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GATE 2025 AR — Planning – Question 11

Planning History, Theory and Techniques · Socio-economic analysis · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Which is NOT a key Human Development Index indicator in the framework referred to by the paper, which cites the 1990 UN development report?

  1. Life expectancy at birth
  2. Expected years of schooling
  3. Per-capita GNI
  4. Mortality rate

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Correct answer: (D) Mortality rate

Explanation

Mortality rate is not one of the three headline HDI dimension indicators, so D. HDI covers health, education and standard of living. Source-date caveat: the listed schooling and GNI measures describe the later HDI methodology; the original 1990 calculation used different education/income measures. This does not change the intended exclusion of mortality rate.

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