Match the form of health expenditure in List-I with its example in List-II:
| List-I | List-II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (A) | Preventive medicine | (I) | A street play that teaches villagers how diseases spread |
| (B) | Curative medicine | (II) | Polio drops given to all children under five |
| (C) | Social medicine | (III) | Building toilets and covered drains in a village |
| (D) | Provision of clean drinking water and good sanitation | (IV) | Treatment of a worker injured in an accident |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A) - (II), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (III)
Health spending takes four forms: preventive (stopping disease before it comes), curative (treating an illness), social (spreading health literacy) and clean water with good sanitation.
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Preventive medicine | (II) Polio drops given to all children under five | Polio drops are a vaccine; they stop the disease before it can start. |
| (B) Curative medicine | (IV) Treatment of a worker injured in an accident | This is medical help after the person is already hurt or ill. |
| (C) Social medicine | (I) A street play that teaches villagers how diseases spread | The play spreads health literacy among people. |
| (D) Provision of clean drinking water and good sanitation | (III) Building toilets and covered drains in a village | Toilets and covered drains give the village good sanitation. |
NCERT (2026-27): “4.3 Sources of Human Capital … A sick labourer without access to medical facilities is compelled to abstain from work and there is loss of productivity. Hence, expenditure on health is an important source of human capital formation. … The amount of money spent on preventive medicine (vaccination), curative medicine (medical intervention during illness), social medicine (spread of health literacy) and provision of clean drinking water and good sanitation are the various forms of health expenditures. Health expenditure directly increases the supply of healthy labour force and is, thus, a source of human capital formation.” |