Arrange the following countries in descending order according to their Human Development Index value, 2022.
(A) Germany
(B) Norway
(C) Switzerland
(D) Denmark
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (C), (B), (D), (A)
(C) Switzerland — rank 1.
(B) Norway — rank 2.
(D) Denmark — rank 5 (shared with Sweden).
(A) Germany — rank 7 (shared with Ireland).
Note: The table of the top ten countries is taken from the Human Development Report 2023-24. That report ranks the countries by their index values for 2022, which is why the question speaks of 2022.
NCERT (2025-26): “INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS … Countries with very high human development index are those which have a score of over 0.800. According to the Human Development Report of 2023-24, this group includes 69 countries. Table 3.3 shows the top ten countries in this group.…”
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