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State PCS PYQPrelims 2020

UPPCS · Question 7

The idea of 'Culture of Poverty' was given by

  1. Oscar Lewis
  2. Gunnar Myrdal
  3. Aashish Bose
  4. Amartya Sen
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Answer: (A) Oscar Lewis

Explanation

Anthropologist Oscar Lewis proposed the 'culture of poverty' (1959, 'Five Families'): poverty creates a self-perpetuating subculture.