CAT 1999 | Question: 154

Question

Answer the question based on the following information.

The table below presents data on percentage population covered by drinking water and sanitation facilities in selected Asian countries.

	Drinking water			Sanitation facility
	Urban	Rural	Total	Urban	Rural	Total
India	85	79	81	70	14	29
Bangladesh	99	96	97	79	44	48
China	97	56	67	74	7	24
Pakistan	82	69	74	77	22	47
Philippines	92	80	86	88	66	77
Indinesia	79	54	62	73	40	51
Sri Lanka	88	52	57	68	62	63
Nepal	88	60	63	58	12	1

 

Country A is said to dominate B or A > B if A has higher percentage in total coverage for both drinking water and sanitation facilities, and, B is said to be dominated by A, or B < A.

A country is said to be on the coverage frontier if no other country dominates it. Similarly, a country is not on the coverage frontier if it is dominated by at least one other country.

These relate to the above table with the additional provison that the gap between the population coverages of ‘sanitation facilities’ and ‘drinking water facilities’ is a measure of disparity in coverage.

The country with the most disparity in coverage of rural sector is

• A. India
• B. Bangladesh
• C. Nepal
• D. None of these

Answer 1

the gap between the population coverages of ‘sanitation facilities’ and ‘drinking water facilities’ is a measure of disparity in coverage.

Disparity Coverage in Rural Sector:

India: $79-14=65$

Bangladesh: $96-44=52$

China: $56-7=49$

Pakistan: $69-22=47$

Philippines: $80-66=14$

Indinesia: $54-40=14$

Srilanka: $62-52=10$

Nepal: $60-12=48$

Answer: Option A