Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Geography

Chapter

Fundamentals of Human Geography: Human Development

Question:

Assertion: A country has higher level of human development.

Reasoning: Its score in HDI is closer to one.

Options:

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(A) is true and (R) is false

(A) is false and (R) is true

Correct Answer:

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Explanation:

The human development index (HDI) ranks the countries based on their performance in the key areas of health, education and access to resources. These rankings are based on a score between 0 to 1. The closer a score is to one, the greater is the level of human development.