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Q1:

2026: 11 May Shift 2

Development Experience of India

Medium

Measuring the extent of democratic participation in social and political decision-making is a step taken in which type of indicator.

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Option 1
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Explanation for 2026: 11 May Shift 2 ECO question 1

Q2:

2026: 11 May Shift 2

Development Experience of India

Easy

“These new and revolutionary changes in China and India, even though they differ in content, symbolise the new spirit of Asia and new vitality which is finding expression in the countries in Asia.” Who said the above statement?

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Option 2
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Explanation for 2026: 11 May Shift 2 ECO question 2

Q3:

2026: 11 May Shift 2

Development Experience of India

Easy

Arrange the following events with respect to China in the chronological order:

A. Great Leap Forward

B. Adoption of Reforms

C. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

D. First Five-Year Plan

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Option 4
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Explanation for 2026: 11 May Shift 2 ECO question 3

Q4:

2026: 11 May Shift 1

Development Experience of India

Easy

Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

LIST-ILIST-II
A.SEZI. Population
B.DemographyII. Exports and imports
C.Fertility RateIII. Average year of living
D.Life ExpectancyIV. Birth rate

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 11 May Shift 1 ECO question 4

Q5:

2026: 11 May Shift 1

Development Experience of India

Easy

Which one of the following is the correct composition of HDI?

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Option 1
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Explanation for 2026: 11 May Shift 1 ECO question 5

Q6:

2025: 13 May Shift 2

Development Experience of India

Medium

Arrange the following in ascending order in respect of their year of implementation (in India).

(A) Goods and Service Tax.

(B) Demonetization of 500 and 1000 currency notes.

(C) Fiscal responsibility and Budget Management Act.

(D) Economic Reform.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Option 2
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Explanation for 2025: 13 May Shift 2 ECO question 6

Q7:

2024: 16 May

Development Experience of India

Easy

The Great Leap Forward (GLF) campaign was initiated in

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Option 2
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Explanation for 2024: 16 May ECO question 7

Q8:

2024: 16 May

Development Experience of India

Easy

Match List-I with List-II :
List-IList-II
(A) Great Leap Forward(I) Protecting the future generation
(B) Mao Zedong(II) Aimed at industrialising the country on a massive scale
(C) Brundtland Commission(III) Introduced the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
(D) Our Common Future(IV) Seminal Report that explained sustainable development as meeting the basic needs of all for a better life

Match List-I with List-II :

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Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2024: 16 May ECO question 8

Q9:

2024: 16 May

Development Experience of India

Medium

During 1980s, the growth rate in Pakistan improved on account of which of the following reasons ?

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Option 2
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Explanation for 2024: 16 May ECO question 9

Q10:

2023: 20 June Shift 1

Development Experience of India

Hard

Arrange the following events in a sequence of its happening.

A. Reforms in Pakistan

B. Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

C. Commune system

D. Pakistan's First Five year plan

E. China's Twelfth Five Year Plan

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q11:

2023: 11 June Shift 3

Development Experience of India

Medium

Put the following happenings in chronological order :

(A) Economic reforms in India

(B) First five year plan of Pakistan

(C) One child policy in China

(D) Economic reforms in Pakistan

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Q12:

2023: 11 June Shift 3

Development Experience of India

Medium

Some selected indicators of Human Development, 2016-2017

ItemIndiaChinaPakistan
Human Development Index (value)0.6400.7520.562
Rank (based on HDI)13086150
Life Expectancy at Birth (years)68.876.466.6
Mean years of Schooling (% aged 15 and above)6.47.88.6
GDP per capita (PPP US$)6,42715,3095,035
People below poverty line (at $3.20 a day PPP) (%) (2011)60.423.546.4
Infant Mortality Rate (per 1000 live births)34.68.564.2
Maternal Mortality Rate (per 1 lakh births)17427178
Population using Improved Sanitation (%)44.27558.3
Population with sustainable access to improved water source (%)949691
Percentage of Undernourished Children37.98.146.4

Identify the incorrect statement :

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Q13:

2023: 11 June Shift 3

Development Experience of India

Hard

Some selected indicators of Human Development, 2016-2017

ItemIndiaChinaPakistan
Human Development Index (value)0.6400.7520.562
Rank (based on HDI)13086150
Life Expectancy at Birth (years)68.876.466.6
Mean years of Schooling (% aged 15 and above)6.47.88.6
GDP per capita (PPP US$)6,42715,3095,035
People below poverty line (at $3.20 a day PPP) (%) (2011)60.423.546.4
Infant Mortality Rate (per 1000 live births)34.68.564.2
Maternal Mortality Rate (per 1 lakh births)17427178
Population using Improved Sanitation (%)44.27558.3
Population with sustainable access to improved water source (%)949691
Percentage of Undernourished Children37.98.146.4

Which of the following Liberty Indicator has been added as a measure of the Human Development Index ?

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Q14:

2023: 11 June Shift 3

Development Experience of India

Medium

Some selected indicators of Human Development, 2016-2017

ItemIndiaChinaPakistan
Human Development Index (value)0.6400.7520.562
Rank (based on HDI)13086150
Life Expectancy at Birth (years)68.876.466.6
Mean years of Schooling (% aged 15 and above)6.47.88.6
GDP per capita (PPP US$)6,42715,3095,035
People below poverty line (at $3.20 a day PPP) (%) (2011)60.423.546.4
Infant Mortality Rate (per 1000 live births)34.68.564.2
Maternal Mortality Rate (per 1 lakh births)17427178
Population using Improved Sanitation (%)44.27558.3
Population with sustainable access to improved water source (%)949691
Percentage of Undernourished Children37.98.146.4

Pakistan has faired better than India on which of the following indices ?

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Q15:

2023: 11 June Shift 3

Development Experience of India

Easy

Some selected indicators of Human Development, 2016-2017

ItemIndiaChinaPakistan
Human Development Index (value)0.6400.7520.562
Rank (based on HDI)13086150
Life Expectancy at Birth (years)68.876.466.6
Mean years of Schooling (% aged 15 and above)6.47.88.6
GDP per capita (PPP US$)6,42715,3095,035
People below poverty line (at $3.20 a day PPP) (%) (2011)60.423.546.4
Infant Mortality Rate (per 1000 live births)34.68.564.2
Maternal Mortality Rate (per 1 lakh births)17427178
Population using Improved Sanitation (%)44.27558.3
Population with sustainable access to improved water source (%)949691
Percentage of Undernourished Children37.98.146.4

Which of the following are not included in health indicators ?

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Q16:

2023: 1 June Shift 1

Development Experience of India

Easy

Identify the statement true about development.

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Q17:

2023: 1 June Shift 1

Development Experience of India

Medium

Match List - I with List - II.

List - IList - II
(A)Monthly Per Capita Expenditure(I)Relative poverty
(B)Comparison of poverty among nations(II)Helps to identify the poor
(C)Measure of total number of poor people(III)Poverty line
(D)Cut-off point which divides population as poor or non-poor(IV)Head Count Ratio

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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Q18:

2023: 30 May Shift 1

Development Experience of India

Medium

The Great leap forward campaign initiated by China aiming :

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Q19:

2023: 30 May Shift 1

Development Experience of India

Medium

Which of the following was not the result of one-child norm introduced in China ?

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Q20:

2023: 30 May Shift 1

Development Experience of India

Medium

Match List - I with List - II.

List - IList - II
(A) Structural Reforms in China(I) 1988
(B) Structural Reforms in Pakistan(II) 1991
(C) Structural Reforms in India(III) 1978
(D) People's Republic of China(IV) 1949

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Q22:

2023: 29 May Shift 2

Development Experience of India

Medium

In 1970 Pakistan Introduced nationalisation of Capital Good industries, but later due to international pressure they shifted the policy to.

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Q23:

2023: 29 May Shift 2

Development Experience of India

Easy

In China a campaign initiated in 1958 aimed at industrialising country on a massive scale people were encouraged to set up industries in their backyard. This campaign is called

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Q24:

2023: 29 May Shift 2

Development Experience of India

Medium

"Growth refers to increase in the country's capacity of module the output of goods and services with in the country." Choose the incorrect option from the following in relation to Growth.

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Q25:

2023: 28 May Shift 2

Development Experience of India

Medium

Arrange the sequence of events relating to identifying the number of poor in India.

(A) Task force on projection of minimum needs and effective demand formed

(B) Expert groups formed

(C) Planning Commission formed a study group

(D) Dadabhai Naoroji formulated the 'Jail cost of living'

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Q26:

2022: 30 Aug Shift 2

Development Experience of India

Easy

The official data on poverty is made available to public by :

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Q27:

2022: 30 Aug Shift 2

Development Experience of India

Easy

In India number of girls, have reduced from 927 per 1000 boys in 2001 to 919 in 2011. This deterioration in child sex ratio is due to increase in :

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Q28:

2022: 30 Aug Shift 2

Development Experience of India

Easy

Select Demographic Indicator 2015.

CountryEstimated Population in millionDensity per sq. kmAnnual Growth of PopulationSex RatioFertility RateUrbanisation
India13114411.29292.333
China13711460.59411.656
Pakistan1882452.19473.739

Which country has the lowest density and highest density per sq. km. ?

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Q29:

2022: 30 Aug Shift 2

Development Experience of India

Easy

Select Demographic Indicator 2015.

CountryEstimated Population in millionDensity per sq. kmAnnual Growth of PopulationSex RatioFertility RateUrbanisation
India13114411.29292.333
China13711460.59411.656
Pakistan1882452.19473.739

Which country has the highest and lowest annual growth rate of population ?

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Q30:

2022: 30 Aug Shift 2

Development Experience of India

Easy

Select Demographic Indicator 2015.

CountryEstimated Population in millionDensity per sq. kmAnnual Growth of PopulationSex RatioFertility RateUrbanisation
India13114411.29292.333
China13711460.59411.656
Pakistan1882452.19473.739

Identify the reason for low growth of population in China.

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