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In which year did Dr Haq create the Human Development Index?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Nobel laureate saw an increase in freedom as the main objective of development?Read the answer and worked solution →Which government programme is named in the text to address the falling child sex ratio?Read the answer and worked solution →What are the three key areas of human development?Read the answer and worked solution →Human development rests on four pillars. Which are they?Read the answer and worked solution →Equal access to opportunities regardless of gender, race, income or caste is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Each generation should have the same opportunities as the last. Which pillar is this?Read the answer and worked solution →Having the power to make choices, gained through freedom and capability, is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is NOT one of the four approaches to human development listed?Read the answer and worked solution →HDI scores fall in which range?Read the answer and worked solution →Which indicator does HDI use to assess health?Read the answer and worked solution →How is access to resources measured in the HDI?Read the answer and worked solution →What weight does each of the three HDI dimensions carry?Read the answer and worked solution →A country scores 0.983 on the HDI. How is this level described?Read the answer and worked solution →Why is the HDI not the most reliable measure?Read the answer and worked solution →Which body proposed the basic needs approach naming six needs like health, food and housing?Read the answer and worked solution →Which UN body publishes the Human Development Report each year?Read the answer and worked solution →The human poverty index counts the probability of not surviving to what age?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is the only country to officially measure progress by Gross National Happiness?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the HDI partsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the pillarsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the development factsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the basic needsRead the answer and worked solution →Growth or developmentRead the answer and worked solution →Which pillarRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Human development bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Raw cotton in the boll is worth little, but spun into yarn it is worth more. What do secondary activities do?Read the answer and worked solution →Each worker repeats one task to make large quantities of standard parts. What is this method called?Read the answer and worked solution →A factory where machines think and run without human aid during manufacturing shows which advanced stage?Read the answer and worked solution →

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In which year did Dr Haq create the Human Development Index?

  1. 1975
  2. 1990
  3. 1950
  4. 2000
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Correct answer: B. 1990

1. The Pakistani economist created the HDI in 1990. 2. UNDP has published the Human Development Report since 1990. 3. Haq and Sen worked together on early reports. _Source: syllabus Geography, Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 4, Human Development._

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Which Nobel laureate saw an increase in freedom as the main objective of development?

  1. Abhijit Banerjee
  2. Muhammad Yunus
  3. Amartya Sen
  4. Mahbub-ul-Haq
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Correct answer: C. Amartya Sen

1. Prof Amartya Sen won the Nobel Prize. 2. He saw development as expanding freedom. 3. Institutions and processes increase freedom. _Source: syllabus Geography, Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 4, Human Development._

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Which government programme is named in the text to address the falling child sex ratio?

  1. Swachh Bharat Mission
  2. Namami Gange scheme
  3. Jan Dhan Yojana plan
  4. Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
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Correct answer: D. Beti Bachao Beti Padhao

1. The child sex ratio has declined. 2. Beti Bachao Beti Padhao addresses it. 3. It aims at more meaningful lives for girls. _Source: syllabus Geography, Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 4, Human Development._

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