Question

Classify the following statements into positive and normative statements. 

1. Statement I: India introduced a new economic policy in 1991. 

2. Statement II: Globalization badly aected India’s agricultural sector. 

3. Statement III: The number of people living below poverty line has to be reduced from the present level of 21%. 

4. Statement IV: Mean, median and mode are the measures of central tendency.

Answer 1

1. Statement I: positive statement 

2. Statement II: normative statement

3. Statement III: normative statement 

4. Statement IV: positive statement.