State PCS PYQPrelims 2020

UPPCS · Question 5

Which of the following indicators is NOT used to calculate Human Development Index (HDI) ?

  1. Life Expectancy
  2. Education
  3. Per Capita Income
  4. Social Inequality
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Answer: (D) Social Inequality

Explanation

HDI combines life expectancy (health), education (mean and expected years of schooling) and GNI per capita (income). Social inequality is not a component (it is captured separately in IHDI/GII).