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Resources, Values And Development by Amartya Sen
  • 1. Which concept is central to Sen's approach to development?
A) Capabilities
B) Inflation
C) Capital
D) Profit
  • 2. What does Sen argue is more important than income in assessing human well-being?
A) Employment rates
B) Functionings and capabilities
C) Wealth distribution
D) GDP per capita
  • 3. In Sen's framework, what does 'agency' refer to?
A) Market participation
B) Economic self-interest
C) The ability to act on one's own behalf
D) Passive acceptance
  • 4. What is one of Sen's major contributions to understanding hunger?
A) Famine as a natural disaster
B) Famine as a result of population growth
C) Famine as a result of climate change
D) Famine as a failure of entitlements
  • 5. What critiques does Sen make of traditional welfare economics?
A) Inflation control
B) Focus on macroeconomic indicators
C) Complex tax systems
D) Neglect of individual capabilities
  • 6. What is the 'capability approach' concerned with?
A) Redistributing wealth
B) Increasing production capacities
C) Maximizing economic output
D) Enhancing individual freedoms and opportunities
  • 7. Which book by Sen discusses the idea of capabilities extensively?
A) Development as Freedom
B) Principles of Economics
C) The Wealth of Nations
D) Capital in the Twenty-First Century
  • 8. What does Sen identify as crucial for expanding people's capabilities?
A) Trade agreements
B) Education
C) Foreign investments
D) Tax cuts
  • 9. Sen emphasizes the importance of which type of justice?
A) Social justice
B) Legal justice
C) Retributive justice
D) Economic justice
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