XAT 2014 — QA & DI Question 24
Answer the questions based on the trends lines from the following graphs.
Note: Left side of X axis represents countries that are “poor” and right side of X axis represents countries that are “rich”, for each region. GDP is based on purchasing power parity (PPP).
These are World Bank (WB) estimates.
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Which region has the highest disparity, of democratic participation, between rich and poor?
Answer & solution
- A
North America
C and E Europe
- C
Africa
- D
South America
- E
Western Europe
The greatest disparity of democratic participation between rich and poor is obtained from the graph with the steepest slope and having some point as close as possible to full democracy and another point as close as possible to full authoritarianism. This condition is satisfied for C and E Europe where the slope of the line is the steepest and the difference between the maximum and minimum points is around 18.
Hence, option (b).