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

Population covered by drinking water and sanitation facilities

Percentage coverage

	Drinking water			Sanitation facilities
	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
Philipines	92	80	86	88	66	77
Indonesia	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.

India and China
Nepal and Pakistan
Philippines and Bangladesh
Sri Lanka and Indonesia

Question Statement :

Using only the data presented under ‘sanitation facilities’ columns, it can be concluded that rural population in India, as a percentage of its total population is approximately.

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Question Statement :

India is not on the coverage frontier because:

A. it is lower than Bangladesh in terms of coverage of drinking water facilities.

B. it is lower than Sri Lanka in terms of coverage of sanitation facilities.

C. it is lower than Pakistan in terms of coverage of sanitation facilities.

D. it is dominated by Indonesia.

A and C
D
A and B
None of these

Type : MCQ

Intructions :

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

Pakistan
Philippines
India
None of these

Question Statement :

Which countries are the countries on the coverage frontier.

Question Statement :

Using only the data presented under ‘sanitation facilities’ columns, it can be concluded that rural population in India, as a percentage of its total population is approximately.

Type in your answer as an integer. For example, if your answer is Rs.25, type in 25

Question Statement :

Question Statement :

The country with the least disparity in coverage of urban sector is

Question Statement :

Which countries are the countries on the coverage frontier.

Question Statement :

Using only the data presented under ‘sanitation facilities’ columns, it can be concluded that rural population in India, as a percentage of its total population is approximately. Type in your answer as an integer. For example, if your answer is Rs.25, type in 25

Question Statement :

Question Statement :

The country with the least disparity in coverage of urban sector is

Using only the data presented under ‘sanitation facilities’ columns, it can be concluded that rural population in India, as a percentage of its total population is approximately.

Type in your answer as an integer. For example, if your answer is Rs.25, type in 25