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Taxation : need, principles and importance - class-VII

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GST is an  _________.

  1. direct tax

  2. indirect tax

  3. hybrid tax

  4. not a tax at all


Correct Option: B

Direct taxes being progressive in nature, it is help to  ___________.

  1. reduce inequality

  2. reduce poverty

  3. reduce price

  4. reduce poverty and prices


Correct Option: A

Consider the following statements related to the tax litigations in the country and select the correct ones using the code given below:
1. The tax department of the country is the largest litigant at every level of the judicial hierarchy. 
2. The tax department of the country loses around $65$ per cent of the cases. 
3. There is serious need of enhancing the tax administration and pushing for legal sector reforms in the country. 

  1. 1 and 2

  2. 2 and 3

  3. 1 and 3

  4. 1, 2 and 3


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

India needs to simplify and enhance the effectiveness of her tax administration together with pushing in favour of needful kinds of legal sector reforms ( as was promised in the second generation of economic reforms in 199920001999−2000.)

Chairman of Tax Reform Committee was ________.

  1. Pranab Mukherjee

  2. KP. Narsimham

  3. S. Janakiraman

  4. Raja Chelliah


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Government appointed a Tax Reforms Committee under Prof Raja Chelliah to lay out agenda for reforming India’s tax system. This TRC came up with three reports in 1991, 1992 and 1993 with several measures.

Kelkar Committee report is related to _______.

  1. tax reforms

  2. financial sector reforms

  3. trade reforms

  4. administrative reforms


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Impetus to direct tax reforms in India came with the recommendations of the Task Force on Direct & Indirect Taxes under the chairmanship of Vijay Kelkar in 2002. The main recommendations of this task force related to the direct taxes related to increasing the income tax exemption limit, rationalization of exemptions, abolition of long term capital gains tax, abolition of wealth tax etc.

Which of the following add to governments non tax revenue?

  1. Administrative revenue

  2. Profit from state enterprises

  3. Gifts and grants

  4. All the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Administrative revenue, profit from state enterprises, revenue from gifts and grants come under non-tax revenue of government. 

Receipts in budget can be capital or revenue. Which of these is/are capital receipts?
1- Loan recoveries
2- Provident funds deposits
3- Grants

  1. Only 1 and 2

  2. Only 1 and 3

  3. Only 2 and 3

  4. 1, 2 and 3


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Loan recoveries are the money, which the government had lent out in past, their capital comes back to the government when the borrowers repay them as capital receipts. long-term capital accruals to the government through the Provident Fund (PF), Postal Deposits, various small saving schemes (SSSs) and the government bonds sold to the public (as Indira VIkas Patra, Kisan Vikas Patra, Market Stabilization Bond, etc.) are also capital receipts. Grants are revenue receipts.

With reference to contribution from taxes, consider the following statements:
1- Contribution from direct taxes is more than that from indirect taxes.
2- Corporation tax is the largest contributor.

  1. Only 1

  2. Only 2

  3. Both 1 and 2

  4. Neither 1 nor 2


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Since 2007-08, the contribution of direct tax has been more than indirect tax. Before this, the trend was opposite. Corporation tax is the largest contributor among the taxes.

Gross capital formation will increase if which of the following takes place?
1- Gross domestic saving increases
2- Gross domestic consumption increases
3- GDP increases

  1. only 1

  2. only 1 and 2

  3. only 1 and 3

  4. none of above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Gross capital formation, in simple terms is equivalent to investment made. It was earlier called gross domestic investment. The part of GDP that is used is called gross domestic consumption, while the part that is saved is gross domestic savings (GDS). Some part of this GDS will be re-invested back, and that is called gross capital formation. Now, an increase in GDP or GDS will not necessarily lead to an increase in capital formation. Because how much in invested back will depend on many other factors.

If a government is unable to pass the budget in Lok Sabha, then ______.

  1. a totally new budget is presented

  2. the budget is revised and presented again

  3. the government has to resign

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

If a government is unable to pass the budget in Lok Sabha, then the government has to resign.

The Economic Survey is compiled by ______.

  1. office of economic advisor

  2. central statistical office (CSO)

  3. national sample survey organization (NSSO)

  4. department of economic affairs


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Economic Survey is compiled by Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance. Office of economic advisor publishes WPI, while CSO publishes IIP and CPI.

Income Tax is rounded off to ________________.

  1. Nearest one rupee

  2. Nearest ten rupees

  3. Nearest hundred rupees

  4. Nearest thousand rupees


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

An income tax is a tax that governments enforce on income generated by businesses and individuals within their authority. By law, taxpayers must file an income tax return yearly to determine their tax obligations Income taxes are a source of revenue for governments. 

As per Section 288 B of the income tax act, the total tax computed shall be curved off to the nearest Rs 10. The income tax is rounding off would be done on the total tax payable or refundable and not to various dissimilar sub-heads of taxes like income tax, education cess, a surcharge etc.

Thus, the correct option is B.

A tax that takes away a higher proportion of one's income as the income rises is termed as ___________.

  1. proportional tax

  2. progressive tax

  3. regressive tax

  4. indirect tax


Correct Option: B

Income Tax is ____________ in nature.

  1. progressive

  2. regressive

  3. indifferent

  4. substantial


Correct Option: A

Marginal Rate of Tax refers to ____________.

  1. lowest rate of Income Tax

  2. highest rate of Income Tax

  3. average rate of Income Tax

  4. nil rate of Income Tax


Correct Option: B

To remove inequalities, the Government uses ___________.

  1. indirect taxes

  2. regressive taxes

  3. progressive taxes

  4. proportional taxes


Correct Option: C

The reasons for high tax incidence in India are____________.

  1. increase in expenditure on development planning

  2. rise in expenditure on defence and other non-developmental activities

  3. high cost of collection

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: D

Tax reform committee (TRC) was constituted for comprehensive reform of _________.

  1. direct tax laws

  2. indirect tax laws

  3. both direct and indirect tax laws

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: C

Which of the following is a progressive tax?

  1. Income tax

  2. Sales tax

  3. Custom duty

  4. Excise duty


Correct Option: A

An income tax system is said to be progressive ________________.

  1. if the rate of increase of the tax liability for a tax paying unit is less than the rate of increase of its income

  2. if the rate of increase of the tax liability for the tax paying unit is greater than the rate of increase of its income

  3. if the rate of increase of the tax liability for tax paying unit is equal to the rate of increase of its income

  4. if the rate of increase of the tax bears a multiplicative relation with rate of increase in income of tax paying unit


Correct Option: B
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