Q.State importance of Human Development Index. (Any four points)

The PQLI was developed by Morris (Morris David Morris) — option (c).

The Physical Quality of Life Index (PQLI) is a composite welfare measure built from three indicators: infant mortality rate, life expectancy at age one, and basic literacy rate. Each is scaled and the three are averaged to give an index of the quality of life, independent of per-capita income. It was devised by Morris David Morris (1979) and was an important precursor to the later Human Development Index (HDI) of the UNDP.

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As per the 2014 Human Development Report, Norway ranked first in the HDI — option (b).

The Human Development Index (HDI), developed by the UNDP, is a composite measure of three dimensions: a long and healthy life (life expectancy at birth), knowledge (education/mean and expected years of schooling) and a decent standard of living (per-capita income, GNI). Its value ranges from 0 to 1.

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The responsibility to provide free and compulsory primary education rests with the State Government — option (d).

Education is a basic component of human development. The Directive Principles of State Policy in the Indian Constitution direct the State to provide free and compulsory education to children, and the Right to Education has since been made a fundamental right. The actual duty of running and f …

HDI value ranges from 0 to 1 — nearer to 1 means higher human development.

The Human Development Index (HDI), developed by the UNDP, combines three dimensions — a long and healthy life (life expectancy), knowledge (education) and a decent standard of living (per capita income). It is worked out as an index whose value always falls **between 0 an …

The correct option is (b) 1998: Amartya Sen's Nobel year.

Amartya Kumar Sen was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998 for his contributions to welfare economics, social choice theory and the study of poverty and famine — work closely linked to the human development approach and the Human Development Index.

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The correct option is (C) 1, the maximum value of the HDI scale.

The Human Development Index, prepared by the UNDP, combines three dimensions — a long and healthy life (life expectancy), knowledge (education) and a decent standard of living (per-capita income). Each dimension is converted to an index and the composite HDI is expressed as a number between 0 and 1. A value close to 0 means very low human development an …