Class 11 Economics - Indian Economic Development - Chapter Comparative Development Experiences of India and Its Neighbours NCERT Solutions | Mention the salient demographic indicato

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.

Why are regional and economic groupings formed?

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

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

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

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?

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?

Why, despite the implementation of the green revolution, 65 percent of our population continued to be engaged in the agriculture sector till 1990?

The following table shows the population and worker population ratio for India in 1999-2000. Can you estimate the workforce (urban and total) for India?

Explain the supply-demand reversal of environmental resources.

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

Justify that energy crisis can be overcome with the use of renewable sources of energy.

Name some modern industries which were in operation in our country at the time of independence?

 What was the two-fold motive behind the systematic de-industrialisation affected by the British in pre-independent India?

What are the main characteristics of health of the people of our country?

What is marketable surplus?

Why are tariffs imposed?