Class 11 Economics - Indian Economic Development - Chapter Comparative Development Experiences of India and Its Neighbours NCERT Solutions | Define the liberty indicator. Give some

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

Why are regional and economic groupings formed?

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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?

Does modernisation as a planning objective create contradiction in the light of employment generation? Explain.

What is the Green Revolution? Why was it implemented and how did Does it benefit the farmers? Explain in brief.

What do you understand by the drain of Indian wealth during the colonial period?

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

Classify the following into renewable and non-renewable resources
(i) trees    (ii) fish    (iii) petroleum    (iv) coal    (v) iron-ore    (vi) water

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

What are High Yielding Variety (HYV) seeds?

 Give a quantitative appraisal of India’s demographic profile during the colonial period.

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

What is the sectoral composition of an economy? Is it necessary that the service sector should contribute maximum to the GDP of an economy? Comment.