AI-generated practice question — model-generated for extra practice, not a previous-year CBSE board question.
(B) The distribution of income among the citizens
Even with identical average per capita incomes, one country may have most wealth concentrated among a few, leaving the majority poor, while the other may have equitable distribution benefiting most citizens.
The textbook explicitly uses the example of Country A and Country B (Table 1.2) — both with the same average income — to show that distribution of income determines whether most citizens actually benefit. Average/per capita income hides disparities. Examiners expect you to recall this core concept: "average income is useful for comparison but does not tell us how income is distributed among people." Options A, C, and D are irrelevant to quality of life for most citizens.