This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Economics > Development > General > Economic Development – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Economic Development Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The basic material from which a product is made. A) Natural resources. B) Human resources. C) Rescue resources. D) Capital resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural resources. 2. Goods and services are exchanged (or sold) A) Primary Industry. B) Secondary Industry. C) Tertiary Industry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tertiary Industry. 3. Measures inequalities between men and women in regards to political and economic participation and decision making, and power over economic resources. A) Gender Equity. B) Human Development Index (HDI). C) Gender-Related Development Index (GDI). D) Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM). 4. A bulk gaining product would be produced A) Far away from cities. B) Next to a mine. C) Close to the source of material. D) Near the market. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Near the market. 5. The total value of goods and services produced by a country (including those produced overseas) is called: A) GDP. B) Globalization. C) GNP. D) Economics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) GNP. 6. Political tensions between Bangladesh and India were strained over climate related issue that dealt with A) Water rights along the Ganges River. B) Flood relief along the Ganges River. C) Water treatment along the Ganges River. D) Building a dam on the Feni River. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water rights along the Ganges River. 7. Less industrialized countries are more involved in A) Market-oriented and commercial agriculture. B) Cottage industries and the primary/secondary sectors. C) Commercial industries. D) Service sectors (tertiary). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cottage industries and the primary/secondary sectors. 8. A large component of survival in many countries with low per capita GNIs is the informal economy. Which of the following does not make up a portion of Mexico's formal economy and GNI? A) Export of poinsettias in December. B) Manufactoring. C) Coyote payments. D) Tourism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coyote payments. 9. A network that connects the different steps in the production of a good A) Deindustrialization. B) Commodity chain. C) Modernization model. D) Agglomeration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commodity chain. 10. Tertiary Sector is also known as ..... A) Service sector. B) Trade. C) Hotel and restaurant. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Service sector. 11. Which of the following is an example of a job in the tertiary sector? A) Farming. B) Mining. C) Teaching. D) Manufacturing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Teaching. 12. Most people in LDCs (less developed countries) work in: A) Subsistence agriculture. B) Commercial agriculture. C) Information technology. D) The service sector. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subsistence agriculture. 13. Abolition of intermediateries and Land ceiling are part of A) Industrial reforms of India. B) External sector reforms in India. C) Land reforms in India. D) Banking reforms in India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Land reforms in India. 14. In the 1800s, how did farmers adapt to the climate in Texas? A) Planted crops that could grow with the amount of rain that fell. B) Watering their crops by hand. C) Planting crops that grow with little sunlight. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Planted crops that could grow with the amount of rain that fell. 15. Out of the following countries, who would have the highest standard of living? A) Japan. B) Mexico. C) Somalia. D) Afghanistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Japan. 16. How many industries are reserved for public sector at present A) 17. B) 3. C) 4. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 17. According to Alfred Weber, which one of the following costs of production is the most important factor in locating a new industry? A) Transportation. B) Raw Materials. C) Labor. D) Agglomeration Costs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transportation. 18. What country is NOT part of NAFTA? A) Mexico. B) Canada. C) United States. D) Honduras. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Honduras. 19. The practice of basing some of a company's processes or services in another country in order to take advantage of lower costs. (Ford, AmEx, GE, Cisco, Microsoft) A) Export-Processing Zone (EPZ). B) Trading bloc. C) Offshoring. D) Outsourcing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Offshoring. 20. Investing in the education or training of workers of a business or country is an example of investing in what? A) Labor/Human resources. B) Land/Natural resources. C) Capital resources. D) Entrepreneurship. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Labor/Human resources. 21. The stock market is important because A) It is where interest rates are determined. B) It is the most widely followed financial market in the world. C) It is where foreign exchange are determined. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is the most widely followed financial market in the world. 22. It is considered as the lifeblood of the business. A) Business Environment. B) Localization. C) Country. D) Tax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tax. 23. A rapid population growth during the 1900s contributed to the ..... aimed to increase food supplies to support the growing population. A) 2nd Agricultural Revolution. B) 1st Agricultural Revolution. C) 2nd Industrial Revolution. D) 3rd Agricultural Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3rd Agricultural Revolution. 24. Rising high-tech and service centers in the south and west of the US with an increasing population and investment A) Sun Belt. B) Rust Belt. C) Tornado Alley. D) Bible Belt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sun Belt. 25. The rapid growth of technology in the U.S. has had positive effects on all of the following EXCEPT A) Communications. B) The economy. C) Medical community. D) The environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The environment. 26. Which of the following is an example of tertiary sector? A) Mining, fishing, forestry. B) Manufacturing. C) Retail. D) Research and development. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Retail. 27. The word 'Sustainable Development' came into existence in the year? A) 1992. B) 1980. C) 1987. D) 1978. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1980. 28. Producers of automobiles select assembly plant locations primarily for their closer access to A) Raw materials. B) Water transportation. C) Government subsidies. D) Labor markets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Labor markets. 29. National or global regions where economic power, in terms of wealth, innovation, and advanced technology is concentrated. A) Core. B) Periphery. C) Semi-periphery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Core. 30. Which agency is responsible for procurement, distribution and storage of food grain production in India? A) Ministry of Agriculture. B) NAFED. C) Food Corporation of India. D) TRIFED. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Food Corporation of India. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesDevelopment QuizzesEconomics QuizzesEconomic Development Quiz 1Economic 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