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India: People and Economy

Class 12 · Geography

Ch 6 · Planning and Sustainable Development in Indian Context

Real UPSC Prelims questions from 2016–2026, linked to this book. Try each one first, then open the answer. 2026 answers follow UPSC's provisional answer key.

Prelims 2018 · Q48

Increase in absolute and per capita real GNP do not connote a higher level of economic development, if

(a)industrial output fails to keep pace with agricultural output.
(b)agricultural output fails to keep pace with industrial output.
(c)poverty and unemployment increase.
(d)imports grow faster than exports.

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UPSC's answer: (c)

NCERT answers it: Class 12 India: People and Economy, Ch 6 (Planning and Sustainable Development in Indian Context).

India: People and Economy (ch 6): even countries with high economic growth saw poverty rise quickly because growth was unequally shared. Growth without falling poverty is not development. So (c).

Hindi version: UPSC's official question paper (2018), question 48 ↗

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