Unit:- 1, Lesson:- 2 Human Development Index And Nepal

 A. Very short question:

1.  What is human development index? How it is expressed?

Ans:- The  indicator that shows the level of  achievements of  progress in three basic dimensions  of  human development in country is called human  development index.  It is expressed from 0-1 by calculating life expectancy index, education index and income index.

2.  What is status of Nepal in human development index?

Ans:- Nepal status is improving gradually and now it is 144^th rank with 0.558 score.

3.  Compare Congo and Denmark with Nepal in term of human development index.

Ans:- Congo has less HDI in compared to Nepal and Denmark has high HDI score  in compared to Nepal.

 

B. Short answer question:

1.  What should be done for the development of Nepal? Suggest any four measures.

Ans:- The things that should be done for the development of Nepal are listed below:-

i)  Health sector should be developed to prepare healthy manpower.

ii)  Education should be provided to people to make them able to utilize available resources.

iii)  Proper utilization of available means and resources should be done.

iv)  Reducing corruption from all the sector.

 

2.  What are the purposes of measuring human development?

Ans:- The purpose of measuring  human  development are mentioned below:-

i)  To identify the condition of human development.

ii)  To compare a rank the socio and economic condition of different countries of the world.

iii)  To bring improvement in human development.

 

3.  Mention thee three dimensions of human development? Write the formula to calculate HDI dimension index.

Ans:- The three dimension of  human  development are listed below:

i)  Life expectancy index.

ii)  Income index.

iii)  Education index.

 

4.  Show the ranking base of the countries according to their score in HDI in a table. What is the status of Nepal HDI ranking?

Ans:- The ranking base of  the country according  of their score in HDI in a table are listed:

S.N	Country	HDI Score	Rank
1.	Srilanka	0.766	79
2.	Maldives	0.701	105
3.	India	0.624	131
4.	Bhutan	0.607	132
5.	Bangladesh	0.579	139
6.	Nepal	0.558	144
7.	Pakistan	0.550	147
8.	Afganistan	0.479	169

The status of Nepal HDI ranking is that it is in 144^th rank with 0.558 score and still there is no Complete human development in Nepal.

 

5.  Suggest any four ways to improve human development.

Ans:- Any four ways to improve human development are listed below:

i)  Expansion in the health services.

ii)  Focus in the development of education.

iii)  Modernization in agriculture.

iv)  Increase in employment opportunity.