Question

The Report on Transparency International India released in  December 2012 places India at _________ rank among 176  nations on the basis of Corruption Percentage Index. 

Options

• 93^rd

• 94^th

• 95^th

• 96^th

Answer 1

94^th

Explanation:

India was ranked 94th out of 176 countries in  Transparency International's 2012 Corruption  Perception Index (CPI) released on 5 December 2012. In  2011, India was ranked 95 out of 183 countries. Denmark,  Switzerland, and Finland topped the index with a score of 90 followed by Sweden which scored 88 points. North  Korea, Afghanistan, and Somalia scored a lowly 8,  ranking at the bottom of the index. In fact, two-thirds of the 176 nations scored below 50 points.