RYAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

WORKSHEET FA 1 SST CLASS X

Q1.State any two development goals of a farmer?

Q2.What is infant mortality rate?
Q3.What is the main criterion used by World Bank in classifying different countries? What
are the limitations of this criterion, if any?
Q4.Why do we use averages? Are there any limitations to their use? Illustrate with your
own example.
Q5.Why was the tension more acute in Brussels between two communities.
Q6.What is power sharing.
Q7.What is vertical distribution of power sharing.
Q8.What were the similarities and differences between Sri Lankan and Belgium ways of
power sharing
Q9.What does “Majoritarinism” mean. How has it been adopted in Sri Lanka
Q10.What was the concept of “community government” in Belgium.
Q11.Why is horizontal power sharing also called a system of checks and balances.
Q12.Why is power sharing desirable for culturally diverse countries like India.
Q13.What is the criterion used by UNDP for classifying countries
Q14.”The Earth has enough resources to meet the needs of all but not enough to satisfy the
greed of even one person”. Explain
Q15.Explain the meaning of HDI. Mention the three components of HDI.
Q16.Give one prudential and moral reason of power sharing.
Q17.”Power sharing is the very spirit of democracy”. Justify the statement with three
suitable points.
Q18.What factors led to civil war in Sri Lanka.
Q19.How is a federal government better than a unitary government? Explain with examples
of Belgium and Sri Lanka.
Q20.”The earth has enough resources to meet the needs of all but not enough to satisfy the
greed of even one person”. How is this statement relevant to the discussion of
development? Discuss.