Previous year MCQs

Economy UPPSC 2000 GS-I
Question

Which among the following taxes is not shared by the Central Government with UP Government under the Finance Commission award?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option D: Agriculture Income Tax

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Agriculture Income Tax”.
Income tax, excise duty, and customs duty are taxes levied by the Central Government, and their proceeds are shared with the states, including Uttar Pradesh, as per the recommendations of the Finance Commission.

Agriculture Income Tax is exclusively levied by the state governments and is not shared with the Central Government.

Similar Questions:

Sangeet Natak Akademy Fellowship have been conferred in 1999 on the following persons in fields indicated in list-II.

Match list-I with list-II and select the correct answer using the code given below:
List-I (Persons) - List-II (Fields)

A. Birju Maharaj - 1. Bharat Natyam Guru
B. K. Chandra Shekhar - 2. Vocalist
C. Bhimsen Joshi - 3. Playwriter
D. Vijay Tendulkar - 4. Kathak

Code:
A B C D
  1. A) 4 3 2 1
  2. B) 3 4 1 2
  3. C) 1 2 3 4
  4. D) 4 2 3 1
Assertion (A): Indian economy has moved to a higher average GDP growth rate in the last 15 years.
Reason (R): The saving ratio has consistently increased in this period.

Code:
  1. A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  2. B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
  3. C) A is true but R is false
  4. D) A is false but R is true
Provident Fund in India is
  1. A) Contractual savings
  2. B) Residual Savings
  3. C) Voluntary Savings
  4. D) Employers savings
The slogan of "poverty eradication" was given in the five year plan of:
  1. A) Second five year plan
  2. B) Fourth five year plan
  3. C) Fifth five year plan
  4. D) Sixth five year plan
The concept of 'Marginal Man' was propounded by:
  1. A) Robert E. Park
  2. B) Robert Redfield
  3. C) Louis Wirth
  4. D) Louis Dumont
A company declares dividend on:
  1. A) Issued Capital
  2. B) Authorised Capital
  3. C) Subscribed Capital
  4. D) Total Employed Capital
Arrange the following Plans is chronological order:

1. Cripps Plans
2. Cabinet Mission Plan
3. Mountbatten Plan
4. Wavell Plan
  1. A) 1,2,3,4
  2. B) 3,4,1,2
  3. C) 2,3,1,4
  4. D) 1,4,2,3
The newly discovered high temperature superconductors are?
  1. A) Metal alloys
  2. B) Pure rare earth metals
  3. C) Ceramic oxides
  4. D) Inorganic polymers
Which one of the following committees recommended the abolition of reservation of items for the small scale sector in industry?
  1. A) Abid Hussain Committee
  2. B) NarasimhanCommittee
  3. C) Nayak Committee
  4. D) Rakesh Mohan Committee
The winner of 1999 Nobel prize for literature is:
  1. A) Poet
  2. B) Dramatist
  3. C) Novelist
  4. D) All the above
The ratio of monthly incomes of Ram and Rahim is 7: 4, but the ratio of their expenditures is 5: 2, If each of them saves Rs. 900/-per month, which one of the following gives the income of Ram?
  1. A) Rs. 1800
  2. B) Rs. 2100
  3. C) Rs. 4500
  4. D) Rs. 6300
The first sunrise of the miIlennium-2000 was observed in India at:
  1. A) Kohima
  2. B) Koteswar
  3. C) Katchal
  4. D) Kavaratti