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Question 201.
List I
List II
A. Partial convertibility
1. Unified exchange rate, applied for export and import of goods only, visible transaction of BoP.
B. Convertibility on trade account
2. Currency can be converted on all accounts
C. Convertibility on current account
3. 60% of foreign exchange to be converted at market rates and rest at the official rate.
D. Full Convertibility
4. Full convertibility in all visible and invisible transactions of goods and services.Codes: A B C D
  1.    A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
  2.    A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3
  3.    A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2
  4.    A-1, B-4, C-3, D-2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2
Answer: (c)
Question 202. Globalisation does not include
  1.    disinvestment of Public Sector Equity
  2.    free flow of FDI
  3.    reduction in import duties
  4.    abolition of import licensing
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> disinvestment of Public Sector Equity
Answer: (a)
Question 203. A tax is said to be regressive when its burden falls
  1.    None of these
  2.    more heavily on the poor than on the rich
  3.    less heavily on the poor than on the rich
  4.    equally on the poor as on the rich
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> more heavily on the poor than on the rich
Answer: (b)
In terms of individual income and wealth, a regressive tax imposes a greater burden on the poor than on the rich.
There is an inverse relationship between the tax rate and the taxpayer’s ability to pay, as measured by assets, consumption, or income.
These taxes tend to reduce the tax burden of the well-to-do, as they shift the burden disproportionately to the needy.
Question 204. The theory of “Maximum Social Advantage” in Public Finance was given by
  1.    Dalten
  2.    Musgrave
  3.    Robbins
  4.    Findley
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Dalten
Answer: (a)
The 'Principle of Maximum Social Advantage' was introduced by British economist Hugh Dalton.
According to Dalton, “The best system of public finance is that which secures the maximum social advantage from the operations which it conducts."
Question 205. Which one of the following is part of fiscal policy?
  1.    Interest rate policy
  2.    Foreign policy
  3.    Production policy
  4.    Tax policy
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Tax policy
Answer: (d)
Question 206. The non-expenditure costs which arise when the producing firm itself owns and supplies certain factors of production are
  1.    Replacement costs
  2.    Original costs
  3.    Explicit costs
  4.    Implicit costs
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Implicit costs
Answer: (d)
In economics, an implicit is the opportunity cost equal to what a firm must give up in order to use factors which it neither purchases nor hires.
It is the opposite of an explicit cost, which is borne directly. In other words, an implicit cost is any cost that results from using an asset instead of renting, selling, or lending it. These are costs a business incurs without actually spending money.
Question 207. Match columns A and B wherein Column B defines Column A Column B I.  a.  II.  b.  III.  c. 
Column A
Column B
I. Capital expenditure
1. Includes interest payments, subsidies, defence expenditure
II. Plan expenditure
2. Includes loans to PSUs, states, foreign governments
III. Revenue expenditure
3. Includes expenditure on central plans such as agriculture, rural development, irrigation, transport, communications, environment and welfare schemes 
Codes: I II III
  1.    I-c, II-a, III-b
  2.    I-a, II-d, III-b
  3.    I-b, II-c, III-a
  4.    I-b, II-a, III-c
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> I-b, II-c, III-a
Answer: (c)
All asset creating and productive expenditure is part of plan expenditure, and all non-productive, consumptive and non- asset-building expenditure is part of non-plan expenditure.
Non-plan expenditure is further divided into revenue expenditure and capital expenditure
Question 208. Which statements about indirect taxes in India are true?

  1. Yield from indirect taxes is more than that from direct taxes.

  2. Indirect taxes have grown faster than direct taxes after 1947.

  3. Indirect taxes are ultimately paid for by persons who do not actually pay taxes to the government.

  4. Increase in indirect taxes is good in a developing country.


  1.    1, 2 and 4
  2.    2 only
  3.    1 and 2
  4.    1, 2 and 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 1, 2 and 3
Answer: (d)
Question 209. Excise duty on a commodity is payable with reference to its
  1.    production, transportation and sale
  2.    production and sale
  3.    production
  4.    production and transportation
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> production
Answer: (c)
An excise or excise tax (sometimes called a duty of excise special tax) is an inland tax on the sale, or production for sale, of specific goods or a tax on a good produced for sale, or sold, within a country or licenses for specific activities.
Excises are distinguished from customs duties, which are taxes on importation. Excises are inland taxes, whereas customs duties are border taxes.
Question 210. The acronym SRO, being used in the capital market for various market participants, stands for which one of the following?
  1.    Securities Roll-back Operators
  2.    Small Revenue Operators
  3.    Self regulatory Organisations
  4.    Securities Regulatory Organisations
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Self regulatory Organisations
Answer: (c)
A self-regulatory organization (SRO) is a nongovernmental organization that has the power to create and enforce industry regulations and standards.
The priority is to protect investors through the establishment of rules that promote ethics and equality

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