Public Expenditure and its Trend

Q. Which of the following can be termed as a development expenditure?

1. Construction of dams for electricity generation
2. Expenditure on defence and security
3. Expenses on providing pensions
4. Expenditure on maintaining law and order

Q. Which of the following is a non-developmental expenditure?

1. Expenditure on defence
2. Expenditure on construction of roads
3. Expenditure on establishment of educational institutes
4. Expenditure on health facilities

Q. The public expenditure of the Indian Government has been decreasing over the last few decades.

1. False
2. True

Q. Which of the following is/are categorised under developmental expenditure?

1. Expenditure on defence
2. Expenditure on education infrastructure
3. Expenditure on health infrastructural project
4. Expenditure on law and order

Q. Choose the correct option.

Statement I: Public expenditure increases with an increase in population and modernisation.

Statement II: Over the years, the public expenditure of India has decreased.

1. Both of the statements are correct.
2. Both of the statements are incorrect.
3. Statement I is correct, but statement II is incorrect.
4. Statement I is incorrect, but statement II is correct.

Q. Which of the following is not categorised as a developmental expenditure?

1. Expenditure on pensions
2. Development of agriculture
3. Expenditure on research facilities
4. Expenditure on healthcare facilities

Q.

Development expenditure of the central government does not include

1. Grant to states

2. Defence expenditure

3. Expenditure on social and communist services

4. Expenditure on economic service