Macroeconomics: Money, Banking, and RBI - MCQs with answers - Part I
1) Which among the following is considered to be the most liquid asset?a) Gold
b) Money
c) Land
d) Treasury bonds
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) Money
Liquid assets are those assets that can be exchanged most readily with minimum number of obstacles and minimum time.
2) The number of times a unit of money exchanges hands during a unit period of time is known as:a) velocity of circulation of money
b) speed of circulation of money
c) momentum of circulation of money
d) count of circulation of money
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) velocity of circulation of money
3) Who is author of the ancient book on economics, Arthashastra?a) Kautilya
b) Chanakya
c) Sushrut
d) Bhattacharya
View Answer / Hide Answer4) Historically, the Indian rupee was a ____ coin:a) Copper
b) Gold
c) Silver
d) Bronze
View Answer / Hide Answer5) Currency notes and coins are called as:a) Flat money
b) Legal tenders
c) Fiat money
d) Both b and c
View Answer / Hide Answer6) In the terminology of economics and money demand, the terms M1 and M2 are also known as :a) Short money
b) Long money
c) Broad money
d) Narrow money
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) Narrow money
M1= Currency notes plus demand deposits, and M2 means M1 plus Savings deposits with post office savings banks
7) In the terminology of economics and money demand, the terms M3 and M4 are also known as :a) Short money
b) Long money
c) Broad money
d) Narrow money
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) Broad money
M3 is M1 plus net time deposits of commercial banks. M4 is M3 plus Total deposits with Post Office savings organisation (excluding National Savings certificate)
8) What is the currency deposit ratio (cdr)?a) ratio of money held by the public in currency to that of money held in bank deposits
b) ratio of money held by public in bank deposits to that of money held by public in currency
c) ratio of money held in demand drafts to that of money held in treasury bonds
d) none of the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) ratio of money held by the public in currency to that of money held in bank deposits
9) What is the reserve deposit ration (rdr)?a) the proportion of money RBI lends to commercial banks
b) the proportion of total deposits commercial banks keep as reserves
c) the total proportion of money that commercial banks lend to the customers
d) none of the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) the proportion of total deposits commercial banks keep as reserves
10) What is the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)?a) the fraction of the deposits that commercial banks lend to the customers
b) the fraction of the deposits that RBI must keep with commercial banks
c) the fraction of the deposits that commercial banks must keep with RBI
d) none of the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) the fraction of the deposits that commercial banks must keep with RBI