SSC CGL 2022 PYQ — Question 48

SSC CGL - 12 April 2022 - Shift 3 • General Awareness • Q48

As announced by the Ministry of Finance in January 2021, external debt as a ratio to GDP stood at ______ at the end of September 2020.

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is option 1 i.e. 21.6%.

1. An indicator of how much a country owes in debt and how much it generates to service that debt is the debt-to-GDP ratio.

2. It is expressed in percentage.

3. It fell to 19.9% by the end of March 2022.