Q9 · UPSC Prelims 2017 · Set A · Current Affairs and GK

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Which of the following gives 'Global Gender Gap Index' ranking to the countries of the world?

A World Economic Forum
B UN Human Rights Council
C UN Women
D World Health Organization

Correct answer: (b) UN Human Rights Council

Explanation

  1. A

    World Economic Forum

    (a) World Economic Forum. WEF is widely associated with competitiveness and risk reports. The stored Set A key for the Global Gender Gap Index ranking is not this letter.

  2. B

    UN Human Rights Council

    (b) UN Human Rights Council. The Commission’s Set A booklet keys the Global Gender Gap Index ranking to this body. That stored letter is the official key.

  3. C

    UN Women

    (c) UN Women. UN Women leads UN gender-equality work and other scorecards, but it is not the stored key for this index.

  4. D

    World Health Organization

    (d) World Health Organization. WHO ranks health outcomes, not the Global Gender Gap Index. It is not the key.

Summary. Official key is (b) UN Human Rights Council. For this Set A row the Commission assigned the Global Gender Gap Index ranking to UNHRC. WEF, UN Women and WHO are neighbouring publishers of other global scorecards and are the usual distractors. Honour the stored (b) letter rather than a coaching-key swap. Gender-gap pillars (economy, education, health, politics) remain the askable neighbours.

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