NCERT MCQ ON Human Capital Formation In India:

Question1 : Which of the following is not an indicator of education level?
a) Years of schooling
b) Life expectancy
c) Teacher-pupil ratio
d) Enrollment rate

Answer :   B

Question2 :  Which programme started in 1994
a) District Primary Education Programme
b) Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya
c) Sarva Siksha Abhiyan
d) Mid-day meal

Answer :   A

Question3 :  What percent of GDP was invested in education in the year 1952?
a) 7.92 percent
b) 11.7 percent
c) 0.64 percent
d) 3.31 percent

Answer :   C

Question4 :  Human capital consists of
a) Enterpreneurs
b) Both workers and entrepreneurs
c) Workers
d) Entire population

Answer :   D

Question5 :  GER stands for
a) General Enrolment Ratio
b) Gross Enrolment Ratio
c) General Estimated Ratio
d) Gross Education Ratio

Answer :   B

Question6 :  Human capital can be increased by incurring expenditure on
a) All of these
b) Improvement in technology
c) Increase in GDP
d) Improvement of health

Answer :   D

Question 7:  SSA started in
a) 2005
b) 2000
c) 2006
d) 2004

Answer :   B

Question 8:  Human Development refers to
a) None
b) Both
c) Development of the individuals by acquiring good education
d) Consists of skills as used in the process of production

Answer :   C

Question9:  How much India spend on education?
a) 2% Of GDP
b) 4% of GDP
c) 6% of GDP
d) 5% Of GDP

Answer :   B

Question10 .What percent of GDP was invested in education in the year 1952?
a) 7.92 percent
b) 11.7 percent
c) 0.64 percent
d) 3.31 percent

Answer :   C

Question11 :  The most important indicator of the status of education of a country is the
a) Death rate
b) Population rate
c) Birth rate
d) Literacy rate

Answer :   D

Question12 :  Human capital is similar to physical capital because
a) Both
b) none
c) They are factors of production
d) Raise nation’s ability to produce goods and services

Answer:   A

Question13 : The objective of midday meal scheme is __________
a) to boost universalisation of primary education
b) to boost the nutritional status of children in schools
c) to increase enrolment attendance and retention, and also improving the nutritional status of children in school
d) to boost universalisation of upper primary level of education

Answer:   C

Question 14:  Which of the following is not an indicator of education level?
a) Years of schooling
b) Life expectancy
c) Teacher-pupil ratio
d) Enrollment rate

Answer :   B

Question15 :  The most important indicator of education status of a country is the
a) Literacy rate
b) Death rate
c) Population rate
d) Birth rate

Answer:   A

Question 16:  Educational attainment is measured by the two-third weighted average of the _____and one-third weight ______
a) literacy rate, mean years of primary schooling
b) adult literacy rate, mean years of secondary schooling
c) adult gross literacy rate, mean years of schooling
d) adult literacy rate, mean years of schooling

Answer:   C

Question 17: Which of the following is not the role of on-the-job training?
a) Eradicates inequality
b) Encourages innovation
c) Promotes modern methods
d) Enhances productivity

Answer :   D

Question18 :  The government has levied –% of education cess on all union taxes?
a) 3%
b) 4%
c) 2%
d) 10%

Answer. C

Question19 :   In which state the per capita expenditure on elementary education is highest?
a) Maharashtra
b) Kerala
c) Karnataka
d) Himachal Pradesh

Answer :   D

Question 20:  Machines and buildings are
a) Human capital
b) None of these
c) Physical capital
d) Natural capital

Answer :   B

Question21 :  Which of the following is not the feature of India Vision 2020 Report
a) 90% of literacy in India
b) If we double the investments in education it will increase the country’s GDP per capita by four times
c) 100 % enrolment of all children of age group 6-14 years
d) Importance of technical education

Answer:   A

Question 22:  Literacy refers to
a) All urban people
b) All educated people
c) All rural educated people
d) The ability to read and write

Answer :   D

Question 23:  If ____ capital represents production capacity of a nation, _____ capital is the cause that designs machines.
a) Human, Physical
b) Financial, Human
c) Physical, Human
d) Physical, Financial

Answer :   C

Question 24:  It controls and guides higher education
a) IGNOU
b) None
c) NCERT
d) UGC

Answer :   D

Question 25:  Secondary level education for age group
a) 13-15
b) 18-40
c) 15-18
d) 14-18

Answer :   D

Question26 :  What is the reason for rural-urban migration in India?
a) Marriage
b) Disease
c) Unemployment
d) None

Answer :   C

Question27 :  Navodaya Vidyalaya started in
a) 1988-89
b) 1985-86
c) 1989-90
d) 1986-1987

Answer :   B

Question28 :  Which of the following is not the role of on-the-job training?
a) Eradicates inequality
b) Encourages innovation
c) Promotes modern methods
d) Enhances productivity

Answer :   D

Question29 :  In how many stages of education are there in India
a) 1
b) 2
c) 4
d) 3.0

Answer :   D

Question30 :  Which Five Year Plan stressed upon the importance of human capital
a) 7th
b) 8th
c) 6th
d) 5th

Answer :   A

Question31 :  In 1950-51 India literacy rate was
a) 0.16
b) 0.12
c) 0.15
d) 0.18

Answer :   D

Question32 :  Which one of the following is a reason for poor human capital formation in India?
a) Brain drain
b) Insufficient resources
c) High growth of population
d) All of these

Answer :   D

Question 33:   considers education & health as a means to increase labour productivity?
a) Human capital
b) Human development
c) Physical capital
d) A&B Both

Answer :   A

Question34 :  How do human capital formation contributes towards economic growth?
a) By stimulating innovations & inventions
b) Human capital formation is inversely related with economic growth 
c) By enabling human resource to understand changes in scientific advancement
d) Both A & C

Answer :   D

Question35 :  Which of the following are indicators of HDI are
a) Educational attainment
b) All of these
c) Standard of living
d) Longevity

Answer :   B