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Development Experience of India and Its Neighbours — Practice Worksheet
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.
India and Pakistan became independent in:
- A.1947
- B.1949
- C.1978
- D.1991
2.
The People's Republic of China was founded in:
- A.1947
- B.1949
- C.1978
- D.1988
3.
China began major economic reforms in:
- A.1978
- B.1988
- C.1991
- D.1949
4.
Pakistan began its reforms in:
- A.1978
- B.1988
- C.1991
- D.1949
5.
India began its reforms in:
- A.1978
- B.1988
- C.1991
- D.1949
6.
China slowed its population growth using the:
- A.One-child policy
- B.Green Revolution
- C.MSP
- D.Land ceiling
7.
Which country has the highest population growth rate of the three?
- A.China
- B.India
- C.Pakistan
- D.All equal
8.
China's rapid growth was driven mainly by:
- A.Manufacturing and exports
- B.Services only
- C.Agriculture only
- D.Tourism
9.
India's post-1991 growth was led mainly by:
- A.Manufacturing
- B.Services (IT)
- C.Mining
- D.Fishing
10.
Ranked by economic growth, the order is generally:
- A.China, India, Pakistan
- B.Pakistan, India, China
- C.India, China, Pakistan
- D.All equal
11.
The HDI combines health, education and:
- A.Per-capita income
- B.Population
- C.Exports
- D.Pollution
12.
On human development, the highest of the three is:
- A.Pakistan
- B.India
- C.China
- D.All equal
13.
China's higher HDI came from growth plus investment in:
- A.Health and education
- B.Imports
- C.Defence only
- D.Tourism
14.
A lesson for India is to make its growth more:
- A.Job-creating
- B.Jobless
- C.Closed
- D.Colonial
15.
The ultimate goal of development, this comparison shows, is:
- A.A better life for all the people
- B.Only bigger numbers
- C.More pollution
- D.Less education
Section B — Challenge / Olympiad (2 marks each)
10 × 2 = 20 marks
16.
China's big head start in growth is largely explained by the fact that it began market reforms:
- A.Earliest, in 1978
- B.Latest, in 1991
- C.Never
- D.In 1947
17.
A key structural difference is that China created mass employment through manufacturing while India's services-led growth was relatively:
- A.Less job-creating for the masses
- B.More job-creating
- C.Agricultural
- D.Colonial
18.
Despite slower population growth, China still has a large population because the one-child policy:
- A.Slowed but did not reverse an already huge base
- B.Increased births
- C.Was never enforced
- D.Applied only to cities
19.
That China leads on the HDI shows that high growth translates into human development only when paired with investment in:
- A.Health and education
- B.Defence alone
- C.Imports
- D.Tourism
20.
India generally edges ahead of Pakistan on several indicators, but both remain challenged by:
- A.Poverty and gaps in health, education and sanitation
- B.Too much wealth
- C.Over-education
- D.No population
21.
The comparison suggests India's top priority should be to combine fast growth with:
- A.More jobs and heavy investment in people
- B.Less education
- C.Closing the economy
- D.Ending all industry
22.
All three countries started as poor, agricultural economies, which shows that differences today come mainly from their:
- A.Choices of strategy and timing of reform
- B.Starting wealth
- C.Climate only
- D.Language
23.
China shifting workers from agriculture into factories illustrates the development process of:
- A.Structural change toward manufacturing
- B.De-industrialisation
- C.Drain of wealth
- D.Colonial trade
24.
India's large young population can become an engine of growth only if the country provides:
- A.Education, health, skills and jobs
- B.No schooling
- C.Fewer hospitals
- D.Less investment
25.
The deepest lesson of Class 12 Economics, this chapter concludes, is that the real goal of economics is:
- A.A better life for all the people, not just bigger numbers
- B.Maximum pollution
- C.Only GDP
- D.Only exports
Answer Key
Section A — Multiple Choice (1 mark each)
- (A) 1947
- (B) 1949
- (A) 1978
- (B) 1988
- (C) 1991
- (A) One-child policy
- (C) Pakistan
- (A) Manufacturing and exports
- (B) Services (IT)
- (A) China, India, Pakistan
- (A) Per-capita income
- (C) China
- (A) Health and education
- (A) Job-creating
- (A) A better life for all the people
Section B — Challenge / Olympiad (2 marks each)
- (A) Earliest, in 1978
- (A) Less job-creating for the masses
- (A) Slowed but did not reverse an already huge base
- (A) Health and education
- (A) Poverty and gaps in health, education and sanitation
- (A) More jobs and heavy investment in people
- (A) Choices of strategy and timing of reform
- (A) Structural change toward manufacturing
- (A) Education, health, skills and jobs
- (A) A better life for all the people, not just bigger numbers
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