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2021

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
India has downgraded from ‘free’ to ‘partly free’ in a democracy report titled “Freedom in the World 2021-Democracy under Siege”. What was India’s score on the report?
A
83
B
81
C
67
D
77
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -According to the World Press Freedom Index, released in May, India’s ranking dropped to 150th position from last year’s 142nd rank among 180 nations.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the 2021 edition of the Human Freedom Index, the average human freedom score was 7.12. Compared to the levels in 2008, the overall freedom of the countries included has decreased by 0.01. The report finds a strong relationship between human freedom and democracy.

Detailed explanation-3: -Number of countries worldwide regarded as free countries 2005-2021. According to the Freedom House Freedom Index, the number of free countries in the world increased by one country in 2021, when 83 countries were considered to be free.

Detailed explanation-4: -It was ranked 93rd in the LDI, India figures in the “bottom 50%” of countries. It has slipped further down in the Electoral Democracy Index, to 100, and even lower in the Deliberative Component Index, at 102.

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