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UPSC 2000: The best performance in terms of Human Development among the Asian countries is by
(a)China
(b)Malaysia
(c)Korea
(d)Philippines
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The UN Human Development Index then ranked South Korea highest among the listed Asian nations; it had very high life-expectancy, 98 % literacy and the lowest infant-mortality, so Korea (option c) showed the “best performance” on HDI. China, Malaysia and the Philippines all had lower composite HDI scores at that time. ([edurev.in](https://edurev.in/t/203163/International-Solved-Questions--1995-2020--1))
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 2000, GS Paper 1, as Question 79. It falls under Indian Economy > Human Development, Poverty & Employment Schemes.
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