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
Rozgar Yojna (RY),
Awas Yojna (AY),
Mid-Day Meal Programme (MDM),
Health Mission Programme (HMP),
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?