Which of the Following Statements Best Describes the 21^st Century

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements best describes the 21^st century economic realities of India?

A) an emerging middle class numbering some 270 million people but with large numbers of people still well below the poverty line
B) a large, prosperous middle class with far smaller numbers of people who are either extremely poor or extremely wealthy
C) poverty exists but only in rural areas
D) vast poverty with little to no emerging middle class
E) the gap between the extremely wealthy and extremely poor has closed in recent decades in India