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Question 121. Private Sector Mutual Funds in India were permitted in
  1.    2001
  2.    1993
  3.    1994
  4.    1964
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 1993
Answer: (b)
Question 122. Consider the following statements with regard to Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)
  1. To meet SLR, Commercial banks can use cash only.
  2. SLR is maintained by the banks with themselves.
  3. SLR restricts the banks leverage in pumping more money into the economy.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  1.    2 and 3
  2.    1 and 3
  3.    1, 2 and 3
  4.    only 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 2 and 3
Answer: (a)SLR used by bankers indicates the minimum percentage of deposits that the banks have to maintain in the form of gold, cash or other approved government securities.
Question 123. Choose the correct statements in the context of Cooperative Banks in India.

  1. Cooperative Banks operate on no profit no loss basis.

  2. Cooperative Banks are allowed to operate only in the agriculture sector.

  3. NABARD is a Cooperative Bank.


  1.    1 and 3
  2.    1 and 2
  3.    1 only
  4.    All of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 1 only
Answer: (c)
Cooperative Banks operate on no profit no loss basis, and they operate in all sectors including agriculture sector.
NABARD is not a Cooperative Bank. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is an apex development bank in India.
Question 124. The Bank rate is the rate at which
  1.    the RBI gives credit to the commercial banks.
  2.    the RBI lends to the public.
  3.    a bank lends to the public.
  4.    the Government of India lends to other countries.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> the RBI gives credit to the commercial banks.
Answer: (a)Bank rate is that rate at which RBI gives credit to Commercial Banks.
Question 125. The Bandhan Banking Limited is an Indian banking and financial services company Headquartered in
  1.    Hyderabad, Telangana
  2.    New Delhi, Delhi
  3.    Mumbai, Maharashtra
  4.    Kolkata, West Bengal
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Kolkata, West Bengal
Answer: (d)Bandhan Bank was incorporated on 23 December 2014 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Bandhan Financial Holdings with its headquarters at Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Question 126. To prevent recurrence of scams in Indian capital market the Government of India has assigned regulatory power to
  1.    ICICI
  2.    RBI
  3.    SBI
  4.    SEBI
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> SEBI
Answer: (d)
Question 127. Currency devaluation done by the government leads to which of the following?
  1.    No impact on domestic prices
  2.    Increase in domestic prices
  3.    Fall in domestic prices
  4.    Irregular fluctuations in domestic prices.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> No impact on domestic prices
Answer: (a)
Devaluation is a deliberate downward adjustment to the value of a country’s currency, relative to another currency, group of currencies. Since it is relative to other currencies so the internal price remains unchanged.
It causes a country’s exports to become less expensive and imports more expensive.
Question 128. Which of the following banks is the World’s largest bank by assets?
  1.    BNP Paribas
  2.    Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)
  3.    Bank of America
  4.    Bank of China
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)
Answer: (b)Industrial and Commercial Bank of China is the Largest Banks in the World with total assets of 3616.39 billion USD.
Question 129. The alphabet ‘D’ in the abbreviation ‘NDTL’, commonly used in banking world, stands for
  1.    Debt
  2.    Debenture
  3.    Demand
  4.    Deposit
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Demand
Answer: (c)The abbreviation of Net Demand and Time Liabilities is NDTL, in which ‘D’ stands for demand.
Question 130. Consider the following statements in regard to ‘RESIDEX’:

  1. The index is prepared to track the prices of residential properties in India on the basis of actual transaction prices.

  2. The index is prepared from the secondary data available from various sources like housing, finance companies and banks.


Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  1.    Both 1 and 2
  2.    2 only
  3.    1 only
  4.    Neither 1 nor 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Both 1 and 2
Answer: (a)
At present, the index is being developed only for the residential housing sector. However, at a later stage, the index could be expanded to develop separate indices for commercial property and land.
Primary data on housing prices is being collected from real estate agents by commissioning the services of private consultancy/research organisations of national repute.
In addition, data on housing prices is also being collected from the housing finance companies and banks, which is based on housing loans contracted by these institutions.

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