CSIR has been accorded which rank among government institutions across the world according to Scimago Institution Rankings?

a. 14

b. 13

c. 12

d. 11

ANSWER: 12

Explanation:

Council of Scientific & Industrial Research has been ranked 12th in the world among government institutions in the world improving the position after rank 14 for 3 consecutive years, according to Scimago Institutions Rankings 2016.

Overall rank of CSIR also improved from 110 to 99th position.

CSIR leads the country and is the only Indian organisation to be among the top 100 international institutions.

Scimago ranking is a classification of academic and research related institutions ranked by composite indicator combining three different sets of indicators based on research performance, innovation outputs and societal impact measured by web visibility.