Assertion(A): For comparing countries, their income is considered to be one of the most important attributes.

Reason (R): India is much ahead of Sri Lanka in every respect.

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Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(A) is true but (R) is false

(A) is false but (R) is true

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

Assertion is true, but the reason is false. Income is considered one of the most important attributes of comparing different countries. Per-capita income is also called Average Income. It is the total income of a country divided by its total population. Other than income, various factors are crucial for comparing countries, such as literacy rate, Human Development Index, etc.
Sri Lanka has better performance in terms of human development than India. Sri Lanka has a better per capita income of 4300 US$, far more significant than India. The life expectancy at birth rate is 77 years in Sri Lanka. Thus, Sri Lanka came out to be better than India.

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