State PCS PYQPrelims 2022

UPPCS · Question 18

'Poverty is regarded as a social problem' was the outcome of a survey research on poverty in London. Who was the scholar of this research?

  1. Henry George
  2. Charles Booth
  3. Sir Henry Maine
  4. Kingsley Davis
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Answer: (B) Charles Booth

Explanation

Charles Booth's 'Life and Labour of the People in London' (1889-1903) established poverty as a social problem.