आय-निर्धनता ‘गरीब’ की गणना की एकमात्र माप क्यों है?
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Why is income poverty only one measure of counting the ‘poor’?
(a) It talks of only one kind of deprivation ignoring all others. · (b) Other deprivations in a human life have nothing to do with lack of purchasing power. · (c) Income poverty is not a permanent condition, it changes from time to time. · (d) Income poverty restricts human choices only at a point of time.
उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English
Answer: (a) यह अन्य सभी की उपेक्षा कर केवल एक प्रकार के वंचन की बात करती है।
If poverty is about all the deprivations that affect well-being, income poverty captures only one of them: “income poverty is only one aspect of it”. Other deprivations, such as the lack of real opportunity, are left out.
- ✓ (a) “If poverty is ultimately about deprivations affecting human well-being, then income poverty is only one aspect of it” — one kind of deprivation, ignoring others such as lack of real opportunity.
- ✗ (b) Too extreme. The passage links low incomes to “curtailing capabilities”; it never says other deprivations are unrelated to purchasing power.
- ✗ (c) Whether income poverty is temporary or permanent is not discussed.
- ✗ (d) “Only at a point of time” is not in the passage; the author’s point is about the narrow range of what is counted, not about timing.
Remember · Distrust absolute words like ‘nothing to do with’; passages rarely support such extremes.
Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper II (2022, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·