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Govt Budget Questions Board
C.B.S.E 2010
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(Q10) Categorise the following government receipts into revenue and capital
receipts. Give
reasons for your answer.
(4)
(Q11) What are the implications of a large revenue deficit ? Give two measures
to reduce this
deficit.
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C.B.S.E. 2011 & 2012
(4)
OR
Explain the ‘economic stability’ objective of a government budget.
(4)
(4)
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(3 ) OR
Explain the role of government budget in bringing economic stability.
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(Q5) Explain the concept of ‘fiscal deficit’ in a government budget. What does
it indicate ?
(4 )
(Q1) What one step can be taken through market to reduce the consumption
of a product harmful for health ?
(1)
(1)
(3)
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(Q6) State three sources each of revenue receipts and capital receipts in
government budget.
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C. B. S. E PAPER 2014
(Q3) Tax rates on higher income group have been increased. Which economic
value does it reflect ? Explain.
(4 each)
(Q4) Govt. raises its expenditure on producing public goods .Which economic
value does it reflect ? Explain.
(Q5) Govt. raises its expenditure on providing free services like education and
health to the poor .Which economic value does it reflect ? Explain.
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(Q6) Name any one step that the government can take through its budget to
check inflation that is causing hardships to the people ?
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(4)
SAMPLE PAPER
(Q1) Find (a) fiscal deficit and (b) primary deficit from the following : (4 )
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(Q2) In the Government of India’s budget for the year 2013-14, the Finance
Minister proposed to raise the excise duty on cigarettes. He also proposed to
increase income tax on individuals earning more than Rs. one crore per
annum. Is the objective only to earn revenue for the government ? What
possible welfare objective can you think of from these proposals ? Explain.
(4 )
Ans. Besides the objective of raising more revenue, the proposals also serve
some welfare objectives.
Firstly, raising excise duty on cigarettes will make cigarettes costlier and
discourage smoking. Less smoking will have positive influence on health and
raise welfare of the people.
Secondly, raising income tax on incomes above Rs. one crore will help in
reducing inequalities in income. Thirdly, the extra revenue raised from these
proposals, if spent on health and education of the poor will also raise welfare
of the poor.
(Q3) Name any one step the Govt. can take through its budget to reduce gap
between the rich
and the poor.
(1 mark)
(1 mark)
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OR
Distinguish between revenue receipt and capital receipt in government
budget. Give an example of each.
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(1)
Ans :: (d)
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(a) The producers on goods produced (b) The sellers on goods sold
(c) The buyers of goods (d) The income earners
Ans :: (d)
(Q7) Explain how the government can use the budgetary policy in reducing
inequalities in
incomes.
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Ans :: Government can reduce inequalities through its tax and expenditure
policy. Government can charge higher rate of tax from higher income groups
by imposing higher rate of income tax and higher rate on goods and services
purchased by the rich. The money so collected can be spent on the poor in the
form of free education, free medical facilities, cheaper housing etc. in order to
raise their disposable income.
(Q8) Explain the need for reduction in inequalities of income and wealth .
Explain any two
budgetary measure by which it can be done
(c)
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crores)
(1)
(Q14) The government budget has a revenue deficit. This gets financed by:
(1)
(A) Borrowing (B) Disinvestment (C) Tax revenue (D) Indirect taxes
(a) A and D (b) C and D (c) A and B (d) C and D
Ans ::(c)
(Q15) Which of the following statement is not true for fiscal deficit ?
(1)
A fiscal deficit:
(a) Represents the borrowing of the government.
(b) Is the difference between total expenditure and total receipts of the
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government
(c) Is the difference between total expenditure and total receipts other than
borrowing
(d) Increases the future liability of the government
Ans :: (d)
(Q16) “Governments across nations are too much worried about the term
fiscal deficit”. Do you
think that fiscal deficit is necessarily inflationary in nature? Support your
answer with valid reasons.
Ans :: The term fiscal deficit is the difference between the government’s total
expenditure and its total receipts (excluding borrowing).
(2m)
Such borrowings are generally financed by issuing new currency which may
lead to inflation, however, if the borrowings are for the infrastructural
developmental purposes this may lead to capacity building and may not be
inflationary.
(4m)
(Q17) In the government of India’s budget for the year 2013 14, the Finance
Minister proposed to raise the excise duty on cigarettes. He also proposed to
increase income tax on individual earning more than Rs. one crore per
annum.
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Identify and explain the types of taxes proposed by the Finance Minister. Was
the objective only to earn revenue for the government? What possible welfare
objectives could the Government be considering?
Ans :: Excise duty - Indirect tax . Indirect tax is a tax where the payer and the
bearer of the tax are
different people.
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Income tax - Direct tax . Direct tax is a tax where the payer and bearer of the
tax is the same
person.
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Besides the objective of raising more revenue, the proposals also serve some
welfare objectives.
Firstly, raising excise duty on cigarettes will make them more expensive. The
price rise is expected to discourage cigarette smoking, which will positively
impact the health of people and raise their welfare.
Secondly, raising income tax on income above Rs. one core will reduce the gap
between the rich and poor people. In other words, income inequalities will
reduce.
Thirdly, the extra revenue raised from these proposals could be spent on
health education and other welfare enhancing schemes to improve the welfare
of the public
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CBSE 2016
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(Q6) What is government budget ? Explain how taxes and subsidies can be
used to influence
allocation of resources.
OR
EXTRA QUESTION’S
(Q1) Name the budget where estimated revenue falls short of estimated
expenditure ?
(Q4) Define FD ? If fiscal deficit is high , why does the govt , tries to reduce it
?
(Q8) The Fiscal deficit gves the borrowing requirement of govt. “ Elucidate
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(Q11) India is a highly taxed economy . Some economists have suggested that
if the government decides to cut tax rates , the government would actually
receive more tax revenue . Explain ?
(Q12) For the following objectives identify the type of tax which govt. can use
(a) To place the burden of tax on seller not buyer
(b) To protect domestic industries from foreign competition
(c) To raise revenue without affecting the number of hours employees work
(d) To redistribute incomes from rich to poor.
(Q14) India’s total revenue expenditure is Rs. 1000 crore and total revenue
receipts are
Rs. 800 crore. What is this situation called in an economy ?
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(Q16) India’s total expenditure is Rs. 6,00,000 crore and total receipts are Rs.
4,00,000 crore. Here borrowing is not included in total receipts. What is the
difference between these two called ? Suppose the country takes a loan of Rs.
2,00,000 crore for meeting the expenditure in excess of its revenue receipt.
Find out the exact amount required to meet the excessive expenditure ? Total
payment on past borrowing is Rs. 1,20,000 crore. What amount is available
for government to meet excessive expenditure ?
Ans. Rs. 2,00,000 crore is the fiscal deficit which indicates borrowing
requirements of the country. However, if the government takes a loan of Rs.
2,00,000 crore, it is nothing but a fiscal receipts deficit. On the other hand
Rs. 1,20,000 crore is just payment for past borrowings. Thus, a primary
deficit of only Rs. 80,000 crore (2,00,000 - 120,000) will be available to meet
current excessive expenditure over its revenue receipts.
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Ans. It is wasteful expenditure : Because the benefit of subsidy (or diesel oil)
is unduly reaped by a richer section of the society who get cheaper oil t run
their luxury cars. It is not wasteful expenditure :Because, farmers need to be
given diesel at the low price. So that, the cost of farming does not rise and
farming remains a profitable occupation.
(Q19) Give the relationship between the revenue deficit and the fiscal deficit.
(Q20) If you were to be appointed the finance minister of India which taxes
would you prefer :
direct taxes or indirect taxes ?
Ans. Both of them have their relative merits and demerits.It is necessary to
strike a balance between direct taxes and indirect taxes as a source of tax
revenue.
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(Q25) Other things remaining constant, fiscal deficit increases when the
government revises
salary structure of its employees, but the primary deficit remains the same.
Comment.
(Q26) Do you agree that revenue deficit increases when the government fails
to recover its
loans?
Ans. No, it is incorrect. Revenue deficit is the excess of revenue expenditure
over revenue receipts. While the recovery of loans by the government is a
capital receipt.
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Ans. The statement comes in the wake of consistently high fiscal deficit
arising out of high expenditure of the government on subsidies. To the extent
money is spent on subsidies, it is not available for investment in strategic
sectors of economy like infrastructure.
(Q29) How has the decline in the price of crude oil in the international market
helped the government to increase its tax revenue (and reduce fiscal deficit) ?
Ans. Prompted the government to increase excise duty on crude oil without
passing the impact of it on to the consumers.
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