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The term money held by public excludes money held by ________.

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  1. RBI

  2. Commercial banks

  3. Central Government

  4. All the three

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Correct Option: D

The Union Cabinet approved signing and ratification of tax agreement with which nation?

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  1. Samoa

  2. Fiji

  3. Palau

  4. Australia

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Correct Option: A

Which of the following panel was appointed to put forward recommendation of GAAR? 

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  1. Ready panel

  2. P. Shome panel

  3. Rangarajan panel

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B

_______ is a compulsory contribution from a person to the expenses incurred by the State in common interest of all without reference to specific benefits conferred on any individual. 

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  1. Tax

  2. Fees

  3. Rates

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: A

Which committee recommended simplification and rationalization of tax system in India?

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  1. Chelliah

  2. Boothalingam

  3. Both (a) & (b)

  4. Urjit Patel

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Correct Option: C

As part of Banking Sector Reforms in 1991, Priority Sector was enlarged to include -

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  1. Software

  2. Venture Capital

  3. Agro-Processing Industries

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D

The most important source of public revenue is ____________.

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  1. taxes

  2. interest

  3. dividend & profit

  4. license fees

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Public revenue is all the revenue receipts of the government. These revenue receipts consists of taxes, interest on loans etc. Majority of the revenue collected by the government is in the forms of taxes i.e. both direct taxes (income tax, wealth tax, property tax) and indirect taxes (GST, service tax). These taxes give revenue in huge quantity and hence it becomes the most important source of public revenue.

The income of the government through all its sources is called ____________.

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  1. public expenditure

  2. public revenue

  3. public finance

  4. none of the above

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Correct Option: B

GDP at factor cost is equal to GDP at market price minus indirect taxes plus __________.

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  1. depreciation

  2. direct taxes

  3. foreign investments

  4. subsidies

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

$GDP _{fc} = GDP _{mp} - Indirect\ taxes + Subsidies$.
This is because market prices is reached by adding indirect taxes to the cost of production, i.e., factors of production, and deduction of subsidies provided, if any.

Net national product at market price minus net indirect taxes is equal to _______.

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  1. net foreign investment

  2. net foreign investment plus net domestic investment

  3. net national product at factor cost

  4. replacement expenditure

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

$NNP _{mp} - Net Indirect Taxes = NNP _{fc}$.
This is because the market price is the cost of production, i.e, factor cost, plus the taxes payable on the product.