Human Development Index

Q. Which is the most important attribute for comparing the development of countries?

1. Literacy rate
2. Human Development Index
3. Life expectancy
4. Per capita income

Q. Which of the following is not a part of the Human Development Index?

1. Corruption index
2. Education index
3. Income index
4. Life Expectancy Index

Q. Which of the following is not an indicator of the development in the Human Development Index?

1. Life expectancy
2. Health
3. Education
4. Per capita income

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HDI stands for ‘Human Development Index’ that focuses on. Fill in the blanks with one of the following options:

1. life expectancy

2. gross enrolment ratio for three levels of schooling

3. national income

4. All the above

Q. According to the HDI ranking of 2018, which of the following neighbours of India is performing better than it?

[0.8 marks]

1. Sri Lanka
2. Myanmar
3. Nepal
4. Bangladesh

Q. As per the Human Development Report, 2018, what was India's HDI rank?

1. 76
2. 130
3. 150
4. 139

Q. Which of the following indicators is used to measure the development of countries by both the UNDP and the World Bank?

1. Life expectancy
2. Literacy rate
3. Education
4. Per capita income

Q.

Do you think that the present methodology of poverty estimation is appropriate?

Q. Over the past decade, which of the following indicators has come to be widely used along with income as a measure of development?

1. Health and nutrition
2. Health and education
3. Child development
4. Human development

Q. Which of the following is a health indicator?

1. Gross domestic product
2. Real national income
3. Life expectancy at birth
4. Life expectacncy at death

Q. Two economists are arguing about the non-monetary indicators of development as per the Human Development Index.
Help them identify the non-monetary indicators of development.

1. Per capita income
2. Health
3. Education
4. Life expectancy

Q. Which of the following correctly defines the term 'life expectancy'?

1. Life expectancy is the average expected length of the life of a person at the time of birth.
2. Life expectancy is the average expected length of the life of a person at the time of death.
3. Life expectancy is the average expected length of the life of a child at the time of birth.
4. Life expectancy is the average expected length of the life of a child at the time of death.

Q.

What is HDI?

Q. Which of the following is the HDI rank of India as per the Human Development Report, $2019$

1. $135$
2. $140$
3. $125$
4. $130$

Q. My country's per capita income is $1, 345.
Where does this country fall as per the classification of countries by the World Bank?

1. Lower-middle-income countries
2. Lower-middle-income countries
3. Higher-middle-income countries
4. High-income countries

Q. Country A has a high per capita GNI. It has a stable government but is ruled by a king. This country does not allow women to vote and attend school.

Country B has one of the lowest per capita GNI in the world. It has a stable democratic government. In this country, women can cast their votes.

Choose the correct option.

1. Both countries, A and B, have very high levels of human development.
2. Both countries, A and B, do not have high levels of human development.
3. Country A has a very high level of human development, whereas country B has a low level of human development.
4. Country B has a very high level of human development, whereas country A has a low level of human development.

Q. A news article read 'Human development improved at a global level for 2020.' What does human development mean here?

1. Human development is the increase in the wealth of humans.
2. Human development is the improvement in the health of humans.
3. Human development is the improvement in the well-being of people.
4. Human development is the evolution of human kind.

Q. Following is the data as per UNDP's report on human development.

Country	Per capita income (in $)	Life expectancy	Years of schooling
A	10, 000	76	11
B	7, 500	69	5
C	5, 500	66	6
D	4, 500	72	5

Which of the countries is the most developed?

1. Country A
2. Country B
3. Country C
4. Country D

Q. Who ranks countries based on the Human Development Index?

1. International Monetary Fund
2. World Health Organisation
3. World Bank
4. United Nations Development Programme

Q. Which of the following is an indicator that helps quantify gender inequality?

1. HDI
2. GII
3. GDP
4. GNI

Q. Which multidimensional index is used to measure and rank human development?

1. Per Capita Index
2. Human Development Index
3. Economic Growth Index
4. National Development

Q. Match the following with the appropriate options.

1. Less than $1, 035
2. Adjusted to inflation
3. Average income
4. Goods and services

Q. Which of the following options was/were expounded by Mahabub Ul Haq as the requisites to enjoy a decent standard of living?

1. Being literate
2. Ability to lead a healthy life
3. Ability to afford basic amenities
4. Ability to move liberally

Q. Who publishes the Human Development Report?

1. United States of America
2. Asian Development Bank
3. Red Cross
4. United Nations Development Programme

Q. Who introduced the term Human Development Index?

1. Amartya Sen
2. Mahbub ul Haq
3. M. S. Swaminathan
4. Amelia Fletcher

Q. The Human Development Index measures the overall well-being of humans rather than the accumulation of wealth.

1. True
2. False

Q. releases the Human Development Report.

1. WHO
2. World Bank
3. IMF
4. UNDP

Q. Match the HDI categories with their respective figures as laid down by the UNDP.

1. Very high
2. High
3. Medium
4. Low
5. 0.550 and below
6. 0.7–0.799
7. 0.8–1.0
8. 0.550–0.699

Q. Which country is doing better in human development?

Abbreviations:
LEI: Life Expectancy Index
MYS: Mean years of schooling
EYS: Expected years of schooling
PCI: Per capita income

Countries	LEI (years)	MYS (years)	EYS (years)	PCI (in dollars)
A	40	8.5	12	12, 400
B	52	12.2	15	20, 000
C	85	14.1	19	19, 800
D	70	10.5	17	15, 300

1. Country A
2. Country B
3. Country C
4. Country D

Q. Which of the following is an indicator developed by the United Nations Development Programme to measure human development?

1. Standard of living
2. Human Development Index
3. Life expectancy
4. Purchasing power of an individual