Which indicator/s is/are used in the Human Development Index(HDI)?

Related Mcqs:

1. The Human Development Index (HDI) summarizes a great deal of social performances in a single composite index combining ?

   A. disparity reduction rate, human resource development rate and the composite index
   B. longevity, education and living standard
   C. minimum schooling, adult literacy and tertiary educational attainment
   D. human resource training development and R&D

2. In the Px = export price index, Pm = import price index, Qx = export quantity index,and Qm = import quantity index. Developing countries tend to maintain that their commodity term of trade have declined over the long run suggesting that _________ has declined?

   A. Px/Pm
   B. Pm/Px
   C. (Pm/Px)Qm
   D. (Px/Pm)Qx

3. The Human Development Report 2003, which assumes that poverty is multidimensional calculates a human poverty index based on which of the following measures of deprivation ?

   I- probability at birth of not surviving to age 40
   II- adult illiteracy rate
   III- negative economic growth
   IV- lack of a decent standard of living

   A. I and II only
   B. III and IV only
   C. I, II and III only
   D. I, II and IV

4. Longevity is proxy for ________ in the Human Development Index?

   A. health and nutrition
   B. living standard
   C. infant mortality
   D. Purchasing Power Parity

5. A widely used indicator to differentiate developed countries from developing countries is ?

   A. international trade per capita
   B. real income per capital
   C. unemployment per capita
   D. calories per capita

6. The Genuine Progress indicator is ?

   A. also known as index of Sustainable Economic Welfare per capita
   B. GDP plus resource depletion and environmental cost
   C. resource depletion and environmental cost divided by GDP per capita
   D. increasing from 1976 to 2000

7. According to Human Development Report 2003, about ________ countries were poorer in 2003 than in 1990?

   A. 50
   B. 100
   C. 1000
   D. 5

8. The pattern of economic growth describes the phenomenon of countries moving up in technological development by following the patterns of countries ahead of them in the development process ?

   A. flying geese
   B. import substitution
   C. export orientation
   D. commodity expansion

9. The index used most often to measure inflation is the?

   A. wholesale price index (WPI)
   B. GDP deflator
   C. Producer price index (PPI)
   D. consumer price index

10. The Paasche index uses _________ weights?

    A. current-year
    B. base-year
    C. fisher-ideal index
    D. Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)