The Finance Commission is a constitutional body that is constituted every five years by the President of India. It is tasked with recommending the distribution of central taxes between the Union and the states, as well as the allocation of funds to the states. The current Finance Commission is the 15th, and it was constituted in 2020.

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Q. Who among the following has been appointed as the chairman of the 15th Finance Commission?

 ◉ Jitendra Rawat

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 ◉ N. D. Prasad

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 ◉ NK Singh

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 ◉ S. K Verma

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Q. On 27 November 2017 in N.K. Singh was given the post of chairman of which finance commission?

 ◉ 15th Finance Commission

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 ◉ 13th Finance Commission

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 ◉ 11th Finance Commission

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 ◉ 14th Finance Commission

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Q. Who among these was the first chairman of the Finance Commission?

 ◉ K.C. Niyogi

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 ◉ Sukumar Sen

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 ◉ Vyomesh Chandra Banerjee

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 ◉ G V. Mavalankar

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Q. The chairman of the 12th Finance Commission is -

 ◉ C. Rangarajan

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 ◉ a. M. Mukherjee

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 ◉ N. K.P. Salve

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 ◉ k. C. Pant

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Q. What is Finance Commission?

 ◉ Permanent body

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 ◉ Trivial body

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 ◉ quinquennial body

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 ◉ Annual body

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Q. Who constitutes the Finance Commission after every five years?

 ◉ Chief Justice of India

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 ◉ Chief Greatist of India

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 ◉ prime minister of India

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 ◉ President

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Q. The Finance Commission, which is a statutory body, is to be appointed every five years, so that it-

 ◉ divide taxes and levies between the center and the states

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 ◉ Do and divide the collections between the Center and Gujarat

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 ◉ divide taxes and levies between the country and abroad

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 ◉ none of these

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Q. What is the Finance Commission according to the Indian Constitution?

 ◉ Constitutional union

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 ◉ Constitutional process

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 ◉ Constitutional protection

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 ◉ Constitutional body/institution

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Q. The 12th Finance Commission has recommended what percentage of central taxes for the states?

 ◉ 0.34

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 ◉ 0.305

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 ◉ 0.33

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 ◉ 0.325

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Q. The first Finance Commission was constituted in 1951 AD. Its chairman was -

 ◉ K. C. Pant

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 ◉ Y. V. Chavan

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 ◉ K. Santhanam

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 ◉ How. Niyogi

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Q. In which article is the provision for the constitution of the Finance Commission?

 ◉ Article 280

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 ◉ Article 380

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 ◉ Article 180

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 ◉ Article 270

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Q. Who appoints the Finance Commission?

 ◉ Urashtra of India

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 ◉ President of India

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 ◉ prime minister of India

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 ◉ Council of council

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Q. For what period is the Finance Commission constituted?

 ◉ 5 year

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 ◉ 6 years

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 ◉ 1 year

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 ◉ 2 years

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Q. Who was the chairman of the 10th Finance Commission?

 ◉ C. Rangarajan

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 ◉ AM Khusro

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 ◉ KC Pant

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 ◉ Arun Jaitley

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