1. Development is a term which:
A. Has clearly been defined
B. Has no clear definition
C. Can be defined but no attempt has been made
D. None of above
Correct Option: Has no clear definition
2. According to Lucian Pye political and economic development:
A. Should be separated from each other
B. Both are contradictory to each other
C. Should be delinked from each other
D. Should be linked with each other
Correct Option: Should be linked with each other
3. Liberal theory of development is also known as:
A. Classical theory of development
B. Neo-classical theory of development
C. Theory of entrepreneur
D. Theory of economic maturity
Correct Option: Classical theory of development
4. Whose name is not associated with the liberal theory of development:
A. Adam Smith
B. Ricardo
C. Karl Marx
D. Malthus
Correct Option: Karl Marx
5. According to Lucian Pye Political development:
A. Could be measured with industrialisation:
B. And industrialisation were opposed to each other
C. And industrialisation should be delinked from each other
D. Could not be measured with industrialisation
Correct Option: Could not be measured with industrialisation
6. According to classical thinkers which one was not a measuring yard for development:
A. Land
B. Labour
C. Capital
D. Education
Correct Option: Education
7. According to liberal theory of development origin of all value was:
A. Land
B. Labour
C. Capital
D. Mineral wealth
Correct Option: Land
8. Which one of the following is not correct about classical thinkers or development?
A. Social product was the outcome of labour utilised
B. Level of wages could be arbitrarily fixed
C. Level of wages could not be changed by labour unions
D. Level of wages could not be changed by the Government
Correct Option: Level of wages could be arbitrarily fixed
9. According to some thinkers political development cannot be measured in terms of political modernisation because:
A. It is not suited to third world countries
B. Both are opposed to each other
C. Western countries are opposed to it
D. Term political modernisation is ambiguous
Correct Option: It is not suited to third world countries
10. According to Edward A. Shills political development should be linked with:
A. Political modernisation
B. Industrialisation
C. Capital formation
D. Standards of modernisation of a state
Correct Option: Standards of modernisation of a state
11. Max Weber has linked political development with:
A. Industrialisation
B. Economy of society
C. Social conditions
D. Administrative development
Correct Option: Administrative development
12. According to Talcott Parsons political develop0ment should be measured in terms of:
A. Legal development
B. Industrialisation
C. Political modernisation
D. Standards of modernisation of a state
Correct Option: Legal development
13. Who of the following has laid stress on the role of bureaucracy in measuring political development?
A. Edward A. Shills
B. Nettle
C. Lucian Pye
D. Nax Weber
Correct Option: Nax Weber
14. Which of the following is not true about Adam Smiths views about development?
A. He supported the idea of division of labour
B. He laid stress on level of productivity
C. He stressed that division of labour did not depend on the size of the market
D. He laid stress on the accumulation of capital
Correct Option: He stressed that division of labour did not depend on the size of the market
15. Ricardo built his theory round:
A. Value
B. Capital
C. Wages
D. Natural resources
Correct Option: Wages
16. According to Ricardo rent:
A. Increased when low quality land was used
B. Increased when high quality land was used
C. When status quo was maintained about land
D. None of the above
Correct Option: Increased when low quality land was used
17. Malthus built his theory of development round:
A. Land
B. Rent
C. Value
D. Population
Correct Option: Population
18. Karl Deutsch believed that political development should be linked with:
A. Political mobilisation
B. Political participation
C. Administrative advancement
D. Political stability
Correct Option: Political stability
19. Pick out one of the following whose name is linked with political stability in political development:
A. Max Weber
B. Edward A. Shills
C. G.A. Almond
D. Karl Deutsch
Correct Option: Karl Deutsch
20. F.W. Riggs in his theory political development has laid stress on:
A. Industrialisation
B. Political modernisation
C. Political participation
D. Political democracy
Correct Option: Political democracy
21. Which one of the following is not true about Malthus?
A. Population tended to come down when wages increased
B. Wages go high when land-population ratio is favourable
C. Profits are high when land-population ratio is favourable
D. Profit go high when rate of accumulation is large
Correct Option: Population tended to come down when wages increased
22. According to Malthus high wages:
A. Promote fast growth of population
B. Retard fast growth of population
C. Help maintaining status quo in population growth
D. Discourage growth rate of population
Correct Option: Promote fast growth of population
23. According to Ricrdo rise of wages presupposes:
A. Capital accumulation
B. More population
C. Centralisation of authority
D. Higher rents
Correct Option: Higher rents
24. According to G. A. Almond political development should be linked with:
A. Democracy
B. Political mobilisation
C. Political stability
D. Level of absolute power
Correct Option: Level of absolute power
25. S. Colesman s name is associated with one of the following about political development:
A. It should be linked with industrialisation
B. It should be linked with level of absolute power
C. It should be linked with political stability
D. It should be linked with bureaucracy
Correct Option: It should be linked with level of absolute power
26. Which one of the following is not valid criticism against classical theorists of political development?
A. They underestimated technological progress
B. They failed to analyse problems of aggregate demands
C. They overestimated technological progress
D. None of the above
Correct Option: They overestimated technological progress
27. According to M.F. Milikan political development should be linked with:
A. Social conditions
B. Economic conditions
C. Political conditions
D. D. Other developments combined
Correct Option: D. Other developments combined
28. Karl Marx ideas about development theory are available in:
A. Communist Manifesto
B. Das Kapital
C. Capital: A. Critique of Political Economy
D. None of these
Correct Option: Capital: A. Critique of Political Economy
29. Marx has explained his theory or development with the help of:
A. Theory of surplus value
B. Dialectical materialism
C. Class struggle
D. Proletariat revolution
Correct Option: Theory of surplus value
30. According to Marx capital accumulation depended on:
A. Surplus valuation
B. Increasing population
C. Industrialisation
D. International trade
Correct Option: Surplus valuation
31. According to Myron Weiner political development should be measured in terms of:
A. Capital formation
B. Political stability
C. Level of absolute power
D. Political modernisation
Correct Option: Political modernisation
32. Who of the following believed that political development should be linked with political development in international field?
A. J.S. Coleman
B. G.A. Almond
C. Edward A. Shills
D. Karl Deutsch
Correct Option: J.S. Coleman
33. According to Karl Marx Surplus value can be earned by several ways. Which one of the following is not included in that?
A. By reducing the wages rates
B. By increasing working hours
C. By resorting to technological advancement
D. By using labour saving devices
Correct Option: By using labour saving devices
34. According to Marx most dependable method for capital accumulation was:
A. Technological development
B. Increased international trade
C. Decreased international trade
D. Payment of less wages to workers
Correct Option: Technological development
35. In economic development Marx had laid maximum stress on:
A. Capital formation
B. Decentralisation of power
C. Trade unionism
D. Technological advancement
Correct Option: Technological advancement
36. According to Lucian Pye s definition which one of the following is not linked with political development?
A. Equality
B. Capacity
C. Differentiation
D. Population
Correct Option: Population
37. According to Lucian Pye most important thing in finding out political development was?
A. Extent of political mobilisation
B. Extent of political participation
C. Nature of laws passed by the state
D. Nature of political processes
Correct Option: Nature of laws passed by the state
38. Which one of the following was not included in political development by Lucian Pye?
A. Nature of laws passed by the state
B. Method of recruitment
C. Method of paying wages to workers
D. Achievement and standards of public servants
Correct Option: Method of paying wages to workers
39. The neo-classical thinkers about development believe that existing social order:
A. Should be destroyed
B. Should be preserved
C. Should be modified to certain extent
D. Was not conducive for the utilisation of existing resources
Correct Option: Should be preserved
40. The neo-classiest in their development theory have laid stress on:
A. Capital formation
B. Rate of interest
C. Surplus value
D. Dialectical materialism
Correct Option: Rate of interest
41. Which one of the following is not correct about Marxian theory of development?
A. For them development is a gradual process
B. For them development has harmonious nature
C. For them development is non-cumulative
D. They believe in continued economic progress
Correct Option: For them development is non-cumulative
42. Which one of the following is not a characteristic of political development for Nettle?
A. It is a continuous process
B. It includes definitional priorities
C. It is set of values
D. There is implicit rank order of development
Correct Option: It is a continuous process
43. Which one of the following is not a valid criticism?
A. This approach is too narrow
B. This approach is too wide
C. It fails to appreciate the importance of political stability
D. It fails to appreciate the importance of attitude of people in development processes
Correct Option: This approach is too wide
44. According to Nettle political development could be properly studied with the help of:
A. Disciplinary approach
B. Inter-disciplinary approach
C. Industrialisation
D. Political processes
Correct Option: Inter-disciplinary approach
45. Entrepreneur theory about development is associated with the name of:
A. T.S. Colesman
B. G.A. Almond
C. Karl Marx
D. Schumpeter
Correct Option: Schumpeter
46. Which one of the following group of writers looked upon economic development as a race betwwen capital and accumulation growth:
A. Marxists
B. Neo-classical writers
C. Classical writers
D. All the above
Correct Option: Classical writers
47. In his theory about development Marx Schumpeter was influenced by:
A. Neo-Classists
B. Classists
C. Karl Marx
D. Alvin Hansen
Correct Option: Neo-Classists
48. In schumpeter s theory of development maximum stress has been laid on:
A. Capital
B. Interest
C. Land
D. Entrepreneurship
Correct Option: Entrepreneurship
49. In his theory of development Schumpeter has laid stress on:
A. Leadership
B. Ownership
C. Capital formation
D. None of these
Correct Option: Leadership
50. Jacob Vinar in his underdevellpment theory has laid stress on:
A. Per capita income
B. Rate of production
C. Growth rate
D. International trade
Correct Option: Per capita income
51. Who of the following has said that underdevelopment has been the normal state of all human societies ?
A. G.A. Almond
B. Edward A. Shills
C. Jacob Vinar
D. Jean Eatwell
Correct Option: Jean Eatwell
52. About underdevelopment it has been said that capitalism:
A. Is always opposed to it
B. It seldom opposed to it
C. Helps maintaining status quo
D. At times it helps in development but at times not
Correct Option: At times it helps in development but at times not
53. According to Karl Max capitalism helped in:
A. Removing underdevelopment
B. Encouraging underdevelopment
C. Maintaining status quo
D. Effected underdevelopment in no way
Correct Option: Removing underdevelopment
54. The theory of underdevelopment indicates inter-relationship of:
A. Commerce and industry
B. Technology and trade
C. Developed and developing countries
D. Developing countries among themselves
Correct Option: Developed and developing countries
55. Development means:
A. Increase in national income from one year to another
B. Increase in real per capita income over an extended period of time
C. Increase in real investment over a period of time
D. The national income should keep pace with the increase in population
Correct Option: Increase in real per capita income over an extended period of time
56. A short term development:
A. Does not constitute development
B. Constitutes development provided there is steep rise in the living standard
C. Is development if there is increase in aggregate outpu
D. None of the above
Correct Option: Does not constitute development
57. Which one of the following is not a contributory factor for development?
A. Abundance of national resources
B. Character of people
C. Frequent and free elections
D. Level of technology
Correct Option: Frequent and free elections
58. Population contributes development by
A. Providing labour force
B. Consuming the products
C. Neither of the above
D. Providing labour force as well as consuming products
Correct Option: Providing labour force as well as consuming products
59. Those who view development not in purely economic terms but in socio cultural matrix attribute the development to:
A. The form of government
B. The legal system
C. Standards of education and health
D. All the above
Correct Option: All the above
60. Which one of the following writer was not associated with the classical theory of development?
A. Adam Smith
B. Ricardo
C. Malthus
D. Marshall
Correct Option: Marshall