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1.
Which is the role of government and development policies?
Defence
Foreign policy
Regulate the economy
all of above
2.
Which of the following country is not the founder member of NAM?
Yugoslavia
Indonesia
Egypt
Pakistan
3.
Where were the sons of Tipu Sultan sent after the Vellore Revolt?
Calcutta
Mumbai
Delhi
Mysore
4.
VAT
5.
Panchsheel
6.
Gopala Nayak
7.
Write any two difference between tax and payments?
8.
What is meant by black money?
9.
Define tax.
10.
List out the member countries of SAARC.
11.
List any four guiding principles of Panchsheel.
12.
What was the bone of contention between the Company and Kattabomman?
13.
Identify the Palayams based on the division of east and west.
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What is black money? Write the causes of black money.
17.
Write a detailed note on Non - Alignment.
18.
Attempt an essay of the heroic fight Veerapandya Kattabomman conducted against the East India Company.
19.
The British referred to Palayakkarars as________
20.
_________is a democratic country.
21.
The term Non-Alignment was coined by _________.
22.
Mark the following on the world map.
1. Axis Power Countries
2. Allied Power Countries
3. Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Hawaii Island, Moscow, San Francisco
1.
(d)
all of above
2.
(d)
Pakistan
3.
(a)
Calcutta
4.
Value Added Tax
5.
1954
6.
Dindigul
7.
| S. No. |
Tax | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tax is compulsory to the government without getting any direct benefits. | Fee is the payment for getting any service. |
| 2. | If the element of revenue for general purpose of the state predominates, the levy becomes a tax | While a fee is a payment for a specific benefit privilege although the special to the primary purpose of regulation in public interest. |
| 3. | Tax is a compulsory payment. | Fee is a voluntary payment. |
| 4. | If tax is imposed on a person, he has to pay it, otherwise he has to he penalised. | On the other hand fee is not paid if the person do not want to get the service. |
| 5. | In this case, tax payer does not expect any direct benefits. Example: Income tax, gift box, wealth tax, VAT, etc |
Fee payer can get direct benefit for paying fee. Example: Stamp fee driving licence fee,government registration fee. |
8.
i) Black money is funds earned on the black market on which income and other taxes have not been paid.
ii) The unaccounted money that is concealed from the tax administrator is called black money.
9.
Taxation is a means by which governments finance their expenditure by imposing charges on citizens and corporate entities.
10.
i) Afghanistan
ii) Bhutan
iii) Nepal
iv) Pakistan
v) Bangladesh
vi) India
vii) Maldives
viii) Sri Lanka
11.
i) Mutual respect for each other's territorial integrity and sovereignty.
ii) Mutual non - aggression
iii) Mutual non - interference
iv) Equality and cooperation for mutual benefit
v) Peaceful co - existence
12.
i) The Company had gained the right to collect taxes from Panchalamkurichi.
ii) The Company appointed its Collectors to collect taxes from all the Palayams.
iii) The Collectors humiliated the Palayakkarars and adopted force to collect the taxes. This was the bone of contention between the English and Kattabomman.
13.
i) The eastern Palayams were Sattur, Nagalapuram, Ettayapuram and Panchalamkurichi.
ii) The western Palayams were Uthumalai, Thalavankottai, Naduvakurichi, Singampatti and Seithur.
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15.
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i. Black money is funds earned on the black market on which income and other taxes have not been paid.
ii. The unaccounted money that is concealed from the tax administrator is called black money
Causes of Black money:
Several sources of black money are identified as causes
a) Shortage of goods
b) Licensing proceeding
c) Contribution of the industrial sector
d) Smuggling
e) Tax structure
17.
i) The term 'Non - Alignment' was coined by V. Krishna Menon in his speech at the United Nations in 1953.
ii) It has been regarded as the most important feature of India's foreign policy.
iii) It aimed to maintain national independence in foreign affairs by not joining any military alliance.
iv) The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) was formed with a membership of 120 countries and 17 states as observers and 10 international organisations.
v) It has transformed from a political movement to an economical movement.
Founders of Non-Aligned Movement
i) Jawaharlal Nehru of India
ii) Tito of Yugoslavia
iii) Nasser of Egypt
iv) Sukarno of Indonesia
v) Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana
18.
Veerapandya Kattabomman :
i) He became the Palayakkarar of Panchalamkurichi at the age of thirty, on the death of his father, Jagavira Pandya Kattabomman.
ii) The company had gained the right to collect taxes from Panchalamkurichi.
iii) The company appointed its Collectors to collect taxes from all the Palayams.
iv) The Collectors humiliated the Palayakkarars and adopted force to collect the taxes.
v) This was the bone of contention between the English and Kattabomman.
Confrontation with Jackson :
i) The land revenue arrears from Kattabomman was 3310 Pagodas in 1798.
ii) So Collector Jackson ordered Kattabomman to meet him in Ramanathapuram.
iii) Kattabomman met Jackson in Ramanathapuram on 19 September, 1798.
iv) It is said that Kattabomman had to stand for three hours before the haughty Collector Jackson.
v) Sensing danger, Kattabomman tried to escape along with his minister Sivasubraminanar.
vi) Oomaithurai suddenly entered the fort with his men and helped the escape of Kattabomman.
vii) Sivasubramanianar was taken prisoner.
viii) Kattabomman appeared before the committee that sat on 15 December 1798 and reported on what transpired in Ramanathapuram.
ix) The committee found Kattabomman was not guilty.
x) Jackson was dismissed from service.
xi) Kattabomman cleared almost all the revenue arrears leaving only a balance of 1080 Pagodas.
Kattabomman and the Confederacy of Palayakkarars:
i) Kattabomman was interested in this confederacy.
ii) Marudhu Brothers and Kattabomman jointly decided on a confrontation with the English.
iii) Kattabomman tried to influence Sivagiri Palayakkarar who was a tributary to the Company.
iv) So the Company ordered the army to march on to Tirunelveli.
The siege of Panchalamkarichi :
i) A British force advanced towards Tirunelveli under the leadership of major Bannerman.
ii) On 1st September 1799 an ultimatum was served on Kattabomman to surrender.
iii) Kattabomman's "evasive reply" prompted Bannerman to attack his fort.
iv) Bannerman moved his entire army to Panchalamkurichi on 5 September.
v) They cut off all the communications to the fort.
vi) Bannerman deputed Ramalinganar to convey a message asking Kattabomman to surrender.
Execution of Kattabomman :
i) Kattabomman escaped to Pudukottai. The British put a prize on his head.
ii) Betrayed by the rajas of Ettayapuram and Pudukottai, Kattabomman was finally captured.
iii) A trial was conducted in front of the palayakkarars.
iv) During the trial Kattabomman bravely admitted all the charges levelled against him.
v) Kattabomman was hanged from a tamarind tree in the old fort of Kayathar, close to Tirunelveli.
19.
( )
Poligar
20.
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India
21.
( )
V.Krishna Menon
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