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Prelims 2022 · CSAT / Reading Comprehension · Question 14

What does the author mean by 'poverty of a life'?

  1. All deprivations in a human life which stem not only from lack of income but lack of real opportunities
  2. Impoverished state of poor people in rural and urban areas
  3. Missed opportunities in diverse personal circumstances
  4. Material as well as non-material deprivations in a human life which restrict human choices permanently.

Answer

All deprivations in a human life which stem not only from lack of income but lack of real opportunities

  • (a) Correct. This reflects the capability approach: poverty is deprivation of a life one has reason to value, caused not just by low income but by lack of real opportunities and freedoms.
  • (b) Incorrect. It reduces poverty to the condition of poor people in rural/urban areas, not the broader idea of deprivation in human capabilities.
  • (c) Incorrect. “Missed opportunities” is too vague and partial; it does not capture structural deprivation of capabilities and freedoms.
  • (d) Incorrect. It is closer than others, but “restrict human choices permanently” is too absolute; poverty need not be permanent to qualify as deprivation of capabilities.

Answer: (a)

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