Solution of Chapter 3. Human Development (NCERT - India-People And Economy Book)

Exercises

1

Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.

Which one of the following is India’s rank in terms of Human Development Index among the countries of the world in 2011?
1

Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.

Which one of the following states of India has the highest rank in the Human Development Index?
1 C

Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.

Which one of the following states of India has the lowest female literacy?
1

Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.

Which one of the following states of India has the lowest female child sex ratio 0-6 years?


A. Gujarat


B. Haryana


C. Punjab


D. Himachal Pradesh
1

Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.

Which one of the following Union Territories of India has the highest literacy rate?


A. Lakshadweep


B. Chandigarh


C. Daman and Diu


D. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
2 A

Answer the following questions in about 30 words.

Define Human Development.
2 B

Answer the following questions in about 30 words.

Give two reasons for low levels of Human Development in most of the Northern States of India.
2

Answer the following questions in about 30 words.

Give two reasons for declining child sex ratio in India.
3

Answer the following questions in not more than 150 words.

Discuss the spatial patterns of female literacy in India in 2001 and bring


out the reasons responsible for it.
3

Answer the following questions in not more than 150 words.

Which factors have caused spatial variations in the levels of Human Development among the 15 major states in India?