Question 32

Five states assigned to five different development programme implemented by the central government in each of the state.

The National Council of Welfare Programmes undertook an effort to study the relative importance the beneficiaries of these programmes. The programmes were

  1. Rozgar Yojna (RY),
  2. Awas Yojna (AY),
  3. Mid-Day Meal Programme (MDM),
  4. Health Mission Programme (HMP),
  5. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREG).
The level of dissimilarity between two states is the maximum difference in the rank allotted by the two states to any five programmes. The following table indicates the rank order of the five programmes in each state.

Rank UP MP Sikkim Kerala Tamil Nadu (TN)
1. RY MDM AY MNREG MNREG
2. HMP RY MDM AY RY
3. MDM HMP RY HMP MDM
4. MNREG AY MNREG RY HMP
5. AY MNREG HMP MDM AY
Question
1 Which of the following states is least dissimilar UP?
A. MP
B. Sikkim
C. Kerala
D. TamilNadu
2 Which of the following states is most dissimilar to UP?
A. MP
B. Sikkim
C. Kerala
D. TamilNadu
3 Three of the following four pairs of states have identical levels of dissimilarity. Which is the odd one out?
A. Kerala & MP
B. MP and TN
C. Sikkim & Kerala
D. TN & Sikkim
Answer
Question No. Answer
1 A
2 B
3 C

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