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For each of the items given in the Table below, find out which country is at the top and which is at the bottom.

Country

Gross national income(GNI)

Per Capita

2011 PPP$

Life Expectancy

At birth

2017

Mean year of

Schooling of

People aged 25

And above 2017 

HDI Rank in the world

2018

Sri Lanka

India

Myanmar

Pakistan

Nepal

Bangladesh

11,326

6,353

5,567

5,331

2,471

3,677

75.5

68.8

66.7

66.6

70.6

72.8

10.9

6.4

4.9

5.2

4.9

5.8

 

 

76

130

148

150

149

136

 

 

Source: Human Development Report, 2018, United Nations Development Programme, New York

NOTES

1. HDI stands for Human Development Index. Ranks in the above table are out of 189 countries in all.

2. Life Expectancy at birth denotes, as the name suggests, the average expected length of life of a person at the time of birth.

3. Per Capita Income (PCI) is calculated in dollars for all countries 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 services in any country.

Important Questions on Development

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Imagine the different development goals of different people and complete the table given below:

Category of person Development goals
Landless rural labourers More days of work and better wages; local school can provide quality education for their children; there is no social discrimination, and they too can become leaders in the village.
Prosperous farmers from Punjab  
Farmers who depend only on rain for growing crops  
A rural woman from a land-owning family  
Urban unemployed youth  
A boy from a rich urban family  
A girl from a rich urban family She gets as much freedom as her brother and can decide what she wants to do in life. She can pursue her studies abroad.
An adivasi from Narmada valley  

 

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Why do different persons have different notions of development? Which of the following explanations is more important and why?

(a) Because people are different.

(b) Because life situations of persons are different.

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Do the following two statements mean the same? Justify your answer.

(a) People have different developmental goals.

(b) People have conflicting developmental goals

MEDIUM
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Give some examples where factors other than income are important aspects of our lives.
EASY
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Explain some important ideas about developmental goals.
HARD
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Look at the picture and discuss what should be the developmental goals for such an area.

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Let us consider two countries, A and B. For the sake of simplicity, we have assumed that they have only five citizens each. Based on data given in Table 1.2, calculate the average income for both the countries:

Country I II III IV V
COUNTRY A 9500 10500 9800 10000 10200
COUNTRY B 500 500 500 500 48000

 

HARD
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IMPORTANT
Give three examples where an average is used for comparing situations.