**Question:** With reference to the World Development Report 1993, improved health contributes to economic growth in four ways, consider the following statements: (1) It reduces production losses caused by worker illness. (2) It decreases the enrolment of children in schools and makes them worse in learning. (3) It permits the use of natural resources that had been totally or nearly inaccessible because of disease. (4) It decreases for alternative uses of resources that would otherwise have to be spent on treating illness.
**Options:**
(A) (1) and (4) only
(B) (1) and (3) only
(C) (1) and (2) only
(D) (2) and (4) only
**Correct Answer:** B
**Explanation:** World Development Report 1993 on health: Statement 1 is correct – reduces production losses. Statement 3 is correct – permits use of inaccessible resources. Statement 2 is negative impact, Statement 4 is incorrectly worded.
*Published: September 04, 2025 at 10:21 AM*
*Tags: HPAS 2023, Prelims, General Studies, Himachal Pradesh Administrative Service*