Question

Read the following statements and choose the correct option.

Statement 1: In the 1960s and 1970s, every year healthy infants were born in India, and faced no fatal health problems in the first year of birth.

Statement 2: The World Health Assembly passed a resolution for eradication of Polio in the year 1977.

• A. Only statement 1 is true.
• B. Both statements 1 and 2 are false.
• C. Only statement 2 is true.
• D. Both statements 1 and 2 are true.

Answer 1

The correct option is B Both statements 1 and 2 are false.

In the 1960s and 1970s, every year, 6 out of 10 infants faced some fatal health problems in the first year of birth.

The World Health Assembly passed a resolution for the eradication of Polio through global cooperation in 1988. The Pulse Polio Immunization programme was later launched in India in 1995,with the objective of achieving 100% coverage of Oral Polio Vaccine and eradicating the threat of Polio from India.