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Q1.

Consider the following committees related to poverty estimation in India: 1. Alagh Committee 2. Lakdawala Committee 3. Tendulkar Committee 4. Rangarajan Committee. Which of the following correctly describes their evolution regarding the basis of calorie consumption?

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(A)
All of them relied exclusively on calorie consumption norms without factoring in health and education expenditure.
(B)
Alagh and Lakdawala committees based poverty lines strictly on calorie intake, whereas Tendulkar and Rangarajan committees shifted to a wider consumption basket including health and education.
(C)
Only the Rangarajan committee completely discarded calorie norms in favor of purely income-based poverty lines.
(D)
The Tendulkar committee was the first to introduce state-specific poverty lines based solely on rural-urban calorie differentials.
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Q2.

In the context of multidimensional poverty estimation, the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) utilizes ten indicators grouped under three dimensions. Which of the following is NOT one of these dimensions?

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(A)
Health
(B)
Education
(C)
Standard of Living
(D)
Employment Opportunities
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