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Udaan 2026
SST Important Questions
Development
1. Development of a country can generally be determined by 11. List a few examples of environmental degradation
(a) Its per capita income that you may have observed around you.
(b) Its average literacy level
(c) Health status of its people 12. The following table shows the proportion of adults
(d) All of the above (aged 15-49 years) whose BMI is below normal
2. Which of the following neighbouring countries has (BMI <18.5 kg/m2) in India. It is based on a survey of
better performance in terms of human development various states for the year 2015-16. Look at the table
than India? and answer the following questions.
(a) Bangladesh (b) Sri Lanka State Male Female
(c) Nepal (d) Pakistan Kerala 8.5 10
Karnataka 17 21
3. Assume there are four families in a country. The
average per capita income of these families is Rs. Madhya Pradesh 28 28
5000. If the income of three families is Rs. 4,000, Rs. All states 20 23
7,000 and Rs. 3,000, respectively, what is the income (a) Compare the nutritional level of people in Kerala
of the fourth family? and Madhya Pradesh.
(a) Rs. 7,500 (b) Rs. 3,000 (b) Can you guess why around one-fifth of people in
(c) Rs. 2,000 (d) Rs. 6,000 the country are undernourished even though it is
argued that there is enough food in the country?
4. What is the main criterion used by the World Bank in
Describe in your own words.
classifying different countries? What are the
limitations of this criterion, if any?
13. Look at the given table and identify the country which
5. In what respects is the criterion used by the UNDP for is the best performing and the one which is least
measuring development different from the one used SOME DATA REGARDING INDIA AND ITS
by the World Bank? NEIGHBOURS
Country Gross National Life Mean Years HDI
Income (GNI) Expectancy of Schooling Rank
6. Why do we use averages? Are there any limitations to per capita (2017 at birth of People in the
PPP $) aged 25 and world
their use? Illustrate with your own examples related to above (2021
development. -22)
7. Kerala, with lower per capita income, has a better Sri Lanka 12,578 76.4 10.8 73
India 6,590 67.2 6.7 132
human development ranking than Haryana. Hence, Myanmar 3,851 65.7 6.4 149
per capita income is not a useful criterion at all and Pakistan 4,624 66.1 4.5 161
should not be used to compare states. Do you agree? Nepal 3,877 68.4 5.1 143
Discuss. Bangladesh 5,472 72.4 7.4 129
Source:
8. Find out the present sources of energy that are used Human Development Report, 2021-22, United Nations
by the people in India. What could be the other Development Programme, New York
NOTES
possibilities fifty years from now? 1. HDI stands for Human Development Index HDI ranks in
above table are out of 189 countries in all
9. Why is the issue of sustainability important for 2. Life Expectancy at birth denotes, as the name suggests,
development? average expected length of life of a person at the time of
birth.
10. “The Earth has enough resources to meet the needs of 3. Per Capita Income is calculated in dollars for all countries
all but not enough to satisfy the greed of even one so that it can be compared. It is also done in a way so that
every dollar would buy the same amount of goods and
person.” How is this statement relevant to the services in any country.
discussion of development? Discuss.
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14. “What may be development for one may not be 19. Read the given paragraph and answer the questions
development for the other.” Explain with a suitable that follow:
example. (PYQ) “Recent evidence suggests that the groundwater is
under serious threat of overuse in many parts of the
15. Conflicting goals can also be developmental goals’. country. About 300 districts have reported a water
Elaborate with examples. (2014) level decline of over 4 metres during the past 20
years. Nearly one-third of the country is overusing
16. Money cannot buy all the goods and services that one their groundwater reserves. In another 25 years, 60
needs to live well” Do you agree with this statement? percent of the country would be doing the same if the
Justify your answer with any three suitable present way of using this resource continues.
arguments. (2015) Groundwater overuse is particularly found in the
agriculturally prosperous regions of Punjab and
17. Why do people look at a mix of goals for Western U.P., hard rock plateau areas of central and
development? Explain. south India, some coastal areas and the rapidly
growing urban settlements.”
18. What does HDI stand for? Explain the main criteria of i. Why groundwater is overused?
measuring HDI according to UNDP Report ii. Can there be development without overuse?
HDI Stand for Human Development Index.
20. “Consequences of environmental degradation do not
respect national or state boundaries.” Justify the
statement
Udaan 2026
SST Important Questions
Development
1. Development of a country can generally be determined by 11. List a few examples of environmental degradation
(a) Its per capita income that you may have observed around you.
(b) Its average literacy level
(c) Health status of its people 12. The following table shows the proportion of adults
(d) All of the above (aged 15-49 years) whose BMI is below normal
2. Which of the following neighbouring countries has (BMI <18.5 kg/m2) in India. It is based on a survey of
better performance in terms of human development various states for the year 2015-16. Look at the table
than India? and answer the following questions.
(a) Bangladesh (b) Sri Lanka State Male Female
(c) Nepal (d) Pakistan Kerala 8.5 10
Karnataka 17 21
3. Assume there are four families in a country. The
average per capita income of these families is Rs. Madhya Pradesh 28 28
5000. If the income of three families is Rs. 4,000, Rs. All states 20 23
7,000 and Rs. 3,000, respectively, what is the income (a) Compare the nutritional level of people in Kerala
of the fourth family? and Madhya Pradesh.
(a) Rs. 7,500 (b) Rs. 3,000 (b) Can you guess why around one-fifth of people in
(c) Rs. 2,000 (d) Rs. 6,000 the country are undernourished even though it is
argued that there is enough food in the country?
4. What is the main criterion used by the World Bank in
Describe in your own words.
classifying different countries? What are the
limitations of this criterion, if any?
13. Look at the given table and identify the country which
5. In what respects is the criterion used by the UNDP for is the best performing and the one which is least
measuring development different from the one used SOME DATA REGARDING INDIA AND ITS
by the World Bank? NEIGHBOURS
Country Gross National Life Mean Years HDI
Income (GNI) Expectancy of Schooling Rank
6. Why do we use averages? Are there any limitations to per capita (2017 at birth of People in the
PPP $) aged 25 and world
their use? Illustrate with your own examples related to above (2021
development. -22)
7. Kerala, with lower per capita income, has a better Sri Lanka 12,578 76.4 10.8 73
India 6,590 67.2 6.7 132
human development ranking than Haryana. Hence, Myanmar 3,851 65.7 6.4 149
per capita income is not a useful criterion at all and Pakistan 4,624 66.1 4.5 161
should not be used to compare states. Do you agree? Nepal 3,877 68.4 5.1 143
Discuss. Bangladesh 5,472 72.4 7.4 129
Source:
8. Find out the present sources of energy that are used Human Development Report, 2021-22, United Nations
by the people in India. What could be the other Development Programme, New York
NOTES
possibilities fifty years from now? 1. HDI stands for Human Development Index HDI ranks in
above table are out of 189 countries in all
9. Why is the issue of sustainability important for 2. Life Expectancy at birth denotes, as the name suggests,
development? average expected length of life of a person at the time of
birth.
10. “The Earth has enough resources to meet the needs of 3. Per Capita Income is calculated in dollars for all countries
all but not enough to satisfy the greed of even one so that it can be compared. It is also done in a way so that
every dollar would buy the same amount of goods and
person.” How is this statement relevant to the services in any country.
discussion of development? Discuss.
, 2
14. “What may be development for one may not be 19. Read the given paragraph and answer the questions
development for the other.” Explain with a suitable that follow:
example. (PYQ) “Recent evidence suggests that the groundwater is
under serious threat of overuse in many parts of the
15. Conflicting goals can also be developmental goals’. country. About 300 districts have reported a water
Elaborate with examples. (2014) level decline of over 4 metres during the past 20
years. Nearly one-third of the country is overusing
16. Money cannot buy all the goods and services that one their groundwater reserves. In another 25 years, 60
needs to live well” Do you agree with this statement? percent of the country would be doing the same if the
Justify your answer with any three suitable present way of using this resource continues.
arguments. (2015) Groundwater overuse is particularly found in the
agriculturally prosperous regions of Punjab and
17. Why do people look at a mix of goals for Western U.P., hard rock plateau areas of central and
development? Explain. south India, some coastal areas and the rapidly
growing urban settlements.”
18. What does HDI stand for? Explain the main criteria of i. Why groundwater is overused?
measuring HDI according to UNDP Report ii. Can there be development without overuse?
HDI Stand for Human Development Index.
20. “Consequences of environmental degradation do not
respect national or state boundaries.” Justify the
statement
