Question : High-powered money includes:
Option 1: Currency and Coins held by the public
Option 2: Currency, cash reserves with banks, and demand deposits
Option 3: Currency and coins held by the public and deposits held by government and commercial banks
Option 4: Currency and demand deposits
Correct Answer: Currency and coins held by the public and deposits held by government and commercial banks
Solution : The correct answer is (c) Currency and coins held by the public and deposits held by government and commercial banks.
High-powered money, also known as the monetary base or narrow money. Currency and coins held by the public refers to physical currency notes and coins that are in circulation and held by individuals and non-bank entities.
Question : The reserve held by Commercial Banks over and above the statutory minimum with the RBI are called:
Option 1: Cash reserve
Option 2: Deposits reserves
Option 3: excess reserves
Option 4: momentary reserves
Question : Commercial banks can create money by:
Option 1: Printing currency notes and coins
Option 2: Lending out the deposits they receive
Option 3: Receiving deposits from customers
Option 4: All of the above
Question : ________ is the currency in the hands of the public plus commercial bank reserves, also called ‘high-powered money’.
Option 1: Desired reserve ratio
Option 2: Excess reserves
Option 3: Monetary base
Option 4: Money multiplier
Question : Regarding the money supply situation in India in 2014-15, it can be said that the:
Option 1: Currency with the public is inconvertible only
Option 2: Currency with the public is less than the deposits with the banks
Option 3: Currency with the public is more than the deposits with the banks
Option 4: Currency with the public is almost equal to the deposits with the banks
Question : The ratio of cash reserves to demand and time deposits of commercial banks is known as ___________.
Option 1: Cash reserve ratio (CRR)
Option 2: Statutory liquidity ratio (SLR)
Option 3: Repo rate
Option 4: Reverse repo rate
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