Question

Match the situations given in Column I with their respective implications given in Column II:

	Column I		Column I
A	Women education helps to	i	Factors contribute to human capital formation
B	Expenditure on health and migration	ii	Adversely affected the quality of human capital
C	Health expenditure	iii	Improve the social status of women
D	High growth of population	iv	Increases the supply of healthy labour force

[0.80 marks]

• A. A-iii, B-i, C-iv, D-ii
• B. A-i, B-ii, C-iv, D-iii
• C. A-iv, B-ii, C-i, D-ii
• D. A-iv, B-ii, C-i, D-iii

Answer 1

The correct option is A A-iii, B-i, C-iv, D-ii

(i) Women education helps to improve economic independence and the social status of women.
(ii) Migration expenditure is a source of human capital formation because increased earnings in the migrated location exceed the increase in costs due to migration.
(iii) Health expenditure is a source of human capital formation as it directly increases the supply of a healthy labour force.
(iv) The continuous rise in population has adversely affected the quality of human capital. It reduces per head availability of the facilities.