CBSE Class 10 Social Science 2020 Set 1 Outside Delhi Paper

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What is Human Development? Explain its indicators.
Solution:  
Human development or the human development approach is about expanding the richness of human life, rather than simply the richness of the economy in which human beings live. It is an approach that is focused on people and their opportunities and choices. Indicators :
(i) Life expectancy at birth : Number of years a newborn infant could expect to live if prevailing patterns of age-specific mortality rates at the time of birth remain the same throughout the infant's life
(ii) Mean years of schooling : Average number of years of education received by people ages 25 and older, converted from education attainment levels using official durations of each level
(iii) Expected years of schooling : Number of years of schooling that a child of school entrance age can expect to receive if prevailing patterns of agespecific enrolment rates persist throughout the child's life
(iv) Gross National Income (GNI) per capital : Aggregate income of an economy generated by its production and its ownership of factors of production, less the incomes paid for the use of factors of production owned by the rest of the world, converted to international dollars using purchasing power parity (PPP) rates, divided by mid-year population
(v) Non-income Human Development Index : Value of the HDI computed from the life expectancy and education indicators only. [Any Three]
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