Q: Tax Freedom Day is the first day of the year in which a nation as a whole has theoretically earned enough income to pay its taxes. Every dollar that is officially considered income by the government is counted, and every payment to the government that is officially considered a tax is counted. Taxes at all levels of government local, state and federal are included.

According to Neil Veldhuis, Director of Fiscal Studies, Fraser Institute, the purpose of Tax Freedom Day is to provide citizens of tax-paying countries with a metric with which to estimate their "total tax bill". The premise is that by comparing the benefits received by citizens to the amount they pay in taxes, the value of paying taxes can be assessed.

The concept of Tax Freedom Day was developed in 1948 by Florida businessman Dallas Hostetler, who trademarked the phrase "Tax Freedom Day" and calculated it each year for the next two decades. In 1971, Hostetler retired and transferred the trademark to the Tax Foundation. The Tax Foundation has calculated Tax Freedom Day for the United States ever since, using it as a tool for illustrating the proportion of national income diverted to fund the annual cost of government programs. In 1990, the Tax Foundation began calculating the specific Tax Freedom Day for each individual state.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who is Neil Veldhuis?
2. Where?
3. When was Tax Freedom Day established?
4. By whom?
5. Where is Dallas from?
6. Why was the day developed?
7. What happened in 1971?
8. What happened with the trademark?
9. From who?
10. To who?
11. Who has the trademark now?
12. Was it always calculated per state?
13. When did this start?
14. What exactly is Tax Freedom Day?
15. Which dollars are counted?
16. How many levels of taxes are included?
17. What are they?
A: 1. Director of Fiscal Studies
2. Fraser Institute
3. 1948
4. Dallas Hostetler
5. Florida
6. so people could measure their taxes
7. Hostetler retired
8. it was transferred
9. Hostetler
10. the Tax Foundation
11. The Tax Foundation
12. no
13. In 1990
14. the first day when a nation has earned enough income to pay its taxes
15. all income
16. Three
17. local, state and federal
Q: Gibraltar ( , or other permutations; ) is a British Overseas Territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula. It has an area of and shares its northern border with Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region. At its foot is a densely populated city area, home to over 30,000 Gibraltarians and other nationalities.

An Anglo-Dutch force captured Gibraltar from Spain in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession on behalf of the Habsburg claim to the Spanish throne. The territory was subsequently ceded to Great Britain "in perpetuity" under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. During World War II it was an important base for the Royal Navy as it controlled the entrance and exit to the Mediterranean Sea, which is only eight miles (13km) wide at this naval "choke point" and remains strategically important to this day with half the world's seaborne trade passing through the strait. Today Gibraltar's economy is based largely on tourism, online gambling, financial services, and cargo ship refuelling services.

The sovereignty of Gibraltar is a major point of contention in Anglo-Spanish relations as Spain asserts a claim to the territory. Gibraltarians overwhelmingly rejected proposals for Spanish sovereignty in a 1967 referendum and again in 2002. Under the Gibraltar constitution of 2006, Gibraltar governs its own affairs, though some powers, such as defence and foreign relations, remain the responsibility of the British government.

Answer the following questions:
1. What location is the article talking about?
2. Where is it situated?
3. What is its major landmark?"
4. What's the population there?
5. Who does it share its border with?
6. Is it a densely populated area?
7. When was it an important base?
8. for who?
9. why?
10. What is its economy famous for today?
A: 1. Gibraltar
2. the Iberian Peninsula
3. The Rock of Gibraltar
4. 30,000
5. Spain
6. Yes
7. During World War II
8. the Royal Navy
9. it controlled the entrance and exit to the Mediterranean Sea
10. tourism, online gambling, financial services, and cargo ship refuelling services
Q: Bihar is an Indian state considered to be a part of Eastern as well as Northern India. It is the 13th-largest state of India, with an area of . The third-largest state of India by population, it is contiguous with Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Bengal to the east, with Jharkhand to the south. The Bihar plain is split by the river Ganges which flows from west to east. Bihar is an amalgamation of three main distinct regions, these are Magadh, Mithila and Bhojpur.

On November 15, 2000, southern Bihar was ceded to form the new state of Jharkhand. Only 11.3% of the population of Bihar lives in urban areas, which is the lowest in India after Himachal Pradesh. Additionally, almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, giving Bihar the highest proportion of young people of any Indian state. The official languages of the state are Hindi and Urdu. Other languages commonly used within the state include Bhojpuri, Maithili, Magahi, Bajjika, and Angika (Maithili is the only one of these to be officially accepted by the government).

In ancient and classical India, the area that is now Bihar was considered a centre of power, learning, and culture. From Magadha arose India's first empire, the Maurya empire, as well as one of the world's most widely adhered-to religions, Buddhism. Magadha empires, notably under the Maurya and Gupta dynasties, unified large parts of South Asia under a central rule. Another region of Bihar is Mithila which was an early centre of Brahmanical learning and the centre of the Videha kingdom. There is an ongoing movement in the Maithili speaking region of Bihar for a separate Indian state of Mithila. What will be the capital of the state has yet to be decided however Darbhanga is the most likely candidate. Other potential capitals include Muzaffarpur, Purnia, Madhubani and Begusarai.

Answer the following questions:
1. Whats Bihar?
2. Is it the largest state of India?
3. What river is it spilt on?
4. what happened in november 2000
5. what are the official languages
6. Any other languages spoken?
7. which ones?
8. what was bihar considered in ancient india?
9. and modern india too?
10. what was the first empire?
11. what became a seperate indian state?
12. what other cities was considered potential captials?
A:
1. an Indian state
2. No
3. the Ganges
4. southern Bihar was ceded
5. Hindi and Urdu
6. Yes
7. Bhojpuri, Maithili, Magahi, Bajjika, and Angika
8. a centre of power
9. unknown
10. the Maurya empire
11. southern Bihar
12. Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, Purnia, Madhubani and Begusarai.