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UPSC 2000: Which one of the following statements is false?
(a)All countries other than India have over 80% literacy
(b)Malaysia and Korea have life expectancy higher than all other countries
(c)Higher the adult literacy lower is the infant mortality
(d)The life expectancy at birth in India is almost the same as that of Indonesia
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (c) Higher the adult literacy lower is the infant mortality
From the table: every country except India shows adult literacy above 80 % and Malaysia (71.4 yrs) plus Korea (71.7 yrs) have the highest life expectancy; India’s 62.4 yrs is close to Indonesia’s 64 yrs. The asserted simple inverse relationship between adult literacy and infant mortality does not strictly hold (Thailand’s literacy 94 % yet infant mortality 31 exceeds Malaysia’s 11 with 84 % literacy), so statement (c) is false and option (c) is the correct choice. ([aspireias.com](https://www.aspireias.com/upsc-general-study-10years-paper/indianeconomy?utm_source=openai))
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 2000, GS Paper 1, as Question 78. It falls under Indian Economy > Human Development, Poverty & Employment Schemes.
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