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Which of the following was identified as the poorest state in India in 2015-16?

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Kerala
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Tamil Nadu
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Bihar
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Madhya Pradesh
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The correct option is C Bihar
Bihar was identified as the poorest state in India in 2015-16. More than half of the state’s population lived in poverty. The top four most impoverished states in India were Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh. The four states altogether contained 196 million poor people according to the Multidimensional Poverty Index.

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