Description : If RBI wants to decrease the money supply in order to check inflation it will (a) Sell bonds ; (b) Increase CRR ; (c) Hike bank rate ; (d) All or any of the above three
Last Answer : ; (d) All or any of the above three
Description : If the country is passing through recession, the RBI would (a) Buy bonds ; (b) Reduce CRR ; (c) Ease out bank rate ; (d) All or any of the above three
Last Answer : (d) All or any of the above three
Description : Manipulation in CRR enables the RBI to ……. (a) Influence the lending ability of the commercial banks ; (b) Check unemployment growth; (c) Check poverty ; (d) Increase GDP
Last Answer : (a) Influence the lending ability of the commercial banks ;
Description : CRR is used to (a) Combat inflation ; (b) Check black money ; (c) Check tax evasion ; (d) All the three
Last Answer : (a) Combat inflation ;
Description : CRR means (a) Cash Reserve Ratio ; (b) Current rate of return ; (c) Cumulative rate of return; (d) Current rate of Rupee
Last Answer : (a) Cash Reserve Ratio ;
Description : Which of the following issue relates to micro-economics (a) Impact of crude price hike on inflation (b) Impact of change in bank rate on bank saving and investment (c) Impact of Information technology on economic growth (d) Impact of shortage of wheat production on wheat prices
Last Answer : (d) Impact of shortage of wheat production on wheat prices
Description : Which of these terms are/is appropriate for RBI? (a) Banker’s Bank ; (b) Banker’s to the Government ; (c) Both ; (d) None
Last Answer : (c) Both ;
Description : EXIM Bank is authorized to raise loan from (a) RBI ; (b) Government of India ; (c) International market ; (d) Trading activities
Last Answer : (d) Trading activities
Description : Which is the apex bank for agricultural credit in India? (a) RBI ; (b) SIDBI ; (c) NABARD ; (d) IDBI
Last Answer : (c) NABARD ;
Description : What is the purpose of KYC in banking? A. It is used for customer identification B. It is used for increasing the CRR of banks C. It is used against money laundering D. It is used by the central bank to control liquidity E. Both (A) and (C)
Last Answer : E. Both (A) and (C) Explanation: Know your customer (KYC) is the process of a business verifying the identity of its clients. Know your customer policies are becoming much more important globally to prevent identity theft, financial fraud, money laundering and terrorist financing.
Description : Which of these would lead to fall in demand for money? (a) Inflation ; (b) Increase in real income ; (c) Increase in real rate of interest ; (d) Increase in wealth
Last Answer : (c) Increase in real rate of interest ;
Description : Given Real GDP 8.25%, Nominal GDP 11.25%, Rate of inflation will be (a) 2.5% ; (b) 3% ; (c) 4.25% ; (d) 3.5%
Last Answer : (b) 3% ;
Description : Given Real GDP of 6.5% and rate of inflation of 5.5% nominal GDP will be……. (a) 12% ; (b) 10% ; (c) 10.5% ; (d) 9.5%
Last Answer : (a) 12% ;
Description : If Nominal GDP is 11% and Real GDP is 6%, then the difference of 5% represent (a) Depreciation ; (b) Rate of inflation ; (c) Rate of interest ; (d) Tax burden
Last Answer : (b) Rate of inflation ;
Description : If RBI sucks excess money into circulation this will effect (a) M1 ; (b) M2 ; (c) Both ; (d) None
Last Answer : ; (c) Both ;
Description : What is the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)? a) the fraction of the deposits that commercial banks lend to the customers b) the fraction of the deposits that RBI must keep with commercial banks c) the fraction of the deposits that commercial banks must keep with RBI d) none of the above
Last Answer : c) the fraction of the deposits that commercial banks must keep with RBI
Description : Supply of money refers to (a) Total money held by the public ; (b) Total money held by RBI ; (c) Total money with all the commercial banks and RBI ; (d) Total money in Government account
Last Answer : (a) Total money held by the public ;
Description : Exchange Control and Management is done by (a) RBI ; (b) As per Defence of India Act ; (c) SBI ; (d) IDBI
Last Answer : (a) RBI ;
Description : RBI was nationalized in (a) June 1947 ; (b) Jan. 1949 ; (c) March 1954 ; (d) April 1936
Last Answer : (b) Jan. 1949 ;
Description : Which of these is one of the causes of inflation? (a) Increase in public expenditure ; (b) Deficit financing ; (c) Increase in administrative prices (d) All the three
Last Answer : (d) All the three
Description : Cost push inflation arises due to (a) Persistent rise in factor cost ; (b) Mismatch between demand and supply of commodities (c) Combine phenomena of demand pull and cost-push inflation. ; (d) Increase in price of precious metal
Last Answer : (a) Persistent rise in factor cost ;
Description : Demand pull inflation rises due to (a) Persistent rise in factor cost ; (b) Mismatch between demand and supply of commodities (c) Combine phenomena of demand pull and cost-push inflation. ; (d) Increase in Price of precious metal
Last Answer : ; (b) Mismatch between demand and supply of commodities
Description : Equilibrium state is achieved at ………………… (a) The peak point of supply curve ; (b) The bottom point of demand curve (c) The inflation point of demand curve ; (d) The intersection of demand and supply curve
Last Answer : (d) The intersection of demand and supply curve
Description : The Philips curve shows that (a) High unemployment rates are associated with low increases in money wage rates (b) Low unemployment rates are associated with low rates of inflation (c) High ... rates of inflation (d) High inflation rates are associated with small increases in money wage rates.
Last Answer : (c) High unemployment rates are associated with low rates of inflation
Description : Macroeconomics is the study of (a) Inflation ; (b) Unemployment ; (c) Growth ; (d) All of (a), (b) and (c) above.
Last Answer : ; (d) All of (a), (b) and (c) above.
Description : TVC curve begins to………with the onset of increasing returns (a) Rise at an increasing rate ; (b) Rise at an decreasing rate; (c) Fall at an Increasing rate ; (d) Stabilize
Last Answer : (b) Rise at an decreasing rate;
Description : TVC curve begins to……….with the onset of diminishing returns (a) Rise at an Increasing rate ; (b) Rise at an decreasing rate; (c) Fall at an Increasing rate ; (d) Stabilize
Last Answer : (a) Rise at an Increasing rate ;
Description : When a firm enters the law of diminishing returns to scale (a) TVC curve begins to fall at an increasing rate (b) TVC curve begins to increase at an increasing rate (c) TVC curve begins to fall at an decreasing rate (d) TVC curve begins to increase at an decreasing rate
Last Answer : (a) TVC curve begins to fall at an increasing rate
Description : By increasing the 'Bank Rate', the RBI can: a) provide incentives to commercial banks to lend more to public b) provide incentives to commercial banks to lend less to public c) increase the money supply in the market d) none of the above
Last Answer : b) provide incentives to commercial banks to lend less to public Bank rate is the rate at which commercial banks can borrow money from the RBI. If the rate is higher, then taking money from RBI becomes difficult, so the banks will lend less to public. And vice-versa.
Description : Which of the following is not helpful in controlling money supply? (1) Free market policy (2) CRR (3) Bank Rate (4) Change in margin requirement
Last Answer : (1) Free market policy Explanation: The Central Bank of a country regulates money supply with the help of open market operations, changing the reserve requirements (CRR) and changing discount rate ( ... In India, the Reserve Bank of India has recently been resorting more to open market operations.
Description : By which rate is the domestic current rate of currency converted into foreign currency? A. Bank Rate B. CRR C. Stock Exchange Rate D. Repo Rate E. Exchange Rate
Last Answer : E. Exchange Rate Explanation: An exchange rate aka a (foreign-exchange rate, forex rate, FX rate or Agio) between two currencies is the rate at which one currency will be exchanged for another. It is also regarded as the value of one country‘s currency in terms of another currency.
Description : Which of the following is governed by the provisions of Section 42 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934? A. Bank rate B. Reverse Repo Rate C. SLR D. CRR E. None of the Above
Last Answer : D. CRR Explanation: CRR is governed by the provisions of Section 42 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. There is no minimum & maximum level of CRR. We could go upto zero CRR (negative values are of course absurd).
Description : Which of the following is not helpful in controlling money supply ? (1) Free market policy (2) CRR (3) Bank Rate (4) Change in margin requirement
Last Answer : Free market policy
Description : Any point beyond PPF curve can be attained by (a) Increasing supply of factor inputs ; (b) Technological innovation ; (c) Both ; (d) None
Description : A reduction in the number of producers will result in equilibrium price (a) increasing and quantity increasing ; (b) increasing and quantity decreasing ; (c) decreasing and quantity increasing ; (d) decreasing and quantity decreasing
Last Answer : (b) increasing and quantity decreasing ;
Description : A shift outward in supply curve will result in equilibrium price (a) increasing and quantity increasing ; (b) increasing and quantity decreasing ; (c) decreasing and quantity increasing ; (d) decreasing and quantity decreasing
Last Answer : (c) decreasing and quantity increasing ;
Description : Point elasticity of demand can be useful in which of the following cases (a) A departmental store is thinking of increasing the price of gift packs (b) A service station is considering to ... to lower the monthly membership fee (d) An airlines company is considering to lower holiday packages
Last Answer : (c) A health club is considering to lower the monthly membership fee
Description : Marginal cost can be equal to Average variable cost when (a) Average variable cost is falling ; (b) Average variable cost is increasing; (c) Average variable cost is constant ; (d) Under any of the above situations
Last Answer : (c) Average variable cost is constant ;
Description : Long run supply curve of a increasing cost industry is (a) Horizontal line overlapping X axis ; (b) Upward sloping line; (c) Downward sloping line ; (d) Vertical line
Last Answer : (b) Upward sloping line;
Description : Total output is maximum when (a) MP =0 ; (b) MP is increasing ; (c) MP is decreasing ; (d) MP is constant
Last Answer : (a) MP =0 ;
Description : Opportunity cost of increasing production of Gun to 5 units in combination F is –tons of bread (a) 200 ; (b) 100 ; (c) 600 ; (d) 500
Last Answer : (c) 600
Description : Opportunity cost of increasing production of Gun to 4 units in combination E is –tons of bread (a) 200 ; (b) 500 ; (c) 300 ; (d) 400
Last Answer : (b) 500
Description : Opportunity cost of increasing production of Gun to 3 units in combination D is –tons of bread (a) 200 ; (b) 100 ; (c) 300 ; (d) 400
Last Answer : ; (d) 400
Description : PPF is negative sloped due to (a) Scarcity of production resources ; (b) Unlimited wants ; (c) Improvement in technology; (d) Increasing opportunity cost
Last Answer : (a) Scarcity of production resources ;
Description : In addition to three Central problem of economy, the additional problem(s) raised by the Modern economists is / are (a) Are the resources fully utilized or not ; (b) How efficient is the production and ... (c) Whether the capacity to produce or grow is increasing or is static ; (d) All the three
Description : Which of these is not the function of World Bank? (a) To arbitrate on international trade disputes. (b) To help the member countries in the reconstruction and development of their countries. ... and credit by guaranteeing repayment. (d) To promote long term balanced growth of international trade.
Last Answer : (a) To arbitrate on international trade disputes.
Description : India is a recipient of loan from which of these agencies (a) World Bank ; (b) IMF ; (c) IDA ; (d) All the three
Description : Which of these are not the duties of EXIM Bank? (a) Lending/Guarantee ; (b) Advisory ; (c) Promotional ; (d) Trading activities
Last Answer : ; (d) Trading activities
Description : EXIM Bank was established in (a) Jan. 1982 ; (b) March 1984 ; (c) Fe(b) 2001 ; (d) August 1975
Last Answer : (a) Jan. 1982 ;
Description : How does a commercial bank create money (a) By printing money ; (b) By lending a part of its deposits ; (c) By issuing ATM cards (d) Accepting deposits
Last Answer : (b) By lending a part of its deposits ;