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Multiple choice questions on public finance

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The main purpose of imposing taxes especially in poor country is

  1. collection of revenue
  2. providing protection to domestic industry
  3. increasing rate of capital formation
  4. regulation of consumption and production of harmful products
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following types of tax has an adverse effect on the willingness to earn more and work?

  1. Proportional Tax
  2. Progressive Tax
  3. Regressive Tax
  4. Digressive Tax
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following taxes is narrower in scope in India?

  1. Value Added Tax
  2. Excise Duty
  3. Corporate Tax
  4. Entertainment Tax
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following taxes is the most unjust for the poor?

  1. Proportional Tax
  2. Regressive Tax
  3. Progressive Tax
  4. Digressive Tax
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not an objective of fiscal policy?

  1. Desirable level of prices
  2. Desirable level of income distribution
  3. Desirable level of employment
  4. Desirable equilibrium in balance of payments
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Fiscal Policy refers to

  1. the policy concerning the use of State Treasury
  2. the policy concerning the use of taxes
  3. the policy concerning the use of non-tax revenue
  4. none of these
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not an instrument of fiscal policy?

  1. Increase in taxation
  2. Reduction of government expenditure
  3. Rationing of public debt
  4. Increasing the bank rate
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which tax is not imposed on transferring ownership of property in India?

  1. Transfer Tax
  2. Stamp Duty
  3. Registration Fees
  4. Municipal Tax
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following tax burden is felt by the person who pays it in the first instance?

  1. Sales Tax
  2. Professional Tax
  3. Excise Duty
  4. None of these
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not considered by fiscal policy?

  1. Management of public debt
  2. Imposition of taxes
  3. Regulation of money supply in the hands of public
  4. None of these
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

During which of the following conditions of economy, tax must be reduced?

  1. Inflation
  2. Boom
  3. Depression
  4. None of these
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Education cess in India is not applicable on

  1. income tax
  2. service tax
  3. excise duty
  4. gift tax
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not the method to reduce inequality?

  1. Imposing heavy duty on the rich and low duty on the poor
  2. Imposing heavy taxes on luxury items
  3. Giving tax concessions on essential goods
  4. Imposing equal rates of taxes on the rich as well as the poor
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of Direct Tax?

  1. Octroi Tax
  2. Securities Transaction Tax
  3. Custom Duty
  4. Goods and Service Tax
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Up to what limit the annual income is exempted from tax for general tax payers for the current assessment year 2012 - 2013 in India?

  1. Rs. 2, 00,000
  2. Rs. 2, 50,000
  3. Rs. 5, 00,000
  4. Rs. 4, 00,000
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following taxes is not levied by the Parliament?

  1. Income Tax
  2. Service Tax
  3. Value Added Tax
  4. None of these
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Excise duty payable on cigarettes is based on

  1. the length of the cigarettes
  2. weight of the cigarettes
  3. width of the cigarettes
  4. none of these
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Excise Duty payable on sugar is based on

  1. the length of sugar
  2. weight of sugar
  3. width of sugar
  4. volume of sugar
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Goods mentioned in the Tarrif Act with zero rate is known as

  1. dutiable goods
  2. non-dutiable goods
  3. excisable goods
  4. non-excisable goods
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Captively consumed goods means that

  1. goods are manufactured and sold
  2. goods are manufactured and used within factory
  3. goods are manufactured for personal use
  4. goods are purchased and sold
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one of the following comes under Specific Rate of Duty?

  1. Wood products
  2. Plastic products
  3. Cement
  4. Chemicals
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

By which of the following policies does the value of rupee decrease?

  1. By increasing the taxes
  2. By adopting policy of public debt
  3. By adopting deficit financing
  4. By adopting surplus financing policy
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a method to adopt deficit financing?

  1. Issuing new currency notes by government
  2. Taking the accumulated cash reserve deposited in Reserve Bank of India
  3. Borrowing from Reserve Bank of India
  4. Increasing the bank rate
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not an adverse effect of deficit financing?

  1. Inflation
  2. Decline in savings
  3. Increase in the cost of government projects
  4. Granting subsidies
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not an objective of deficit financing?

  1. To finance war expenses
  2. Economic development
  3. To reduce inflation
  4. To overcome low tax receipts