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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)?

  1. Enforcement of Security interests by secured creditors (Banks/ Financial Institutions).

  2. Transfer of non-performing assets to asset reconstruction company which will then dispose of those assets and realise the proceeds.

  3. To provide a legal framework for securitization of assets.

  4. Assisting banks in making the credibility track record of customers under the Credit Information Bureau of India (CIBIL).


  1.    1, 2 and 3
  2.    1 and 2
  3.    2, 3 and 4
  4.    1, 2, 3 and 4
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 1, 2 and 3
Answer: (a)
Question 42. The rate of tax increase as the amount of the tax base increases is called
  1.    Regressive tax
  2.    Degressive tax
  3.    Proportional tax
  4.    Progressive tax
 Discuss Question
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.
Question 43. Prime Minister, on 8th of Nov 2016, declared that the existing Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes will not be legal tender. This was done under which of the following Act.
  1.    Banking regulation Act 1949
  2.    Payment and Settlement Systems Act 2007
  3.    RBI Act 1934
  4.    Does not require any statutory backing
 Discuss Question
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".
Question 44. A speculator who enters into a purchase transaction with a view to sell in the near future when the price would have risen is called a
  1.    Bison
  2.    Boar
  3.    Bear
  4.    Bull
 Discuss Question
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.
Question 45. Bull and bear are related to which commercial activity ?
  1.    International trade
  2.    Stock market
  3.    Banking
  4.    E-commerce
 Discuss Question
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.
Question 46. With reference to the governance of public sector banking in India, consider the following statements.
  1. Capital infusion into public sector banks by the Government of India has steadily increased in the last decade.
  2. To put the public sector banks in order, the merger of associate banks with the parent State Bank of India has been affected.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  1.    Only 2
  2.    Neither 1 nor 2
  3.    Both 1 and 2
  4.    Only 1
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Both 1 and 2
Answer: (c)
Question 47. Consider the following statements regarding the recently launched “India Post Payment Bank”:

  1. It allows demand and fixed deposit both

  2. It allows savings and current accounts both

  3. It is a public sector company


Select the correct answer using the code given below:
  1.    (i) & (iii)
  2.    (ii) & (iii) only
  3.    (i) only
  4.    None of the above
 Discuss Question
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.
Question 48. Convertibility of rupee implies:
  1.    allowing the value of rupee to be fixed by market forces
  2.    being able to convert rupee notes into gold
  3.    freely permitting the conversion of rupee to other currencies and vice versa
  4.    developing an international market for currencies in India
 Discuss Question
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.
Question 49. Open market Operation by RBI are the part of its :
  1.    Fiscal Policy
  2.    Income Policy
  3.    Credit Policy
  4.    Monetary Policy
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Monetary Policy
Answer: (d)
Question 50. Consider the following statements regarding the recent amendments done in IBC 2016:

  1. It is applicable for corporate debtor and corporate guarantor

  2. New management is ringfenced from offences committed by the erstwhile management


Select the correct answer using the code given below
  1.    (ii) only
  2.    Both (i) & (ii)
  3.    (i) only
  4.    Neither (i) nor (ii)
 Discuss Question
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.

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