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What similar developmental strategies have India and Pakistan followed for their respective developmental paths?
Concept: Development Strategies - an Appraisal
Maternal mortality rate is high in ______.
Concept: Indicators of Human Development
The introduction of Economic Reform in Pakistan took place in year ______.
Concept: Developmental Path - a Snapshot View
Explain briefly the problems faced by Great leap forward campaign.
Concept: Developmental Path - a Snapshot View
Compare and analyse the Annual Growth rate of population of India and China.
| Country | Annual Growth rate of population (2015) |
| India | 1.2% |
| China | 0.5% |
Concept: Development Strategies - an Appraisal
Give some examples of liberty indicators.
Concept: Indicators of Human Development
State the importance of 'liberty indicator'.
Concept: Indicators of Human Development
China initiated ______ in 1958, that aimed at industrializing the country on a massive scale.
Concept: Developmental Path - a Snapshot View
______ acts as a measure of 'the extent of democratic participation in social and political decision-making.'
Concept: Indicators of Human Development
Statement 1: Amongst India, China and Pakistan, China is the largest nation and has the higest population density.
Statement 2: One-child policy introduced in the late 1970s in china led to a considerable decline in the population growth rate.
In the light of the given statements, choose the correct alternative from the following:
Concept: Developmental Path - a Snapshot View
On the basis of the data given below, identify the incorrect statement in terms of annual growth of GDP (%): (Choose the correct alternative)
| Annual Growth of Gross Domestic Product (%) 1980-2017 | ||
| Country | 1980-90 | 2015-2017 |
| India | 5.7 | 7.3 |
| China | 10.3 | 6.8 |
| Pakistan | 6.3 | 5.3 |
Concept: Gross Domestic Product and Sectors
On the basis of the given data:
| Some Selected Indicators of Human Development, 2017-2019 | |||
| Item | India | China | Pakistan |
| Human Development Index (Value) | 0.645 | 0.761 | 0.557 |
| Rank (based on HDI) | 130 | 87 | 154 |
| Life Expectancy at Birth (years) | 69.7 | 76.9 | 67.3 |
| Mean years of Schooling (% aged 15 and above) |
6.5 | 8.1 | 5.2 |
| Gross National Income per capita (PPP US$) | 6681 | 16.057 | 5005 |
| Percentage of people living Below Poverty Line (National) | 21.9* | 1.7** | 24.3* |
| Infant Mortality Rate (per 1000 live births) |
29.9 | 7.4 | 57.2 |
| Maternal Mortality Rate (per 1 lakh births) |
133 | 29 | 140 |
| Population using at least basic Sanitation (%) | 60 | 75 | 60 |
| Population using at least basic drinking Water Source (%) | 93 | 96 | 91 |
| Percentage of Undernourished Children | 37.9 | 8.1 | 37.6 |
- Identify one income indicator and one health indicator, each.
- Compare India and China on the basis of any one of the indicator identified above in part (i)
Concept: Indicators of Human Development
Statement 1: Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution was introduced in China in 1950's.
Statement 2: China's growth is mainly contributed by the manufacturing sector.
In the light of given statements, choose the correct alternative from the following:
Concept: Developmental Path - a Snapshot View
Identify the incorrect statement from the following:
Concept: Demographic Indicators
Assertion (A): During 1980's, economic growth rate of Pakistan was more than that of India.
Reason (R): Pakistan followed the path of mixed economic structure with equal participation of the public and the private sector.
Concept: Development Strategies - an Appraisal
Compare and analyse the following information related to Annual Growth of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of India and China:
Annual Growth of Gross Domestic Product
| Country | 1980 - 90 | 2015 - 17 |
| India | 5.7 | 7.3 |
| China | 10.3 | 6.8 |
Concept: Gross Domestic Product and Sectors
The entire classroom, M. Hamel as well as those present in the class, is full of regret. For what and why?
Concept: The Last Lesson
Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.
When do the residents of Alsace realise how precious their language is to them?
Concept: The Last Lesson
Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.
What were Franz's feelings as he set out for school and why?
Concept: The Last Lesson
Read the given extract and answer the questions.
| And in dark hutments, next to lines of flames of flickering oil lamps, sit boys and girls with their fathers and mothers, welding pieces of coloured glass into circles of bangles. Their eyes are more adjusted to the dark than to the light outside. That is why they often end up losing their eyesight before they become adults. |
- Complete the sentence with reference to the extract: (1)
Their eyes are more adjusted to the dark than to the light outside because ______. - Which of the following would NOT be true? (1)
- The hutments were shining and inviting.
- The children's lives were as bleak as their surroundings.
- There were no electricity connections.
- The boys and girls had got used to the dark.
- The bangle workers lose their eyesight before they become adults because ______. (1)
- they already have poor eyesight
- they work in dim light
- they are married in childhood
- they are malnourished
- Which of the following most nearly means 'adjusted' in the context of the extract? (1)
- conditioned
- favoured
- accepted
- reconciled
- 'Flickering oil lamps' suggests ______. (1)
- What is the antonym from the extract of the word 'rarely'? (1)
Concept: Lost Spring
