Assertion (A): Living standards in India barely improved in the first half of the twentieth century.
Reason (R): Per capita output grew by only about half a per cent a year in that period.

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Output per person is the best simple measure of living standards; at 0.5% a year it takes over a century to double.
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Assertion (A): Living standards in India barely improved in the first half of the twentieth century.Reason (R): Per capita output grew by only about half a per cent a year in that period.

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Assertion (A): Living standards in India barely improved in the first half of the twentieth century.
Reason (R): Per capita output grew by only about half a per cent a year in that period.