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These things should be done if a road accident occurs _________________.

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  1. Call for an ambulance

  2. Provide medical assistance to the injured people

  3. Inform the police about it.

  4. All of these.

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Correct Option: D

How many people die daily in Tamil Nadu due to road accidents?

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  1. 43

  2. 34

  3. 50

  4. 20

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

While on an average 17 people die every hour in India, the death rate is about two every hour on Tamil Nadu's deadly roads. As many as 43 people die every day in road mishaps in the state, which also retained the dubious honour of having been host to the most number of accidents in all the states in the country.  The total number of people killed in 2015 in TN was 15,642, up from 15,176 in 2014.

What should be done for smooth traffic movement?

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  1. Separate tracks should be prepared for pedestrians and cyclists

  2. Encroachments on the roads must be removed

  3. Information regarding the traffic rules should be conveyed to the citizen through the educational advertisements and public awareness programmes

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D

Consider the following statements given below-
1. Transport related accidents can be both natural as well as man made.
2. As per a report 43 people die on road in Tamil Nadu.
Which of the following statements given above are correct?

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  1. Only 1

  2. Only 2

  3. Both 1 and 2

  4. Neither 1 and 2

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

here both the statements are correct. Bad weather are the natural conditions where transport related accidents might occur. 
In the page no 232 of the Tamil Nadu board class 8 book it is clearly given that 43 people die on roads in Tamil Nadu everyday.

 When you are stuck in traffic jam you should ________.

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  1. listen the favourite music

  2. hurry to move

  3. follow the signal and move slowly

  4. Jump the signal

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Correct Option: C

Identify the non-tax revenue from the following statement: "It refers to claim of the government on the property of a person who dies without leaving behind any legal heir or a will".

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  1. Special Assessment

  2. Escheats

  3. Forfeitures

  4. Fees

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Correct Option: B

Under which of the following tax system, more tax is imposed on the lower income group?

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  1. Regressive

  2. Progressive

  3. Value Added Tax

  4. Proportional Tax

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Correct Option: A

Which of the following tax have been abolished?

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  1. Income tax

  2. Goods & service tax

  3. Gift tax

  4. Indirect tax

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Correct Option: C

GST is payable on _________.

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  1. sale of goods

  2. providing services

  3. both (A) and (B)

  4. manufacture of goods

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Correct Option: C

 Non-Tax Revenues of the states can be increased by improving the working of the
 1. State Road Transport Corporations and the state electricity boards
2. irrigation projects and the tax collections
3. divesting the state public sector companies

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  1. Only 1

  2. I and 2

  3. 1 and 3

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Taxes belong to 'Tax Revenue'.