What does ‘the poverty line/receded further’ signify?
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Put away the road maps now.
To go there,
you do not need
helicopters any more;
wherever there is hunger,
there Kalahandi is.
The god of rain
turned away his face.
There was not one green leaf
left on the trees for supper.
The whole village a graveyard.
Cracked ground,
drab river sand.
All the plans failed;
the poverty line
receded further.
What does ‘the poverty line/receded further’ signify?
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Correct answer: (B) That poverty is increasing
Explanation
The poverty line 'receding further' means more people are falling below it, i.e. poverty is increasing.