This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Economics > Development > General > Economic Development – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Economic Development Quiz 14 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Lower production costs as a result of larger volume of production (Fordism) A) Just-in-time Delivery. B) Economies of scale. C) Commodity chain. D) Trading bloc. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Economies of scale. 2. Research and development are an example of which sector? A) Quaternary. B) Tertiary. C) Quinary. D) Secondary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quaternary. 3. The UN considers all but the following factors when determining a country's level of development, its HDI (Human Development Index). A) Literacy rate. B) Life expectancy. C) Natural increase rate. D) Income per capita. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural increase rate. 4. The mining of rare earth metals in Sub-saharan Africa for electronic products consumed in Europe and North America best reflects A) Dependancy Ratio. B) Neocolonialism. C) High Mass Consuption. D) Irredentism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neocolonialism. 5. Mexico, China, Russia, India, Brazil, and South Africa are all A) Core countries. B) Peripheral countries. C) Semi-peripheral countries. D) MDCs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Semi-peripheral countries. 6. Which of the following areas is not considered a value added manufacturing region? A) North America. B) Eastern South America. C) Northern and Central Africa. D) Western Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Northern and Central Africa. 7. Agriculture, Irrigation and Power Projects were given highest priority in which among the following plans? A) First Five year plan. B) Fourth Five year plan. C) Third Five year plan. D) Second Five year plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First Five year plan. 8. Indicator of level of development combining income, literacy, education, and life expectancy. A) HDI (Human Development Index). B) FDI (Foreign Direct Investment). C) GNP (Gross National Product). D) GDP (Gross Domestic Product). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HDI (Human Development Index). 9. Perry accumulated a lot of mathematical skills while in high school, college, and graduate school. Economists include these skills as part of Perry's A) Standard of learning. B) Technological knowledge. C) Physical capital. D) Human capital. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Human capital. 10. Various types of data to measure economic development (GNI, GDP, Vehicle ownership, Cell phone ownership) A) Economic indicators. B) Health Indicators. C) Sociological indicators. D) Human Rights indicators. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Economic indicators. 11. If Country A has a low growth rate, high literacy rate, and largely tertiary level economic activity, then it is A) Developed. B) In North Africa. C) Developing. D) In transition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Developed. 12. Which of the following modes of transport has the most line flexibility? A) Pipeline. B) Truck. C) Train. D) Ship. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Truck. 13. Mortality Rate means ..... A) Sleep Rate. B) Death Rate. C) Life Rate. D) Mortal Rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Death Rate. 14. Fishing, Mining, Farming, and Forestry are examples of what economic activity? A) Teritiary. B) Secondary. C) Quaternary. D) Primary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Primary. 15. The quantity of goods and services produced from each unit of labor is called A) Standard of living. B) Productivity. C) Capitalized quantity. D) The knowledge base. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Productivity. 16. Name the Finance Minister of India A) Urjit Patel. B) Arun Jetly. C) Nirmala Sitaraman. D) P.Chidambaram. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nirmala Sitaraman. 17. Shift cultivation and slash-and-burn farming are often associated with A) Agribusiness. B) More developed countries (MDCs). C) Rostow's TAKE OFF stage. D) Subsistence farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subsistence farming. 18. The average amount of goods and services produced from each hour of a worker's time is called A) Productivity. B) Technological knowledge. C) GDP. D) Per capita GDP. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Productivity. 19. This sector of the economy adds value to natural resources by transforming raw materials into valuable products. A) Quaternary. B) Tertiary. C) Primary. D) Secondary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Secondary. 20. Which of the Agricultural Revolutions did not include increased usage of complex machines? A) First Agricultural Revolution. B) Green Revolution. C) Third Agricultural Revolution. D) Second Agricultural Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First Agricultural Revolution. 21. Which of the following is most likely a characteristic of a developing country? A) Low employment rate. B) High GDP. C) High technology. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Low employment rate. 22. Which statistic tells you how much money a country makes? A) WTO. B) HDI. C) GNP. D) PPP. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) GNP. 23. Which economic activity would lawyers, doctors, salespeople, and customer service representatives fall under? A) Secondary. B) Primary. C) Tertiary. D) Quaternary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tertiary. 24. Which sector of the economy removes or harvests products directly from the earth in order to extract raw materials or food? A) Linear. B) Secondary. C) Tertiary. D) Primary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Primary. 25. Natural gas in Pakistan was discovered in A) 1954. B) 1999. C) 1960. D) 1952. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1952. 26. Economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories. A) Industry. B) Fair Trade. C) Development. D) Added Value. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Industry. 27. Which of the following methods of transportation might be categorized as low terminal cost, high line cost, and high route flexibility? A) Ship. B) Truck. C) Airplane. D) Rail. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Truck. 28. 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) Cottage industry. B) Export processing zone. C) Commodities. D) Back offices. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Back offices. 29. What is the basic support system needed to keep an economy going called? A) Skills of workers. B) Economic activity. C) Gross Domestic Product. D) Infrastructure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Infrastructure. 30. 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. 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