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Question 61. Increase in India's trade deficit may lead to which of the following:
  1.    Depreciation of rupee
  2.    Appreciation of rupee
  3.    Increase in money supply in the economy
  4.    Increase in GDP
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Depreciation of rupee
Answer: (a)When trade deficit increases that means imports are increasing in the country as compared to exports. Increase in imports causes an increase in demand for dollars which results in decline in value of Indian currency. Increase in trade deficit results in money going out of the Indian economy.
Question 62. Which of the following statements are true regarding the Foreign Currency Non-Resident (FCNR) Accounts:

  1. Resident Indians and NRI's both can open

  2. Only Foreign currency can be deposited

  3. Rupee can be deposited

  4. Can have both demand and time deposits


Select the correct answer using the code given below:
  1.    (ii) only
  2.    (ii) & (iv) only
  3.    (i) & (ii) only
  4.    (i), (ii) & (iv) only
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> (ii) only
Answer: (a)
Foreign Currency Non-Resident (FCNR) Account can be opened only by NRI's/PIO's.
This account can be maintained in any freely convertible foreign currency but only in the form of term/fixed deposits. The interest and principal are non-taxable and freely repatriable.
Question 63. Consider the following statement:

  1. Ad hoc treasury bills are sold to the banks and public and are freely marketable.

  2. Regular treasury bills are not sold to the banks and the general public and are not marketable.


Choose the correct code.
  1.    2 only
  2.    1 only
  3.    1 and 2
  4.    None of the Above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> None of the Above
Answer: (d)
Ad hoc treasury bills are not sold to the banks and the general public and are not marketable while regular treasury bills are sold by the Reserve Bank of India on behalf of the Central Government.
Question 64. Which among the following is correct about the Vostro Account?
  1.    It is an account maintained by a foreign bank with a Bank in India in Indian Rupees.
  2.    It is an account maintained by a Indian Bank Branch with a Foreign Bank in Foreign Currency.
  3.    It is an account maintained by an Indian bank with a Bank in Foreign country in Foreign Currency.
  4.    It is an account maintained by a Foreign Bank Branch with a Indian Bank in Foreign Currency.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> It is an account maintained by a foreign bank with a Bank in India in Indian Rupees.
Answer: (a)
Question 65. Which one of the following is not an instrument of selective credit control in India?
  1.    Rationing of credit
  2.    Variable cost reserve ratios
  3.    Margin requirements
  4.    Regulation of consumer credit
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Variable cost reserve ratios
Answer: (b)
Question 66. What are the functions of RBI?

  1. Issue of notes

  2. Banker to the government

  3. Controller of debit

  4. Custodian of foreign reserves


Choose the incorrect function of RBI.
  1.    2 only
  2.    1 only
  3.    3 only
  4.    4 only
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 3 only
Answer: (c)
The functions of RBI are
Issue of Notes,
Banker to the Government,
Banker’s Bank,
Controller of Credit,
Custodian of Foreign Reserves.
Question 67. Who benefits the most during the inflationary period ?
  1.    entrepreneurs
  2.    government servants
  3.    corporate servants
  4.    creditors
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> entrepreneurs
Answer: (a)
Inflation has the effect of redistributing income because prices of all factors do not decline in the same proportion.
Entrepreneurs stand to gain more than wage earners or fixed income groups.
Speculators, hoarders, black marketers and smugglers gain on account of windfall profits.
Question 68. NABARD provides refinance to which of the following types of financial institutions:

  1. Commercial Banks

  2. Regional Rural Banks

  3. State Cooperative Banks & Land Development Banks

  4. Non-Banking Financial Companies


Select the correct answer using the code given below:
  1.    (ii) & (iii) only
  2.    (i), (ii) & (iii) only
  3.    (ii) only
  4.    All of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> All of the above
Answer: (d)
NABARD does not give direct loans to individuals but it gives loans to
Commercial Banks,
Regional Rural Banks (RRBs),
State Cooperative Banks & Land Development Banks and
Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) for further lending (refinance) to the agriculture and rural sectors.
Question 69. Devaluation of currency means
  1.    permitting a currency to seek its worth in the international market
  2.    None of the above
  3.    fixing the value of currency with the help of IMF and WB
  4.    reduction in the value of the currency vis-a-vis major internationally traded currencies
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> reduction in the value of the currency vis-a-vis major internationally traded currencies
Answer: (d)
Question 70. Why is the offering of “teaser loans’’ by commercial banks a cause of economic concern ?
  1. The teaser loans are considered to be an aspect of sub-prime lending and banks may be exposed to the risk of defaulters in future.
  2. In India, the teaser loans are mostly given to inexperienced entrepreneurs to set up manufacturing or export units.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  1.    2 only
  2.    1 only
  3.    Both 1 and 2
  4.    Neither 1 nor 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 1 only
Answer: (b)The statement (1) is correct because it includes the definition of teaser loans but the statement (2) is not correct, because in India teaser loan is provided to the home buyers not for setting up manufacturing or export units.

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