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1. “Money is a pivot around which the whole economy clusters.” Who said it?
Keynes
Robertson
Marshall
Hawtrey
2. The function of money is:
Medium of Exchange
Measure of Value
Store of Value
All the above
3. The functions of money include:
Value determination
Store of value
Means of exchange
All of these
4. Money is a matter which is:
a measure of value
accepted as a means of exchange
used to store wealth
All of these
5. By supply of money we mean :
Money deposited in the bank
Money available with the public
Deposits with post office savings bank
All of these
6. Which of the following is not a function of money?
Medium of exchange
Price stability
Store of value
Unit of account
7. The full form of ATM is:
Any Time Money
All Time Money
Automated Teller Machine
Both (a) and (b)
8. Credit money is increased when CRR:
Falls
Rises
Both (a) and (b)
None of these
9. Which is the Agency Function of Commercial Banks?
Advancing Loans
Accepting Deposits
Act as Trustee
Locker Facility
10. Which function is the Secondary Function of Commercial Banks?
Agency Function
General Utility Function
Social Function
All of these
11. What type of loan is advanced by Commercial Banks?
Cash Credit
Overdraft
Loan and Advance
All of these
12. Deposits accepted by the Commercial Banks:
Current Deposits
Saving Deposits
Time Deposits
All of these
13. The primary function of Commercial Bank is?
Accepting Deposits
Advancing Loans
Credit Creation
) All of these
14. Which one is the Bank of the Public?
Commercial Bank
Central Bank
Both (a) and (b)
None of the above
15. The main function of a commercial bank is:
Credit control
Loaning to other banks
Accept deposits from customers
All the above
16. What is the Central Bank of India?
Commercial Bank
Central Bank
Private Bank
None of these
17. Commercial banks:
Issue currency notes
Accepts deposits from customers
Provide loans to customers
Only (b) and (c)
18. What is true for the Central Bank?
Apex Bank of the Country
Ownership of the Government
Regulates the entire banking system in the country
All the above
19. Central Bank of India is:
Reserve Bank of India
State Bank of India
Central Bank of India
Bank of India
20. Which of the following is the function of the Central Bank?
Monopoly of Note Issue
Banker of the Government
Custodian of Foreign Exchange Reserves
All the above
21. Which type of currency is issued by Central Bank?
Currency
Credit Money
Coins
All of these
22. Which is the major objective of credit control?
To maintain Price Stability
To stabilize Exchange Rate
To production and Employment
All the above
23. Which one is true?
Bank rate is a rate at which Central Bank is ready to give credit to commercial banks (
Bank rate and interest rates are different
Bank rate is the discount rate of the Central Bank
All the above
24. Which is not a quantitative method of credit control?
Bank Rate
Moral Suasion
Open Market Operations
Change in CRR
25. Every bank is required to maintain a fixed percentage of its assets in the form of cash is called:
Cash Reserve Ratio
Statutory Liquidity Ratio
Both (a) and (b)
None of the above
26. Reserve Bank of India was established in :
1947
1935
1937
1945
27. Monetary policy is related with:
Public Expenditure
Taxes
Public Debt
Open market operations
28. Which of the following issue paper currency in the country?
Commercial Bank
Central Bank
World Bank
Industrial Bank
29. The central bank controls credit through:
Bank rate
Open market
CRR
All the above
30. Which of the following is a qualitative method of credit control?
Variation in cash reserve ratio of banks
Restriction on consumer credit
Open market operations
Variation in bank rate
31. The major objectives of monetary policy is/are:
Increase in output and employment
Stability in the foreign exchange rate
Price stability
All of these
32. Who regulates the money supply?
Govt, of India
Reserve Bank of India
Commercial Bank
Planning Commission
33. With which Narsimham Committee is related to?
Tax Reforms
Banking Reforms
Agriculture Reforms
Infrastructure Reforms
34. In which year the second Narsimham Committee was constituted?
1978
1991
1997
1998
35. Banking Ombudsman Scheme was announced in the year:
1990
1995
1997
2000
36. Which was included in the purview of the Banking Ombudsman Scheme?
All Scheduled Banks
Co-operative Banks
Commerical Banks
All of these
37. Which committee was constituted for suggesting consumer service improvements in banks?
Raja Chelliah Committee
Goiporia Committee
Verma Committee
Chakrabarty Committee
38. For revival and restructuring of weak banks of the public sector, which committee was constituted?
Verma Committee
Goiporia Committee
Rekhi Committee
Narsimham Committee
39. RBI announced the guidelines to issue licenses to new banks of the private sector on:
January 22, 1993
March 15, 1995
April 1, 1999
None of these
40. Who is the custodian of the Indian Banking system?
Reserve Bank of India
State Bank of India
Unit Trust of India
LIC of India
41. Banking Sector Reforms in India began in:
1969
1981
1991
2001
42. 14 big scheduled commercial banks in India were nationalised in:
1949
1955
1969
2000
43. Which is associated with reforms in the banking sector?
Year 1991
Narsimham Committee
Y.V. Reddy Committee
Only (a) and (b)
44. “Money is what money does”. Who said this:
Hartley Withers
Harte
Prof. Thomas
Keynes
45. The meaning of money supply is:
Money deposits in the bank
Cash available with public
Savings in the post office
All of the above
46. What is the Central Bank of India:
Commercial Banks
Central Bank
Private Bank
None of these
47. Through which method we can withdraw money from the bank:
Drawing letter
Cheque
A.T.M.
All of the above
48. Who is the guardian of the Indian Banking System:
Reserve Bank of India
State Bank of India
Unit Trust of India
Life Insurance Company of India.
49. Narasimham Committee is related to what:
Improvement in Taxation
Improvement in Banking
Improvement in Agriculture
Improvement in Infrastructure
50. Credit Multiplier is:
1/CRR
cash×1/CRR
Cash x CRR
None of these
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