alleryScholars link Kerala's improved status of women mainly to which factor?
ALiteracy
BMining
CTourism
DShipping
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Literacy
1. Only Kerala and Mizoram approached universal female literacy by the 1997 survey.
2. According to a majority of scholars, literacy is the major factor behind Kerala's improved status of women.
3. The other sectors are not credited.
_Source: Wikipedia, Gender inequality in India, Literacy_
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