Match the LIST-I with LIST-II
| LIST-I (Human Development Index Level, 2022) | LIST-II (Country) | ||
| A. | Very High Human Development | I. | Sri Lanka |
| B. | High Human Development | II. | India |
| C. | Medium Human Development | III. | Pakistan |
| D. | Low Human Development | IV. | Malaysia |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III
Countries are put into four groups by their human development index score: very high (above 0.800), high (0.700 to 0.799), medium (0.550 to 0.699) and low (below 0.550). The table of HDI values for 2022 gives each country’s score.
(A) Very High Human Development — this matches (IV) Malaysia. Its score is 0.807 (rank 63), just above 0.800.
(B) High Human Development — this matches (I) Sri Lanka. Its score is 0.780 (rank 78); Sri Lanka, a smaller economy, ranks higher than India.
(C) Medium Human Development — this matches (II) India. Its score is 0.644 (rank 134), which places it in the medium category.
(D) Low Human Development — this matches (III) Pakistan. Its score is 0.540 (rank 164), below 0.550.
Note: The four scores are from Appendix I (Human Development Index, 2022) at the back of the NCERT book Fundamentals of Human Geography. Do not stop at the last chapter: NTA picks questions from the appendix and index pages at the back of the book as well.
NCERT (2025-26): “INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS … International comparisons of human development are interesting. 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. Countries can be classified into four groups on the basis of the human development scores earned by them (Table 3.2).…”
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