question_answer 5)

Can you say that the family shown in the Figure 4.2 is a poor family? Why?                          Fig. 4.2

Answer:

Yes, it is a poor family for the following reasons —   (i) They look very weak and thin due to malnutrition.   (ii) They are wearing the minimum clothes and also no footwear. Probably, they could not afford better clothes or any footwear due to poverty.   (iii) They are leaving their village to go to the town where some earning potential may be there. This also shows that they are not earning enough in the village.