Assam Budget 2022-23 Important MCQ Questions – Assam Economy Quiz

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Assam Budget 2022-23 Important MCQ Questions

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Q1. Assam Budget for the Fiscal Year 2022-23 was a 

  1. Deficit budget of Rs 566 crore
  2. Surplus budget of Rs 566 crore
  3. Balance Budget
  4. None of the above
a. Deficit budget of Rs 566 crore

  • Finance Minister of Assam, Ms. Ajanta Neog presented a deficit budget of Rs 566 crore for the state for the Fiscal Year 2022-23 on March 16, 2022.
  • Balanced Budget – total revenues are equivalent to or greater than the total expenditure.
  • Surplus Budget – incomes or receipts overreach costs or outlays (expenditures).
  • Deficit Budget – expenses exceeds the revenue and it is a symptom of financial health

 

Q2. Who is/was the Assam’s first woman Finance Minister?

  1. Syeda Anwara Taimur
  2. Ajanta Neog
  3. Rebati Das
  4. Bijoya Chakravarty
b. Ajanta Neog

  • She also holds Social Welfare Ministry portfolio in the Govt of Assam.
  • She has been representing the Golaghat Assembly seat consecutively for the past five terms since 2001.
  • She also holds the record for being the longest serving female legislator from Assam.

 

Q3. Four new schemes  namely, Pakipath Nirman Achani, Unnoti Pakipath Nirman Achani, Mothauri Pokikaran Achani and Path Nobikaran Achani were proposed in Assam Budget 2022-23, with the purpose of

  1. construction, upgradation and maintenance of all-weather roads
  2. construction, upgradation and maintenance of medical facility infrastructures
  3. construction, upgradation and maintenance of river bridges
  4. construction, upgradation and maintenance of rural roads only
a. construction, upgradation and maintenance of all-weather roads.

 

Q4. Who presented the first Assam Budget in Independent India?

  1. R K Shanmugham Chetty
  2. Gopinath Bordoloi
  3. Muhammad Saadulla
  4. Bishnu Ram Medhi

d. Bishnu Ram Medhi

  • During the pre-Independence period, the first budget for the State of Assam was presented by the then Chief Minister of Assam Saiyd Muhammad Saadulla on 3rd August, 1937.
  • After Independence, the first budget was presented by Late Bishnu Ram Medhi, the then Finance Minister of Assam on 11th March, 1948.

 

Q5. ‘Asom Mala’ programme is related to

  1. improving every aspects of Assam’s economy
  2. improving state highways and major district roads network in Assam
  3. Special financial program from World Bank for development of health-facility in Assam
  4. Special financial program for flood control in Brahmaputra and Barak Basins
b. improving state highways and major district roads network in Assam

 

Q6. Assam Budget 2022-23 proposed new airports in which of the following areas?

  1. Karbi Anglong and Silchar
  2. Karbi Anglong, Silchar, Nagaon, Geleki and Haflong
  3. Nagaon and Silchar
  4. Kokrajhar and Haflong
a. Karbi Anglong and Silchar

 

Q7. As per Assam Budget 2022-23, Assam Inland Water Transport Development Society to develop 13 small terminals on National Waterway 2. Which is the National Waterway 2?

  1. Section of the Brahmaputra River between Dhubri and Sadiya
  2. Section of the Brahmaputra River between Guwahati and Dibrugarh
  3. Section of the Barak River between Lakhipur and Bhanga
  4. Section of the DihingRiver between Tinsukia and Dibrugarh
a. Section of the Brahmaputra River between Dhubri and Sadiya

Q8. As per Assam Budget 2022, which place is to be developed as North East Freedom Fighter’s Memorial Park?

  1. Guwahati Central Jail
  2. Silchar Central Jail
  3. Jorhat Jail
  4. Patharighat

c. Jorhat Jail

  • Assam’s legendary freedom fighter Kushal Konwar was hanged inside the Joraht jail campus.
  • Prominent freedom fighters like social reformer Pitambor Dev Goswami, former President Fakaruddin Ali Ahmed, former chief minister Gopinath Bordoloi and Bimala Prasad Chaliha, were also imprisoned in this jail.
  • Government will develop a heritage site in 100 bighas of jail land.

 

Q9. As per Assam Budget 2022, how much fund is earmarked for Bhasha Gourab Scheme?

  1. ₹28.80 crores 
  2. ₹48.80 crores 
  3. ₹8.40 crores 
  4. ₹88.40 crores 
a. ₹28.80 crores

 

Q10. ₹25 crores is earmarked in Assam Budget 2022 for the holistic development of which of the communities of the state?

  1. Tai Ahom, Moran, Matak, Chutia and Koch-Rajbongshi
  2. Boro, Kamtapuri and Rabha
  3. Deori and Mising
  4. Bishnupriya Manipuri, Santali and Tai Phake
a. Tai Ahom, Moran, Matak, Chutia and Koch-Rajbongshi

 

Q11. Mission Basundhara project is launched to

  1. offer financial supports to BPL families
  2. offer next-generation land-related services
  3. Improve village infrastructure
  4. Improve Agriculture-goods value addition facilities
b. offer next-generation land-related services

 

Q12. As per Assam Budget 2022, NIDA Fund of how much amount allocated to each of the Majuli University, Rabindranath Tagore University, Bhattadev University, Madhabdev University, Birangana Sati Sadhini State University and Aniruddhadev Sports University?

  1. ₹50 crore
  2. ₹100 crore
  3. ₹150 crore
  4. ₹200 crore
a. ₹50 crore

 

NABARD INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE (NIDA) is a line of credit for funding rural infrastructure projects under the following three channels:

 

  • Funding rural infrastructure projects directly to State Government and State-owned Institutions.
  • Funding PPP infrastructure projects in rural areas, developed directly or through Special Purpose Vehicles promoted by State-owned Institutions, Co-operatives, etc.
  • Funding non-PPP, rural infrastructure projects

 

Q13. As per Assam Budget 2022, Seuj Axom Abhijan started to increase green cover in Assam to what percent in five years using the Miyawaki model?

  1. 33 percent
  2. 36 percent
  3. 38 percent
  4. 40 percent

c. 38 percent

  • Japanese “Miyawaki” afforestation method to grow urban forests and expand green cover. Pioneered by Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki – helps build dense, native forests in a short time.
  •  Miyawaki model  method involves planting two to four trees per square metre. Miyawaki forests grow in two to three years and are self-sustaining.
  • lower temp in concrete heat islands, reduce air and noise pollution, biodiversity & create carbon sinks.

 

Q14. As per Assam Budget 2022, how much fund is earmarked for Mukhya Mantri Souro Shakti Prokolpo to increase the generation of clean energy by installing solar power generation plants with an aggregated installed capacity of 1,000 Mega Watts?

  1. ₹1000 crores
  2. ₹2000 crores
  3. ₹3000 crores
  4. ₹4000 crores
d. ₹4000 crores

  • Recently, NLCIL inks MoU with Assam firm to develop 1,000 MW of solar power projects.
  • The MoU is for setting up a joint venture company with equity participation of 51% by NLCIL and 49% by APDCL.

 

Q15. As per Assam Budget 2022, Govt proposed to establish ______ in 800 tea gardens to provide training to the tea tribe youth and to organise community-based events.

  1. Mahaprabhu Jagannath Community and Skill Centre
  2. Assam Skill Development Corporation
  3. Automotive Skills Development Council
  4. DAKSHA (Digital Access to Knowledge and Skilled Human Resource of Assam)
a. Mahaprabhu Jagannath Community and Skill Centre

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