According to the National Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI) constructed by the NITI Aayog, a household is considered deprived if 1. a single member of the household is identified as under-nourished 2. the body mass index of a woman member, between 15 years and 49 years of age, is below 18.5 kg/m2 Select the correct answer using the code given below.

The correct answer is C, Both 1 and 2. Under the nutrition indicator, a household is deprived if any one eligible member is undernourished, and a woman of 15 to 49 with a BMI below 18.5 counts as undernourished.

NITI Aayog's national MPI measures poverty across three equally weighted dimensions, health, education and standard of living, through twelve indicators, using the Alkire-Foster method developed with OPHI and UNDP. For nutrition, a household is deprived if any child aged 0 to 59 months, woman aged 15 to 49 or man aged 15 to 54 for whom data exist is undernourished. For adults the test is a body mass index below 18.5 kg/m2.

A is wrong because statement 2 is also correct; it is exactly how an adult woman is judged undernourished. B is wrong because statement 1 is also correct, since one undernourished member is enough. D is wrong because both statements describe the index's own rule.

Exam tip: National MPI: 3 dimensions, 12 indicators; nutrition deprivation if any one member is undernourished; adult cut-off BMI 18.5.