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AI-generated practice question — model-generated for extra practice, not a previous-year CBSE board question.

Q1. [1] medium thorough-understanding
Which of the following best explains why two states with different per capita incomes can have vastly different infant mortality rates? ((A)) A state with higher per capita income always has better health infrastructure. ((B)) Infant mortality depends solely on the total population of a state. ((C)) Effective public spending on healthcare and sanitation matters more than average income alone. ((D)) Per capita income and infant mortality rate always move in the same direction.
  1. A Kerala's citizens individually earn enough to afford private hospitals for every birth.
  2. B Kerala has better collective provision of basic health and educational facilities through the state.
  3. C Kerala receives more foreign aid for its health sector than Haryana does.
  4. D Haryana has a larger population, so more infant deaths are recorded in absolute numbers.
Generated by claude-sonnet-4-6 · 2026-06-26 13:23 · grounding rag
Model Answer

Answer: (C)

Kerala has better collective provision of basic health and educational facilities through the state, which lowers infant mortality despite lower per capita income than Haryana.

Explanation

The textbook explicitly states: "Kerala has a low Infant Mortality Rate because it has adequate provision of basic health and educational facilities." It also explains that "money in your pocket cannot buy all the goods and services that you may need to live well" — effective public spending on healthcare matters more than average income. Option B directly reflects this. Options A, C (in the MCQ), and D are factually incorrect per the passage.

Source: Understanding Economic Development, Chapter 1 — "Public Facilities" section.

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