MPSC Rajyaseva 2020 GS Paper 1 — Question 37
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'अदृश्य' मुली व महिला' ही संकल्पनात्मक स्थिती पुढीलपैकी कोणत्या बाबींमुळे होते ? / The "missing" girls and women' phenomenon occurs due to which of the following factors?
(a)मुलगाच हवा असण्याची प्राधान्यता/ह्यास / preference for male child
(b)अपुरी सांख्यिकी माहिती / inadequate data
(c)महिलांचा होणारा बाजार / women trafficking
(d)उच्च माता मृत्यु दर / high maternal mortality ratio
The 'missing' girls and women phenomenon primarily refers to skewed sex ratios resulting from son preference leading to female foeticide/infanticide (a) and high maternal mortality ratios (d) reducing female survival rates.
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