NCERT MCQ ON Comparative Development Experiences of India and Its Neighbours :

Question1 : Reforms in __________ were introduced in 1978
a) China
b) Pakistan
c) India
d) None of the above

Answer :  A

Question2 : China discontinued the one child policy because:
a) They will be more elderly people in proportion to young people.
b) It increased the number of dependent population.
c) People became dissatisfied with the policy.
d) Population of the country decreased.

Answer :  A

Question 3: First five year plan of __________ commenced in the year 1956
a) Pakistan
b) China
c) India
d) a) and b)

Answer :  A

Question4 : Social Economic Zones were set up by China to:
a) Attract foreign investors.
b) To develop the backward regions.
c) To maintain economic equality.
d) To promote private sector.

Answer : A

Question5 : ____________ has the highest life expectancy at birth.
a)India
b)China
c) Pakistan
d) Both a) and b)

Answer :  B

Question6 : Proportion of people below poverty line is more in:
a) India
b) Pakistan
c) China
d) USA

Answer :  A

Question7 : 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

Question8 : Reforms in _________ were introduced in 1988.
a) China
b) Pakistan
c) India
d) USA

Answer :  B 

Question9 : ___________ 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

Question10 : The fertility rate is very high in
a) Pakistan
b) India
c) China
d) USA

Answer :  A

Question11 : Which of the three countries has highest life expectancy at birth?
a) India
b) China
c) Pakistan
d) All equal

Answer :  B

Question12 : One child norm is a feature of ____________ country.
a) France
b) India
c) Pakistan
d) China

Answer :  D

Question13 : 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

Question14 : 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 15: 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

Question16 : 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

Question17 : According to demographic parameters, the density of population is lowest in:
a) China
b) India
c) Pakistan
d) Both b) and c)

Answer :  A

Question18 : 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 19: Which of the three countries has highest percentage of population above poverty line?
a) China
b) Pakistan
c) India
d) All equal

Answer :  C

Question20 : 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

Question21 : India, Pakistan and ____ have many similarities in their development strategies
a) Nepal
b) China
c) Sri Lanka
d) Bangladesh

Answer :   B

Question22 : _________ has the highest life expectancy
a) India
b) China
c) Pakistan
d) Both a) and c)

Answer :  B

Question23 : Which type of economic system is followed in China?
a) Mixed Economy
b) Socialist Economy
c) Capitalist Economy
d) None of these

Answer :  B

Question24 : Which sector of the economy contributes the highest to India’s GDP?
a) Service
b) Agriculture
c) Industry
d) None of these

Answer :  A 

Question25 : _______ 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

Question26 : 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

Question27 : 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

Question28 : 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

Question29 : Which of the three countries has lowest rate of population growth?
a) India
b) Pakistan
c) China
d) All equal

Answer :  C

Question30 : Which of the following countries has the lowest density of population?
a) India
b) China
c) Pakistan
d) None of the above

Answer :  B

Question31 : Which of the three countries has the highest growth rate of GDP?
a) India
b) Pakistan
c) China
d) All equal

Answer :  C