NCERT Important Questions for Class 10 Social Science Economics Chapter 1
Social Science Class 10 Economics
Development 1
Important Questions
3/4 Long Questions
Briefly define the following terms: (A) Infant Mortality Rate (B) Net Attendances Ratio (C) Literacy Rate
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(A) Infant mortality rate is number of deaths under one year of age occurring among the live births in given geographical area during a given year.
(B) Net Attendance ratio is defined as the ratio of the number of people
in the official age-group attending any educational institution in a particular
class-group to the total number of people in the age group.
(C) Literacy rate is the total percentage of the population of an area at a particular time aged seven years or above who can read and write with understanding.
Net attendance ratio– the total number of children of age group 6-10 enrolled in or attending primary school