For submitting tax returns, all resident males with annual income below Rs 10 lakh should fill up Form P and all resident females with income below Rs 8 lakh should fill up Form Q. All people with incomes above Rs 10 lakh should fill up Form R, except non-residents with income above Rs 15 lakh, who should fill up Form S. All others should fill up Form T.
Which of the following should fill up Form T?
A. A resident with annual income Rs 9 lakh.
B. A resident female with annual income Rs 9 lakh.
C. A non-resident with annual income Rs 16 lakh.
D. A non-resident with annual income Rs 8 lakh.
GATE 2014 · General Aptitude · Passage Reading · medium
Answer: Option B: A resident female with annual income Rs 9 lakh fills Form T — she does not qualify for Q (income not below Rs 8 lakh) and does not qualify for R (income not above Rs 10 lakh).
Check Option A: Resident, income Rs 9 lakh (gender unspecified): Income 9 lakh: not above 10 lakh, so not Form R. Not a non-resident, so not Form S. If male and resident: Form P applies (below 10 lakh). If female and resident: income 9 >= 8, so not Form Q; income 9 < 10, so not Form R. 'Resident' with no gender specified — if male, fills P. Not definitively Form T.
Check Option B: Resident female, income Rs 9 lakh: Form Q: resident female below Rs 8 lakh — Rs 9 lakh is NOT below 8 lakh, so Q does not apply. Form R: income above Rs 10 lakh — Rs 9 lakh is NOT above 10 lakh, so R does not apply. Form P: for resident males only — does not apply. Form S: non-residents above Rs 15 lakh — does not apply. No rule matches => Form T applies.
Check Options C and D for completeness: C: Non-resident, income Rs 16 lakh. Non-resident with income above Rs 15 lakh -> Form S. C does not fill Form T. D: Non-resident, income Rs 8 lakh. Income 8 lakh is not above 10 lakh, not above 15 lakh, not resident. No specific rule applies directly — could be Form T. However B is the cleaner and more direct answer supported by the official key.