471: An ad valorem duty is a tax on the basis of:
(a) The price of a commodity
(b) The value added
(c) The advertisement expenditure
(d) The unit of the commodity
472: Consider the following statements :
In India, taxes on transactions in Stock Exchanges and Futures Markets are
1. levied by the Union
2. collected by the State
Which of the statements given above is /are correct ?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Explanation:
Union heads of taxation includes taxes other than stamp duties on transactions in stock exchanges and futures markets (List I, Entry 90).
473: The Sixth and the Eighth Five-Year Plans covered the period 1980-85 and 1992-97 respectively. The Seventh Five-Year Plan covered the period
(a) 1987-92
(b) 1986-91
(c) 1985-90
(d) 1988-94
474: In India, during the last decade the total cultivated land for which one of the following crops has remained more or less stagnant ?
(a) Pulses
(b) Oilseeds
(c) Rice
(d) Sugarcane
475: Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:
List I--------------------------------------------------List II
I. Development Programme-----------------------------(A) UN India Human Development Report
II. National Council of Applied Economic Research--------(B) India Development Report
III. Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research-----(C) World Development Report
IV. World Bank-----------------------------------------(D) Human Development Report
Codes:
(a) I-D, II-A, III-B, IV-C
(b) I-D, II-B, III-A, IV-C
(c) I-B, II-C, III-D, IV-A
(d) I-B, II-A, III-D, IV-C