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Which is a true statement about poverty in democracies?
ADemocracies have not been very successful in reducing economic inequalities
BDemocracies eliminate poverty automatically
COnly non-democracies have poverty
DPer capita income is irrelevant
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Democracies have not been very successful in reducing economic inequalities
1. Despite political equality, growing economic inequality persists.
2. Democracies have not been very successful in reducing inequality.
3. Some democracies like Bangladesh still have over half their population in poverty.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 Polity, Ch 5 "Outcomes of Democracy"_
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