Telegram group: T.me/BBCNOUN ====== POL431 ====== 1. Which of the following statements is incorrect about globalization Globalisation channels the energies of people and the resources of nations into activities where they are likely to be most productive Globalisation has centralised and identified external access to and exploitation of Third World resources Globalisation has divided the world and its population into winners and losers --->> Globalisation is reaching and impacting all peoples in a positive way 2. Which of the following statements is incorrect about the concept of development It involves action which emphasises the conscious efforts of the state to induce development in the society It focuses on quantitative and qualitative changes in the structure, composition and performance of the forces of production It ultimately brings about qualitative improvement in the standard of living of the people --->> It is a state and not a process 3. The most dominant form of dependence which ensures direct exploitation of the underdeveloped countries is ___________ Fiscal dependence --->> Direct economic dependence Political dependence Socio-cultural dependence 4. Trade and _________ are responsible for the rapid spread and penetration of the wind of globalisation worldwide Investment Capital --->> Information technology Foreign aid 5. The growth theory of development measures development of a society in terms of ____________ --->> Gross Domestic Product Demographic factors Productive forces Technological advancement 6. The most important concept in the neo-Weberian paradigm is the idea of State _____________ --->> Autonomy Power Resources Survival 7. The principal distinctive feature of ___________ is the dominance of monopoly capital in the economy, politics and ideology Imperialism Colonialism --->> Monopoly capitalism Mercantilism 8. Within the modernisation theoretical prism, the Third World countries can never developed because their traditional values, norms, behaviours and ______ are antithetical to development Mode of production --->> Institutions Political structures External structures 9. Corruption has threatened sustainable development inThird World countries through the following execept Non-institutionalisation of democracy, rule of law, human rights and economic development Erosion of values of hard work and integrity Leakages of national assets to foreign countries through money laundering and conspicuous consumption --->> Low cost of doing business and high investment in productive sectors 10. One of the greatest lessons from the Arab spring is that democracy is not bestowed but earned by the_____________ Elites --->> Citizens State Government