Answer: Option A
Answer: (a)
The Reserve Bank has the sole authority to issue banknotes in India. Reserve Bank, like other central banks the world over, changes the design of banknotes from time to time.
The Reserve Bank has introduced banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi Series since 1996 and has so far issued notes in the denominations of Rs.5, Rs.10, Rs.20, Rs.50, Rs.100, Rs.500 and Rs.1000 in this series.
Mahatma Gandhi series of Rs.100 notes has a picture of Indian Himalayan mountain ranges on its reverse which is of ecological and environmental significance.