Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 10 (CBSE) · Social Science
Chapter: Chapter 18 — Chapter 18: Development
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What does development refer to? [1]
(A) Improvements in living standards, income, education and health
(B) Only increases in income
(C) Only population growth
(D) Only urban expansion
2. What does per capita income measure? [1]
(A) Average income per person
(B) Total population
(C) Land area
(D) Literacy rate only
3. What doesn't per capita income capture? [1]
(A) How income is distributed
(B) Total national income
(C) Total population
(D) Nothing important
4. What does the HDI consider? [1]
(A) Income, education and health together
(B) Only income
(C) Only education
(D) Only health
5. Who created the HDI? [1]
(A) The United Nations
(B) A single country
(C) A private company
(D) No organisation created it
6. Why might different groups define development differently? [1]
(A) They prioritise different needs and goals
(B) Development means the same to everyone always
(C) No differences exist between groups
(D) Only economists can define development
7. What is sustainable development? [1]
(A) Meeting present needs without harming future generations
(B) Only meeting present needs, ignoring the future
(C) Only focusing on the future, ignoring today
(D) Development with no environmental concern
8. Why is understanding development's complexity important? [1]
(A) It shows development means different things to different people
(B) No reason
(C) Only for tests
(D) It's not useful
9. What does sustainable development mean? [1]
(A) Meeting present needs without harming future generations
(B) Only meeting present needs, ignoring the future
(C) Only economic growth, nothing else
(D) Ignoring all environmental concerns
10. What three aspects does sustainable development balance? [1]
(A) Economic growth, environment and social equity
(B) Only economic growth
(C) Only environmental protection
(D) Only social equity
11. What practice supports sustainability? [1]
(A) Using renewable energy
(B) Wasting resources freely
(C) Ignoring pollution
(D) Overusing non-renewable resources
12. What are the SDGs? [1]
(A) The UN's Sustainable Development Goals
(B) A national policy only
(C) A type of tax
(D) A private company initiative
13. When were the SDGs adopted? [1]
(A) 2015
(B) 1990
(C) 2000
(D) 1950
14. How many goals do the SDGs have? [1]
(A) 17
(B) 5
(C) 50
(D) 10
15. What do SDGs address? [1]
(A) Poverty, education, health and environment
(B) Only economic growth
(C) Only military strength
(D) Nothing significant
16. What does achieving sustainable development require? [1]
(A) Cooperation between governments, businesses and individuals
(B) Only government action, nothing else
(C) Only individual action, nothing else
(D) No cooperation is needed