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Questions Related to government budget and economy

Indifference curves can intersect each other.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Indifference curves cannot intersect each other as it would break down the indifference curve analysis. This is because the consumer would have more than one point on the indifference curve giving him a different level of satisfaction.

Along an indifference curve utility is _______.

  1. same

  2. lesser

  3. greater

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: A

Convexity means the slope is __________.

  1. increasing

  2. decreasing

  3. constant

  4. zero


Correct Option: B

What shows all possible combinations of two goods that can be bought by the consumer?

  1. Marginal utility curve

  2. Indifference curve

  3. Budget line

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: C

At the point of consumer's equilibrium indifference curve and budget curve are __________.

  1. passing through each other

  2. intersecting

  3. tangent

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: C

The _______________ of the budget starts once the Finance and Appropriation Bills are passed.

  1. preparation

  2. enactment

  3. execution

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: C

The preparation of the budget by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, starts in the month of _________________.

  1. January

  2. September

  3. December

  4. March


Correct Option: B

Budget of the Delhi government is an example of _____________ budget.

  1. union

  2. state

  3. district

  4. national


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
State budget is the government budget which is prepared for a given financial year for a single state. The budget prepared by the state government is a state budget. Therefore, the budget of Delhi government is an example of state budget.

The revenue budget consists of capital receipts and capital expenditure.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

False.

Revenue shows all types of current receipts of the government and related expenditures. Revenue budget includes 'revenue receipts' and 'revenue expenditure'. 
Revenue receipts refers to all such types of money receipts that do not create any liability for the government or does not reduce any asset of the government. 

Revenue expenditure are all such types of government expenditure that does not create any assets for the government or does not cause any reduction in the liability of the government. 

The types of budget of the government are ______________.

  1. Union budget

  2. Plan budget

  3. Revenue budget

  4. Both A and B


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The type of budget of the government are: 

Union budget - The government budget which is prepared for a given financial year for the whole country is known as union budget. 
Plan Budget - The government budget which is prepared for a upcoming financial year with estimated receipts and expenditure is known as plan budget.