Economic Social Development

Q321.Which of the following ‘BRICS’ nation has highest per capita income?

Q322.Which one of the following is not a tax/duty levied by the Government of India?

Q323.Which one of the following countries is not a member of WTO?

Q324.Consider the following taxes. 1. Corporation Tax 2. Customs Duty 3. Wealth Tax 4. Excise Duty Which of these is/are indirect taxes?

Q325.A group formed by India, Brazil, China and other developing countries for future negotiations at WTO is known as

Q326.A redistribution of income in a country can be best brought through

Q327.TRIMS stands for

Q328.The Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) was introduced in the Budget of the Government of India for the year

Q329.India enacted the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 in order to comply with the obligations to

Q330.Consider the following statements. In India, Stamp duties on financial transactions are 1. Levied and collected by the state 2. Appropriated by the Union Government Which of these statement(s) is/are correct?

Q331.Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists. List-I (a) WTO (b) IDA (c) IMF (d) IBRD List-II 1. Provides loans to address short term balance of payment 2. Multilateral trade negotiation body 3. Sanction of soft loans 4. Facilitating lending and borrowing for reconstruction and development Code (a) (b) (c) (d)

Q332.Who is called father of Modern Economics?

Q333.Which of the following tax is levied by Union but collected and appropriated by States?

Q334.Assertion (A): The new EXIM policy is liberal, market oriented and favours global trade. Reason (R): GATT has played a significant role in the liberalisation of the economy. In the context of the above two statements, select the correct answer from the codes given below. Code

Q335.Paul Krugaman is a/an

Q336.Service Tax in India was introduced in the year

Q337.Assertion (A): The United States of America has threatened to ask the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to apply sanctions against the developing countries for the non-observance of ILO conventions. Reason (R): The United States of America itself has adopted and implemented those ILO conventions. In context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct? Code

Q338.For the existence of a market which is indispensable?

Q339.Consider the following taxes. 1. Sales Tax 2. Income Tax 3. Corporate Tax 4. Entertainment Tax Which of the above taxes are levied by the state government and not shared by central government?

Q340.The emerging trading blocs in the world, such as NAFTA, ASEAN and the others are expected to