HDI – Global Context

Q. Between what range is the HDI assigned to various countries?

1. Between 0 and 1
2. Between -1 and 1
3. Between 1 and 10
4. Between -5 and 5

Q. Which of the following is not a country in the category of the lowest human development as of 2015?

1. Pakistan
2. Russia
3. Kenya
4. Zimbabwe

Q. Sort the following in ascending order according to their HDI ranks in the Human Development Report of 2015.

1. India
2. Niger
3. Norway
4. Australia

Q. Match the following countries based on the rate of their human development.

1. Highest
2. High
3. Medium
4. Low

Q. Analyse the following data, and choose the right option(s).

Country	HDI value
Norway	0.957
Niger	0.394
Nepal	0.602
Lebanon	0.744

Source: Human Development Report, 2020

1. Norway is in the category of high human development.
2. Niger is in the category of low human development.
3. Nepal is in the category of low human development.
4. Lebanon is in the category of high human development.

Q. Arrange the countries in ascending order based on their HDI values.

(Based on Human Development Report of 2015)

1. Singapore, Malaysia, India
2. India, Singapore, Malaysia
3. India, Malaysia, Singapore
4. Malaysia, India, Singapore

Q. Which of the following is not a country in the category of the highest human development as of 2015?

1. Iraq
2. Denmark
3. Norway
4. France

Q. In 2015, which of the following countries had the highest HDI value?

1. India
2. Norway
3. China
4. Mexico

Q. Under which category does India fall based on its HDI score published in the Human Development Report of 2015?

1. Highest human development
2. High human development
3. Medium human development
4. Low human development

Q. Pair the HDI values with the right category of human development classification.

HD = Human Development

1. 0.88 HDI value
2. 0.45 HDI value
3. 0.67 HDI value
4. Very high HD
5. Medium HD
6. Low HD