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SSC Selection Post 2024 PYQ — Question 34

SSC Selection Post - Higher Secondary Level - 20 Jun 2024 - Shift 2 • General Awareness • Q34

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________ is a state of deprivation that reflects the inability of an individual to satisfy
basic needs for a sustained, healthy and reasonably productive living.
 

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is Option 3 i.e. Poverty.

  • Poverty is a condition where people lack sufficient income and resources to meet basic needs.

  • As per NITI Aayog’s 2023 report, 25% of India’s population was multidimensionally poor in 2015–16, which declined to 14.96% in 2019–21.

  • Tendulkar Committee (2009) defined poverty using minimum consumption expenditure: ₹33/day (urban) & ₹27/day (rural).

  • SDG Goal 1 targets ending extreme poverty by 2030.