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Prelims · International relations & current affairs · 13 questions

Reports & indices

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Prelims 2019 · Q3

X-Ray · Core #34 Easy

वैश्विक प्रतियोगित्व रिपोर्ट (ग्लोबल कम्पिटिटिवनेस रिपोर्ट) कौन प्रकाशित करता है?

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The Global Competitiveness Report is published by the

(a) International Monetary Fund · (b) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development · (c) World Economic Forum · (d) World Bank

उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English

Answer: (c) विश्व आर्थिक मंच (वर्ल्ड इकनॉमिक फोरम)

The Global Competitiveness Report, built around the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI), is brought out by the World Economic Forum, the Geneva-based foundation. Its 2019 edition reviewed 141 economies.

✓ (c) The GCI and the report that presents it are the World Economic Forum's; the 2019 edition assessed 141 countries.
✗ (d) The World Bank's country ranking of that period was the Doing Business Report, a different index on business regulation (India was 63rd of 190 in the 2020 edition).

Remember · Global Competitiveness Report / Index = World Economic Forum. Doing Business Report = World Bank (a separate ranking).

Sources

PIB: Global Competitiveness Index (Ministry of Commerce and Industry), 2019 ↗ “The GCI brought out by the World Economic Forum involved performance review of 141 countries.”
PIB: India ranks 63 in World Bank's Doing Business Report (24 October 2019) ↗ “India has recorded a jump of 14 positions against its rank of 77 in 2019 to be placed now at 63 rd rank among 190 countries”

Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper I (2019, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). Permalink ·

Prelims 2019 · Q77

X-Ray · Core #34 Easy

निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सा एक विश्व बैंक के ‘कारोबार सुगमता सूचकांक (ईज़ ऑफ डूइंग बिजनेस इंडेक्स)’ का उप-सूचकांक नहीं है?

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Which one of the following is not a sub-index of the World Bank's 'Ease of Doing Business Index'?

(a) Maintenance of law and order · (b) Paying taxes · (c) Registering property · (d) Dealing with construction permits

उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English

Answer: (a) कानून और व्यवस्था बनाए रखना

Maintenance of law and order is not one of the ten areas the World Bank's Doing Business ranking measured. Paying taxes, registering property and dealing with construction permits are all among the ten.

✓ (a) The ten areas in the ease of doing business score were: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts and resolving insolvency. Law and order is not on the list.
✗ (b) Paying taxes is one of the ten areas.
✗ (c) Registering property is one of the ten areas.
✗ (d) Dealing with construction permits is one of the ten areas.
• Since then After data irregularities were found in Doing Business 2018 and 2020, the World Bank Group discontinued the Doing Business report in September 2021; no new rankings have been published.

Remember · Doing Business had ten indicators (starting a business to resolving insolvency); law and order was never one. The World Bank discontinued the report in September 2021.

Sources

World Bank, Doing Business: About Us (archive) ↗ · reference work “Ten of these areas—starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, and resolving insolvency—are included in the ease of doing business score”
World Bank Group statement, 16 Sept 2021: World Bank Group to Discontinue Doing Business Report ↗ “After data irregularities on Doing Business 2018 and 2020 were reported internally in June 2020, World Bank management paused the next Doing Business report and initiated a series of reviews and audits of the report and its methodology.”

Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper I (2019, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). Permalink ·

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