2013 · Q5
5. Which one among the following may be considered a reason for India having 'high dependency' ratio?
General KnowledgeEconomics
- AHigh rate of population growth
- BLarge section of population is in the age group of 0-14 years
- CHigh percentage of population in the age group of 15-59 year
- DLow pace of human resource development
Explanation
A large 0-14 cohort raises the dependency ratio; the published page key (C) is corrected to B per verified CDS-II 2013 answer compilations.