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प्रश्न
Give any two reasons as to why a country needs a central bank.
Mention two reasons for setting up the central bank (or the Reserve Bank of India).
With reference to the central bank of a country.
State two reasons for the need of a Central Bank in a country.
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उत्तर
Two reasons for setting up the Central Bank are:
- The Central Bank is set up to control the supply of money and credit in the country.
- Every central bank is set up to control the entire banking system of a country.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Briefly explain two qualitative methods of credit control adopted by this institution.
Which of the following is a selective/qualitative method of credit control.
Explain how credit rationing helps to control credit in an economy.
______ is a quantitative method of credit control.
The process of buying and selling of securities by the central bank of a country is known as ______.
Match the following and select the correct option:
| Column A | Column B | ||
| (i) | A rate of interest at which the central bank (RBI) lends money to member commercial banks to meet they long term needs. | A. | Cash Reserve Ratio |
| (ii) | A rate of interest at which RBI lends money to commercial banks to meet their short term needs. | B. | Statutory liquidity ratio |
| (iii) | A minimum percentage of total deposits kept by banks with the Central Bank. | C. | Repo rate |
| (iv) | A minimum percentage of total deposits to be kept by banks inform of liquid assets with themselves. | D. | Bank rate |
During inflation, the central bank usually:
Read the following statements - Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Choose one of the correct alternatives given below:
Assertion (A): Increase in cash reserve ratio adversely affects the capacity of commercial banks to create credit.
Reason (R): An increase in cash reserve ratio reduces the excess reserves of commercial banks and hence limits their credit creating power.
Read the following statements - Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Choose one of the correct alternatives given below:
Assertion (A): Bank rate is a quantitative instrument of monetary policy.
Reason (R): During inflation, RBI reduces the bank rate.
What is meant by open market operations?
State the impact of an increase in Cash Reserve Ratio on loanable funds.
Differentiate between quantitative and qualitative methods of credit control.
Define the following term:
Cash Reserve Ratio.
Briefly explain the following credit control method adopted by the Central Bank.
Publicity
Briefly explain the following credit control methods adopted by the Central Bank.
Moral persuasion
Central bank is the lender of the last resort. Explain.
Explain the following function of the central bank of a country.
Fixation of margin requirement on secured loans.
