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UNDERSTANDING THE BUDGET MCQs

Total Questions : 27 | Page 1 of 3 pages
Question 1. If the government borrows money from the World Bank to meet its future expenditures, it falls in the ___ budget.
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If the government borrows money from the World Bank, it increases the liability of the government as this money has to be paid back. Therefore it falls in the capital budget.
Question 2. The non-tax revenue in the following is
  1.    Export duty
  2.    Import duty
  3.    Dividends
  4.    Excise
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Answer: Option C. -> Dividends
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C
Out of the given options, dividend falls under the non-tax revenue of the government.
Question 3. Which of the following are the objectives of government budget?
  1.    Redistribution of income and wealth
  2.    Economic stability
  3.    GDP growth
  4.    All of these
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Answer: Option D. -> All of these
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D
All of the options are objectives of the government budget.
Question 4. Which of the following is/are correctly matched?
1. Borrowings by the governmenta. Capital Receipt2. Recovery of loansb. Revenue Receipt3. Customs dutyc. Capital Expenditure4. Construction of roadsd. Revenue Expenditure
  1.    1 - a, 2 - a, 3 - b, 4 - a
  2.    1 - a, 2 - a, 3 - b, 4 - c
  3.    1 - d, 2 - c, 3 - b, 4 - d
  4.    1 - b, 2 - c, 3 - b, 4 - c
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Answer: Option B. -> 1 - a, 2 - a, 3 - b, 4 - c
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B
Out of the given options, borrowings and recovery of loans impact the balance sheet and are capital receipts. Customs duty is a revenue receipt and construction of roads is a capital expenditure.
Question 5. Defence expenditure falls under
  1.    Plan Expenditure
  2.    Non-Plan Expenditure
  3.    Infrastructure Expenditure
  4.    None of the above
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Answer: Option B. -> Non-Plan Expenditure
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B
Defence expenditure falls under Non-Plan Expenditure.
Question 6. From the following data about a government budget, calculate the revenue deficit.
Tax Revenue50Capital Receipts35Non-tax Revenue20Borrowings30Revenue Expenditures80Interest Payments25
  1.    55
  2.    10
  3.    30
  4.    80
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Answer: Option B. -> 10
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B
Revenue Deficit = Revenue Expenditure -(Tax Revenue + Non-tax Revenue)
Revenue Deficit = 80 - (50+20) = 80 - 70 = 10
Question 7. Service tax is an example of
  1.    Direct tax
  2.    Indirect tax
  3.    Corporate tax
  4.    None of the above
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Answer: Option B. -> Indirect tax
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B
Service tax which is applied to the sales of services is an indirect tax.
Question 8. Which of the following sources of receipts in government budget increases liabilities?
  1.    Direct taxes
  2.    Recovery of loans
  3.    Borrowing
  4.    Dividend from public sector undertakings
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Answer: Option C. -> Borrowing
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C
Out of the given options, borrowings increase the liabilitiesas the government is obliged to repay the borrowed funds.
Question 9. Taxes like wealth tax and gift tax in India which carry their significance only on paper and have no significance in terms of revenue yield are called
  1.    indirect tax
  2.    direct tax
  3.    value added tax
  4.    paper taxes
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Answer: Option D. -> paper taxes
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D
Taxes like wealth tax and gift tax in India which carry their significance only on paper and have no significance in terms of revenue yield are called paper taxes.
Question 10. The government budget of a hypothetical economy presents the following information, which of the following value represents Budgetary Deficit? (all fig. in crores of Rupees).
A. Revenue Expenditure = 25,000
B. Capital Receipts = 30,000
C. Capital Expenditure = 35,000
D. Revenue Receipts = 20,000
E. Interest Payments = 10,000
F. Borrowings = 20,000
  1.    Rs 12,000 crore
  2.    Rs 10,000 crore
  3.    Rs 20,000 crore
  4.    None of the above
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Answer: Option B. -> Rs 10,000 crore
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B
Budgetary Deficit = Total Expenditures - Total Receipts
= (Revenue Expenditure + Capital Expenditure) - (Revenue Receipts + Capital Receipts)
= (Rs 25,000 crore + Rs 35,000 crore) - (Rs 20,000 + Rs 30,000 crore)
= Rs 60,000 crore - Rs 50,000 crore
= Rs 10,000 crore

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