Global Hunger Index 2020

Current Context: The Global Hunger Index of 2020 is released.

• India has marked the rank position of 94th among 107 countries in this index. 
• The indicators for the assessment of Global Hunger Index are: Undernourishment, Child Wasting, Child Stunting and Child Mortality.
• As per the report, India comes under ‘serious category’ with a score of 27.2.
• A score of India in each assessment category: For child stunting, rate is 37.4%. Wasting rate is 17.3% , undernourishment rate is 14% and under 5 mortality rate is 3.7%. 
• Other neighboring countries of India which are under serious category are Bangladesh (75th) , Myanmar (78th) and Pakistan (88th).
• Nepal (73rd) and Sri Lanka (64th) are in moderate category in Global Hunger index 2020.

Question: 

Q.1 What is the rank of India in Global Hunger Index 2020?
a. 75th
b. 94th
c. 86th
d. 71st