DD: India Case Study

Question 1

What proportion of Indian workers work in primary industries?

Answer 1

Over half of the workers.

Question 2

What percentage of India’s GNI do the primary industries contribute?

Answer 2

Only 12%.

Over half of the workers in India work in the primary industries, creating less than a fifth of India’s GNI.

Question 3

What approximate percentage of India’s GDP do the secondary industries account for?

Answer 3

30%.

Question 4

What percentage of Indian GDP do the tertiary & quarternary sectors now account for?
What percentage of Indian jobs are created by the tertiary & quarternary sectors?
Explain why.

Answer 4

a) 60% of Indian GDP
b) 22% of Indian jobs
This is because lots of these jobs are in software, which doesn’t need as many workers as the primary sector.

Question 5

How many airports does India have?

Answer 5

Over 450.

Question 6

What percentage of India’s exports are fuels and oil worth?

Answer 6

15%.

Question 7

What is the human development index for India?

Answer 7

0.647 in 2018
O.644 in 2022

Question 8

Name 2 UK companies that have been outsourced to India.

Answer 8

• British Airways
• Unilever

Question 9

Name 2 TNCs that operate in India.

Answer 9

• Unilever Hindustan
• Vodafone India

Question 10

In what year did India make primary education free and compulsory for all children?

Answer 10

2009

Question 11

Does India get aid? If so, give an example.
What factor to India’s development is this?

Answer 11

$2.2 billion from the IMF in 1991.
$3.1 billion in foreign aid at the moment.
Government policies.

Question 12

How many megacities are there in India?

Answer 12

There are now 5 megacities in India - Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, and Chennai.

Question 13

What percentage of India’s air pollution is caused by industry or manufacturing?

Answer 13

51% and people estimate that air pollution kills 2 million Indians prematurely each year.

Question 14

How many Indians are killed prematurely each year due to air pollution?

Answer 14

2 million.

Question 15

What Indian city is the most polluted city in the world?

Answer 15

Delhi.

Question 16

Give the 2 main causes of increased development in India.

Answer 16

Globalisation
Government policies

Question 17

What is India’s adult literacy rate?
How much has it increased by?

Answer 17

In 2018, the adult literacy rate in India has increased to 74%, from 60%+ 10 years earlier.

Question 18

Which campaign led to the building of 110 million toilets?

Answer 18

Clean India

Question 19

What did Modi’s Clean India lead to?

Narendra Modi has been the Prime Minister since 2014.

Answer 19

The building of 110 million toilets.

Question 20

When did India became a strategic partner of the EU?

Answer 20

2004

Question 21

When did initial negotiations over a free trade agreement start?

Answer 21

2007

Question 22

In 2018, how many jobs were created by Unilever Hindustan and Vodafone India?

Answer 22

18,000 jobs each.

Question 23

What global position is India for the consumer of oil?

Answer 23

India is the world’s third biggest oil consumer, after China and the US.