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State PCS PYQPrelims 2022

BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · வினா 63

Which statement about poverty estimates based on the NSSO 68th round is NOT true?

  1. The urban poverty line was ₹33.33 per person per day
  2. 21.9% of India's population lived below the poverty line
  3. 33.35% of India's population lived below the poverty line
  4. The rural poverty line was ₹27.20 per person per day
  5. None of the above / More than one of the above
விடையைக் காட்டு & விளக்கம்

விடை: (C) 33.35% of India's population lived below the poverty line

விளக்கம்

Planning Commission (2013), using the 68th round: poverty 21.9%, lines ₹27.20 (rural) and ₹33.33 (urban) per day.

  • (A) தவறு

    Wrong: true (Tendulkar method, 2011-12).

  • (B) தவறு

    Wrong: true.

  • (C) சரி

    Correct: not true; the figure was 21.9%.

  • (D) தவறு

    Wrong: true.

  • (E) தவறு

    Wrong: only one of the options A–D is correct.