Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Economics

Chapter

Indian Economic Development: Poverty

Question:

__________ was the first to discuss the concept of poverty line, during the Independent India.

Options:

Jawaharlal Nehru

Shaheen Rafi Khan

Sukhamoy Chakravarty

Dadabhai Naoroji

Correct Answer:

Dadabhai Naoroji

Explanation:

In pre-independent India, Dadabhai Naoroji was the first to discuss the concept of a Poverty Line. He used the menu for a prisoner and used appropriate prevailing prices to arrive at what may be called ‘jail cost of living’.