Public Finance-Online Practice Exam 7
Public Finance-Online Practice Exam 7

Public Finance-Online Practice Exam 7

NET / SET Online Practice Exams

Public Finance
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Multi-choice 7

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1. States earn maximum revenue through-

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Land revenue

Commercial taxes

Excise duties on intoxicants

Custom duties

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2. Which of the following taxes are levied by centre and not divided between the Centre and States?

  1. Income tax
  2. Union excise duties
  3. Custom duties
  4. Corporation tax

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I, II and IV

I, II and III

III and IV

II, III and IV

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3. The maximum effect of direct taxes is on-

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Income

Consumer goods

Capital goods

Price of food

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4. Which one of the following taxes is levied by the State Government only

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Wealth tax

Corporation tax

Entertainment tax 

Income tax

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5. Zero based budgeting (ZBB) lays emphasis in 

  1. Unlimited deficit financing
  2. Preparing new budget right from the scractch
  3. Preparing the budget neglecting history

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II and III

I, II and III

I and III

I and II

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6. Which of the following are indirect taxes?

  1. Custom duties
  2. Excise duties
  3. Sales tax
  4. Estate duty

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I, II, III and IV

I, II and III

II and III

II and IV

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7. Which of the following agency effectively control the income and expenditure of central government ?

  1. Comptroller and Auditor General of (GAG)
  2. Public Accounts Committee (PAC)
  3. Estimates Committee

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Only I

I and II

I, II and III

II and III

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8. Consider the following Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and choose the correct answer given below- 

Assertion (A): Sales of spurious and substandard drugs and under-reporting of sales by firms a com- mon phenomenon in India.

Reason (R): India’s pharmaceuticals sector generates a large quantity of unaccounted income.

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Both A and R are correct and R is the incorrect explanation of A 

Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A 

A is correct, but R is incorrect

A is incorrect, but R is correct

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9. The ‘Ad hoc Treasury Bill System’ of meeting budget deficit in India was replaced by ‘Ways and Means Advances System’ which has come into force on-

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March 31, 1997 

April 1. 1996

April 1, 1997

None of these

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10. Which of the following indicators can be used to identify the sector which is/are more prone to generate or utilize unaccounted income.

  1. Backward and forward linkages based input-output framework

  2. Proportionate share of informal sector in the economy

  3. Sectors flagged by different government agencies (Such as CBI)

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Only III

I, II and III

I and III

None of these

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