Which presents the most serious ongoing challenge to modern india?
a) widespread poverty
b) entrenched communist government
c) low population growth
d) high tariffs

The correct answer is A. The most serious ongoing challenge to modern India is widespread poverty.

Explanation:

Despite its impressive economic growth in recent decades, India still contains the largest concentration of poor people in the world and has a high rate of malnutrition among children under three years of age (46% of that age's population). The percentage of people living below the international poverty line of the World Bank, of $ 1.25 per day decreased from 60% in 1981 to 42% in 2005. Although in recent decades India has avoided famines, half of children are below the world average weight, one of the highest rates in the world and almost twice the rate of sub-Saharan Africa.