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MONETARY POLICY MCQs

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Question 11. Which of the following is not the function of the Reserve Bank of India ?
  1.    Acting as banker to the Government
  2.    Keeping of Foreign Exchange Reserve
  3.    Issuing of coins
  4.    Regulating credit in the country
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Issuing of coins
:
C
Issuing of coins is not a function of the Central Bank.
Question 12. Which among the following institutions have to maintain SLR?
  1.    Scheduled Commercial Banks
  2.    Urban Co-operative Banks
  3.    State and Central Co-operative Banks
  4.    All of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> All of the above
:
D
All the given options have to maintain SLR.
Question 13. If the price level increases by 3%, what is the inflation rate over that period?
  1.    Zero
  2.    3%
  3.    5%
  4.    None of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 3%
:
B
Inflation rate refers to the increase in price levels.
Question 14. How much interest is paid by the RBI on the money deposited under the CRR measure?
  1.    Equal to the rate of CRR
  2.    More than the CRR
  3.    Less than the CRR
  4.    No interest is paid by the RBI
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> No interest is paid by the RBI
:
D
No interest is paid by the RBI on the money deposited under the CRR measure
Question 15. When it takes a large amount of currency to purchase goods and services, what is the price level?
  1.    Low
  2.    High
  3.    Keeps changing
  4.    Cannot be determined
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> High
:
B
When it takes a large amount of currency to purchase goods and services, the purchasing power is low, which means the price levels are high.
Question 16. How does inflation affect money stored under a mattress?
  1.    Increases its value
  2.    Decreases its value
  3.    No effect
  4.    Reduces worth to zero
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Decreases its value
:
B
Inflation means an increase in price levels or decrease in the purchasing power. Hence it reduces the value of money stored under the mattress.
Question 17. When RBI wants to reduce liquidity in the banking system,
  1.    It increases the CRR
  2.    It increases the repo rate
  3.    It increases the SLR
  4.    It increases the reverse repo rate
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> It increases the CRR
:
A
When RBI wants to reduce liquidity in the banking system, it increases the CRR as it reduces the money supply in the economy.
Question 18. ___ is an increase in the quantity of money in circulation without any corresponding increase in goods thus leading to an abnormal rise in price levels.
  1.    Deflation
  2.    Inflation
  3.    High-powered money
  4.    Stagflation
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Inflation
:
B
Inflation refers to the increase in the quantity of money in circulation without any corresponding increase in goods thus leading to an abnormal rise in price levels.
Question 19. Acting as a ___ house, the central bank ensures that accounts are settled and reduces the amount of labour and time involved.
  1.    clearing
  2.    reserving
  3.    power
  4.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> clearing
:
A
The central bank acts a clearing house ensuring that accounts are settled and reducing the amount of labour and time involved.
Question 20. The reserves held by commercial banks with the RBI , over and above the statutory minimum, are called
  1.    Cash reserves
  2.    Deposit reserves
  3.    Excess reserves
  4.    Momentary reserves
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Excess reserves
:
C
The reserves held by Commercial Bankswith the RBI over and above the statutory minimum, are called excess reserves.

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