Directions(): Read the following two passages and answer the items that follow the passages. Your answers to these items should be based on the passages only.
The poverty line is quite unsatisfactory when it comes to grasping the extent of poverty in India. It is not only because of its extremely narrow definition of 'who is poor' and the debatable methodology used to count the poor, but also because of a more fundamental assumption underlying it. It exclusively relies on the notion of poverty as insufficient income or insufficient purchasing power. One can better categorize it by calling it income poverty. If poverty is ultimately about deprivations affecting human well-being, then income poverty is only one aspect of it. Poverty of a life, in our view, lies not merely in the impoverished state in which the person actually lives, but also in the lack of real opportunity given by social constraints as well as personal circumstances–to choose other types of living. Even the relevance of low incomes, meagre possessions, and other aspects of what are standardly seen as economic poverty relate ultimately to their role in curtailing capabilities, i.e., their role in severely restricting the choices people have to lead variable and valued lives.
What does the author mean by 'poverty of a life'?
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All deprivations in a human life which stem not only from lack of income but lack of real opportunities
Correct AnswerImpoverished state of poor people in rural and urban areas
Incorrect AnswerMissed opportunities in diverse personal circumstances
Incorrect AnswerMaterial as well as non-material deprivations in a human life which restrict human choices permanently
Incorrect AnswerExplanation:
Option (a) is correct: This option is the best answer. Although the phrase, “all deprivations” might seem extreme, the author does make a case for deprivations stemming from lack of choices (real opportunities), rather than solely income.
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