Multiple Choice Questions

1.
a)
b)
c)
d)

Of the many things it means, Philanthropy when translated into action is all about:
Giving personal wealth for a social cause
The law that mandates corporates to help the needy
Corporate social responsibility
Group of high worth individuals

2.
a)
b)
c)
d)

The subject of Education in the Constitution of India is in the:

Union list
State list
Concurrent list
None of the above

3.
a)
b)
c)

Devaluation of currency means

Reduction in the values of a currency vis--vis major international trade currencies
Permitting the currency to seek its worth in the international market
Fixing the value of the currency in conjunction with the movement in the value of a basket of
predetermined currencies
d) Fixing the value of the currency in multilateral consultation with the International Monetary
Fund, the world bank and major trading partners
4.
a)
b)
c)
d)

Infant mortality
Death of a child less than one year of age
Survival of children beyond the age of one
Is life expectancy up to age three
Primarily reflects the status of child labour in a country

5. The national level document in India that provides the framework for designing syllabus,
textbooks and teaching practices within the schooling system is called the:
a) National School Framework
b) National Curriculum Framework
c) Central Syllabus Guidelines
d) National Policy of Education
6. Progress that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs is
a)
b)
c)
d)

The tragedy of commons

Sustainable development
Net primary productivity (NPP)
The impossibility theorem