Global Development (Paper 2)

Question 1

What was the life expectancy in Japan in 2020?

Answer 1

84

Question 2

Which country occupied Ethiopia between 1936 and 1942?

Answer 2

Italy

Question 3

According to Department for International Development how much more effective is agriculture in reducing poverty than other forms of growth?

Answer 3

4 times

Question 4

Globally, how many people died due to water related diseases in 2017?

Answer 4

840,000

Question 5

How many airports does Mumbai aim to have by 2040?

Answer 5

3

Question 6

What is the average income in the North East compared to South East of India?

Answer 6

£17,000 compared to £21,000

Question 7

What was the average house price in the North East compared to the South East in India in 2016?

Answer 7

£140,000 compared to £280,000

Question 8

What % of the world currently live in squatter settlements/slums?

Answer 8

30%

Question 9

How many children die before their 5th birthday each year globally?

Answer 9

6 million

Question 10

How many children in 2010 were not in primary education globally?

Answer 10

70 million

Question 11

Globally, what proportion of people do not have enough to eat?

Answer 11

1 in 9 people

Question 12

How many villages were drowned in the construction of the Sardar Sarovar Dam?

Answer 12

234 forcing out 320,000 people

Question 13

How many dams were built in India as part of the 2008 programme?

Answer 13

4,500

Question 14

How many countries were given assistance under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries Initiative?

Answer 14

36 countries

Question 15

What % of world trade is deemed ‘fair’?

Answer 15

Less than 1%

Question 16

What was the population of India in 2020?

Answer 16

1.3 billion

Question 17

What % of Inida’s population are Hindu?

Answer 17

80%

Question 18

What’s happened to the contribution agriculture plays in India’s GDP?

Answer 18

It’s decreased from 58% to 26%

Question 19

What % of families lived below the poverty line in biHAR IN 2012?

Answer 19

34%

Question 20

How much foreign direct investment occurred in India in 2014?

Answer 20

$34,400 million

Question 21

How much international aid did India give between 2015 and 2016?

Answer 21

$1.3 billion , double what it receives

Question 22

What has happened to the number of people employed in secondary industry in India?

Answer 22

Up from 15% to 22%

Question 23

How many manufacturing locations did Coca Cola have in India in 2020?

Answer 23

57

Question 24

How has tertiary industry changed in India since their independence?

Answer 24

27% to 52%

Question 25

In 2020, how many people did Coca Cola employ in India?

Answer 25

25,000 people

Question 26

What evidence is there to showcase how Coca Cola has developed infrastructure in India?

Answer 26

500 rainwater harvesting structure have been built by Coca Cola

Question 27

How many new jobs in ICT have been created in India between independence in 1949 and 2016?

Answer 27

Over 1 million

Question 28

What was the impact on agriculture of Coca Cola using water in rural India in 2016?

Answer 28

Harvest dropped by 40% due to poor irrigation as a result of 510,000 litres of water being extracted daily

Question 29

How did life expectancy in India change between 1980 to 2015?

Answer 29

Increased from 54 years to 68 years

Question 30

By what % has the Indian population increased by 1990?

Answer 30

68%

Question 31

How many broadband connections were there in India in 2013?

Answer 31

61 million (most in just 5 states)

Question 32

How does the literacy rate among the male population compare to the female in India in 2011?

Answer 32

82% in men compared to 65% in women

Question 33

In 2019, what % of India’s population lived in cities?

Answer 33

32%

Question 34

What was the average literacy rate in India in 2011?

Answer 34

74%

Question 35

In what year did the first Starbucks open in India?

Answer 35

2012

Question 36

How many tourists visited India in 2016?

Answer 36

8.9 million (up 11% from 2015)

Question 37

How much of India’s energy could come from renewables by 2040?

Answer 37

49%

Question 38

How much did the Sardar Sarovar Dam cost?

Answer 38

$8 billion

Question 39

How much land is deforested/desertified each year in India?

Answer 39

13.7 million ha

Question 40

By how many years is life expectancy reduced by due to air pollution?

Answer 40

3.2 years fro the 660 million living there

Question 41

What does is GDP?

Answer 41

Gross Domestic Product - The total value of goods and services produced by a country in a year

Question 42

What is the Human Development Index?

Answer 42

A combination of GNI per capita, Life expectancy and mean number of years in schooling

Question 43

What is the primary industry?

Answer 43

Agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining etc

Question 44

What is the secondary industry?

Answer 44

Manufacturing

Question 45

What is the tertiary industry?

Answer 45

Often services, transport, financial and real estate, education etc

Question 46

What is the quaternary industry?

Answer 46

Science, development and research. Provides intellectual services.