Question 1
Which one of the following is a role of the World Trade Organisation?
Answer: A.
The other options are incorrect as they describe the functions of different international organisations. Lending money to countries experiencing balance of payments problems (B) and monitoring the stability of the international monetary system (C) are the primary responsibilities of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Meanwhile, providing low-interest loans to low-income countries (D) for development projects is the main function of the World Bank. While these institutions often work together, they have distinct mandates, and only the WTO focuses specifically on regulating and arbitrating international trade rules.
What this practice covers
Real past-paper questions, the answer key from the mark scheme, and the explanation that goes with it. Each one is marked the moment you pick, the correct option is shown whether or not you found it, and the full explanation opens either way. No account needed to answer them.
These questions are drawn from past AQA A-Level papers. You answer, you find out immediately whether you were right, and you get the reasoning for the correct option and for each distractor. Wrong answers go to a mistakes locker so you can come back to exactly those.
Practice is free. You need an account only so your progress and your mistakes are still there next time.
What examiners see students get wrong here
These are the errors that cost marks on economic growth and development, taken from our own topic notes. Read them before you practise and you will recognise the traps in the questions.
- Treating growth and development as the same thing.
- Using GDP per capita as a development measure without listing its limitations.
- Naming only two HDI components, or citing GDP rather than GNI per capita at PPP.
- Listing barriers without a mechanism. Say why each holds development back.
- Presenting FDI or aid as unambiguously good, without repatriated profits or dependency.
- Ignoring population growth when comparing living standards.
- Treating all developing countries as alike.
Revise it first
If any of the above is unfamiliar, work through the notes before practising: Economic Growth and Development revision notes.