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Multiple choice economics meaning and scope of public finance public finance, budget and fiscal policy government budget and economy public finance and budget

___________ is the difference between total receipts and total expenditure.

  1. Fiscal deficit

  2. Budget deficit

  3. Revenue deficit

  4. Capital deficit
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Budget deficit refers to the shortfall of revenues in comparison to the government expenditure. It can be measured as the difference between Total Receipts and Total Expenditure.

Multiple choice economics meaning and scope of public finance public finance, budget and fiscal policy government budget and economy public finance and budget

What is the budgetary deficit?

  1. It is the difference between all receipts and expenditure.

  2. It is the difference between all expenditure and receipts.

  3. The difference between government loans and credits recovered.

  4. Government assets and liabilities.
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A Correct answer
Explanation

A budgetary deficit occurs when the government's total expenditure exceeds its total receipts (revenue and capital).

Multiple choice economics meaning and scope of public finance public finance, budget and fiscal policy government budget and economy public finance and budget

In India, deficit can be financed by _________.

  1. borrowing from the RBI

  2. borrowing from the commercial banks

  3. issue of new currency

  4. all of the above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Deficit financing can be achieved through various means, including borrowing from the central bank (RBI), borrowing from commercial banks, or issuing new currency.

Multiple choice economics meaning and scope of public finance public finance, budget and fiscal policy government budget and economy public finance and budget

Deficit financing means financing of _________.

  1. public expenditure which is in excess of public revenue

  2. public revenue which is in excess of public expenditure

  3. both (a) and (b)

  4. none of the above
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Deficit financing specifically refers to the method of funding public expenditure that exceeds the revenue generated by the government.

Multiple choice economics meaning and scope of public finance public finance, budget and fiscal policy government budget and economy public finance and budget

What does an increase in the ratio of revenue deficit to gross fiscal deficit indicate?

  1. An increase in investment

  2. An increase in the utilisation of borrowed funds for revenue purposes

  3. An increase in the utilisation of borrowed funds for imports

  4. An increase in the utilisation of borrowed funds for lending
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

$Revenue\ deficit:$ Revenue expenditure of the Central Govt is composed of plan and non-plan expenditure of the Government and is met out of revenue receipts. In case of a gap in the revenue receipts and revenue expenditure, where the expenditure is on the higher side, there exists a revenue deficit which is financed from borrowed funds.


$Fiscal\ deficit$ is the sum of budgetary deficit and the borrowed liabilities of the government for deficit financing. It indicates the total deficit of the fiscal policy. 

An increase in the ratio of revenue deficit to gross fiscal deficit would indicate higher revenue deficit, which requires use of deficit financing/borrowing for the purpose of revenue expenditure, i.e, into those avenues which would not generate any productive returns in the future.

Multiple choice economics meaning and scope of public finance public finance, budget and fiscal policy government budget and economy public finance and budget

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given the lists.

List-I (Type of budget deficit) List-II (Measurement of deficit)
A. Revenue Deficit $1$. Gap between total expenditure and total receipts
B. Fiscal Deficit $2$. Excess of revenue expenditure over revenue receipts
C. Primary Deficit $3$. Fiscal deficit less interest payments
D. Budgetary Deficit $4$. Difference between revenue receipts plus certain non-debt capital receipts and the total expenditure including loans, net of repayments

  1. A-$1$, B-$2$, C-$3$, D-$4$

  2. A-$2$, B-$4$, C-$3$, D-$1$

  3. A-$2$, B-$3$, C-$4$, D-$1$

  4. A-$1$, B-$4$, C-$3$, D-$2$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Revenue Deficit: It occurs when the actual amount of revenue expenditure and actual amount of received revenue do not match.
Fiscal Deficit: Fiscal deficit is an economic phenomenon, calculated as the budget deficit, plus the borrowings of the government.
Primary Deficit: Primary deficit is obtained by subtracting interest payments from fiscal deficit of any country of a particular year. It is the deficit in the fiscal budget, unaccounted for any borrowing related interest payments.
Budgetary Deficit: A budgetary deficit is a common economic phenomenon, which occurs when the spending of a government exceeds the government revenue. 

Multiple choice economics meaning and scope of public finance public finance, budget and fiscal policy government budget and economy public finance and budget

If borrowings and other liabilities are added to the budget deficit it is termed as __________.

  1. fiscal deficit

  2. primary deficit

  3. capital deficit

  4. revenue deficit
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The fiscal deficit is calculated as the total budget deficit plus the government's borrowings and other liabilities.