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Question 391. The sales tax you pay while purchasing a toothpaste is a
  1.    tax imposed by the Central Government but collected by the State Government
  2.    tax imposed and collected by the State Government
  3.    tax imposed by the Central Government
  4.    tax imposed by the State Government but collected by the Central Government
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> tax imposed and collected by the State Government
Answer: (b)Taxes on tooth paste come under GST which is administered by State government.Sales tax is paid to sales tax authority in the state from where the goods are moved.
Question 392. Where is the headquarter of World Bank located?
  1.    New York
  2.    Geneva
  3.    Washington D.C.
  4.    Rome
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Washington D.C.
Answer: (c)
The World Bank was created at the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference, along with three other institutions, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
World Bank provides loans to developing countries for capital programs. The headquarter of the World Bank is located in Washington D.C.
Question 393. Which ministry/department grants "Infrastructure Status" to the various sectors:
  1.    Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance
  2.    Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
  3.    Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance
  4.    None of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance
Answer: (a)"Department of Economic Affairs", Ministry of Finance grants "Infrastructure Status" to the various sectors.
Question 394. The balance of payments of a country is a systematic record of
  1.    good exported from a country during a year
  2.    capital movements from one country to another.
  3.    all import and export transactions of a country during a given period of time, normally a year
  4.    economic transaction between the government of one country to another
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> economic transaction between the government of one country to another
Answer: (d)
The Balance of Payments (BoPs) accounts is an accounting record of all monetary transactions between a country and the rest of the world.
These transactions include payment for the country’s exports and imports of goods, services, financial capital and financial transfers.
Question 395. What are autonomous bodies?

  1. They are primarily meant to provide essential services such as railways.

  2. They are public enterprises that came into existence by a Special Act of the Parliament.

  3. They are companies in which 51% or more of the paid-up capital is held by the central or any state government (partly or wholly by both).

  4. They are set up whenever it is felt that certain functions need to be discharged outside the governmental set-up with some amount of independence and flexibility without day-to-day interference from the governmental machinery


  1.    Only II
  2.    I & III
  3.    Only IV
  4.    None of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Only IV
Answer: (c)
Autonomous bodies are set up whenever it is felt that certain functions need to be discharged outside the governmental set up with some amount of independence and flexibility without day-to-day interference from the governmental machinery.
Question 396. Which unit of the Hindustan Copper Lt(d) is the first copper smelting unit in India?
  1.    Indian Copper Complex (Jharkhand)
  2.    Malanjkhand Copper Project (MP)
  3.    Tajola Copper Project (Maharashtra)
  4.    Khetri Copper Complex (Rajasthan)
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Malanjkhand Copper Project (MP)
Answer: (b)
Malanjkhand Copper Project was established in 1982.
The initial project has been set up by Hindustan Copper Ltd to exploit the copper ore through an open-pit mine.
Question 397. Which of the following sectors have the highest allocation in “National Infrastructure Pipeline” (NIP)?
  1.    Energy
  2.    Rail
  3.    Road
  4.    Urban
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Energy
Answer: (a)Under National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP), Government has a plan to spend around Rs. 102 lakh crores in various infrastructure sectors to achieve the $5 Trillion economy by 2024-25. NIP will cover the period from 2019-20 to 2024-25. To draw up the NIP plan, an inter-ministerial Task Force was set up in September 2019 under the chairmanship of Secretary (DEA), Ministry of Finance. As per the NIP, Central Government (39 per cent) and State Government (39 per cent) are expected to have equal share in funding of the projects followed by the Private Sector (22 per cent). The funds allocated to some major sectors are Energy (24%), Roads (19%), Urban (16%) and Railways (13%) etc.
Question 398. The main objectives of setting up Special Economic Zones (SEZ) are:

  1. Generation of additional economic activity

  2. Promotion of investment from foreign sources

  3. Creation of employment opportunities


Select the correct answer using the code given below:
  1.    (i) & (iii) only
  2.    (iii) only
  3.    (i) only
  4.    All of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> All of the above
Answer: (d)
The main objectives of the establishment of SEZs are:
Promotion of exports of goods and services
Generation of additional economic activity
Promotion of investment from domestic and foreign sources
Creation of employment opportunities

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