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The open market Operations occur when the government:

  1. reduces spending

  2. buys and sells bonds and securities

  3. increases taxation

  4. increases the exchange rate


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Open market operation (OMO) is a monetary policy by the central bank in which the bank through government deals in the sale and purchase of securities and bonds in the open market to control the supply of money in the economy. By selling the securities and bonds, the government soaks liquidity from the economy which controls the inflation in the economy by decreasing the purchasing power of the people and by buying the securities and bonds, the government releases liquidity which controls deflation in the economy by increasing the purchasing power of the people.

Credit creation is

  1. Process where money is given by banks through loan

  2. Process where the money is taken by lenders

  3. Process by which the money is taken by depositors

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: A

Because money serves as a medium of exchange, it eliminates

  1. the need to write checks.

  2. The need for specialization.

  3. The use of commodities as money

  4. The need for a double coincidence of wants


Correct Option: D

Money's function as a medium of exchange means that

  1. money is a common denominators for expressing the value of goods and services.

  2. money can be sued to store wealth.

  3. money serves as an acceptable means of payment.

  4. money is a standard f deferred payment on exchange contracts extending into the future.


Correct Option: C

Limitations for the demand of credit are

  1. Demand should exist in the market

  2. Amount of loan granted should increase the paying capacity of borrower

  3. Bad debts should be avoided

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

Banks lend money mainly for ___________.

  1. industrial purposes 

  2. commercial Purpose 

  3. Both (a) and (b)

  4. None of the above.


Correct Option: C

At the time of independence India had ___________________.

  1. no banking system

  2. had very few banks

  3. well developed banking system

  4. fairly developed banking system


Correct Option: D

Which of these is a Quantitative Method of Credit Control?

  1. Bank Rate

  2. Moral Suasion

  3. Margin Requirements

  4. All of the above.


Correct Option: A

An asset owned by borrowers and pledged as a guarantee to obtain loan is known as _____ .

  1. rate of interest

  2. term of credit

  3. collateral

  4. document


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

An asset owned by borrowers and pledged as a guarantee to obtain loan is known as collateral.
Collateral is a form of security taken from the borrowers of loan by the banks or co-operative societies to lend loans.
Collateral is a part of terms of credit of the formal sources of credit.

In Self Help Groups, _____ decide the savings and loan activity option.

  1. RBI

  2. Co-operatives

  3. Banks

  4. Members


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In Self Help Groups, group members decide the savings and loan activity options.
SHG is a mutual help group.
They come together to solve their economic issues and earn income.