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9. Read the following data and find out which country has the highest life expectancy at birth:
Gross National Life Mean years of HDI Rank
Income (GNI) Expectancy Schooling of People
Country in the world
per Capita(2011 at Birth aged 25 and above (2018)
Goyal Brothers Prakashan
PPP $) (2017) (2017)
Sri Lanka 11,326 75.5 10.9 76
India 6,353 68.8 6.4 130
Myanmar 5,567 66.7 4.9 148
Pakistan 5,331 66.6 5.2 150
Nepal 2,471 70.6 4.9 149
Bangladesh 3,667 72.8 5.8 136
Source: Human Development Report, 2018, Untied Nations Development Programme, New York.
(a) India (b) Nepal (c) Pakistan (d) Sri Lanka
Ans. (d) Sri Lanka

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ii. assertion-reasoning based Questions
Read the following statements: Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Choose one of the correct
alternative.
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of
Assertion (A).
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation
of Assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true

1. Assertion (A) : Kerala has a low Infant Mortality Rate.
Reasons (R) : Kerala lacks the provision of basic health and educational facilities.
Ans. (c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.

2. Assertion (A): Developmental goals are not only about better income but also about other
important things in life.
Reasons (R): A safe and secure environment may allow more women to take up a variety
of jobs or run a business.
Ans. (b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation
of Assertion (A).

iii. case study based Questions
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follows:
1. For comparing countries, their income is considered to be one of the most important
attributes. Countries with higher income are more developed than others with less income.
This is based on the understanding that more income means more of all things that human
beings need. Whatever people like and should have, they will be able to get with greater

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