UPSC Prelims 2017: Candidates questioned about GST, Hackathon and other schemes of Modi govt

Questions on Goods and Services Tax (GST), benami transactions and schemes run by the central government were asked in the civil services preliminary examination held today.

The aspirants were also asked questions related to National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF), ‘Vidyanjali Yojana’ and ‘Smart India Hackathon’, all of which are the NDA government’s initiatives. Lakhs of aspirants appeared in the preliminary examination held across the country. “What is/are the most likely advantages of implementing Goods and Services Tax?” reads a question.

The option for students to choose the correct answers included “it will enormously increase the row and size of economy of India and will enable it to overtake China in the near future”. The second option was “It will drastically reduce the Current Account Deficit (CAD) of India and will enable it to increase its foreign exchange reserve”. The third option given in the first paper of the test was “It will replace multiple taxes collected by multiple authorities and will thus create a single market in India”.

The civil services examination is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) annually in three stages — preliminary, main and interview — to select candidates for the prestigious Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign …read more