‘Freedom in the World 2021 - Democracy under Siege’

Current Context: The United States-based Think Tank Freedom House has released the report titled ‘Freedom in the World 2021 - Democracy under Siege’.

• As per this report, India’s status is downgraded from ‘Free’ to ‘Partly Free’. In the current report, India’s score is 67. In 2018, India scored 77 and in 2020, the score was 71.
• The ‘most free countries’ are Finland, Norway and Sweden. These countries have secured a score of 100.
• The ‘least free countries’ with a score of 1 are Tibet and Syria.
• The major reasons for the down gradation of India are: (a) Increased intimidation of academics and journalists (b)Government pressure on human right organisations (c) COVID19 response (d) Internet shutdowns (e)Freezing Amnesty International’s assets.
• Based on the scores, the countries are classified as ‘free’, ‘partly free’ and ‘not free’ in the index.

Question: 

Q.1 Which is/are ‘most free countries’ as per the report titled ‘Freedom in the World 2021 - Democracy under Siege’?
a. Norway
b. Sweden
c. Finland
d. All of the above