Online Test — Population and Human Development
15 Questions • 15 min • Chapter MCQ
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Question 1 of 15
People in an economy act as both producers and:
Consumers
Taxes
Machines
Imports
Explanation: People are both producers and consumers.
Question 2 of 15
The growth rate of population is mainly the birth rate minus the:
Death rate
Tax rate
Interest rate
Saving rate
Explanation: Population growth ≈ birth rate − death rate.
Question 3 of 15
Population grows rapidly when the death rate falls but the birth rate:
Stays high
Falls faster
Becomes zero
Is negative
Explanation: A falling death rate with a high birth rate causes rapid growth.
Question 4 of 15
A large population is an asset when people are:
Healthy, educated and employed
Unskilled
Idle
Sick
Explanation: Quality makes population an asset.
Question 5 of 15
Rapid, unplanned population growth tends to ____ per-capita income.
Lower
Raise
Not affect
Double
Explanation: More people sharing output can lower per-capita income.
Question 6 of 15
The stock of skill, knowledge and health in people is:
Physical capital
Human capital
Money
Land
Explanation: That stock is human capital.
Question 7 of 15
The two main sources of human capital are:
Education and health
Land and labour
Taxes and loans
Imports and exports
Explanation: Education and health build human capital.
Question 8 of 15
Spending on education and health is best seen as a/an:
Investment that raises productivity
Pure waste
Tax
Import
Explanation: It raises productivity, so it is an investment in people.
Question 9 of 15
Education raises a worker's:
Skill and productivity
Death rate
Pollution
Tax burden only
Explanation: Education makes people more skilled and productive.
Question 10 of 15
A healthy workforce is important because health raises:
Productivity and learning
Pollution
Taxes
Imports
Explanation: Healthy people work and learn better.
Question 11 of 15
Widening people's real choices and well-being, not just income, is:
Human development
Inflation
Deflation
Bartering
Explanation: That is human development.
Question 12 of 15
The Human Development Index combines health, education and:
Per-capita income
Population
Pollution
Tax
Explanation: HDI combines life expectancy, education and per-capita income.
Question 13 of 15
Health in the HDI is measured by:
Life expectancy
Income
Schooling
Population
Explanation: Health is measured by life expectancy.
Question 14 of 15
Development that meets present needs without harming future generations is:
Sustainable development
Rapid development
Unbalanced development
Industrialisation only
Explanation: That is sustainable development.
Question 15 of 15
Sustainable development requires us to protect the:
Environment and conserve resources
Profits only
Taxes only
Population growth
Explanation: It protects the environment and conserves resources for the future.