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Question : 36 [SSC CML 2001]

Which of the following yields the largest revenue to the Government of India?

a) Excise duty

b) Sales tax

c) Income tax

d) Entertainment tax

Answer: (a)

Income Tax (corporate and non-corporate combined) contribute about 56 per cent of the tax revenue of India. But, income tax, apart from agricultural income is shared between the Union and states.

Among the given options, Excise duty is the chief and single largest source of revenue income. The Government of India earns maximum from Union Excise Duty

Question : 37 [SSC CGL Pre 2000]

The Tarapore Committee recommended that before capital account was made convertible the rate of inflation should be brought down for three years to within :

a) 0.3%

b) 3.5%

c) 4.6%

d) 5.7%

Answer: (b)

The Tarapore Committee on capital account convertibility had laid down a three year, three-phase schedule for allowing convertibility.

It laid down three pre-conditions:

  1. fiscal consolidation implying that the centre’s fiscal deficit should come down to 3.5 per cent of GDP;
  2. a mandated inflation target; and
  3. strengthening of the financial system to
    1. involve a near-complete clampdown on activities of weak banks,
    2. major cut in the CRR, and
    3. complete deregulation of interest rates.

Question : 38

Which of the following gives a correct picture of the share of various sectors in economic growth in India over the years?

  1. Primary sector-stagnant
  2. Secondary sector-increasing
  3. Tertiary sector-decreasing

a) 2 and 3

b) 2 only

c) 1 and 2

d) 1 only

Answer: (b)

Question : 39

In terms of economics, the total value of the output (goods and services) produced and income received in a year by a domestic resident of a country put together is called

a) Gross National Product

b) National income

c) Gross National Income

d) Net National Product

Answer: (a)

GNP is the total value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a particular year, plus income earned by its citizens (including income of those located abroad), minus income of non-residents located in that country.

GNP measures the value of goods and services that the country’s citizens produced regardless of their location.

Question : 40 [MPPCS (Pre) 1997]

For the existence of a market which is indispensable?

a) Economic laws

b) Prices

c) Banks

d) Trade unions

Answer: (b)

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