This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Development > General > Economic Development – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Economic Development Quiz 22 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A part of most corporations where tasks dedicated to running the company itself take place. i.e., not in the corporate headquarters but in call centers. A) Back offices. B) Commodities. C) Cottage industry. D) Export processing zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Back offices. 2. What is the basic support system needed to keep an economy going called? A) Economic activity. B) Infrastructure. C) Gross Domestic Product. D) Skills of workers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infrastructure. 3. The industrial revolution was the beginning of A) Cottage industries. B) Substitence farming. C) Making things by hand. D) The use of machines and factories. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The use of machines and factories. 4. The largest scheme for producing hydro-electric power in Pakistan is A) Ghazi Barotha project. B) Mangla Dam. C) Tarbela Dam. D) Warsak Dam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tarbela Dam. 5. On 15th august 2020 we celebrated ..... independence day. A) 72. B) 73. C) 74. D) 75. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 74. 6. Another word for progress. . . This describes the wealth and well being of a country as it grows and prospers. A) Dependency Ratio. B) Primary Sector. C) GNI. D) Development. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Development. 7. Crop rotation & the enclosure movement were hallmarks of: A) The First Agricultural Revolution. B) The Second agricultural revolution. C) The Third agricultural revolution. D) The Green revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Second agricultural revolution. 8. Coastal Environments provide many ..... for human activities. A) Opportunities. B) Advantages. C) Interruptions. D) Chaos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Opportunities. 9. When was New Economic Policy introduced in India A) 1991. B) 1981. C) 1995. D) 2000. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1991. 10. Why did people move to the cities during the Industrial revolution? A) Jobs in factories. B) Jobs on the farm. C) Family. D) Friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jobs in factories. 11. The economic growth and significance of cities like Dallas and Atlanta, spurred by major corporations locating their HQs in those cities, is supported by the A) Zones of transition. B) Concept of suburbanization. C) Central place theory. D) Rank size rule. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Central place theory. 12. Low birth rate ..... A) More developed. B) Less developed. C) Newly industrialized. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More developed. 13. Eastern North America became the continent's manufacturing center in part because it had access to the continent's A) Largest markets. B) Most extensive sources of essential raw materials. C) Ocean going transportation links to Asia. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 14. A country that is mostly rural and engages in mainly primary level of economic activity is probably a A) Developed nation. B) Developing nation. C) Industrialized nation. D) Primary nation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Developing nation. 15. Which of the following agricultural products are not cash crops? A) Cocoa. B) Coffee. C) Cotton. D) Corn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Corn. 16. Which belongs in the primary industry? A) Cotton. B) Sweater. C) Shoe factory. D) Sales clerk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cotton. 17. In economic geography and central place theory, the minimum market needed to support the supply of a product or service. A) Threshold. B) Least cost theory. C) Range. D) Relative theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Threshold. 18. In Canada, which group has the MOST influence over which goods and services are produced? A) Canadian consumers. B) The Parliament of Canada. C) The prime minister's cabinet. D) Canadian business leaders. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Canadian consumers. 19. Which of the following is not a primary economic activity? A) Carpenter. B) Lumberjack. C) Orange grower. D) Police officer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Police officer. 20. Situation costs are critical to a firm that wishes to A) Avoid skilled laborers. B) Minimize production costs inside the plant. C) Minimize transport costs. D) Identify unique characteristics of a particular industry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Minimize transport costs. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesDevelopment QuizzesEconomic Development Quiz 1Economic Development Quiz 2Economic Development Quiz 3Economic Development Quiz 4Economic Development Quiz 5Economic Development Quiz 6Economic Development Quiz 7Economic Development Quiz 8Economic Development Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books