Which of the following can be said to be a disputed fact in the context of the above paragraph ........

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Poverty is one of the main problems which have attracted the attention of sociologists and economists. It indicates a condition in which a person fails to maintain a living standard adequate for his physical and mental efficiency. It is a situation people want to escape. It gives rise to a feeling of a discrepancy between what one has and what one should have. The term poverty is a relative concept. It is very difficult to draw a demarcation line between affluence and poverty. According to Adam Smith - Man is rich or poor according to the degree in which he can afford to enjoy the necessaries, the conveniences and the amusements of human life. Poverty has many dimensions changing from place to place and across time. There are two inter-related aspects of poverty-Urban and rural poverty. The main causes of urban poverty are predominantly due to the impoverishment of rural peasantry that forces them to move out of villages to seek some subsistence living in the towns and cities. In this process, they even lose the open space or habitat they had in villages albeit without food and other basic amenities. When they come to the cities, they get access to some food through other sanitary facilities including clean water supply still elude them. And they have to stay in the habitats that place them under sub-human conditions.

Which of the following can be said to be a disputed fact in the context of the above paragraph?

While a select few have standards of living comparable to the richest in the world, the majority fails to get two meals a day.

The Indian state has undoubtedly failed in its responsibilities towards its citizens over the last 60 odd years.

The causes of rural poverty are manifold including inadequate and ineffective implementation of anti-poverty programmes.

The overdependence on monsoon with non-availability of irrigational facilities often result in crop-failure and low agricultural productivity forcing farmers in the debt-traps.

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Explanation:

The correct answer is (b). This is mentioned in the passage as inference and we can find out that this is the only one which is a disputed fact according to the above context.