Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Economics

Chapter

Indian Economic Development: Poverty

Question:

"Poverty is hunger. Poverty is being sick and not being able to see a doctor. Poverty is not being able to go to school and not knowing how to read. Poverty is not having a job. Poverty is fear for the future, having food once in a day. Poverty is losing a child to illness, brought about by unclear water. Poverty is powerlessness, lack of representation and freedom."

These were the conditions of the poor in a nutshell which were given by ________________.

Options:

Amartya Sen

Shaheen Rafi Khan and Damian Killen

Mahatma Gandhi

Dada Bhai Naroji

Correct Answer:

Shaheen Rafi Khan and Damian Killen

Explanation:

The correct answer is option 2: Shaheen Rafi Khan and Damian Killen

Two scholars, Shaheen Rafi Khan and Damian Killen, put the conditions of the poor in a nutshell: Poverty is hunger. Poverty is being sick and not being able to see a doctor. Poverty is not being able to go to school and not knowing how to read. Poverty is not having a job. Poverty is fear for the future, having food once in a day. Poverty is losing a child to illness, brought about by unclear water. Poverty is powerlessness, lack of representation and freedom.