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1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: Corruption in India is a major issue that adversely affects its economy. According to the study conducted by Transparency International in 2005, more than 62% of Indians had firsthand experience of paying bribes to get jobs done in public offices successfully. In its study conducted in the year 2008, Transparency International reports about 40% of Indians had firsthand experience of paying bribes or using a contact to get a job done in public offices. Today India ranks 76th out of 168 countries in the Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index. In 2015 India was ranked 76th out of 175 countries in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index, compared to its neighbours; Bhutan (30th), Bangladesh (145th), Myanmar (156th), China (100th), Pakistan (126th) and Sri Lanka (85th). This is the second least corruption rank for India in the whole of South Asia. In 2013, India was ranked 94th out of 175 countries Entitlement programmes and social spending schemes enacted by the Indian government are the largest sources of corruption in India. Examples include Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and the National Rural Health Mission. Other daily sources of corruption include India’s trucking industry, which is forced to pay billions in bribes annually to numerous regulatory and police check-posts on its interstate highways. Indian media have widely published allegations of corrupt Indian citizens stashing trillions of dollars in a Swiss bank. Swiss authorities, however, deny these allegations. Excessive regulations, complicated taxes and licensing systems, numerous government departments, each with opaque bureaucracy and discretionary powers, monopoly by government controlled institutions on certain goods and services delivery, and the lack of transparent laws and processes are the causes of corruption in India. QUESTIONS a. According to the study conducted by Transparency International in 2005, what percentage of Indians had firsthand experience of paying bribes to get jobs done in public offices successfully? i) more than 62% ii) more than 65% iii) more than 74% iv) more than 60% b. Which country was ranked 30th in 2015 in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index? i) Myanmar ii) Nepal iii) Bhutan iv) Pakistan c. What is the rank of India in corruption out of 168 countries in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index? i) 75th ii) 70th iii) 76th iv) 71st d. Wat was the rank of Myanmar out of 175 countries in 2015 in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index? i) 165th ii) 150th iii) 155th iv) 156th e) How much money corrupt Indian citizens deposit in Swiss bank? i) Millions of Dollar ii) Billions of Dollar iii) Trillions of Dollar iv) None of these f) What are the daily sources of corruption in India? i) Entitlement programmes ii) Social spending schemes iii) India’s trucking industry iv) None of these g) Entitlement programmes and Social spending schemes enacted by the Indian government are the --------------- in India. h) The causes of corruption in India include excessive regulations, complicated taxes and licensing system and numerous government departments. (True/False)

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Explanation:

a. I)more than 62%

b. iii)bhutan

c. iii)76th

d. iv)156th

e. iii)trillions of dollar

f. iii) indians trucking industry

g. largest source of corruption in india

h. true