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Assertion: Some poorer nations have been ranked higher than their richer neighbour in terms of human development in the HDI 2020. Reasoning: Size of the territory and per capita income are directly related to human development. |
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 |
(A) is true and (R) is false |
The correct answer is option 3: (A) is true and (R) is false Assertion: Some poorer nations have been ranked higher than their richer neighbour in terms of human development in the HDI 2020.This is correct. Reasoning: Size of the territory and per capita income are directly related to human development. This is false. Size of the territory and per capita income are NOT directly related to human development. For example, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago have a higher rank than India in the human development index despite having smaller economies. Similarly, within India, Kerala performs much better than Punjab and Gujarat in human development despite having lower per capita income. NCERT: In International comparisons of human development size of the territory and per capita income are not directly related to human development. Often smaller countries have done better than larger ones in human development. Similarly, relatively poorer nations have been ranked higher than richer neighbours in terms of human development. For example, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago have a higher rank than India in the human development index despite having smaller economies. Similarly, within India, Kerala performs much better than Punjab and Gujarat in human development despite having lower per capita income. |
