Comparative Development Experiences of India and its Neighbors Class 12 MCQ Quiz – Test Your Understanding!

Under _________ in China, farmers and industrial units were required to buy and sell fixed quantities of inputs and outputs on the basis of prices fixed by the government, and the rest were purchased and sold at market prices. (Choose the correct alternative to fill up the blank)

What has been the trend in the sectoral share of employment and GVA in China?

______ adopted the “One Child Policy” as a measure to control the population. (Choose the correct alternative)

_____ and _____ are the reasons for the slowdown of the Pakistan economy since independence.

1. political instability
2. over-dependence on remittances from abroad
3. stable performance of the agriculture sector
4. growth of the service sector

From the set of the events given in column I and corresponding facts given in Column II, choose the correct pair of statements:

Economic reforms adopted by Pakistan in 1988 yielded spectacular results and the Pakistan economy was performing well. But even after the spectacular growth trajectory, Pakistan seems to have slipped into poverty. The re-emergence of poverty in Pakistan is due to:

Arrange the following events of China in chronological order and choose the correct alternative:

1. Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
2. Great Leap Forward campaign
3. Introduction of Economic Reforms
4. First five-year plan

What was the main goal of China's Great Leap Forward campaign, initiated in 1958?

China has a low-density of population compared to India and Pakistan, due to the:

Under the Great Leap Forward (GLF) campaign in China initiated in 1958, people were encouraged to set up industries in their backyards. Identify the primary goods these backyard industries would have produced.

Read the following statements carefully.

• Statement 1: Both India and Pakistan initiated their economic reforms without any external pressures.
• Statement 2: Pakistan has successfully implemented the SEZ policy and reaped its benefits using the Export Promotion policy.

How did China's economic growth rate compare to that of India and Pakistan in the 1980s?

‘China has performed exceedingly well in various health and economic indicators.’

Identify which of the following is not a health indicator.

Read the following statement -Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Choose one of the correct alternatives given below:

Assertion (A): In the late 1970s, China’s population growth rate had sharply declined.

Reason(R): China has witnessed an increase in the proportion of elderly people owing to stringent family planning programs.

Identify the developmental initiatives oriented by Pakistan during the 1970s and 80s that helped the country stimulate economic growth.