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Question 41. Which of the following are the provisions of the SARFAESI Act which enables banks to reduce their non-performing assets (NPAs)?
- Enforcement of Security interests by secured creditors (Banks/ Financial Institutions).
- Transfer of non-performing assets to asset reconstruction company which will then dispose of those assets and realise the proceeds.
- To provide a legal framework for securitization of assets.
- Assisting banks in making the credibility track record of customers under the Credit Information Bureau of India (CIBIL).
Answer: Option A. -> 1, 2 and 3
Answer: (a)
Answer: (a)
Answer: Option D. -> Progressive tax
Answer: (d)
A progressive tax is a tax in which the tax rate increases as the taxable amount increases.
The term “progressive” refers to the way the tax rate progresses from low to high, with the result that a taxpayer’s average tax rate is less than the person’s marginal tax rate.
Answer: (d)
A progressive tax is a tax in which the tax rate increases as the taxable amount increases.
The term “progressive” refers to the way the tax rate progresses from low to high, with the result that a taxpayer’s average tax rate is less than the person’s marginal tax rate.
Answer: Option C. -> RBI Act 1934
Answer: (c)
As per the RBI Act 1934, Section 26, "on the recommendation of the Central Board, the Central Government may, by notification in the Gazette of India, declare that, with effect from such date, any series of banknotes of any denomination shall cease to be legal tender".
Answer: (c)
As per the RBI Act 1934, Section 26, "on the recommendation of the Central Board, the Central Government may, by notification in the Gazette of India, declare that, with effect from such date, any series of banknotes of any denomination shall cease to be legal tender".
Answer: Option D. -> Bull
Answer: (d)
Investors who take a bull approach purchase securities under the assumption that they can be sold later at a higher price.
A "bear" is considered to be the opposite of a bull. Bear investors believe that the value of a specific security or an industry is likely to decline in the future.
Answer: (d)
Investors who take a bull approach purchase securities under the assumption that they can be sold later at a higher price.
A "bear" is considered to be the opposite of a bull. Bear investors believe that the value of a specific security or an industry is likely to decline in the future.
Answer: Option B. -> Stock market
Answer: (b)
Both the terms are related to the stock market. Investors who take a bull approach purchase securities under the assumption that they can be sold later at a higher price.
A “bear” is considered to be the opposite of a bull. Bear investors believe that the value of a specific security or an industry is likely to decline in the future.
Answer: (b)
Both the terms are related to the stock market. Investors who take a bull approach purchase securities under the assumption that they can be sold later at a higher price.
A “bear” is considered to be the opposite of a bull. Bear investors believe that the value of a specific security or an industry is likely to decline in the future.
Question 46. With reference to the governance of public sector banking in India, consider the following statements.
- Capital infusion into public sector banks by the Government of India has steadily increased in the last decade.
- To put the public sector banks in order, the merger of associate banks with the parent State Bank of India has been affected.
Answer: Option C. -> Both 1 and 2
Answer: (c)
Answer: (c)
Answer: Option B. -> (ii) & (iii) only
Answer: (b)
India Post Payment Bank is a public sector enterprise and comes under the Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications. It is a payment bank and accepts only demand deposits (current and savings account).
‘Department of Post’ is a department of Govt. of India to provide mail and various services. Now, Govt. of India (through the Department of Post, Ministry of Communication) created a wholly-owned PSU, ‘India Post Payment Bank’, to provide banking facilities.
Answer: (b)
India Post Payment Bank is a public sector enterprise and comes under the Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications. It is a payment bank and accepts only demand deposits (current and savings account).
‘Department of Post’ is a department of Govt. of India to provide mail and various services. Now, Govt. of India (through the Department of Post, Ministry of Communication) created a wholly-owned PSU, ‘India Post Payment Bank’, to provide banking facilities.
Answer: Option C. -> freely permitting the conversion of rupee to other currencies and vice versa
Answer: (c)
Convertibility of rupee implies freely permitting the conversion of rupee to other currencies and vice versa.
Currency Convertibility is the ease with which a country’s currency can be converted into gold or another currency.
Answer: (c)
Convertibility of rupee implies freely permitting the conversion of rupee to other currencies and vice versa.
Currency Convertibility is the ease with which a country’s currency can be converted into gold or another currency.
Answer: Option D. -> Monetary Policy
Answer: (d)
Answer: (d)
Answer: Option B. -> Both (i) & (ii)
Answer: (b)
If a company has given a guarantee to another company, then the IBC will be applicable to that corporate guarantor also.
If the previous management did some offence/fraud then the new management taking over the company will be protected (also called ringfenced) from the crimes done by the previous management.
Answer: (b)
If a company has given a guarantee to another company, then the IBC will be applicable to that corporate guarantor also.
If the previous management did some offence/fraud then the new management taking over the company will be protected (also called ringfenced) from the crimes done by the previous management.