Free The Banking System 03 Practice Test - 12th Grade - Commerce 

Question 1

Which of the following is not concerned with banking organisations?

A.

Bank rate

B.

Fiscal deficit

C.

Credit creation

D.

Cash reserve ratio

SOLUTION

Solution : B

Bank rate, CRR and credit creation are directly linked to the banking system. 

Question 2

The percentage of demand deposits which the commercial banks are legally required to maintain as their liquid assets is called:

A.

CRR

B.

Repo rate

C.

SLR

D.

Reverse repo rate

SOLUTION

Solution : C

Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) is the percentage of demand deposits which the commercial banks are legally required to maintain as their liquid assets. 

Question 3

The number of times a rupee is used in transactions is called:

A.

Speed

B.

Velocity

C.

Change

D.

Force

SOLUTION

Solution : B

Velocity of circulation of money is the number of times a rupee is used in transactions.

Question 4

The act of holding money as insurance against cases of emergency gives rise to ______________ demand.

A.

Transaction

B.

Speculative

C.

Precautionary

D.

Liquidity

SOLUTION

Solution : C

The act of holding money as insurance against cases of emergency gives rise to precautionary demand.

Question 5

Loans from the bank are:

A.

Assets of the bank

B.

Assets of the borrowers

C.

Liabilities of the individuals

D.

Liabilities of the bank

SOLUTION

Solution : A and C

Loans form both assets of the bank and liabilities of the individuals.

Question 6

Savings are:

A.

Leakage from the CFD

B.

Injection into the CFD

C.

Flow from firms to households

D.

Flow from households to firms

SOLUTION

Solution : A

Savings are a leakage from the CFD.

Question 7

Narrow money comprises of:

A.

M1

B.

M2

C.

M3

D.

M4

SOLUTION

Solution : A and B

Narrow money includes M1 and M2.

Question 8

The narrowest section of money supply is:

A.

Monetary Base

B.

Narrow Money

C.

Broad Money

D.

M1+M3

SOLUTION

Solution : A

The monetary base is the narrowest form of money.

Question 9

If currency held is 300 and deposits in the bank are 400, what is the currency deposit ratio?

A.

1

B.

34

C.

43

D.

73

SOLUTION

Solution : B

The cdr is 34

Question 10

If money supply is 5,00,000 and high-powered money is 2,00,000, what is the value of the multiplier?

A.

0.4

B.

2.5

C.

3

D.

7

SOLUTION

Solution : B

The multiplier is MH=5,00,0002,00,000=2.5