Life Expectancy Index & Education Index

Q.

Why do we use averages? Are there any limitations to their use? Illustrate with your own examples related to development.

Q. Choose the correct option.

Statement I: The mean years of schooling represents the average number of years spent by an adult in school till the age of thirty.

Statement II: The highest number of mean years of schooling was set at 13.3 years and the lowest at zero years.

1. Both the statements are true.
2. Both the statements are false.
3. Statement I is true, but statement II is false.
4. Statement I is false, but statement II is true.

Q. Choose the correct option.

Assertion (A): The Life Expectancy Index indicates the health determinants of a country.
Reason (R): Life Expectancy Index considers the mean years of schooling.

1. Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
2. Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
3. A is true, but R is false.
4. A is false, but R is true.

Q. Match the following according to the figures decided by the UNDP in 2015.

1. 20 years
2. 13.3 years
3. 0 years
4. 68 years

Q. What was the average life expectancy set by UN in 2015?

1. 83 years
2. 68 years
3. 74 years
4. 56 years

Q. Suppose you have to measure the health of a country's citizens. Which of the following indices will help you do that?

1. Education index
2. Income index
3. Life Expectancy Index
4. Consumer price index

Q. Which of the following is/are false about Life Expectancy Index?

1. LEI is the average number of years an infant tends to survive.
2. LEI is the average number of years a person is expected to live in a particular country.
3. LEI is the average age at which a child joins a school.
4. LEI is the average age of number suicides happening in a month in a particular country.

Q. In 2015, the UNDP set the highest and lowest life expectancy figures. Which among the following is right?

1. Highest life expectancy = 83.6 years
   Lowest life expectancy = 20 years
2. Highest life expectancy = 73.6 years
   Lowest life expectancy = 40 years
3. Highest life expectancy = 83.6 years
   Lowest life expectancy = 40 years
4. Highest life expectancy = 73.6 years
   Lowest life expectancy = 20 years