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Population and Human Development — Practice Worksheet
Chapter: Population and Human Development
Topic: Population and Human Development
Maximum Marks: 35
Time: 30 minutes
Name: ____________________ Roll No.: __________ Date: ____________

General Instructions

  • All questions are compulsory.
  • Choose the correct option (A, B, C or D) for each question.
  • The answer key is at the end — try the paper first!
Section A — Multiple Choice (1 mark each) 15 × 1 = 15 marks
1.
People in an economy act as both producers and:
  • A.Consumers
  • B.Taxes
  • C.Machines
  • D.Imports
2.
The growth rate of population is mainly the birth rate minus the:
  • A.Death rate
  • B.Tax rate
  • C.Interest rate
  • D.Saving rate
3.
Population grows rapidly when the death rate falls but the birth rate:
  • A.Stays high
  • B.Falls faster
  • C.Becomes zero
  • D.Is negative
4.
A large population is an asset when people are:
  • A.Healthy, educated and employed
  • B.Unskilled
  • C.Idle
  • D.Sick
5.
Rapid, unplanned population growth tends to ____ per-capita income.
  • A.Lower
  • B.Raise
  • C.Not affect
  • D.Double
6.
The stock of skill, knowledge and health in people is:
  • A.Physical capital
  • B.Human capital
  • C.Money
  • D.Land
7.
The two main sources of human capital are:
  • A.Education and health
  • B.Land and labour
  • C.Taxes and loans
  • D.Imports and exports
8.
Spending on education and health is best seen as a/an:
  • A.Investment that raises productivity
  • B.Pure waste
  • C.Tax
  • D.Import
9.
Education raises a worker's:
  • A.Skill and productivity
  • B.Death rate
  • C.Pollution
  • D.Tax burden only
10.
A healthy workforce is important because health raises:
  • A.Productivity and learning
  • B.Pollution
  • C.Taxes
  • D.Imports
11.
Widening people's real choices and well-being, not just income, is:
  • A.Human development
  • B.Inflation
  • C.Deflation
  • D.Bartering
12.
The Human Development Index combines health, education and:
  • A.Per-capita income
  • B.Population
  • C.Pollution
  • D.Tax
13.
Health in the HDI is measured by:
  • A.Life expectancy
  • B.Income
  • C.Schooling
  • D.Population
14.
Development that meets present needs without harming future generations is:
  • A.Sustainable development
  • B.Rapid development
  • C.Unbalanced development
  • D.Industrialisation only
15.
Sustainable development requires us to protect the:
  • A.Environment and conserve resources
  • B.Profits only
  • C.Taxes only
  • D.Population growth
Section B — Challenge / Olympiad (2 marks each) 10 × 2 = 20 marks
16.
Two countries have the same number of people, but one has a skilled, healthy workforce and the other an unskilled, sick one. The first country's population is more of a/an:
  • A.Asset (its quality is higher)
  • B.Burden
  • C.Liability
  • D.Tax
17.
A government builds schools and hospitals for its large young population. This is best described as:
  • A.Human capital formation
  • B.Physical capital only
  • C.A tax
  • D.Depreciation
18.
A country with a high GDP but low life expectancy and poor literacy would score:
  • A.Lower on the HDI than its income alone suggests
  • B.Top of the HDI
  • C.Zero GDP
  • D.Maximum HDI
19.
Cutting down all forests to maximise today's output would violate the principle of:
  • A.Sustainable development
  • B.Human capital
  • C.Free trade
  • D.Barter
20.
Why is investing in a healthy workforce also good economics, not just good ethics?
  • A.Healthy workers are more productive, raising output
  • B.It lowers GDP
  • C.It has no economic effect
  • D.It increases pollution
21.
The modern view that 'development is about people, not just money' is captured by the:
  • A.Human Development Index
  • B.Wholesale Price Index
  • C.Index of Industrial Production
  • D.Birth rate
22.
A falling death rate while the birth rate stays high tends to create a population that is:
  • A.Growing rapidly and relatively young
  • B.Shrinking
  • C.All elderly
  • D.Unchanging
23.
Switching to renewable energy and reducing pollution are ways to achieve:
  • A.Sustainable development
  • B.Higher death rates
  • C.Lower human capital
  • D.Barter
24.
A large population becomes a 'demographic dividend' (a benefit) when the many young people are:
  • A.Educated, healthy and given jobs
  • B.Left unskilled and idle
  • C.Made to migrate
  • D.Counted twice
25.
The ultimate purpose of studying economics, as this course shows, is to:
  • A.Improve human well-being, fairly and sustainably
  • B.Maximise pollution
  • C.Count money only
  • D.Increase scarcity

Answer Key

Section A — Multiple Choice (1 mark each)
  1. (A) Consumers
  2. (A) Death rate
  3. (A) Stays high
  4. (A) Healthy, educated and employed
  5. (A) Lower
  6. (B) Human capital
  7. (A) Education and health
  8. (A) Investment that raises productivity
  9. (A) Skill and productivity
  10. (A) Productivity and learning
  11. (A) Human development
  12. (A) Per-capita income
  13. (A) Life expectancy
  14. (A) Sustainable development
  15. (A) Environment and conserve resources
Section B — Challenge / Olympiad (2 marks each)
  1. (A) Asset (its quality is higher)
  2. (A) Human capital formation
  3. (A) Lower on the HDI than its income alone suggests
  4. (A) Sustainable development
  5. (A) Healthy workers are more productive, raising output
  6. (A) Human Development Index
  7. (A) Growing rapidly and relatively young
  8. (A) Sustainable development
  9. (A) Educated, healthy and given jobs
  10. (A) Improve human well-being, fairly and sustainably
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