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

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

The main objective of China's One Child Policy, which was implemented from 1979 to 2016 was:

_____ 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

The growth process causes a shift in sectoral share in output and employment. In a classical growth pattern as the process of growth gathers momentum, the percentage share of output and employment in the primary sector tends to ____ and that of the secondary and tertiary sectors tends to _____.

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)

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:

What was the outcome of China's Great Leap Forward campaign?

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.

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

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.

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

Identify which of the following is not a health indicator.

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

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.

How does China's human development indicators compare to that of India and Pakistan?

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