Which of the Following Statements Best Describes the 21^st Century

question 66

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements best describes the 21^st century economic realities of India?

• A)an emerging middle class numbering some 270 million people but with large numbers of people still well below the poverty line
• B)a large, prosperous middle class with far smaller numbers of people who are either extremely poor or extremely wealthy
• C)poverty exists but only in rural areas
• D)vast poverty with little to no emerging middle class
• E)the gap between the extremely wealthy and extremely poor has closed in recent decades in India

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