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HUMAN CAPITAL MCQs

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Question 1. To provide the educational facilities to the children of transferable central government employees, _____ were established. Fill in the blank with the right answer. 
  1.    Kendriya Vidyalayas
  2.    Navodaya Vidayalas
  3.    Both of the above
  4.    None of the above 
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Kendriya Vidyalayas
:
A
TheKendriya Vidyalayasare a system of central government schools in India that were instituted under the aegis of the Ministry of Human Resource Development. They provide educational facilities to the children of transferable central government employees.
Question 2. Innovation leads to:
  1.    Growth
  2.    Development
  3.    Production
  4.    All of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> All of the above
:
D
Innovation leads to growth, development, and production.
Question 3. People as a resource implies:  
  1.    Country's fixed capital in terms of their existing productive skills
  2.    Country's working capital in terms of their existing productive skills
  3.    Country's natural capital in terms of their existing productive skills
  4.    None of the above 
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Country's natural capital in terms of their existing productive skills
:
C
Natural capitalcan be defined as the world's stocks ofnaturalassets which include geology, soil, air, water, and all living things. It is from thisnatural capitalthathumansderive a wide range of services, often called ecosystem services, which make human life possible.
Question 4. Which of the following aspects of human capital consist of preventive and curative aspects?
  1.    Education 
  2.    Health 
  3.    Skill
  4.    Migration 
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Health 
:
B
Health has preventive and curative aspects.
Question 5. Which of the following statements is correct for the first stage of the demographic transition model?
  1.    Birth rate high, death rate high and fluctuating, total population low and constant
  2.    Birth rate high, death rate high, total population increasing 
  3.    Birth rate low, death rate high, total population low and constant
  4.    Birth rate high, death rate low, total population low and constant
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Birth rate high, death rate high and fluctuating, total population low and constant
:
A
In the first stage of population growth, birth rate is high, death rate is high and fluctuating, and total population is low and constant
Question 6. The movement started by National Literacy Mission is:
  1.    Education of children
  2.    Education for life
  3.    Education for all
  4.    Education literacy
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Education for all
:
C
Education for all is the mission of UNESCO that was to be achieved by 2015.
Question 7. Investment in education increases efficiency and productivity. State true or false. 
  1.    True
  2.    False
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> True
:
A
True.Investment in education increases efficiency and productivity.
Question 8. Free and Compulsory Education Act provides free and compulsory education to all children in the age group of 4-18 years.
  1.    True
  2.    False
  3.    Health
  4.    Information
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> False
:
B
False. TheFree and Compulsory Education Act provides free and compulsory education to all children in the age group of 6-14 years.
Question 9. The concept of human development treats human beings as a means to an end. In the human capital perspective, human beings are ends in themselves. State true or false. 
 
  1.    True
  2.    False
  3.    Education and Infrastructure
  4.    Education and Employment
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> False
:
B
False. The concept of human capital treats human beings as a means to an end. In the human development perspective, human beings are ends in themselves.
Question 10. Mid-day meal scheme is applicable in both public and private institutions. State true or false. 
  1.    True
  2.    False
  3.    Education and Infrastructure
  4.    Education and Employment
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> False
:
B
False. Mid-day meal scheme is applicable in only government, government-aided, and local body public institutions.

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