In order to control inflationary price rise, Reserve Bank directs Banks to

• Reduce rate of interest on credit
• Reduce Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)
• Increase Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)
• Buy bonds from capital market
Solution
Correct Option: C  [ Increase Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) ]

Explanation:

The Gandhian economy is based on the principle of:

• Competition
• Trusteeship
• State Control
• None of the above
Solution
Correct Option: B  [ Trusteeship ]

Explanation:

The Special Economic Zones Act was passed by the Indian Parliament in 2005 and the Act came into force in:

• 2006
• 2009
• 2010
• 2012
Solution
Correct Option: A  [ 2006 ]

Explanation:

If the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) is lowered by the RBI, its impact on credit creation will be to :

• decrease it
• increase it
• No impact
• None of these
Solution
Correct Option: B  [ increase it ]

Explanation:

The period of high inflation and low economic growth is termed as:

• Stagnation
• Take-off stage in economy
• Stagflation
• Depression
Solution
Correct Option: C  [ Stagflation ]

Explanation:

New Industrial Policy of India was introduced in the year:

• 1990
• 1991
• 1992
• 1993
Solution
Correct Option: B  [ 1991 ]

Explanation:

What is the 'Repo rate' ?

• It is the rate at which International Aid Agencies lend to RBI
• It is the rate at which the banks lend to RBI
• It is the rate at which RBI borrows from the market
• It is the rate at which RBI lends to banks
Solution
Correct Option: D  [ It is the rate at which RBI lends to banks ]

Explanation:

Who was the first Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?

• C D Deshmukh
• Sir Osborne Smith
• James Braid Taylor
• Benegal Rama Rau
Solution
Correct Option: B  [ Sir Osborne Smith ]

Explanation: from 1935 to 1937

In which year the Planning commission was set-up?

• 1949
• 1950
• 1951
• 1952
Solution
Correct Option: B  [ 1950 ]

Explanation:

"SEBI" stands for the:

• State Earnings Board of India
• Securities and Exchange Bank of India
• Securities and Exchange Board of India
• State Exchange Bank of India
Solution
Correct Option: C  [ Securities and Exchange Board of India ]

Explanation: The Securities and Exchange Board of India was constituted as a non-statutory body on April 12, 1988 through a resolution of the Government of India.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India was established as a statutory body in the year 1992