{"id":12959,"date":"2016-06-30T08:15:16","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T08:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=12959"},"modified":"2016-06-30T08:15:16","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T08:15:16","slug":"cost-living-survey-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/cost-living-survey-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Cost of Living Survey-2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Question: On 22 June 2016 the human resources consulting firm, &#8220;Mercer&#8221; issued the &#8220;Cost of Living Survey-2016. According to this which is the most expensive city in India?<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Mumbai<br \/>\n(b) Chennai<br \/>\n(c) Delhi<br \/>\n(d) Hyderabad<br \/>\n<strong>Ans:(a)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>On 22 June 2016 the human resources consulting firm, &#8220;Mercer&#8221; issued the &#8220;Cost of Living Survey-2016.<\/li>\n<li>It is 22nd edition of Mercer&#8217;s Cost of Living Survey .<\/li>\n<li>The survey includes over 375 cities throughout the world; this year\u2019s ranking includes 209 cities across five continents.<\/li>\n<li>New York City is used as the base city for all comparisons and currency movements are measured against the US dollar.<\/li>\n<li>The survey measures the comparative cost of more than 200 items in each location, including housing, transportation, food, clothing, household goods, and entertainment.<\/li>\n<li>According to Mercer\u2019s 2016 Cost of Living Survey, Hong Kong tops the list of most expensive cities for expatriates, pushing Luanda, Angola to second position.<\/li>\n<li>Zurich and Singapore remain in third and fourth positions, respectively, whereas Tokyo is in fifth, up six places from last year.<\/li>\n<li>Kinshasa, ranked sixth, appears for the first time in the top 10.<\/li>\n<li>Other cities appearing in the top 10 of Mercer\u2019s costliest cities for expatriates are Shanghai (7), Geneva (8), N\u2019Djamena (9), and Beijing (10).<\/li>\n<li>The world\u2019s least expensive cities for expatriates, according to Mercer\u2019s survey, are Windhoek (209), Cape Town (208), and Bishkek (207).<\/li>\n<li>Mumbai (82) is India\u2019s most expensive city, followed by New Delhi (130) and Chennai (158).<\/li>\n<li>Kolkata (194) and Bangalore (180) are the least expensive Indian cities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercer.com\/newsroom\/continued-demand-for-mobility-in-the-global-workforce-challenged-by-cost-of-expatriate-packages.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.mercer.com\/newsroom\/continued-demand-for-mobility-in-the-global-workforce-challenged-by-cost-of-expatriate-packages.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imercer.com\/content\/mobility\/cost-of-living-city-rankings.html#list\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.imercer.com\/content\/mobility\/cost-of-living-city-rankings.html#list<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: On 22 June 2016 the human resources consulting firm, &#8220;Mercer&#8221; issued the &#8220;Cost of Living Survey-2016. According to this which is the most expensive city in India? (a) Mumbai (b) Chennai (c) Delhi (d) Hyderabad Ans:(a) Related facts: On 22 June 2016 the human resources consulting firm, &#8220;Mercer&#8221; issued the &#8220;Cost of Living Survey-2016. 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