Development and Environment Economics MCQ Questions

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Multiple Choice Questions for Development and Environment Economics with Answers

Question. Which of the following explain the term economic development?
(a) Improvement in the technology involved
(b) Improve,ment in production
(c) Improvement in distributuin system
(d) All of the above

Question. World Population Day is observed on
(a) 15th August
(b) 11th July
(c) 26th January
(d) 25th December

Question. When poverty is taken in relative term and is related to the distribution of income consumption expenditure its called:
(a) Law line poverty
(b) Absolute poverty
(c) Relative poverty
(a) None

Question. ______ are often used for measuring poverty in relative sense:
(a) HDI
(b) Gini co-efficient
(c) Planning Commission
(a) All of these

Question. Consider the following statements and identify the right ones.
i. According to the Malthusian theory, supply of food grains increase in geometric progression
ii. The population grows in arithmetic progression.
(a) I only
(b) ii only
(c) both
(d) none

Question. Consider the following statements and identify the right ones.
i. According to the theory of demographic transition, in the first stage, birth rate is low but death rate is high
ii. The difference between them is high
(a) I only
(b) ii only
(c) both
(d) none

Question. Arrange the birthrates of the states in the highest to lowest order.
(a) UP, Bihar, Rajasthan, Karnataka
(b) Bihar, UP, Rajasthan, Karnataka
(c) UP, Rajasthan, Bihar, Karnataka
(d) UP, Bihar, Karnataka, Rajasthan

Question. EIA is necessary because
(a) Development is bad for the environment
(b) There is growing interest in sustainability
(c) Environmental impacts of development are of public interest
(d) None of the above

Question. The primary reason for EIA is to
(a) Mitigate existing environmental impacts of development
(b) Predict the size of impacts of development
(c) Describe proposed development
(d) Identify the environmental consequences of development in advance

Question. .The demographic transition model was developed primarily to explain the:
(a) social and cultural changes resulting from high levels of in-migration.
(b) effect of population movement from rural to urban areas.
(c) population changes caused by large short-term changes in birth rates.
(d) effect of changing death and birth rates on total population.

Question. Consider the following statements and identify the right ones.
i. Poverty line is defined as the mid-point of monthly per capita expenditure class having a daily calorie intake of 2400 calorie per person in urban areas.
ii. In rural areas, it is 2100 calories a day
(a) I only
(b) ii only
(c) both
(d) none

Question. In which stage of demographic transition is the population growth rate highest?
(a) First
(b) Second
(c) Third
(d) Fourth

Question. The author of the book An Essay on Principles of Population is
(a) Malthus
(b) James Princep
(c) Keynes
(d) Frank Notenstein

Question. Which of the following is the nodal Ministry to identify BPL families in urban areas?
(a) Ministry of Economic Affairs
(b) Ministry of Social Welfare
(c) Ministry of Housing and Poverty Alleviation
(d) Ministry of Urban Development

Question. Poverty is a
(a) Social problem
(b) Economic problem
(c) Political problem
(d) Religious problem

Question. In which stage in the demographin transition theory do death rates fall while birth rates remain high leading to rapid population growth?
(a) Stage 1
(b) Stage 4
(c) Stage 3
(d) Stage 2

Question. In EIA study, enterpretation and evaluation should consider
(a) Uncertainty of possible impacts
(b) Significance of measured impacts
(c) Comparison of alternatives
(d) All of the above

Question. Economic development refers to
(a) Economic growth
(b) Economic growth plus changes in output distribution and economic structure
(c) Sustainable increase in GNP
(d) Improvement in the well being of the urban population

Question. Which year is called the demographic divide in India?
(a) 1881
(b) 1901
(c) 1921
(d) 1951

Question. Which period is referred to as period of population explosion
(a) 1901-1921
(b) 1921-1951
(c) 1951-1981
(d) 1981-2001

Question. Which of the following is a method to measure relative poverty?
(a) Gini coefficient
(b) Lorenz curve
(c) Both a and b
(d) Poverty line

Question. Which of the following is associated with poverty estimation ?
(a) Tendulkar committee
(b) Lakdawala committee
(c) Saxena committee
(d) All the above

Question. The second stage of Demographic Transition Theory is characterized by
(a) High BR and high DR
(b) High BR and low DR
(c) Low BR and low DR
(d) Low BR and Low DR

Question. Economic development is characterized by
(a) Structural change in the economy
(b) Change in occupational structure
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above

Question. The number of deaths per 1000 people in a year is called
(a) Mortality
(b) Death
(c) Crude death rate
(d) Zero population growth

Question. EKC is
(a) A inverted U shaped curve showing increase in per capita as well as pollution
(b) A U shaped curve showing the level of development and carbon emission
(c) A U shaped curve showing relation between carbon emission and ozone layer depletion
(d) A bell shaped relationship between concentration of certain pollution emission and per capita real GDP

Question. Demographic Transition states that as a country becomes industrialed
(a) The death rate declines but not the birth rate
(b) The birth rate and death rate decline together
(c) The death rate decline and then the BR decline
(d) The BR declines and then the DR declines

Question. The maximum number of individuals that can be supported by a given environment is called
(a) Environment stress
(b) Environment resistance
(c) Carrying capacity
(d) Human carrying capacity

Question. Who are responsible for the public consultation process of Environmental Impact Assessment
(a) State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
(b) SPCB and District Collector
(c) SPCB and CPCB Chairman
(d) SPCB and Civil Society

Question. EIA is mandatory under which one of the following India’s legislation
(a) Indian Forest Act
(b) Air Act
(c) Wildlife Protection Act
(d) Environment Protection Act

Question. The Hartwick Rule depends on
(a) The sustainability of physical capital and natural capital
(b) The goodwill of the future generation
(c) The substitutability of different forms of physical capital
(d) The maintenance of physical flows of certain key individual resources

Question. GIS is applied to study
(a) View shed analysis
(b) EIA
(c) Wildlife habitat analysis
(d) All of the above

Question. EIA stands for what?
(a) Environmental Impact Area
(b) Environment Impact Audit
(c) Ecologiacal Impact Assessment
(d) Environmental Impact Assessment

Question. Consider the following statements and identify the right ones.
i. In the second stage of demographic transition, death rates declines.
ii. The difference between birth rate and death rate decreases
(a) I only
(b) ii only
(c) both
(d) none

Question. Consider the following statements and identify the right ones.
i. The third stage is the period of declining growth rates.
ii. The second stage of demographic transition witnesses population explosion
(a) I only
(b) ii only
(c) both
(d) none

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Question. ____________is amongst the consequences of population growth that play major role in depleting the environment. 

Question. The second stage of Demographic Transition is characterised by ______BR and _______DR .

Question. Population Explosion occurred during the _______________________of Demographic Transition .

Question. World Population Day is celebrated on ______________ .

Question. The population statistics in India indicate the year _________as the year of Great Divide. 

Question. The late PM Indira Gandhi once said ‘___________is the main polluter’ .

Question. ________________was the first economist to formulate the Environmental Kuznets Hypothesis. 

Question. The relationship between environmental quality and economic development is explained in terms of _________________ . 

Question. The projected population indicates that India will be a first most populous country in the world and __________will be the second country in 2050. 

Question. India is having ____of the world’s population. 

Question. ________________________means very high growth of population. 

Question. In the first stage of demographic transition, the economy is an ________________. 

Question. ____________is called the Father of Demographic Studies. 

Question. Sex Ratio means number of females per_________males. 

Question. _________is cause and consequence of environmental damage. 

Question. Economic development refers to sustainable increase in _____ . 

Question. One of the major causes of environmental degradation in India could be attributed to rapid growth of ____________ . 

Question. Pollution of environment refers to presence of __________in the environment. 

Question. India’s share of world’s area is __________ .

Question. A stationary population is when population growth is __________.