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HCS (Haryana)Prelims2026General Studies
Question
Consider the following information: Index | Economist 1. Human Development Index | Mahbub Ul Haq 2. Physical Quality of life Index | Morris David Morris 3. Multi Dimensional Poverty Index | Suresh Tendulkar In how many of the above rows is the given information correctly matched?
Options
- A Only one
- B Only two
- C All three
- D None
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Correct Answer
B Only two
Model Answer
Human Development Index
- The HDI was developed by the Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq along with the Indian economist Amartya Sen and has been published by the UNDP in the Human Development Report since 1990. It is a composite index of health, education and standard of living. Hence, row 1 is correctly matched.
Physical Quality of Life Index
- The PQLI was developed by Morris David Morris in 1979 and is based on three indicators, namely infant mortality, life expectancy at age one and basic literacy. Hence, row 2 is correctly matched.
Multidimensional Poverty Index
- The global MPI was developed by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative and the UNDP, based on the Alkire-Foster method, and measures deprivation in health, education and standard of living. In India, NITI Aayog releases the National MPI.
- Suresh Tendulkar chaired the expert group which gave the Tendulkar poverty line based on monthly per capita consumption expenditure, and he did not develop the MPI. Hence, row 3 is not correctly matched.
- Therefore, only two rows are correctly matched.