Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Council of Common Interest & NFC Award
What weight was assigned to revenue collection or generation in the Seventh NFC formula?
A. 15%
B. 5%
C. 10.3%
D. 2.7%
Correct Answer: B
Revenue collection or generation was assigned a five-percent weight.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Council of Common Interest & NFC Award
What weight was assigned to poverty and backwardness in the Seventh NFC formula?
A. 2.7%
B. 5%
C. 10.3%
D. 12%
Correct Answer: C
Poverty and backwardness received a 10.3 percent weight.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Council of Common Interest & NFC Award
What weight was assigned to population in the Seventh NFC horizontal formula?
A. 57.5%
B. 90%
C. 70%
D. 82%
Correct Answer: D
Population received an 82 percent weight.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Council of Common Interest & NFC Award
The Seventh NFC Award used how many horizontal distribution criteria?
A. One
B. Four
C. Five
D. Two
Correct Answer: B
It used population, poverty/backwardness, revenue collection/generation, and inverse population density.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Council of Common Interest & NFC Award
The Seventh NFC Award reduced the federal collection charge from 5 percent to:
A. 2%
B. 3%
C. 0%
D. 1%
Correct Answer: D
The Award reduced collection charges to one percent.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Council of Common Interest & NFC Award
From 2011-12 onward under the Seventh Award, the Federation's share is:
A. 42.5%
B. 37.5%
C. 56%
D. 44%
Correct Answer: A
The federal share is the complement of the 57.5 percent provincial share.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Council of Common Interest & NFC Award
The Federation's share in 2010-11 under the Seventh Award was:
A. 44%
B. 56%
C. 42.5%
D. 57.5%
Correct Answer: A
The federal share was 44 percent in the first year.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Council of Common Interest & NFC Award
From 2011-12 onward under the Seventh Award, the collective provincial share became:
A. 42.5%
B. 57.5%
C. 60%
D. 56%
Correct Answer: B
The provincial share rose to 57.5 percent from the second year onward.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Council of Common Interest & NFC Award
The Seventh NFC Award allocated what collective provincial share in 2010-11?
A. 44%
B. 42.5%
C. 56%
D. 57.5%
Correct Answer: C
The Provinces received 56 percent in the first year of the Seventh Award.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Council of Common Interest & NFC Award
Under the 2006 arrangement, the provincial divisible-pool share for 2010-11 was scheduled at:
A. 42.5%
B. 46.25%
C. 57.5%
D. 45%
Correct Answer: B
The schedule reached 46.25 percent for 2010-11, although the Seventh Award superseded the arrangement from July 2010.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Council of Common Interest & NFC Award
Under the 2006 arrangement, the provincial divisible-pool share for 2009-10 was:
A. 45%
B. 43.75%
C. 46.25%
D. 57.5%
Correct Answer: A
The share increased to 45 percent in 2009-10.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Council of Common Interest & NFC Award
Under the 2006 arrangement, the provincial divisible-pool share for 2008-09 was:
A. 42.5%
B. 43.75%
C. 45%
D. 46.25%
Correct Answer: B
The scheduled share was 43.75 percent in 2008-09.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Council of Common Interest & NFC Award
Under the 2006 arrangement, the provincial divisible-pool share for 2007-08 was:
A. 45%
B. 41.5%
C. 42.5%
D. 43.75%
Correct Answer: C
The scheduled share rose to 42.5 percent in 2007-08.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Council of Common Interest & NFC Award
Under the 2006 interim arrangement, the provincial divisible-pool share in 2006-07 was:
A. 45%
B. 57.5%
C. 42.5%
D. 41.5%
Correct Answer: D
The interim order began with a 41.5 percent share in 2006-07.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Council of Common Interest & NFC Award
The collection charge on straight transfers under the 1997 Award was:
A. 5%
B. 2%
C. 7%
D. 1%
Correct Answer: B
A two-percent collection charge applied to straight transfers.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Council of Common Interest & NFC Award
The federal collection charge on divisible-pool taxes under the 1997 Award was:
A. 10%
B. 1%
C. 5%
D. 2%
Correct Answer: C
The 1997 arrangement allowed a five-percent collection charge on divisible-pool taxes.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Council of Common Interest & NFC Award
The population base used in the 1997 Award was the census of:
A. 1972
B. 1998
C. 1981
D. 2017
Correct Answer: C
The 1997 Award used the 1981 census for horizontal distribution.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Council of Common Interest & NFC Award
The 1997 Award expanded the divisible pool to include:
A. Only customs duty
B. Only provincial taxes
C. Almost the entire range of FBR taxes, subject to specified exclusions
D. Only export duty on cotton
Correct Answer: C
The 1997 arrangement broadened the pool substantially.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Council of Common Interest & NFC Award
The collective provincial share under the 1997 Award was:
A. 57.5%
B. 37.5%
C. 46.25%
D. 80%
Correct Answer: B
The 1997 arrangement set the provincial share at 37.5 percent of the expanded divisible pool.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Institution - Council of Common Interest & NFC Award
Under the 1991 Award, net hydel profits were paid by:
A. CCI Secretariat
B. Federal Board of Revenue
C. WAPDA
D. State Bank of Pakistan
Correct Answer: C
WAPDA paid net hydel profits, with the Federal Government guaranteeing payment.