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SIXTH SEMESTER B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MARCH 2017
(CUCBCSS—UG)
Economics

ECO 6B 14—DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
Time : Three Hours Maximum : 80 Marks
Answers may be written either in English or in Malayalam.
Part A

Answer all questions.
Each question carries % mark.

1. Trickledown effect means :
(a) Economic growth will eventually bring benefits to the poor.
(b) Economic growth should be controlled by the government.
(c) Economic growth needs systems to benefit the poor.
(d) None of the above.
2. The Brundtland commission considered.
(a) Trade and development. (b) Neo liberal reform.
(c) Environment and development. (d) Economic growth.
3. Ratio of income going to the highest-earning households and the income going to the lowest-

earning households is known as :
(a) Kuznets ratio. (b) Poverty ratio.
(c) Inequality ratio. (d) Growth ratio.

4. PQLI was developed by :
(a) Amartya Sen. (b) Marshal.
(c) Lewis. (d) Morris .D. Morris.
5. Economic growth measures the :
(a) Growth of productivity. (b) Increase in nominal income.
(c) Increase in output. (d) None of the above.

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