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Questions Related to economics

The 'Great Leap Forward' campaign was launched in China focusing on widespread _____________ in the economy.

  1. agriculture

  2. industrialisation

  3. both 'a' and 'b'

  4. neither 'a', nor 'b'


Correct Option: B

China achieved an average annual growth rate of __________ during the pre-reform period.

  1. 3.2%

  2. 6.9%

  3. 5.3%

  4. 7.2%


Correct Option: C

As per international poverty data, population below poverty line in India was at _______ in comparison to 11.2% in China in 2011-12.

  1. 35%

  2. 21.7%

  3. 31.4%

  4. 18.5%


Correct Option: C

India took _______ years to double its GDP prior to economic reforms, while GDP doubled in _______ years after economic reforms.

  1. 12, 7

  2. 15, 8

  3. 16, 12

  4. 22, 10


Correct Option: C

Incidence of poverty fell to _____ in 2013 from 31% in 1990 in China.

  1. 12%

  2. 8%

  3. 25%

  4. 18%


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Poverty refers mainly to the rural poor, as decades of financial expansion have mainly eradicated urban poverty. The remarkable progress in falling poverty over the past three decades in China is well known. 

According to the Bank, more than 850 million Chinese people have been raised out of great poverty China's poverty rate clear-cut from 88 per cent in 1981 to 0.7 per cent. 

In 2015, as calculated by the fraction of people living on the correspondent of US$1.90 or less per day in 2011 purchasing price parity terms. 

China scarcity rate for 2013 was 36.30%, a 8% decline from 2012. 

The correct answer is B.

Higher HDI ranking of China as compared to India can be majorly accredited to _____________.

  1. higher GDP per capita

  2. higher literacy rates

  3. lower population

  4. higher life expectancy


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Gross domestic product is a strong indicator of a country economic performance and strength. It is measured by the added value of all final goods and service produced in a country economic performance and strength. 

Also, it is measured by the added value of all final goods and services produced in a country during a specific time period. Gross domestic product per capita is from time to time used to explain the standard of living of a population with an advanced GDP importance a higher standard of living.

The correct answer is A.