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UPSC CSE Prelims 2022 · GS Paper I · Question 9 · Budget, taxation & public finance

किसी संगठन या कंपनी द्वारा किए गए व्यय के सन्दर्भ में, निम्नलिखित कथनों में कौन-सा/से सही है/हैं ?

UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2022, General Studies Paper I, Question 9 — Budget, taxation & public finance.

किसी संगठन या कंपनी द्वारा किए गए व्यय के सन्दर्भ में, निम्नलिखित कथनों में कौन-सा/से सही है/हैं ?

  1. 1.नई प्रौद्योगिकी प्राप्त करना पूँजीगत व्यय है ।
  2. 2.ऋण वित्तीयन को पूँजीगत व्यय माना जाता है, जबकि ईक्विटी वित्तीयन को राजस्व व्यय माना जाता है ।

नीचे दिए कूट का प्रयोग कर सही उत्तर चुनिए :

Read this question in English

With reference to the expenditure made by an organisation or a company, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Acquiring new technology is capital expenditure.

2. Debt financing is considered capital expenditure, while equity financing is considered revenue expenditure.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 1 only · (b) 2 only · (c) Both 1 and 2 · (d) Neither 1 nor 2

उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English

Answer: (a) केवल 1

Spending that creates a lasting asset — such as new technology, machinery or equipment — is capital expenditure. Debt and equity are ways of raising money, not ways of spending it, so neither can be classed as capital or revenue expenditure.

  • ✓ 1. Buying new technology adds a long-lived asset that yields benefits over years, which is exactly what capital expenditure means (like spending on machinery and equipment).
  • ✗ 2. Borrowing (debt) and issuing shares (equity) are sources of funds. For a government, loans are capital receipts because they create a liability; they are not expenditure of any kind.

Remember · Capital expenditure creates assets or cuts liabilities (land, machinery, technology). Debt and equity are financing — receipts, not expenditure.

📘 Read it in NCERT: Class 12 Introductory Macroeconomics, Ch 5 (practise this chapter) · Class 12 Introductory Macroeconomics, Ch 5 (practise this chapter)

Sources

Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper I (2022, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·

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