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CBSE · Class 10 · Social Science

Development

Standard difficulty · 20 questions · 40 marks

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Write full answers in Sections B and C. Answers are on the last page — try every question first!

Section A — Choose the correct answer8 × 1 = 8 marks
1.
Total income of a country divided by its population is the:
  1. literacy rate
  2. HDI
  3. GDP growth
  4. per capita income
2.
What is meant by “net attendance ratio”?
  1. share of 15–17 year olds in school
  2. UNDP index of health, education and income
  3. development that does not harm future generations
  4. services provided for everyone, like schools and hospitals
3.
Five people earn ₹19,000, ₹12,000, ₹5,000, ₹7,000, ₹8,000 a month. What is their average income?
  1. ₹51,000
  2. ₹19,000
  3. ₹10,200
  4. ₹11,200
4.
In 2023–24, per capita income in Haryana was ₹325,759 a year. What would a family of 9 earn in a year if each member earned that much?
  1. ₹2,932,831
  2. ₹325,759
  3. ₹2,931,831
  4. ₹3,257,590
5.
The infant mortality rate in Kerala was 6 per 1,000 live births (2020). At that rate, how many of 24,000 babies would die before their first birthday?
  1. 264 babies
  2. 144 babies
  3. 6 babies
  4. 24 babies
6.
In the book’s table (Human Development Report 2025), Nepal is ranked 145 and Sri Lanka 89. Which country ranks higher in human development?
  1. Sri Lanka
  2. Neither is ranked
  3. Nepal
  4. Both rank the same
7.
A person weighs 39 kg and is 1.8 m tall. BMI = weight ÷ (height × height). What is the BMI, to one decimal place?
  1. 10.8
  2. 21.7
  3. 12.0
  4. 14.0
8.
5 families have an average income of ₹9,000. 4 of them earn ₹10,000, ₹9,000, ₹4,000, ₹9,000. What does the last family earn?
  1. ₹14,000
  2. ₹9,000
  3. ₹13,000
  4. ₹45,000
Section B — Short answer8 × 2 = 16 marks
9.
Why do different people have different goals of development?
10.
Explain each term: (a) sustainable development (b) net attendance ratio
11.
Literacy in Bihar was 62% (2017–18). In a town of 3,800 people aged 7 and above with the same rate, how many can read and write, and how many cannot?
12.
In a village, 8 families earn ₹13,000 a month and 9 families earn ₹36,000. What is the average family income, to the nearest rupee?
13.
In country B, four people earn ₹500 a month and one earns ₹48,000. What is the average income, and why is the average misleading here?
14.
Life expectancy in the book’s table: India 72 years, Pakistan 67.6 years. What is the difference, to one decimal place?
15.
Work out the BMI of a person weighing 38 kg with a height of 1.7 m, to one decimal place. Is it below 18.5 (undernourished), 18.5–25, or above 25?
16.
What does each do or give, according to the chapter? (a) the World Bank (b) the Economic Survey
Section C — Longer answers4 × 4 = 16 marks
17.
Explain why income alone is not enough to measure development.
18.
Match each with its meaning: (a) public facilities (b) net attendance ratio (c) infant mortality rate. Choose from: services provided for everyone, like schools and hospitals; share of 15–17 year olds in school; deaths before age one per 1,000 live births.
19.
Country A: four people earn ₹11,000, ₹10,000, ₹11,000, ₹10,000 and a fifth earns ₹8,000. Country B: four earn ₹500 and one earns ₹48,000. (a) Find each country’s average. (b) Which would you rather live in, and why? (c) What does this show about averages?
20.
Bihar had an IMR of 27 per 1,000 live births (2020) and literacy of 62% (2017–18). (a) At that IMR, how many of 46,000 babies would die before age one? (b) How many of 74,000 people aged 7+ would be literate? (c) Why is income not the only measure of development?
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QAnswerWorking
1(d) per capita income—
2(a) share of 15–17 year olds in school—
3(c) ₹10,200total ÷ 5
4(c) ₹2,931,831325,759 × 9
5(b) 144 babies24,000 ÷ 1,000 × 6
6(a) Sri Lankaa smaller rank number is better
7(c) 12.039 ÷ (1.8 × 1.8)
8(c) ₹13,0005 × 9,000 − (10,000 + 9,000 + 4,000 + 9,000)
9People in different situations have different needs, so what is development for one may not be for another.—
10(a) development that does not harm future generations (b) share of 15–17 year olds in school—
112,356 can; 1,444 cannot62% of 3,800
12₹25,176(8 × 13,000 + 9 × 36,000) ÷ 17
13₹10,000; one rich person raises the average though most are poor.(4 × 500 + 48,000) ÷ 5
144.4 years72 − 67.6
1513.1; below 18.538 ÷ (1.7 × 1.7)
16(a) classifies countries by per capita income (b) gives data like state per capita income—
17Average income hides inequality and does not show health, education, safety or the environment, which also affect well-being.—
18(a) services provided for everyone, like schools and hospitals (b) share of 15–17 year olds in school (c) deaths before age one per 1,000 live births—
19(a) A ₹10,000, B ₹10,000 (b) A, because income is shared more equally (c) Averages hide how income is distributed.—
20(a) 1,242 (b) 45,880 (c) Health, education and public services also matter; a state with lower income can do better on them.46,000 ÷ 1,000 × 27; 62% of 74,000