Developing countries adopted like faster economic growth through:
Industrialization
Modernization of agriculture
Modernizing education
All the above
The model of development has high social costs such as:
Displacement
Loss of livelihood
Loss of culture and traditional skills
The term development conveys the ideas of
Improvement
Progress and well being
An aspiration for a better life
Green house gases include
Water vapour
Carbon dioxide
Methane
Narmada Bachao Andolan is a movement against:
Governement
Sardar Sarovar Dam
Environment
Pollution
The Newly independent countries in Asia and Africa were:
Impoverished
Low standard of living
Poor education, health and other facilities
'Tsunami' hit the
South and South East Asian coasts
Western coasts
Eastern coasts
The supporters of Sardar Sarovar Dam claimed that
It wall generate electricity
It will help to irrigate large areas of land
It will provide drinking water
Which of the following is provided the impetus for under developed countries to undertake development projects?
The need to formulate policies for overcoming their backwardness
The urge to achieve the standards of their former colonial masters
Both a and b
None of these
The development models adopted by developing countries proved very costly because
The financial costs have been enormous
Putting many countries into longterm debt
More borrowing from the richer countries
