Question 1

Does the availability of good health and educational facilities depend only on the amount of money spent by the government on these facilities? What other factors could be relevant?

Accepted Answer

No, by just spending money in the health and education facilities does not guarantee the success of the policies. It also depends on the capabilities of the doctors and quality of the medicines in the case of health facilities.There are other factors that impacts its success:Effective implementation and monitoring of the policy mechanism by government officials.Creating a level of awareness about government policies and programmes through local bodies and village communities.Eliminating bribe from the system.

Question 2

Kerala, with a lower per capita income, has a better human development ranking than Haryana. Hence, per capita income is not a useful criterion at all and should not be used to compare states. Do you agree? Discuss.

Accepted Answer

Kerala with a low per capita income has a better human development ranking than Haryana because Kerala has a high Literacy rate, infant mortality rate, health facilities, etc. Per capita income is not the only indicator to measure state development, other indicators are also a must for the development of a state as a whole. Haryana has more per capita income than Kerala but Kerala has high ranking due to above-mentioned factors

Question 3

The nature of unemployment differs in rural and urban areas. How?

Accepted Answer

The following are the differences in the nature of unemployment in rural and urban areas:1 Population: Urban areas are highly populated but rural areas are less populated. Educated unemployment is mostly found in urban areas as most of the people are skilled but they have less opportunity. In rural areas, with fewer work opportunities, more people are engaged where less is required. This is called disguised unemployment.2 Occupational: People in rural areas are mostly dependent on agriculture. Thus, seasonal unemployment is found in rural areas where cultivation is hampered due to seasonal changes.3 Industrial: Urban areas are more developed than rural areas because of industrialization. Because of increased industrialization, more people migrate to urban areas. Overpopulated urban areas have more industrial unemployment.

Question 4

Which state has focused more on human resource development?

Accepted Answer

Kerala is more focused on Human resource development. It has given the highest importance to education and healthcare infrastructure which has contributed to human resource development in the state.  Human resource development is the part of human resource management that is concerned with training and development of employees of the organization.

Question 5

GER stands for _________.

Accepted Answer

GER stands for Gross Enrolment Ratio is used in education sector. It is expressed as the number of students enrolled at various  grade levels and the actual population of children in that age.

Question 6

Education expenditure by the government is expressed as a percentage of _______.

Accepted Answer

Education expenditure is expressed as a percentage of total government expenditure/total government expenditure. It is expressed as how much of the total income is being committed to the development of education in the country. GDP is a monetary measure of the market value of goods and services produced over the year in the country or the total expenditure on goods and services over the year or government expenditure.

Question 7

The per capita education expenditure is highest in ______ state of India.

Accepted Answer

Per capita education expenditure is the amount of expenditure done on education during the year, The highest per capita expenditure is for the state of Lakshadweep.

Question 8

Which of the following highlights the importance of human capital formation?

Accepted Answer

Human capital formation helps in accelerating economic growth as by investing in human capital necessary skills are given to the workforce to increase productivity. Human capital helps in utilisation of physical capital and ensures social change in desired direction.  Hence, C is the correct option.

Question 9

_______ education takes a major share of total education expenditure and the share of the ________ education is the least.

Accepted Answer

Elementary education takes the highest major share of total expenditure and higher education is the least. Elementary education/primary education is the basic or the first level of education and hence, government emphasises on it more.

Question 10

The percentage of education expenditure of GDP expresses _____.

Accepted Answer

Education expenditure is expressed as a percentage of total government expenditure/total government expenditure. It is expressed as how much of the total income is being committed to the development of education in the country. GDP is a monetary measure of the market value of goods and services produced over the year in the country or the total expenditure on goods and services over the year or government expenditure. Hence, B is the correct option.

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