Question

What is the effect of the expansion of health and educational facilities in India?

• A. Increase in infant mortality rate
• B. Decline in literacy rate
• C. Decline in poverty ratio
• D. Decrease in life expectancy rate

Answer 1

The correct option is A

Increase in infant mortality rate

Due to an expansion of health and educational facilities in India, the poverty ratio has come down from 51.3 percent in 1977-78 to 29.8 percent in 2009-10.