Given below are two statements:
Statement I: The data on the international poverty line for Pakistan is quite healthy.
Statement II: Scholars using the official data of Pakistan indicate falling poverty there.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
Statement I: The data on the international poverty line for Pakistan is quite healthy. — True. By the international poverty line, Pakistan’s poverty data look healthy.
Statement II: Scholars using the official data of Pakistan indicate falling poverty there. — False. Pakistan’s official data show rising poverty. The share of poor fell from over 40 per cent in the 1960s to 25 per cent in the 1980s, then started rising again.
NCERT (2026-27): “8.6 Development Strategies — an Appraisal … Though the data on international poverty line for Pakistan is quite healthy, scholars using the official data of Pakistan indicate rising poverty there. The proportion of poor in 1960s was more than 40 per cent which declined to 25 per cent in 1980s and started rising again in the recent decades. …” |