Free Social Change and Development MCQs with Answers
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171. The trend toward urbanization is most advanced in ?
- A. America
- B. England
- C. Japan
- D. None of these
Explanation: Japan is commonly cited in this comparison as having the most advanced urbanization, with a very high proportion of its population living in urban areas. England and the United States are also highly urbanized, making the wording dependent on the textbook comparison.
Correct answer: Japan172. Urbanization Causes many Social problems as___________?
- A. Inflation
- B. Poverty
- C. Unemployment
- D. All of the above
Explanation: Rapid urbanization can produce inflation through increased demand, poverty through unequal access to resources, and unemployment when jobs do not keep pace with migration. Therefore, all three are recognised urban social problems.
Correct answer: All of the above173. Urbanization is a ______ process ?
- A. Straight lined
- B. Cyclical
- C. Social
- D. None of these
Explanation: Urbanization is described as a cyclical process because urban growth can be followed by suburbanization, counter-urbanization and renewed urban concentration. It is not a simple straight-line movement from rural to urban living.
Correct answer: Cyclical174. In the developed countries more people are employed in the service sector than manufacturing with a tiny percentage working in agriculture Globally which sector now employs the fewest people ?
- A. services
- B. industrial manufacture
- C. agriculture
- D. none of the aboveTake Economics Courses
Explanation: At the global level, agriculture still employs a very large share of workers, while services employ the largest share in many developed societies. Manufacturing generally accounts for the smallest of these three broad sectors, making industrial manufacture the intended answer.
Correct answer: industrial manufacture175. Which one of these statements is NOT a definition of the knowledge economy ?
- A. much of the workforce in now involved in physical production of goods
- B. the economy is dominated by the constant flow of information and opinions
- C. this is a phase of development beyond industrialism
- D. investment in public education and software development is more significant
Explanation: A knowledge economy relies mainly on information, expertise, technology and services rather than the physical production of goods. The other statements describe its information-driven, post-industrial character and investment priorities.
Correct answer: much of the workforce in now involved in physical production of goods