India Skills Report 2022

Current Context: The India Skills Report (ISR) 2022 was released by Wheebox, which is a talent assessment platform, in association with the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), and other agencies.

• As per the report, India's employability is improved to 46.2% from 45.97% i.e. at the marginal rate. It also defines that the gender gap in employability is also improved with the women's employable pool constantly increasing.
• The report reveals that a higher percentage of women than men are found to be employable in India.
• The sectors like IT, pharmaceutical, e-commerce, and banking, financial services, and insurance will hire 20% more fresh graduates in 2022 than in 2021.
• As per the report, Maharashtra has acquired the top position in the report having the highest employable talents with an employability of 66.1%.
• The 2nd and 3rd positions are attained by Uttar Pradesh and Kerala respectively.
• Theme of ISR 2022: Reengineering Education and Skilling-Building for Future of Work.
• Cities that attained positions in the report are: Pune (78.11% employability), Lucknow (74.32% employability), Trivandrum (66.48% employability).

Question: 

Q.1 Which state topped in India Skills Report (ISR) 2022?
a. Maharashtra
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Kerala
d. Gujarat