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Questions Related to need for sustainable development

Economic development is _____________ in nature.

  1. static

  2. multidimensional

  3. one-dimensional

  4. both A & C


Correct Option: B

'Redistribution with growth' is the slogan that defined economic development under the ___________ approach.

  1. traditional

  2. quantitative

  3. classical

  4. modern


Correct Option: D

Economic development, under __________ approach, implies a sustained increase in real per capita income.

  1. quantitative

  2. modern

  3. traditional

  4. qualitative


Correct Option: C

Increased efficiency of inputs due to technology advancements provide the basis for __________ economic growth.

  1. sustained

  2. volatile

  3. intermittent

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: A

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


Correct Option: B

The experience of many developing countries showed that the 'trickle down strategy' of economic development did not work.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A

Which 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. Modern view

  2. Classical view

  3. Traditional view

  4. Keynesian view


Correct Option: C

Traditional approach strictly defines economic development in terms of ____________.

  1. sustainable development

  2. economic indicators

  3. economic efficiency

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: B

Economic growth involves quantitative changes in output along with qualitative changes in the form of ______________.

  1. decreased social discrimination

  2. decreased gender discrimination

  3. higher efficiency of inputs

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: C

Economic growth and economic development are both entirely quantitative concepts.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B