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Delhi Scores 66.7 on Education and 35.4 on Air: What the Liveability Index Actually Measures

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The Economist Intelligence Unit's Global Liveability Index 2026 ranks 173 cities on 30 indicators grouped into five weighted categories — stability (25 per cent), culture and environment (25 per cent), healthcare (20 per cent), infrastructure (20 per cent) and education (10 per cent) — scored from 1 to 100. Copenhagen retained first place for a second consecutive year, with Vienna, Zurich and Geneva also in the top six and Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide in the top ten; the global average score stood at 76.1, with healthcare registering the strongest year-on-year improvement at +0.74 points. India's four ranked cities cluster near the bottom: New Delhi 120th with 48.1, Mumbai 121st with 47.9, Chennai 123rd and Bengaluru 127th. The sub-scores are more instructive than the rank. New Delhi records 66.7 on education and 58.9 on infrastructure — respectable figures — but 41.7 on healthcare and just 35.4 on culture and environment, the category that absorbs air quality. The index therefore does not describe uniform urban failure so much as a specific and locatable one.

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Q1. With reference to the Global Liveability Index, which one of the following statements is correct?

AIt is published annually by the World Economic Forum and ranks cities on a single composite indicator.
BEducation carries the highest weight among its categories, at 25 per cent.
CIt is published annually by the Economist Intelligence Unit, the 2026 edition covering 173 cities scored on 30 indicators across five weighted categories, with stability and culture and environment carrying 25 per cent each.
DNew Delhi ranked 120th in 2026, its lowest category score being in education.
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Q2. New Delhi scored 66.7 on education and 35.4 on culture and environment. Which one of the following best explains the effect of that spread on its overall position?

AEducation has the greatest effect on the overall score, being the highest of the five category scores.
BThe overall position could be materially improved by raising the education score alone.
CThe five categories are equally weighted, so the overall score is the simple average of the five.
DThe weakest category, culture and environment, carries a 25 per cent weight while the strongest, education, carries only 10 per cent — so the score distribution and the weighting compound rather than offset one another.
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Q3. Consider the following statements regarding the Global Liveability Index 2026: 1. The global average score was 76.1, with healthcare showing the largest average improvement at 0.74 points. 2. Copenhagen retained first place for a second consecutive year, with Vienna, Zurich and Geneva also among the top six. 3. The index is designed primarily to guide municipal policy in the cities it ranks and has no commercial application. Which of the statements given above are correct?

A1 only
B1 and 2 only
C2 and 3 only
D1, 2 and 3
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