Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The subject of ‘Education’ in the Constitution of India is in the:

a) Union list
b) State list
c) Concurrent list
d) None of the above

3. Devaluation of currency means

a) Reduction in the values of a currency vis-à-vis major international trade currencies
b) Permitting the currency to seek its worth in the international market
c) 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. Infant mortality
a) Death of a child less than one year of age
b) Survival of children beyond the age of one
c) Is life expectancy up to age three
d) 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) The tragedy of commons

b) Sustainable development
c) Net primary productivity (NPP)
d) The impossibility theorem