This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Economics > Development > General > Economic Development – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Economic Development Quiz 15 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The largest scheme for producing hydro-electric power in Pakistan is A) Mangla Dam. B) Ghazi Barotha project. C) Tarbela Dam. D) Warsak Dam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tarbela Dam. 2. On 15th august 2020 we celebrated ..... independence day. A) 74. B) 75. C) 72. D) 73. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 74. 3. Another word for progress. . . This describes the wealth and well being of a country as it grows and prospers. A) Development. B) GNI. C) Primary Sector. D) Dependency Ratio. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Development. 4. Crop rotation & the enclosure movement were hallmarks of: A) The Third agricultural revolution. B) The Second agricultural revolution. C) The Green revolution. D) The First Agricultural Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Second agricultural revolution. 5. Coastal Environments provide many ..... for human activities. A) Chaos. B) Opportunities. C) Advantages. D) Interruptions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Opportunities. 6. When was New Economic Policy introduced in India A) 1991. B) 1995. C) 2000. D) 1981. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1991. 7. Why did people move to the cities during the Industrial revolution? A) Jobs in factories. B) Friends. C) Family. D) Jobs on the farm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jobs in factories. 8. 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) Concept of suburbanization. B) Rank size rule. C) Zones of transition. D) Central place theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Central place theory. 9. Low birth rate ..... A) More developed. B) Less developed. C) Newly industrialized. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More developed. 10. 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. 11. A country that is mostly rural and engages in mainly primary level of economic activity is probably a A) Industrialized nation. B) Developing nation. C) Developed nation. D) Primary nation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Developing nation. 12. Which of the following agricultural products are not cash crops? A) Cocoa. B) Coffee. C) Cotton. D) Corn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Corn. 13. Which belongs in the primary industry? A) Sweater. B) Sales clerk. C) Cotton. D) Shoe factory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cotton. 14. In economic geography and central place theory, the minimum market needed to support the supply of a product or service. A) Threshold. B) Range. C) Least cost theory. D) Relative theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Threshold. 15. In Canada, which group has the MOST influence over which goods and services are produced? A) The Parliament of Canada. B) The prime minister's cabinet. C) Canadian consumers. D) Canadian business leaders. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Canadian consumers. 16. Which of the following is not a primary economic activity? A) Police officer. B) Carpenter. C) Lumberjack. D) Orange grower. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Police officer. 17. 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. 18. What is meant by transportation? A) The wearing away of the landscape. B) When eroded rock is moved to another place by the sea. C) When transported material is dropped by the sea. D) The breaking down of rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When eroded rock is moved to another place by the sea. 19. Economic inequality WITHIN ..... is greater than in ..... A) LDCs; MDCs. B) MDCs, LDCs. C) Developed countries; countries in transition. D) The tertiary sector; the primary sector. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) LDCs; MDCs. 20. The total value of goods produced and services provided by a country during one year. (GDP + Foreign investments) A) HDI (Human Development Index). B) GDP (Gross Domestic Product). C) GNP (Gross National Product). D) FDI (Foreign Direct Investment). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) GNP (Gross National Product). 21. AT&T having their call centers stationed in India and China is known as what industry practice? A) Agglomerations. B) NAFTA. C) Special Economic Zones. D) Outsourcing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Outsourcing. 22. ..... Stage exists by hunting animals and gathering grew fruits and vegetables. A) Horticultural. B) Hunting and Gathering. C) Industrial. D) Post-Industrial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hunting and Gathering. 23. What does a literacy rate show? A) A percentage of people who can drive. B) A percentage of people who can read and write. C) A percentage of people who can speak English. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A percentage of people who can read and write. 24. In India National Food security Act(NFSA) was introduced in the year A) 2017. B) 2019. C) 2014. D) 2013. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2013. 25. A company that conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries, not just where its headquarters or shareholders are located. Think Starbucks as one of MANY examples. A) Transnational corporations. B) Basic industry. C) Mom and pop stores. D) Maquiladoras. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transnational corporations. 26. When a job in one sector of the economy leads to the creation of jobs in another economic sector. A) Gravity model. B) Post fordist. C) Multiplier effect. D) Gross national income. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Multiplier effect. 27. Life Expectancy is a factor in a country's ..... A) Human Division Indigo. B) Literacy Rate. C) Gross Domestic Product. D) Human Development Index. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Human Development Index. 28. A place where people and machines join together to mass produce goods. A) Urbanization. B) Corporation. C) Cartel. D) Factory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Factory. 29. Which of the following is a job from secondary sector? A) Mining, fishing, forestry. B) Manufacturing. C) Retail. D) Research and development. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Manufacturing. 30. He total value of goods and services produced in a country in a year, divided by number in the population A) Production. 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