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प्रश्न
Briefly explain about Central Bank.
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उत्तर
Every nation has one central bank. It is owned by the Government of the country. The control over the entire banking system of a country is vested with this apex bank. Central banks are known by different names in different countries. In India, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is the central bank.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Match the following:
| Group A | Group B |
| a. Demand and Price | (1) Interest |
| b. Stock | (2) Stock |
| c. Reward of Capital | (3) Reserve Bank of India |
| d. Unemployment allowance | (4) Bank of India |
| e. Central Bank | (5) Direct relation |
| (6) Potential Supply | |
| (7) Transfer Income | |
| (8) Inverse relation |
Define or explain the concept of Lender of the last resort .
Fill in the blanks with appropriate alternatives given in the bracket.
To increase credit creation Central Bank __________ the debentures.
Match the following:
| Group A | Group B |
| 1. Central bank | a. Quantitative measure of credit |
| 2. Clearing house | b. Apex banking institution |
| 3. Credit control | c. Deliberate buying and selling of government securities |
| 4. Direct action | d. Selective method of credit control |
| 5. Open market operations | e. Central bank |
| f. Government | |
| g. S.L.R. (Statutory Liquidity Ratio) |
Define the following concept.
Open Market Operation
Give reason or explain.
A Central Bank may take 'Direct Action' against the defaulting commercial banks.
State with reason whether you agree or disagree with the following statement.
Central Bank is a profit-making institution.
The Reserve Bank of India began its operations on ______.
As “bank of issue”, the central bank mainly ______.
Why is the central bank called the “lender of last resort”?
