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Related Mcqs:

1. Which scholar argues the following Plantations have no significant advantage over peasants [for] crops for which centralized processing and marketing are not necessary Cocoa and coconuts are typical examples of a lack of large scale economies Peasants can grow and process these crops in small lots with no large capital requirement beyond small indigenous tools and facilities ?

   A. Yujiro Hayami
   B. Raanan Weitz
   C. Hans Singer
   D. Tim Dyson

2. As economic development proceeds income inequality tends to follow a(n) _____ curve?

   A. convex
   B. inverted U shaped
   C. L-shaped
   D. S-Shaped

3. Which of the following is not a requirement for economic development ?

   A. a temperate climate
   B. natural resources
   C. an adequate capital bases
   D. technological advance

4. A country’s export commodity concentration ratio is the ?

   A. average annual investment made in production of exported commodities
   B. proportion of the primary export commodity in total exports
   C. ratio of four leading commodities to total merchandise exports
   D. total annual investment made in production of exported commodities

5. Increases in real GNP per capita occur when ?

   A. government programs direct resources away from investment goods to consumer goods.
   B. tariffs and quotas prevent dollars from leaving the country
   C. the rate of growth of real GNP is greater than the rate of growth of population
   D. the level of consumption expenditures rises relative to the level of saving

6. Two or more nuclear families of parent(s) and children is known as ?

   A. dual family
   B. institutional family
   C. extended family
   D. two-tier family tree

7. Which of the following statement is true about low-income countries ?

   A. less than 10% of the labor force is in agriculture
   B. the average agriculture family produces surplus large enough only to supply small non-agriculture population
   C. One-third of the labor force produce food
   D. share of labor force is about 30%

8. Which one of the following countries is not a high-income country ?

   A. Germany
   B. United Kingdom
   C. Canada
   D. Mexico

9. Assume that the real income of developing Island increases from $120,000 to $160,000 from 2005 to 2006 while its population expands from 1000 to 1100 during the same period Real income per capita has increased by about ?

   A. $145
   B. $40,000
   C. $25
   D. $100

10. In low-income countries the average agricultural family produces a surplus ?

    A. enough to supply only a small nonagricultural population
    B. of zero
    C. large enough of feed five other families
    D. large enough to feed 25 other families