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Social Inequality and Policy

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Social Inequality and Policy addresses the causes and consequences of economic disparity and social mobility. Questions explore urbanization impacts, socioeconomic vulnerabilities, and policy recommendations. Understanding these themes is critical for mastering social science and economics papers.

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Social Inequality and Policy Questions

Multiple choice geography international development international development and world population and its impact on resources population growth and impact on resources reproductive health in humans

Which of the following are the effects of overpopulation?

  1. Insufficiency of food

  2. Poverty

  3. Unemployment

  4. All of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Overpopulation puts immense pressure on resources, often leading to food shortages, poverty, and high unemployment rates due to the inability of the economy to provide jobs for the growing workforce.

Multiple choice geography state of industries in india meaning and classification of industries industrialisation and urbanisation urbanisation

Which of the following disturb the social harmony of the city?

  1. Slums

  2. Traffic jams

  3. Pollution

  4. Crime
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Social harmony means that the people who live around and near each other get along and cooperate to make everything better for everyone exchanging each other's social and cultural customs and traditions. So, the harmony gets disturbed or disrupted when any one of the parties follow themselves into a crime.

Multiple choice geography state of industries in india meaning and classification of industries industrialisation and urbanisation urbanisation

Which of the following has resulted in failure to achieve targets of industrial production?

  1. Technical complications

  2. Power, finance and labour problems

  3. Poor planning

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Industrial production targets in India have often been missed due to a combination of technical issues, power shortages, financial constraints, labor unrest, and inadequate planning.

Multiple choice political science women change the world social aspects of gender and women's education position of women and major social evils women empowerment

Who among the following used to be provided a few opportunities for their development?

  1. Men

  2. Women

  3. Male children

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In this question, it is important to take note of each option because the answer is relative in nature, which means that out of the given options, no one is right by itself but in relation to one another, the answer is evident. Throughout the history of humankind, women, in relation to men have been given far less opportunities at any stage and in any aspect of life. They were initially not considered even for basic civic rights which were given to men and even male children.

Multiple choice political science women change the world social aspects of gender and women's education position of women and major social evils women empowerment

Which factors are responsible for miserable and poor conditions of women in India?
1. Sexual division of labour
2. Illiteracy
3. Lack of representation in politics
4. Discrimination in Jobs.

  1. Only $1$ and $3$
  2. Only $1, 2$ and $3$
  3. Only $2, 3$ and $4$
  4. All $1, 2, 3$ and $4$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
  • All the above mentioned factors are responsible for miserable condition for women in India.
Multiple choice introduction to social movements and its types social movements sociology recent social movements social movements in our time

Which worldwide economic and political changes have impacted the lives of the underprivileged and the poor?

  1. Globalisation

  2. Liberalisation

  3. Privatization

  4. Revolution
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Globalisation has integrated economies worldwide, often leading to increased competition and displacement that disproportionately affects the poor and underprivileged.

Multiple choice geography population dynamics international development international development and world population and its impact on resources

Which of the following are the problems of underpopulation?

  1. Remoteness

  2. Uneven distribution of population

  3. Slow growth of industry

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Underpopulation: when there are not enough people to make full use of the resources and technology of the place they live in.

Following are the problems of underpopulation:
  • Remoteness
  • Uneven distribution of population
  • Slow growth of Industry

Multiple choice geography economic growth and development development and growth need for sustainable development economics of development

______________ involves equality of potentiality of development between the present and the future generations.

  1. Economic growth

  2. Social development

  3. Sustainable development

  4. Cultural changes
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Sustainable development basically refers the development in a strategic way where the needs of the present generation are met without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own need. 

Multiple choice geography economic growth and development development and growth need for sustainable development economics of development

Modern view of economic development presumed that the increase in per capita income would trickle down to the masses, thus, reducing income inequalities and poverty.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The modern view of development shifted away from the trickle-down theory, which was a hallmark of earlier, more traditional economic thinking. The modern view emphasizes direct interventions to reduce poverty and inequality rather than relying on income growth alone.

Multiple choice geography economic growth and development development and growth need for sustainable development economics of development

Economic growth relates to the problems faced by __________ countries.

  1. poor

  2. developed

  3. developing

  4. underdeveloped
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Economic growth is a term often used to describe the expansion of output in already developed countries, where the focus is on maintaining or increasing existing levels of prosperity.

Multiple choice organisation of commerce and management economics of development and planning fundamental of economic development economics of development economic mechanism

Which of the following denotes an underdeveloped economy?

  1. High level of inequalities

  2. Low level of capital productivity

  3. A relatively closed economy

  4. All the above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

D. All of the above

a. High inequality of income and wealth is another common feature of underdeveloped countries. In these countries, large percentage of national income is shared by a small segment of the society while a large segment of the society gets barely enough to survive. Economic inequality exists even in developed countries but it is not as much as found in underdeveloped countries.

b. Rate of capital formation is very low in underdeveloped economies due to low income levels and high incidence of poverty.

c. The state in underdeveloped economy fails to provide acceptable levels of living to a large fraction of its population, thus resulting into misery and material deprivations. We need to note here that underdevelopment is a relative concept but it sustains absolute poverty. 

Multiple choice organisation of commerce and management economics of development and planning fundamental of economic development economics of development economic mechanism

Which of the following hinders development of developed countries?

  1. Population growth

  2. Cultural barriers

  3. Foreign debt

  4. All of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Population Growth: Population growth is one of the central problems of economic development. Some developing countries have population growth rates in excess of their GDP growth rates and therefore have negative growth rates of per capita GDP. Many developing countries have rates of population growth that are nearly as large as their rates of GDP growth. As a result, their standards of living are barely higher than they were 100 years ago

Cultural Barriers: Traditions and habitual ways of doing business vary among societies, and not all are equally conducive to economic growth. In developing countries, cultural forces are often a source of inefficiency. Sometimes personal considerations of family, past favors, or traditional friendship or enmity are more important than market incentives in motivating behavior.

Foreign Dept: Sharp increases in real interest led to increased debt-service payments and as a result, many countries could not make their payments. The lending banks had little choice but to reschedule the debt essentially lending the developing nations the money to make interest payments while adding to the principal of the existing loans. 

Multiple choice organisation of commerce and management economics of development and planning fundamental of economic development economics of development economic mechanism

Which one of the following is NOT a feature of developing economy?

  1. High rate of unemployment.

  2. High rate of population growth.

  3. High rate of capital formation.

  4. Widespread poverty.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The capital formations really signify a very significant part of economic development. This earnings manufacture and growth of more capital goods, such as machines, tools, factories, buildings, raw materials, fuels, etc., which are to be additionally used in producing more goods. 

Resources creation does not mean enlarge in money capital, but it actually refers to increase in physical capital, i.e., machinery, factories, transport equipment, bridges, power projects, dams, irrigation systems, etc. 

To sum up, capital formation implies the making of real assets. Low per capita real profits is one of the most defining qualities of developing economies. 

The correct answer is C.

Multiple choice economics economic reconstruction economics of planning objectives of economic planning in india major economic problems

The questions like what? how? and for whom? arise due to the existence of ______.

  1. scarcity of resources

  2. capitalism

  3. government control

  4. inequality of income distribution
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The economic problems of what, how and for whom to produce arises because the resources in the economy are scarce. The resources present in the economy are limited but the demand for them is unlimited. Due to this, wants of people remain unsatisfied. As a result, goods are not available and the economic problems related to the allocation of distribution of resources arises.