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Banking Regulation and Monetary Policy

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Banking regulation and monetary policy questions test your understanding of the Reserve Bank of India functions, regulatory frameworks, and monetary tools. Topics include KYC guidelines, repo rates, and foreign exchange reserves management. This section is crucial for candidates preparing for banking and financial awareness exams.

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Banking Regulation and Monetary Policy Questions

Multiple choice

If a Demand Promissory Note is executed and a loan facility covered by a time barred DP Note is legally safe to be allowed to continue, then which act is to be quoted to justify the above?

  1. Limitation Act

  2. Banking Regulation Act

  3. Contract Act

  4. RBI Act
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

If a Demand Promissory Note is executed and a loan facility is covered by a time barred DP Note, it is legally safe to be allowed to continue under the Contract Act

Multiple choice

LAF in the context of RBI is Long Audit Form.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

LAF stands for Liquidity Adjustment Facility, a monetary policy tool used by RBI to manage daily liquidity fluctuations in the banking system through repo and reverse repo operations. It is NOT called Long Audit Form, which is not a standard RBI term.

Multiple choice

The government cannot determine the time norms for sanction/rejection of loans by the nationalized banks for various categories of borrowers.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The government does determine time norms for loan sanction and rejection through various guidelines and regulations. Examples include priority sector lending targets, MSE framework (180 days for MSE loans up to 2 crore), and RBI's prudential norms. These norms ensure timely credit delivery and protect borrower interests, particularly for small borrowers.

Multiple choice

Which of the following rates is not determined by the Reserve Bank of India?

  1. Bank Rate

  2. CRR

  3. SLR

  4. PLR
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Prime Lending Rate (PLR) is determined by individual banks based on their cost of funds and market conditions, not set by RBI. RBI directly controls Bank Rate, Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR), and Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) as monetary policy tools. PLR is a benchmark rate set autonomously by commercial banks.

Multiple choice

From whom can a unit-holder seek redressal, if his complaint is not entertained by the mutual fund?

  1. AMC

  2. Board of Trustees

  3. SEBI

  4. RBI
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) is the regulatory authority for mutual funds in India and serves as the appellate body for investor grievances. Options A (AMC) and B (Board of Trustees) are internal to the mutual fund structure. Option D (RBI) regulates banks, not mutual funds.

Multiple choice

A Bank is regulated by

  1. Indian companies Act, 1956

  2. Banking Regulation Act, 1948

  3. Banking Regulation Act, 1949

  4. Banking Regulation Act, 1952

  5. Banking Regulation Act, 1935
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Banking Regulation Act, 1949

Multiple choice

REPO operations refer to which of the following?

  1. RBI maintaining status quo in the liquidity

  2. RBI injection of liquidity into the system

  3. Moral suasion by RBI

  4. All of the above

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

REPO is the RBI injection of liquidity into the system.