UPPCS Prelims 2018 · GS Paper I: Direct Tax Code in India is related to which of the following ?
Direct Tax Code in India is related to which of the following ?
Answer (b) & explanation
Option (b) is right: the Direct Taxes Code was proposed (first Bill in 2010) to replace the Income-tax Act, 1961 with a simpler law covering income tax and other direct taxes. Option (a), sales tax, option (c), excise duty, and option (d), service tax, are indirect taxes, whose burden can be passed on to the consumer; most of them were subsumed into the Goods and Services Tax in July 2017. Concept: a direct tax is paid by the person on whom it is levied, such as income tax and corporation tax, while an indirect tax is collected through the price of goods and services. The DTC was never enacted, but the aim of a simpler income-tax law was carried forward in the Income-tax Act, 2025.
The Direct Taxes Code was about income tax; sales, excise and service taxes are indirect taxes.
Question as printed in UPPSC's official question booklet. Source: uppsc.up.nic.in
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Answer (c) & explanation
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Answer as per the official UPSC answer key.
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Answer (c) & explanation
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Answer as per the official UPSC answer key.
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Answer (d) & explanation
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Notice the legal base: the RBI Act was amended in 2022 to let the RBI issue a CBDC. Pilots began that year in wholesale (e₹-W) and retail (e₹-R) forms.
a "not correct" question. Look for the statement that puts the RBI's liability on someone else.
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Which of the following statements about Real-World Assets (RWA) Tokenization are correct ?
- 1. Tokenization is the process of turning real world assets into digital tokens using blockchain technology.
- 2. Tokenization of real world assets offers 24x7 access, promoting financial inclusion.
- 3. Tokenization of real world assets will allow the access to high growth investment opportunities for individuals in India.
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Answer (a) & explanation
All three statements are correct (a). Statement 1 is right: tokenization turns a real asset, like a building, bond or gold, into digital tokens recorded on a blockchain. Statement 2 is right: tokens can be traded 24x7, which widens financial inclusion. Statement 3 is right: small, fractional tokens let ordinary individuals get into high-growth investments that once needed crores. So options (b), (c) and (d) fail.
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Answer as per the official UPSC answer key.