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ANSWER WITH DETAILS OF 100 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MCQ ON RNAKING AND INDICIES 2019-2020Answer: (4)India’s rank dropped down to 140th from 138th in 2018 in the World Press Freedom Index 2019.Answer: (1)The index has been topped by?Norway?again for the third year, followed by Finland and Sweden at second and third positions, respectively. The Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has released the World Press Freedom Index 2019, reflecting growing animosity towards journalistsAnswer: (3)India slipped down ten places to be ranked?68th?in the annual Global Competitiveness Index 2019Answer: (2)The Global Competitiveness Index 2019 has been compiled by Geneva-based?World Economic Forum?(WEF). The top-five economyies in the Global Competitiveness Index 2019 included?Singapore, US, Hong Kong, Netherlands and Switzerland.Answer: (1)India is ranked?102?of 117 countries in the Global Hunger Index 2019, behind its neighbours Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a tool designed to comprehensively measure and track hunger at the global, regional, and country levels. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) calculates GHI scores each year to assess progress, or the lack thereof, in combating hunger.Answer: (4)India has advanced four places to?44th?position in terms of digital competitiveness in the world as the country has made improvement in terms of knowledge and future readiness to adopt and explore digital technologies.Answer: (3)The?United States?held on to the number one spot in IMD World Digital Competitiveness ranking in 2019, with all top five economies in the index unchanged: USA, Singapore, Sweden, Denmark and Switzerland.Answer: (2)India has moved up six places to rank?34th?on world travel and tourism competitiveness index, driven by rich natural and cultural resources and strong price competitiveness.Answer: (1)Spain?held on to the top spot in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) latest Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report (TTCR), which ranked 140 countries on their relative strengths in global tourism and travel. Spain was followed by France, Germany and Japan, with the United States replacing the UK in the top five.Answer: (3)India’s rank has slipped five places to?141?among 163 countries on the Global Peace Index 2019.Answer: (2)Iceland?remains the most peaceful country and Afghanistan the least peaceful nation.Option AExplanation:?The index has been topped by?Singapore.Hong Kong is on second in the ranking followed by New Zealand on the third. North Korea is at the last position at 180th place.?Option BExplanation:Fitch Ratings?has reduced the?GDP growth rate prediction for India for FY21 (2020-21) to 0.8%.Option DExplanation: The?Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)?has projected?India’s GDP?to range between?-0.9 percent to 1.5 percent?in the current financial year?2020-21.Option DExplanation:The Rating agency?Fitch Ratings?has slashed the?global growth forecast?and expects the world GDP to fall by?3.9 percent in 2020,?citing COVID-19-induced recession is crushing the global economy.Option DExplanation:?S&P Global Ratings?has slashed?India?growth forecast for the fiscal?2020-21 to 1.8 percent, due to the lockdown to contain Covid-19 pandemic.?Earlier in March, it projected a growth of 3.5 percent.?The US-based rating agency expects growth to significantly recover to?7.5 percent in 2021-22 fiscal.Option DExplanation: International Monetary Fund (IMF)?has predicted?Asia’s GDP growth in 2020 at 0%.?It has also said that this is much better than other regions.Option CExplanation:?The?International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected India’s GDP growth rate for FY21 at 1.9%. This decrease is due to the due to the coronavirus pandemic.Option AExplanation:?The World Bank has estimated India’s economy to grow 1.5 percent to 2.8 percent in the 2020-21 fiscal in its South Asia Economic Focus report, released on 12 April, 2020. For 2019-20, India will grow 4.8 percent to 5 percent. Growth is expected to rebound to 5% in Fiscal 2021-22?as the impact of COVID-19 dissipates.Option BExplanation:?Amazon Founder and CEO?Jeff Bezos?has maintained the top spot as?world’s richest man?for the third consecutive year, according to the?Forbes 34th annual world’s billionaires list for the year 2020?titled “The Richest in 2020”.?Bezos topped the list with a total?net worth of $113 billion, which is $18 billion less than previous year.?Bill Gates is at second spot with net worth of $98 billion.?Option CExplanation: Nomura?has predicted?India’s GDP growth rate for the year 2020 at -0.5%.?The earlier prediction was 4.5%.Option CExplanation:?CRISIL?has slashed the gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for?FY2021 (2020-21) to 3.5%?from 5.2% expected earlier.Option DExplanation:?Moody’s Investors Service?has reduced its estimate of India’s GDP growth during?Calendar Year 2020 to 2.5%, from an earlier estimate of 5.3%.?Moody’s maintained its estimate of 5.8% growth for India in 2021.Option AExplanation:?The index has been topped by?Singapore.Hong Kong is on second in the ranking followed by New Zealand on the third. North Korea is at the last position at 180th place.?Option BExplanation:?The?United Nations (UN)?has released the eighth edition of the annual?World Happiness Report on 20 March 2020 to rank 156 countries by how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be.?India?has been ranked at?144 position among 156 nations with a score of 3.573 points on a scale of 10.?Option CExplanation:?Finland?has been named as the happiest country in the world for the third year in a row while?Afghanistan is the lowest ranking country.?Top 5 Nations are?Finland (7.809),?Denmark (7.646),?Switzerland (7.560),?Iceland (7.504), Norway (7.488)Option CExplanation:?The global?Animal Protection Index 2020 was released by UK-based international animal welfare charity, World Animal Protection. The index ranks countries from A (being the highest score) to G (being the weakest score) according to their policy and legislation.?India has attained C ranking in the index, which shows that India is one of the better-performing coOption DExplanation:?The?Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has released its annual “Trends in international arms transfers 2019” report to determine the?International transfers of major arms during the five-year period 2015–19.?As per the data,?India was the second largest arms importer in the world during the period 2015-19. Russia was the largest supplier of arms to India.?Saudi Arabia was the largest arms importer in the world during the same period. Top 5 largest arms importer in the world were Saudi Arabia, India, Egypt, Australia and China respectively, accounting for 36% of all arms imports.untries in terms of policies and legislation for animals.Option AExplanation:?Apart from this,?India has been ranked 23rd among the 25 largest arms exporters in the world.The largest exporters of arms during the five-year period 2015–19 were the United States, Russia, France, Germany and China respectively.Option AExplanation:?Indian energy tycoon and Reliance Industries Chairman?Mukesh Ambani is no longer Asia’s richest man as per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which is a daily ranking of the world’s richest people.?The title of Asia’s richest man has now been taken over by the?Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. founder Jack Ma?with total net-worth of $45.7 billion, about $2.6 billion more than Ambani.Option DExplanation:?As per the recent report shared by NITI Aayog,?Andhra Pradesh has been ranked first in the country for overall implementation of Poshan Abhiyaan?(earlier known as National Nutrition Mission).Option AExplanation:India has been ranked 46th out of 100 countries?on the?inclusive internet index 2020?released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).Option AExplanation:?India?has been ranked?2nd?jointly with China in the KPMG’s 2020 Technology Innovation Hubs?report. UK has topped the report on technology innovation hubs.KPMG?stands for "KLYNVELD PEAT MARWICK GOERDELER". It is formed with the merger of Klynveld Main Goerdeler (KMG) and Peat Marwick International (PMI). The name?KPMG?is derived fr KPMG?in?India?is one of the leading providers of risk, financial and business advisory, tax and regulatory services, internal audit, and corporate governance.om the initials of its founding members. KPMG is a global network of independent member firms offering audit, tax and advisory services.Option DExplanation:?Top 3 nations are:?Sweden,?New Zealand and?United States.?Burundi was the worst ranked country?placed at 100th position.Option BExplanation:?Among cities,?Singapore is ranked 1st. Bengaluru is top Indian city at 9th?rank.?Mumbai is the only other Indian city ranked 16th on the list of top 20 cities.Option DExplanation: India ranks 83rd in Freedom in the world 2020 report; Finland topsOption CExplanation: FinlandOption DExplanation:?India?has been ranked at?77th position in the Sustainability Index 2020?and?131st on the Flourishing Index 2020, according to a UN-backed report. The report released on 19 February 2020 commissioned by the?World Health Organization (WHO), UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and The Lancet medical journal.Option DExplanation:?The?Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has ranked first in the Nature Ranking Index-2020.?The ranking is based on the Nature Index, a database complied by science journal Nature Research.?The institutes are ranked based on total research output which the institutions have carried out from 1 December 2018 to 30 November 2019.?Option AExplanation: As per a report by a?US-based think tank World Population Review,?India’s?economy is the fifth-largest in the world?with a?GDP of $2.94 trillion, overtaking the UK and France in 2019 to take the fifth spot.Option CExplanation: Veteran Mumbai investor and founder of Avenue Supermarts Ltd. (ASL) Radhakishan Damani, has become the second richest Indian with a total net wealth of $17.9 billion, according to Forbes’ Real Time Billionaires’ Index, released on 15 February 2020.?ASL is a chain of hypermarkets in India, doing business under the name DMart.Option BExplanation:?India?has been ranked at?40th position among 53 global economies in the 2020 International Intellectual Property (IP) Index, according to the report released by?US Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Center on 5th February. However, India’s score increased from 36.04 percent in 2019 to 38.46 percent in 2020, a 2.42 per cent jump.Option BExplanation:?Top 5 Economies in the Index are United States – 95.28,?United Kingdom – 93.92,?France – 91.50, Germany – 91.08, Sweden – 90.56.?Venezuela is the lowest ranking country?in the index at 53rd spot with a score of 14.22Option CExplanation:?India?has been ranked at the?80th position among 180 countries?in the?Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2019 prepared by Transparency International.?The CPI Index, released at the WEF 2020 in Davos, ranks countries and territories on how corrupt their public sectors are perceived by the experts and business people.?Option BExplanation:?Top Nation:?The list has been topped by?Norway, with a score of 9.87.?Bottom Nation:?North Korea?is at the bottom of the global ranking at 167th place with a score of 1.08.Option CExplanation:?The CPI Index, released by Transparency International, ranks countries and territories on how corrupt their public sectors are perceived by the experts and business people.Option CExplanation:?The?World Economic Forum?released its inaugural?Global Social Mobility Index 2020 at the ongoing annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland on 20 January 2020. The?index ranks?82 countries on their citizens’ ability to fulfill their potential regardless of their socio-economic background. India has been ranked very low at 76th place, stating that it would take about 7 generations for those born in a low-income family to reach median income.Option BExplanation:?Denmark has topped the index. It would take only 2 generations for those born in a low-income family to reach median income.?Denmark is followed by Norway, Finland, Sweden and Iceland as top 5 countries.Option CExplanation:??The?Henley Passport Index 2020?was released by?Henley & Partners, based on the exclusive data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).?The?Indian?passport has dropped 2 places to be ranked at?84th position in the Henley Passport Index 2020. India shares its position with Mauritania and Tajikistan, where passport holders can travel visa-free to 58 destinations. India has been ranked at 86th place in annual Henley Passport Index 2019, a slip of 5 place from 81 in 2018.?Option DExplanation:?Japan topped the ranking with visa-free access to 191 countries.?Afghanistan’s?passport has been ranked as the?world’s worst passport?with visa-free access to just 26 countries.Option CExplanation:?NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant launched the?Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) India Index 2019-20 on December 30, 2019.?This is the second edition of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) India Index, which indicates where the country and its States and UTs currently are on SDG implementation.Option DExplanation:?The?2019 SDG Index released By NITI Aayog?ranked states based on?16 goals across 54 targets spread among 100 indicators?drawn from the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation’s National Indicator Framework, comprising 306 indicators. Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Telangana are top states on the SDGs Index-2019-20. India has improved its?composite score?from?57 in 2018-19 to 60 in 2019-20 in the index. None of the States scored below 50 out of 100 score.Option BExplanation:?The Minister of State for Public Grievances and Pensions Dr Jitendra Singh launched?Good Governance Index in New Delhi on December 25, 2019 on the occasion of Good Governance Day.?Among the?big states category, Tamil Nadu has bagged the top position followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka as top three.?In the?north-east and hill category, Himachal Pradesh has topped the ranking followed by Uttarakhand, Tripura.?Among the?union territories, Pondicherry has got the first position, followed by Chandigarh, Delhi.Option AExplanation:?Geneva-based?World Economic Forum (WEF)?released its annual?Global Gender Gap Report 2020 on December 17, 2019?India has been ranked 112th among 153 countries?in terms of gender gap in the Global Gender Gap Index, down from 108th position last year, amid widening disparityOption AExplanation:?Iceland has topped the index as the world’s most gender-neutral country.?Norway, Finland, Sweden, Nicaragua, New Zealand, Ireland, Spain, Rwanda and Germany are the top 10 countries in the list respectively. Yemen at 153 is the worst ranked country, while Iraq is 152nd and Pakistan 151st.? in terms of women’s health and survival and economic participation.Option DExplanation:?The?2019 Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) was presented at the ongoing COP25 climate summit in Madrid, Spain on December 10, 2019.?India has for the first time emerged among the top 10 countries with higher climate performance.?It has been ranked at?9th spot in the index for its Climate Policy performance?among 57 countries and European Union.Option AExplanation:?India?has been ranked at?129th spot in the 2019 Human Development Index?released by?United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).?Last year India was ranked 130th.Option DExplanation:?As per the 2019 Human Development Report (HDR), the 2019 Human Development Index has been topped by Norway. Switzerland is on second while Ireland is on the third.Option AExplanation:?India?has been ranked as the?fifth most vulnerable country to climate change?in the?Global Climate Risk Index 2020 by Environment think tank, Germanwatch.Option DExplanation:?The?United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has released Business-to-Consumer (B2C) E-commerce Index 2019, that measures an economy’s preparedness to support online shopping.?India has moved seven places up in the list to be ranked 73rd out of 152 countries.Option BExplanation:?Japan is the most vulnerable country in the list. It is followed by the Philippines, Germany and Madagascar.?The 15th edition of Global Climate Risk Index, 2020 analyses to what extent countries and regions have been affected by impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heatwaves etc.) and is based on data available for 2018 and from 1999 to 2018.Option BExplanation:?China?has overtaken United States in?2019 Global Diplomacy Index, for having more diplomatic posts across the world than any other country, as per the?Australian think tank Lowy Institute. According to the Sydney-based Lowy Institute, China has 276 embassies and consulates worldwide, which is three more than the US.Option BExplanation:?India is 12th among the 61 countries?with 186 embassies and consulates worldwide.Option BExplanation:?From India,?IIT Bombay is the top-ranked institute at 34th rank.?IIT-Delhi (IIT-D) is ranked at 43. India has 96 universities ranked.Option AExplanation:?India has been ranked 44?among 110 countries in?Food Vulnerability Index (NFVI) 2019, complied by Nomura Global Market Research.Option AExplanation:?India has been placed at 7th position in terms of country most impacted by terrorism.Option BExplanation:?Bangalore?has emerged?highest-ranked Indian city in the first-ever Prosperity & Inclusion City Seal and Awards (PICSA) Index which features world’s 113 cities in terms of economic and social inclusivity.?Three Indian city has been listed in the index.?While Bengaluru is placed at 83rd position, Delhi (101) and Mumbai (107) are the other two Indian cities in the list.Explanation:?According to the?2019 Global Terrorism Index (GTI),?Afghanistan?recorded largest increase in deaths from terrorism.?The Global Terrorism Index released by the?Australia based Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) ranks 163 countries?according to the impact of terrorism on the basis of factors such as the number of attacks, fatalities, injuries and the extent of property damage.Option AExplanation:?India?has been ranked at?59 in the IMD World Talent Ranking?out of 63 countries. Switzerland has topped the ranking.Denmark was placed second and Sweden, was in the third place.Option CExplanation:?Maharashtra?has been ranked first among 18 large states in the?first ever ranking of states on their capacity to deliver justice to citizens.?The?‘India Justice Report (IJR) 2019’?was published by the Tata Trusts in collaboration with Centre for Social Justice, Common Cause, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, DAKSH, TISS-Prayas Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy.Option DExplanation:?Eight?Indian firms?have been named in the?KPMG and H2 Ventures’ ‘Fintech100’ list?with two firms in top 10.?PayTm is ranked 5th while Ola is ranked 8th.Option AExplanation:?India?has been ranked at?133rd rank in the 2019 Women, Peace, and Security Index. Norway has topped the ranking.?The ranking has been released by Georgetown University’s Institute for Women, Peace and Security. It ranks 167 countries on women’s equality, reveals trends in women’s wellbeing across 11 indicators.Switzerland is on second, Finland on third and Denmark on fourth. Yemen is ranked last.Option AExplanation:?India?has recorded a jump of 14 positions to be placed at?63rd position?among 190 countries in the?Ease of Doing Business Index 2020.?Last year India’s ranking was 77.??New Zealand?has topped the 2020 index, followed by Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Denmark and South Korea.Option BExplanation:?India?has been placed at?57 position?among 195 countries in the?Global Health Security Index 2019?with a score of 46.5 out of 100. The index has been topped by the?United States?with a score of 83.5, followed by the UK(77.9) and the Netherlands (75.6) in the second and third positions.Option DExplanation:?Bloomberg,?based on the data of the?International Monetary Fund?has named?20 Countries?that Will?Dominate Global Growth in 2024.India is on second on the list with 15.5% share in global growth. China is on top with 28.3% share in global growth. United States is on third with 9.2% share in global growth. The data are based on Purchasing Power Parity.Option CExplanation:?India?has emerged as?third largest?ecosystem for more successful tech startups, in the inaugural?Hurun Global Unicorn List 2019. India has 21 unicorns, which is led by payments solutions platform One97 Communications ($10 billion) and followed by cab aggregator Ola Cabs ($6 billion); online educator Byju’s ($6 billion) and travel-stay finder OYO Rooms ($5 billion). The Hurun Global Unicorn List 2019 has been?topped by China?with the most number of Unicorns, 206.Option AExplanation:?NITI Aayog?released the first ever?India Innovation Index (III) 2019 which looks into the innovation ecosystem of Indian states and union territories to help policymakers design policies to drive innovation across regions.?Ranking is done in three categories: Major States’, ‘North East and Hill States’ and ‘Union Territories (UTs)/City and Small States.?Major states category: Topped by Karnataka, followed by Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. Union Territories/City states/Small States category: Delhi has topped the list, followed by Chandigarh and Goa.?North Eastern and Hill states region category:?Topped by Sikkim?followed by Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.Option CExplanation:?India?has been ranked at?82 out of 128 countries?in the?World Giving Index?by the?Charities Aid Foundation (CAF). The World Giving Index ranking has been?topped by USA, followed by Myanmar, New Zealand and Australia.Option AExplanation:?Mumbai is the only Indian city in the top 20 and is ranked at 12th spot. It has a wealth of $ 0.96 trillion.Option BExplanation:?Singapore has officially been ranked as the smartest city in 2019, out of 102 cities in the world, in the first edition of the IMD Smart City Index 2019 (SCI).?The index has been launched by the IMD World Competitiveness Center’s Smart City Observatory in partnership with Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). The ranking has been topped by United States.?OPTION CExplanation: India Ranks?4th in GFP?Military Strength Ranking 2019, United States Tops.?India?has been?ranked?as the 4th most powerful?military?in the world according to Global Firepower (GFP)?2019 Military Strength Ranking.Option CExplanation:?India has emerged as the leading country of origin of international migrants in 2019, with 17.5 million persons living abroad, according to a UN report that provides the latest estimates of the number of international migrants by age, sex and origin for all countries and areas of the world.?The report titled?‘International Migrant Stock 2019’ was released by the Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) on September 18, 2019.?Overall estimate–?The 2019 report said that the number of?migrants globally reached an estimated 272 million.Option AExplanation:?India?has been ranked at?79 place in the Global Economic Freedom index 2019?published by?FRASER Institute. Economic?Freedom?of the?World?is an annual survey published by the libertarian Canadian think tank?Fraser Institute. ?Hongkong is at top position followed by Singapore on 2nd. The next highest scoring nations are New Zealand, Switzerland, United States, Ireland, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Mauritius.?Iraq is ranked last.Option CExplanation: Beijing has topped the index?while Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong occupy the top four slots.RankAsia-Pacific CitiesTotal Score1Beijing742Tokyo703Shanghai694Hong Kong695Mumbai666Shenzhen627Bangkok608Seoul569Singapore5510Taipei5411New Delhi5319Bengaluru32Mumbai, 9th September 2019:?Knight Frank India, the leading international property consultancy, today launched a report titled?“Insights on Co-living – An Asia-Pacific Perspective.”? As per the report, Mumbai is ranked 5th?in its Co-living Index that tracks markets’ possibility of success as co-living destination. The report covers twenty major Asia-Pacific cities classified into six key attributes likely to contribute in fostering the growth of Co-living within each Asia-Pacific city: Tech & Financial Hub, Venture Capital Deals & Growth, Housing Affordability, University Population, General Population & Human Development Index, and Quality of Life.Option CExplanation:?Vienna (Austria) has topped?the?most liveable city in the world 2019 complied by Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Vienna has topped the ranking for 2 years in a row.?Damascus,?Syria is the world’s least livable city in 2019.Option BExplanation:?The?Economist Intelligence Unit has released the Safe Cities Index 2019.?Tokyo has topped the list while Mumbai is the top Indian city in the list at 45th rank. The?Economist Intelligence Unit has released the Safe Cities Index 2019.?Tokyo has topped the list while Mumbai is the top Indian city in the list at 45th rank.Option DExplanation:?World Resource Institute (WRI)?has released the?Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas. WRI has ranked 134 countries in terms of overall water stress in its?National Water Stress Ranking.?India is ranked 13th.Option AExplanation:?According to the latest?Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Microsoft Inc’s Founder Chairman?Bill Gates has regained the second-richest spot in the world rich list.?Earlier in July 2019, Europe’s richest person Bernard Arnault replaced Bill Gates in the Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index to become the second-richest person in the world.?Bill Gates’ net worth was estimated at $106 billion, whereas the net worth of Bernard Arnault dropped to $97.8 billion as of August 04, 2019.?Jeff Bezos,?on the other hand, remains the?world’s richest person?in the list with net worth of USD 114 billion. Jeffrey?Preston?Bezos?(/?be?zo?s/; né Jorgensen; born January 12, 1964) is an American industrialist, media proprietor, and investor. He is best known as the founder, CEO, and president of the online retail company Amazon. Asia’s richest person?Mukesh Ambani has slipped to 18th place in the index with total net worth of $47.2 billion, which is 7 percent less compared to last month.Option BExplanation:?India?has been ranked as the?46th highest risk country in the world in the Water Stress Index 2019,?formulated by London-based risk analytics firm?Verisk Maplecroft.?Option DExplanation:?London?has been named as the?world’s best city for students as per the ‘QS Best Student Cities Ranking’.?Tokyo?is ranked second followed by?Melbourne in Australia at 3rd.?Four Indian cities have got a place in the ranking. Banglore is ranked at 81 is the top Indian city, followed by Mumbai at 85, Delhi at 113 and Chennai at 115.Option CExplanation:?India has been ranked at 4th position in terms of business optimism as per the Grant Thornton’s International Business Report (IBR). 64 percent of corporates are optimistic about India’s economic growth over the next 12 months.?Option BExplanation: Dell has released the Women Entrepreneur Cities Index 2019 in which San Francisco Bay Area has topped. Singapore is the top Asian city at 21st rank. Bengaluru ranked at 43 is top Indian city followed by Delhi at 50.Option BExplanation: India has been ranked at 52 out of 129 countries in the Global Innovation Index 2019. Switzerland has topped the Index. India has moved up 5 spots from the last years rank of 57.Option DExplanation:?The?2019 global Multidimensional?Poverty Index (MPI)?from the UN Development Programme?(UNDP),?the?Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) was released on July 11, 2019.?The Indian population living in multidimensional poverty in 2005-2006 was about 640 million people (55.1%) and this reduced to 369 million people (27.9%) in 2015-16.?In all,?India lifted 271 million people out of poverty between 2006 and 2016?as per the report.Option BExplanation:?India has been ranked at 43, one position higher compared to 2018.?Option AExplanation:?India?has ranked?95 out of 129 countries?in a new?Sustainable Development Goals Gender Index 2019, that measures global gender equality. India scored 56.2 points on a scale of 100.?Option AExplanation:?Denmark has topped the index with 89.3 points, followed by Finland (88.8) and Sweden (88.0).?Chad was the lowest ranking country, placed at 129th place with 33.4 points.?The Fintech adoption rate was highest in?India and China at 87% for both the countries followed by Russia and South Africa on second at 82% each.?According to a report by?Ernst & Young?(EY)?titled ‘Global FinTech Adoption Index 2019’, the?Fintech adoption rate?has risen to an average of?64% in 2019.EY’s Global FinTech Adoption Index 2019 says that India, along with China, leads emerging markets with a high 87% fintech adoption rate in 2019. The 2019 global average adoption rate is much more moderate 64%. In 2017, the first time the index was created, India’s fintech adoption rate was 52% -- still higher than the global average of 33%. Fintech adoption locally is driven by greater use of money transfer and payments (at 94%). All other categories also have high adoption compared to global aaverage of 33%. Fintech adoption locally is driven by greater use of money transfer and payments (at 94%). All other categories also have high adoption compared to global average. Within money transfer, adoption is led by peer to peer and non-bank money transfers (85%), and in-store mobile phone payments (88%).Option DIndia has moved up eight places to the?72nd?position in the Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI) 2020. Switzerland topped?the list of 132 nations,?followed by the US and Singapore. The report stated that?India's GTCI score?and?GDP?per capita are both lower?than the other emerging market economies such as?BRICS?- Brazil (80th), Russia (48th), China (42nd), and South Africa (70th). Option AThe list is?topped by Vienna (Austria) for the second consecutive year.The Global Liveability Index. The concept of livability is simple: it assesses which locations around the world provide the best or the worst living conditions. The Economist Intelligence Unit's livability rating quantifies the challenges that might be presented to an individual's lifestyle in 140?cities?worldwide. New Delhi with 118th?rank?has registered the biggest decline in Asia whereas Mumbai also fell two places since last year to rank 119th. Among the?BRICS?countries, Suzhou from China was?ranked highest at 75, while?India’s capital New Delhi was ranked lowest at 118th. ................
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