India secured the 93rd position in the Global Corruption Index

Current Context: The 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index was released by Transparency International. The index was published on January 30, 2024.

• India secured the 93rd position in the Corruption Perception Index for the year 2023, with a score of 39.
• This is a drop from the 85th position in 2022.
• The index, which ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and business people, uses a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean.
• In 2022, India’s overall score was 40.
• Denmark tops the index for the sixth year in a row, with a score of 90, owing to its "well-functioning justice systems".
• Finland and New Zealand are in second and third place, with scores of 87 and 85 respectively.
• This year's top ten countries are Norway (84), Singapore (83), Sweden (82), Switzerland (82), the Netherlands (79), Germany (78), and Luxembourg (78).

Question:

Q.1 What was India’s position in the Corruption Perception Index for the year 2023?
a. 85
b. 93
c. 90
d. 100