According to NITI Aayog's SDG India Index 2020, how are the different categories of States' performance in Sustainable Development Goals defined on the basis of index score range?

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Correct — B. NITI Aayog's SDG India Index classifies States/UTs into four performance categories by their composite score (0-100): Aspirant (0-49) for the lowest scorers, Performer (50-64), Front-Runner (65-99), and Achiever (a perfect score of 100) at the top.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Inverts the entire scale — it assigns the top score (100) to 'Aspirant' (the lowest category) and the lowest range (0-49) to 'Achiever' (the highest category).  (c) Shuffles the middle two labels — 'Performer' and 'Front-Runner' are swapped relative to their correct score ranges.  (d) Reverses the low end of the scale — it places 'Aspirant' (meant to be the lowest band, 0-49) at 65-99, and 'Front-runner' at 0-49.

Concept: NITI Aayog publishes the SDG India Index annually to measure how States and Union Territories are progressing on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, using indicators mapped to each goal to produce one composite score (0-100) per State/UT. States are then grouped into four ordered performance categories by that composite score.

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