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Which country has pioneered two great advances in bowling viz. the Doosra and the Reverse Swing?

  1. India

  2. Australia

  3. Pakistan

  4. Sri Lanka


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Pakistan has pioneered two great advances in bowling: the doosra and the reverse swing. Both the skills were developed in response to subcontinental conditions: the doosra to counter aggressive
batsmen with heavy modern bats who were threatening to make finger-spin obsolete and reverse swing to move the ball in on
dusty, unresponsive wickets under clear skies.

Our forefathers did wonderfully well without the fashionable sport of today these words were spoken by

  1. Jawaharlal Nehru

  2. Motilal Nehru

  3. Mahatma Gandhi

  4. Abdul Kalam Azad


Correct Option: C

The first black captain for the Caribbean team was ____________.

  1. Forbes Burnham

  2. Eric Williams

  3. Len Hutton

  4. Frank Worrell


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A stylish right-handed batsman and useful left-arm seam bowler, he became famous in the 1950s as the first black captain of the West Indies cricket team. Along with Everton Weekes and Clyde Walcott, he formed what was known as "The Three Ws" of the West Indian cricket. He was the first of the two batsmen to have been involved in two 500-run partnerships in first-class cricket.

Find the wrong statement about Cricket.

  1. The first written laws of Cricket were drawn up in $1744$

  2. The stumps must be $22$ inches high and the bail across them six inches

  3. The World's first Cricket Club was formed in Hambledon in the $1760$'s

  4. The Sikhs founded the first Indian Cricket Club, the Punjab Club in Amritsar in $1820$


Correct Option: D

Tax payments to the government do not provide any direct benefit to the tax payer. 

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Government spends tax receipts for common benefit of the society. Tax payer cannot expect that the tax amount will be used for his direct benefit.

Indirect taxes cannot be avoided in any circumstances.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Indirect taxes can be avoided in certain circumstances, by not entering into those transactions, which call for such taxes. 

Direct taxes have limited reach as compared to indirect taxes. 

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A

Direct tax is called direct because it is collected directly from __________________.

  1. The producers on goods produced

  2. The sellers on goods sold

  3. The buyers of goods

  4. The income earners


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A direct tax is the tax, the final burden of which is borne by the person on whom it is imposed. For example: Income tax is a direct tax. Thus, direct tax is called direct tax as it is collected directly from the income earners and the burden of the tax cannot be shifted to different persons.

The tax levied by the union government on income of individuals is known as _____.

  1. personal income tax

  2. interest tax

  3. wealth tax

  4. corporation tax


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 Personal Income Tax (PIT) is a direct tax levied on income of a person. A person means an individual, an ordinary partnership, a non-juristic body of person and an undivided estate. In general, a person liable to PIT has to compute his tax liability, file tax return and pay tax, if any, accordingly on a calendar year basis.

Which of the following is a union tax?

  1. Corporation tax

  2. Taxes on agricultural income

  3. Capitation taxes

  4. Land revenues


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Union taxes are given in the list of 7th schedule in the constitution.