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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

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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 least disparity in coverage of urban sector is

  1. India
  2. Pakistan
  3. Philippines
  4. None of these

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option C is correct.

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

least disparity= minimum gap

India $85-70=15$

Pakistan $82-77= 5$

Philippines $92-88=4$

none of the countries's disparity is les than philippines

 

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