India's growth rate rose from about 3.5 per cent a year in the 1970s to about what in the 1980s and 1990s?
A4 per cent
B2 per cent
C6 per cent
D9 per cent
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. 6 per cent
1. Growth is strongly linked to poverty reduction.
2. Growth reached about 6 per cent.
3. Poverty stayed at 45 per cent until the early 1980s.
_Source: syllabus Economics, Chapter 3, Poverty as a Challenge._
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