Global Development- India

Question 1

India
Capital city?
Type of country?
World rank by land mass?
Largest city?
Key fact?

Answer 1

New Delhi
Emerging (BRICS)
7th largest country by land mass
Mumbai
World’s most populated country since 2023

Question 2

Factors that affected India’s economic development?

Answer 2

Surrounded by countries that have developed quickly e.g China

Question 3

India variations in climate

Answer 3

South is tropical, North is temperate, monsoon seasons all round

Question 4

Where is Indian diasporas?
How much India receives as remittance?

Answer 4

Across more than 100 countries
In 2022, more than $100 billion

Question 5

India’s distribution of development?
(core and peripheries)

Answer 5

Two cores- North around Punjab, Haryana and Delhi; South West around Kerala, Goa, Karnataka
Both highly developed
Peripheries- one in North East, Bihar; one in South East, Orissa
Both low development

Question 6

Reasons for each of India’s cores and peripheries

Answer 6

North core- close to trading partners, investment as near capital
South core- ports for trading, beaches for tourism
North periphery- trade blocked by Himalayas, fertile soil encourages agriculture
East periphery- hit by tropical cyclones, hinder development

Question 7

Changes to employment sectors since India began to develop and why?

Answer 7

Primary- decrease, more job opportunities
Secondary- increase, more FDI
Quaternary- increase, better education

Question 8

Outsourcing
Def?
Benefit to TNCs?

Answer 8

Obtaining goods or services from another country (outside supplier)
-Low cost labour for manufacturing and ICT

Question 9

India’s change in trade

Answer 9

Exports and imports have increased since 1990s, became more integrated in global economy

Question 10

India’s changes to aid

Answer 10

Used to receive foreign aid, now gives aid to countries such as Nepal

Question 11

India’s change in FDI

Answer 11

Increase in FDI, by countries such as Singapore, increases economic development

Question 12

Public investment and its importance?
Privatisation and its impact?

Answer 12

Investment in public services eg. healthcare, education, helps social development
When public sectors are sold, attracts FDI

Question 13

Positive impacts of rapid development in India and evidence

Answer 13

-Improved agriculture, rice yield increased by 20% in last 10 years
-Increased potential to invest in green technology, Gujurat Solar Park
-Higher standard of living, Life expectancy increased by 4 years in last 10 years

Question 14

Negative impacts of rapid development in India and evidence

Answer 14

-Increased air pollution, is 3rd largest CO2 emitter in world
-Wider gap between rich and poor, Goa and Bihar have a $6500 difference in GDP
-Wider gap in education, Goa’s literacy rate is 80%, Bihar’s is 61%

Question 15

3 ways to manage the impacts of rapid development in India

Answer 15

Smart Cities Mission
National Rural Health Mission
Gujurat Solar Park

Question 16

Smart Cities Mission
What is it?
Evidence?
Ad?
Dis?

Answer 16

Scheme to improve quality of life, e.g affordable housing and water supply
Covered 100 cities
Covered a range of needs
Only targeted urban areas

Question 17

National Rural Health Mission
What is it?
Evidence?
Ad?
Dis?

Answer 17

Improves accessibility of water and education
Started 2005, in north eastern states
Helped poorest states in periphery
Lacks funding as is bottom-up

Question 18

Gujurat Solar Park
What is it?
Evidence?
Ad?
Dis?

Answer 18

Generates renewable energy, helps reduce CO2 emissions
21 companies are involved
Less pollution, better health
Takes up space for housing

Question 19

Why is urbanisation occuring in India?

Answer 19

Most better paid jobs are in urban areas due to economic development

Question 20

2 geopolitical relations in India and their effect on development

Answer 20

Conflict between India and Pakistan over the Jammu and Kashmir region, increases money spent on defence, less for development.
India is a former colony of the UK, most of its population speak english, helped with integration into global economy

Question 21

Technology helping development in India
Fact?

Answer 21

Advances in communications technology supports development
India has second largest wireless connection in the world

Question 22

Geopolitics def?

Answer 22

International relations that are influenced by geographical factors