Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Economics

Chapter

Indian Economic Development: Indian Economy:1950-1990

Question:

What do you understand by growth of the country?

Options:

Increase in the production of goods and services within a country.

Increase in standard of living of people in the country.

Increase in the happiness index of the country.

All of the above

Correct Answer:

Increase in the production of goods and services within a country.

Explanation:

the correct answer is option 1: Increase in the production of goods and services within a country.

Growth: It refers to increase in the country’s capacity to produce the output of goods and services within the country. It implies either a larger stock of productive capital, or a larger size of supporting services like transport and banking, or an increase in the efficiency of productive capital and services. A good indicator of economic growth, in the language of economics, is steady increase in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The GDP is the market value of all the final goods and services produced in the country during a year.