CLASS 11 · NCERT GEOGRAPHY · CH 10: DEVELOPMENT (NCERT CLASS 11 — POLITICAL THEORY)
Development 📈
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Key locations covered (8)
- Concept of Development — India
- Critique of GDP-only Approach — India
- Sen's Capability Approach — India
- Sustainable Development — India
- Indian Planning + Development — India
- Costs of Development — India
- Alternative Models — India
- Right to Development — India
Sample questions (12 of 27)
Define development narrowly.
Economic growth — increase in GDP.
Define development broadly.
Improvement in human well-being — health, education, freedom.
Which chapter discusses 'Concept of Development'?
NCERT Class 11 — Development.
Why is GDP insufficient?
Ignores inequality, environment, non-market activities.
Who proposed HDI?
Mahbub ul Haq + Amartya Sen, UNDP 1990.
Components of HDI?
Life expectancy, education, per capita income.
Which chapter discusses 'Critique of GDP-only Approach'?
NCERT Class 11 — Development.
Whose theory?
Amartya Sen.
What is capability approach?
Development = expansion of substantive freedoms + capabilities.
Sen's famous book?
'Development as Freedom' (1999).
Which chapter discusses 'Sen's Capability Approach'?
NCERT Class 11 — Development.
Definition (Brundtland 1987)?
Meeting present needs without compromising future generations.
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About this topic
This topic is part of the NCERT Class 11 Geography syllabus, drawn from the chapter Ch 10: Development (NCERT Class 11 — Political Theory). Content is cross-referenced against the latest NCERT textbook editions + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar, Satish Chandra for history; G.C. Leong, Savindra Singh for geography; the UPSC Civil Services prelims + mains syllabus).
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