2721: Which of the following taxes is/are levied by the Union and collected and appropriated by the States ?

(a) Stamp Duties

(b) Passenger and Goods Tax

(c) Estate Duty

(d) Taxes on Newspapers
2722: Consider the following crops :

1. Cotton

2. Groundnut

3. Maize

4. Mustard

Which of the above are Kharif crops?

(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
2723: What number will come next in the following series?

5, 8, 9, 14, 16, 23, 26

(a) 29

(b) 33

(c) 35

(d) 39
2724: Which of the following is not correctly matched ?

Prominent Indian Writer : Language

(a) Raja Rao : Telugu

(b) Gobind Trimbuk Deshpande : Marathi

(c) Subramaniyam : Tamil

(d) Tara Shankar Joshi : Gujarati

2725: The planning process in the industrial sector in India has assumed a relatively less important position in the nineties as compared to that in the earlier period. Which one of the following is not true in this regard ?

(a) With the advent of liberalisation, industrial investments/development have largely been placed within the domain of private and multinational sectors

(b) With markets assuming a central place, the role of central planning in many sectors has been rendered redundant

(c) The focus of planning has shifted to sectors like human resource development, infrastructure, population control and welfare

(d) The nation's priorities have shifted away from industrial development to rural development