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- Question
If the RBI adopts an expansionist open market operations policy, this means that it will
Options- A. buy securities from non-government holders
- B. sell securities in the open market
- C. offer commercial banks more credit in the open market
- D. openly announce to the market that it intends to expand credit
- Correct Answer
- offer commercial banks more credit in the open market
- 1. Devaluation of a currency means
Options- A. reduction in the value of a currency vis-a-vis major internationally traded currencies
- B. permitting the currency to seek its worth in the international market
- C. fixing the value of the currency in conjunction with the movement in the value of a basket of pre-determined currencies
- D. fixing the value of currency in multilateral consultation with the IMF, the World Bank and major trading partners Discuss
- 2. Debenture holders of a company are its
Options- A. shareholders
- B. creditors
- C. debtors
- D. directors Discuss
- 3. Since the inception of the co-operative movement, rural credits has been
Options- A. institutionalized
- B. rationalized
- C. cheapened
- D. All of the above Discuss
- 4. Which of the following is not viewed as a national debt?
Options- A. Provident Fund
- B. Life Insurance Policies
- C. National Saving Certificate
- D. Long-term Government Bonds Discuss
- 5. Short-term finance is usually for a period ranging up to
Options- A. 5 months
- B. 10 months
- C. 12 months
- D. 15 months Discuss
- 6. Excise duty is a tax levied on the
Options- A. import of goods
- B. export of goods
- C. production of goods
- D. sale of goods Discuss
- 7. If the fiscal deficit of the Union Government is Rs. 75,000 crores relending to State is Rs. 25,000 crores, interest payments are Rs. 25,000 crores, what is the amount of the primary deficit?
Options- A. Rs. 50,000 crores
- B. Rs. 25,000 crores
- C. Rs. 1,00,000 crores
- D. Rs. 1,25,000 crores Discuss
- 8. Resurgent India Bonds were issued in US dollar, Pound Sterling and
Options- A. Japanese Yen
- B. Deutsche Mark
- C. Euro
- D. French Franc Discuss
- 9. If all the banks in an economy are nationalized and converted into a monopoly bank, the total deposits
Options- A. will decrease
- B. will increase
- C. will neither increase nor decrease
- D. None of the above Discuss
- 10. Deficit financing means that the government borrows money from the
Options- A. RBI
- B. local bodies
- C. big businessmen
- D. IMF Discuss
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Correct Answer: reduction in the value of a currency vis-a-vis major internationally traded currencies
Correct Answer: creditors
Correct Answer: All of the above
Correct Answer: National Saving Certificate
Correct Answer: 12 months
Correct Answer: production of goods
Explanation:
What is Excise Duty? Is it collected by the State Government or the Central Government? How is it different from Sales Tax?
Excise duty is a tax on manufacture or production of goods. Excise duty on alcohol, alcoholic preparations, and narcotic substances is collected by the State Government and is called "State Excise" duty. The Excise duty on rest of goods is called "Central Excise" duty and is collected in terms of Section 3 of the Central Excise Act, 1944.
Sales Tax is different from the Excise duty as former is a tax on the act of sale while the latter is a tax on the act of manufacture or production of goods.
Reference: http://www.cbec.gov.in/faq.htm
Correct Answer: Rs. 50,000 crores
Correct Answer: Deutsche Mark
Correct Answer: will neither increase nor decrease
Correct Answer: RBI
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