BPSC 47th Exam Prelims 2005 Solved Paper

Question : 115 of 150

Marks: +1, -0

Nearly

5 \%

of the total population of Bihar survives in absolute poverty because:
1. Bihar lacks in natural resources, both existing and potential,
2. Bihar has the fastest total fertility rate in India
3. Bihar has very unfavorable agro-climatic conditions.
4. Bihar lacks in quality infrastructure and business- friendly environment. Which of these reasons are correct?

1 and 2
2 and 3
2 and 4
1,3 and 4

Validate

Solution:

The reason for poverty in Bihar is pretty much the same that is for India. Lack of industries, a very large population of unskilled youth and lack of political will to improve the situation are the major factors contributing to the poverty in the state. Lack of industries in Bihar is something that contributes most to the poverty. During the bifurcation of Bihar all the industrial areas were given away to Jharkhand. Industrial development in Bihar will require a lot of capital which no one is willing to invest because the people have largely negative sentiments towards industries. Poor literacy and high percentage of uneducated youth is what prohibits the development of IT centres and Fin-Tech companies. Moreover, this also ensures that most people would take up jobs which demands unskilled labours. Morover, Bihar has a fertility rate of

3.4,

the highest in India, which means more children will grow in limited resources and problems of malnourishment, child labour, etc will exacerbate

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