CSS :: Money Banking and International Trade
51.
Which of the following is an instrument of quantitative credit control?
A.
Credit rationing
B.
Prescribing margin requirements
C.
Variable reserve ratio
D.
Consumer credit regulation
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
52.
Arrange the following assets of a bank in the ascending order of income (i.e. in the descending order of liquidity): I-Bills; II-Loans; III-In-vestments in Government and other approved securities
A.
I,II,III
B.
I,III,II
C.
II,I,III
D.
III,II,I
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
53.
Which of the following is not an item on the assets side of the balance sheet of a commercial bank?
A.
Investments
B.
Money at call and short notice
C.
Reserves
D.
Advances
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
54.
Commercial banks have always to face a conflict between:
A.
Sharcholders and depositors
B.
Central bank and themselves
C.
Liquidity and profitability
D.
Demand deposits and time deposits
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
55.
The main function of legal cash reserve requirements is to:
A.
Ensure safely of deposits
B.
Influence the demand deposit-creating power of commercial banks
C.
Regulate the inter-sect oral flow of money supply
D.
Keep a portion of deposits liquid
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
56.
Since when has the Reserve Bank of India been successfully operating the instrument of selective credit control in this country?
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
57.
Identify the country, which first employed credit rationing as an instrument of credit control:
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
58.
The 'terms of trade' refer to:
A.
Comparative advantage of one country over another in the production of a particular commodity
B.
Bilateral trade agreements
C.
Rates of exchange between two currencies
D.
Ratio of the index of export prices to the index of import prices.
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
59.
By which year had the gold standard virtually disappeared from the world as an international monetary system?
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
60.
The market for very short term loans is known as:
A.
Capital market
B.
Money market
C.
Stock market
D.
Discount market
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
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