Child Policy’

Question. Name the programme started in China with the aim of industrialization.
Answer. Great leap forward programme.

Question. Out of China, Pakistan and India, which country has the largest contribution of the service sector to the GDP?
Answer. Pakistan.

Question. Out of India, China and Pakistan, Which country has the highest workforce engaged in agriculture?
Answer. India has the highest workforce (60%) engaged in agriculture.

Question. Name the two areas of development where Pakistan has topped India.
Answer. i) Less percentage of population below poverty line
ii) Percentage of population having access to improved water sources

Question. Name the two areas of development where India has an edge over Pakistan.
Answer. i) Skilled manpower ii) Per Capita GDP (PPP) in US $.

Question. Define Special Economic Zone (SEZ)?
Answer. It is a geographical region that has economic laws different from a country’s typical economic laws. Usually, the goal is to increase foreign investment.