Class 11 Economics - Indian Economic Development - Chapter Comparative Development Experiences of India and Its Neighbours NCERT Solutions | Why are regional and economic groupings

Compare and contrast the development of India, China and Pakistan with respect to some salient human development indicators.

Define the liberty indicator. Give some examples of liberty indicators.

What are the various means by which countries are trying to strengthen their own domestic economies?

Comment on the growth rate trends witnessed in China and India in the last two decades.

Explain the Great Leap Forward campaign of China as initiated in 1958.

Group the following features pertaining to the economies of India, China and Pakistan under three heads

• One-child norm
• Low fertility rate
• High degree of urbanisation
• Mixed economy
• Very high fertility rate
• Large population
• High density of population
• Growth due to manufacturing sector
• Growth due to service sector.

Give reasons for the slow growth and re-emergence of poverty in Pakistan.

What similar developmental strategies have India and Pakistan followed for their respective developmental paths?

Mention the salient demographic indicators of China, Pakistan and India.

Fill in the blanks

(a) First Five Year Plan of ________________ commenced in the year 1956. (Pakistan/China)
(b) Maternal mortality rate is high in _____________. (China/Pakistan)
(c) Proportion of people below poverty line is more in __________. (India/Pakistan)
(d) Reforms in ______________ were introduced in 1978. (China/Pakistan)

What was the focus of the economic policies pursued by the colonial government in India? What were the impacts of these policies?

What are the two major sources of human capital in a country?

What do you mean by rural development? Bring out the key issues in rural development.

Define a plan?

Who is a worker?

Explain the term ‘infrastructure’.

What is meant by environment?

Why were reforms introduced in India?

Why calorie-based norm is not adequate to identify the poor?

Name some notable economists who estimated India’s per capita income during the colonial period?

What were the main causes of India’s agricultural stagnation during the colonial period?

Why was it necessary for a developing country like India to follow self-reliance as a planning objective?

Give two instances of

(a) Overuse of environmental resources
(b) Misuse of environmental resources.

What is the state of rural infrastructure in India?

Why did India opt for planning?

Explain the two categories into which infrastructure is divided. How are both interdependent?

Critically appraise some of the shortfalls of the industrial policy pursued by the British colonial administration.

Those public sector undertakings which are making profits should be privatised. Do you agree with this view? Why?

Highlight the salient features of India’s pre-independence occupational structure.

How has women’s health become a matter of great concern?