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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which country has topped in the EIU’s Democracy Index?
A
Norway
B
Japan
C
New Zealand
D
Canada
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Overall, India’s score on index stands at 66 in 2022, down from 77 in 20185. The decline has been on account of the category Civil Liberties which declined from 42 in 2018 to 33 in 2022. The score on Political Rights also declined slightly from 35 in 2018 to 33 in 2022 (Figure 2).

Detailed explanation-2: -The index is based on 60 indicators grouped in five categories, measuring pluralism, civil liberties and political culture. In addition to a numeric score and a ranking, the index categorizes each country into one of four regime types: full democracies, flawed democracies, hybrid regimes, and authoritarian regimes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Detailed Solution: The correct answer is Norway. The 2021 edition of the EIU’s Democracy Index was released on 10 February 2022.

Detailed explanation-4: -India is part of a broader global trend of an anti-plural political party driving a country’s autocratisation. 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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