Economic Development Quiz 20 (20 MCQs)

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1. A measure of the extent of each country's gender inequality

Correct Answer: A) GII.

2. ..... traditional industries was India particularly well known for before the advent of the british rule.

Correct Answer: B) Handicraft industry.

3. ..... is when countries and businesses trade internationally, leading to more connected world.

Correct Answer: D) Globalization.

4. More Developed Countries (MDCs) use ..... of the worlds energy.

Correct Answer: D) 50%.

5. Manufacturing system that relies on highly educated workers, doing complex tasks with a high degree of flexibility.

Correct Answer: C) Post-Fordism.

6. Agreements such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and associations such as the European Union (EU) reflect a movement toward:

Correct Answer: B) Free trade zones.

7. Which island is the Caribbean author Merle Hodge from?

Correct Answer: B) Trinidad.

8. A teacher belongs to

Correct Answer: B) Tertiary sector.

9. Occurs mostly in developing countries where there is low environment impact, local ownership, and culturally sensitive.

Correct Answer: A) Ecotourism.

10. In this stage, modern science and technology are either not available or are not being systematically applied.

Correct Answer: B) Traditional Stage.

11. Countries that usually have low levels of economic productivity, low per capita incomes, and generally low standards of living.

Correct Answer: B) Periphery.

12. Which of the following is NOT one of the questions every economic system must answer?

Correct Answer: C) How much to produce?.

13. Lower production costs as a result of larger volume of production (Fordism)

Correct Answer: A) Economies of scale.

14. Research and development are an example of which sector?

Correct Answer: C) Quaternary.

15. The UN considers all but the following factors when determining a country's level of development, its HDI (Human Development Index).

Correct Answer: D) Natural increase rate.

16. What is debt?

Correct Answer: B) When you owe someone something, such as money.

17. The mining of rare earth metals in Sub-saharan Africa for electronic products consumed in Europe and North America best reflects

Correct Answer: D) Neocolonialism.

18. Mexico, China, Russia, India, Brazil, and South Africa are all

Correct Answer: D) Semi-peripheral countries.

19. Which of the following areas is not considered a value added manufacturing region?

Correct Answer: C) Northern and Central Africa.

20. Agriculture, Irrigation and Power Projects were given highest priority in which among the following plans?

Correct Answer: A) First Five year plan.