SociologyIndian Society: Patterns of Social Inequality and Exclusion

Disability creates and exacerbates poverty by increasing which of the…

Disability creates and exacerbates poverty by increasing which of the following?

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → Isolation and economic strain

Option (1) Migration and economic strain — Incorrect. Economic strain is right, but migration is not part of it. Disability deepens poverty through isolation and economic strain on the person and the family.

Option (2) Isolation and caste exclusion — Incorrect. Isolation is right, but caste exclusion is not. The link here is between disability and poverty, and caste does not enter it.

Option (3) Isolation and economic strain — Correct. Disability creates and exacerbates (makes worse) poverty by increasing isolation and economic strain. This hits the whole family, not just the individual.

Option (4) Migration and caste exclusion — Incorrect. Neither part fits. Migration and caste exclusion are not the ways disability deepens poverty.

NCERT (2026-27): “5.4 The Struggles of the Disabled …
The social construction of disability has yet another dimension. There is a close relationship between disability and poverty. Malnutrition, mothers weakened by frequent childbirth, inadequate immunisation programmes, accidents in overcrowded homes, all contribute to an incidence of disability among poor people that is higher than among people living in easier circumstances. Furthermore, disability creates and exacerbates poverty by increasing isolation and economic strain, not just for the individual but for the family; there is little doubt that disabled people are among the poorest in poor countries.”