Human Development · Class 12 Geography · Chapter 3
🌍 Human Development
CBSE Class 12 Humanities & Commerce · Geography · Chapter 1
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Download PDF →15 pattern-tagged MCQs with per-Q time budget. Drill under a 20-min timer.
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| 90% | Four pillars of human development — Name + explain all four: equity, sustainability, productivity, empowerment with one example each. | 5 MARKS |
| 75% | Growth vs development distinction — Growth = quantitative income rise (means); development = qualitative well-being + choices (end). | 3 MARKS |
| 65% | Three approaches to human development — Income · Welfare (beneficiaries) · Capability (Sen). Add ILO basic-needs for the extra mark. | 5 MARKS |
| 70% | HDI components + scale — Life expectancy + education (mean & expected schooling) + GNI per capita; 0-1 scale; four categories. | 3 MARKS |
| 40% | Human Poverty Index / MPI — Measures deprivation — dying young, illiteracy, lack of access to water/health — the shortfall side. | 3 MARKS |