Given below are two statements:
Statement I: A village family has enough food, clothes and shelter but no access to a bank, a hospital or the police; it can still face social exclusion.
Statement II: Living a full and active life needs access to essential goods and services, not only to food, clothing and housing.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
Statement I: A village family has enough food, clothes and shelter but no access to a bank, a hospital or the police; it can still face social exclusion. — Correct. Social exclusion means being cut off from full involvement in wider society. A family with food, clothes and shelter that cannot reach a bank, a hospital or the police still lacks essential services, so it can face exclusion.
Statement II: Living a full and active life needs access to essential goods and services, not only to food, clothing and housing. — Correct. A full and active life needs more than food, clothing and housing. It also needs access to essential goods and services such as education, health, banking and the police.
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