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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
India ranks ____ out of 176 countries in the End of Childhood Index.
A
113
B
88
C
143
D
125
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -UPSC Mains. Q. What is the India’s rank in the Save the Children’s “End of Childhood Index 2018"? Notes: India has been ranked 113th among 175 countries in the “End of Childhood Index 2018”, issued by global child rights group “Save the Children".

Detailed explanation-2: -India ranked 107 out of 121 countries in the Global Hunger Index 2022 with its child wasting rate at 19.3 per cent, being the highest in the world. The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a tool for comprehensively measuring and tracking hunger at global, regional, and national levels.

Detailed explanation-3: -Global Hunger Report 2022. New Delhi: The Centre on Saturday dismissed the Global Hunger Index 2022 report which ranked India 107 out of 121 countries with its child-wasting rate at 19.3 per cent, being the highest in the world.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Child Development Index (CDI) is an index combining performance measures specific to children-education, health and nutrition-to produce a score on a scale of 0 to 100. A zero score would be the best. The higher the score, the worse children are faring.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Child Development Index was developed by Save the Children UK in 2008. Each index is divided into four quartiles, indicating low, medium, high and very high development.

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