466: Consider the following:
1. Hotels and restaurants
2. Motor transport undertakings
3. Newspaper establishments
4. Private medical institutions
The employees of which of the above can have the 'Social Security' coverage under Employees' State Insurance Scheme?
(a) 1, 2 and 3 only
(b) 4 only
(c) 1, 3 and 4 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Explanation:
The ESI Act applies to any premises, where 10 or more persons are employed.
Hence all statements are true.
467: In India, the tax proceeds of which one of the following as a percentage of gross tax revenue has significantly declined in the last five years ?
(a) Service tax
(b) Corporation tax
(c) Excise duty
(d) Personal income tax
Explanation:
Service tax, personal income tax and corporation tax have been increasing in the last five years.
Excise duty rates have been reduced in the recent past to boost aggregate demand, so as to protect the economy from global recession.
468: India's external debt increased from US $98,158 million as at the end of March 2000 to US $100,225 million as at the end of March 2001 due to increase in
(a) multilateral and bilateral debt
(b) rupee debt
(c) commercial borrowings and NRI deposits
(d) borrowing from International Monetary Fund
Explanation:
India's external debt increased due to increase in multilateral and bilateral debt.
469: The only anthropoid ape to be found in India is the
(a) hanuman monkey
(b) liontailed macaque of Western Ghats
(c) slow loris of Assam
(d) whitebrowed gibbon of Assam
470: To keep the seeds in good condition, we should keep it in a place which is:
(a) Warm and dry
(b) Warm and wet
(c) Cool and dry
(d) Cool and wet