Which of the following statements about gender equality in India is true?

a. Women have higher literacy rates than men.

b. Girls are more likely to attend school than boys.

c. Baby girls are more likely to die of malnutrition or neglect than baby boys.

d. Woman make up more than half of the Indian workforce.

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27 January, 12:49

Which of the following statements about gender equality in India is true?

a. Women have higher literacy rates than men.

b. Girls are more likely to attend school than boys.

c. Baby girls are more likely to die of malnutrition or neglect than baby boys.

d. Woman make up more than half of the Indian workforce.

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Jadon Simmons · Answer 1

c. Baby girls are more likely to die of malnutrition or neglect than baby boys.

A girl child in India is 75% more chance to die than a boy, the reason of that tragedy is both some rules of caste system and high cost of future dowry, after the demographic boom in india in second half of 20th c. the second reason become a big problem in many overpopulated pauperized ares of India