Attempt this previous-year question. The correct option stays hidden until you choose.
Consider the following:
1. Demographic performance
2. Forest and ecology
3. Governance reforms
4. Stable government
5. Tax and fiscal efforts
For the horizontal tax devolution, the Fifteenth Finance Commission used
how many of the above as criteria other than population area and income distance?
Pick an option to check yourself.
• Correct Answer: B
• The 15th Finance Commission used three criteria: demographic performance (12.5%), forest and ecology (10%), and tax and fiscal efforts (2.5%).
• Governance reforms and stable government were not criteria for horizontal devolution.
Attempt Prelims MCQs or open Mains questions by paper — then continue the same bank inside the app with visual decks.
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