Correct Answer :   Homi Jehangir Bhabha

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The headquarters of BARC is located at Trombay, Mumbai. It was established in 1954. It was founded by Homi Jehangir Bhabha.

Correct Answer :   Unified Payment Interface

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UPI stands for Unified Payment Interface. This application allows users to transfer money between bank accounts. It is launched by NPCI.

Correct Answer :   Tiger

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The logo of the Reserve Bank of India comprises a tiger walking underneath a palm tree. When RBI was created, it was decided that the reverse of Double Mohur, the Lion and Palm design should beused as the emblem of RBI. The last minute modification was made introducing Tiger instead of Lion

Correct Answer :   accept sound collateral

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The best way for a bank to avoid loss is to accept only sound collateral. In lending agreements, collateral is a borrower’s pledge of specific property to a lender, to secure repayment of a loan. The collateral serves as protection for a lender against a borrower’s default - that is, any borrower failing to pay the principal and interest under the terms of a loan obligation. If a borrower does default on a loan (due to insolvency or other event), that borrower forfeits (gives up) the property pledged as collateral - and the lender then becomes the owner of the collateral. In a typical mortgage loan transaction, for instance, the real estate being acquired with the help of the loan serves as collateral. Should the buyer fail to pay the loan under the mortgage loan agreement, the ownership of the real estate is transferred to the bank. The bank uses a legal process called foreclosure to obtain real estate from a borrower who defaults on a mortgage loan. Collateral, especially within banking, traditionally refers to secured lending (also known as asset-based lending).

Correct Answer :   200 crores of rupees

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Originally, the assets of the Issue Department were to consist of not less than two-fifths of gold coin, gold bullion or sterling securities provided the amount of gold was not less than Rs. 40 crore in value. The remaining three-fifths of the assets might be held in rupee coins, Government of India rupee securities, eligible bills of exchange and promissory notes payable in India. Due to the exigencies of the Second World War and the post-war period, these provisions were considerably modified. Since 1957, the Reserve Bank of India is required to maintain gold and foreign exchange reserves of Rs. 200 crore (2 billion), of which at least Rs. 115 crore should be in gold and Rs. 85 crore in the form of Government Securities. The system as it exists today is known as the minimum reserve system.

Correct Answer :   Increase in money supply

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In economics, inflation is a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services in an economy over a period of time. Economists generally agree that high rates of inflation and hyperinflation are caused by an excessive growth of the money supply. Low or moderate inflation may be attributed to fluctuations in real demand for goods and services, or changes in available supplies such as during scarcities, as well as to growth in the money supply. However, the consensus view is that a long sustained period of inflation is caused by money supply growing faster than the rate of economic growth.

Correct Answer :   1994

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A currency is deemed convertible on the current account if it can be freely converted into other convertible currencies for purchase and sale of commodities and services. For example, if the rupee is convertible on the current account an Indian firm should be able to freely convert rupee into Yen (JPY) to purchase from a Japanese Company. Since August 20, 1994, the rupee has been made a freely convertible currency on current account.

Correct Answer :   IDBI

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IDBI Bank Limited is an Indian financial service company headquartered Mumbai, India. RBI categorised IDBI as an “other public sector bank”. It was established in 1964 by an Act of Parliament to provide credit and other facilities for the development of the fledgling Indian industry. The Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) was established on 1 July, 1964 under an Act of Parliament as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of India. In 16 February, 1976, the ownership of IDBI was transferred to the Government of India and it was made the principal financial institution for coordinating the activities of institutions engaged in financing, promoting and developing industry in the country.

Correct Answer :   Four tier hierarchy of the Banking structure

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Two expert Committees were set up in 1990s under the chairmanship of M. Narasimhan (an exRBI (Reserve Bank of India) governor). The first Narasimhan Committee (Committee on the Financial System - CFS) was appointed by Manmohan Singh as India’s Finance Minister on 14 August 1991, and the second one (Committee on Banking Sector Reforms) was appointed by P. Chidambaram as Finance Minister in December 1997. The 1991 committee submitted its report to the Finance Minister in November 1991 which was placed on the table of Parliament on December 17, 1991. It recommended the introduction of a four tier banking system in the country:

I tier: 3 or 4 International Banks;
II tier: 8 to 10 National Banks;
III tier Regional Banks;
IV tier: Rural Banks.

Correct Answer :   2007 to 2012

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Eleventh Five-Year Plan (2007–2012) aims to accelerate GDP growth from 8% to 10% and then maintain at 10% in the 12th Plan in order to double per capita income by 2016–17; create 70 million new work opportunities; increase agricultural GDP growth rate to 4% per year to ensure a broader spread of benefits; etc.