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GK QUESTION#1960

Consider the following statements and choose the correct answer using the code below:

Assertion (A): The World Happiness Report uses social support and freedom to make life choices as variables when explaining differences in life evaluations.

Reason (R): The World Happiness Report is published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

  1. ABoth A and R are true, and R correctly explains A.
  2. BBoth A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
  3. CA is true, but R is false.Correct answer
  4. DA is false, but R is true.
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Answer

C. A is true, but R is false.

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Explanation

The assertion is true and the reason is false. Those are explanatory variables, not components used to calculate the ranking. The report’s publisher is Oxford’s Wellbeing Research Centre with partners, including Gallup and SDSN.

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