The basic regulatory authority for mutual funds and stock markets lies with the:

• Stock exchanges
• Government of India
• Reserve Bank of India
• Securities and Exchange Board of India.

Gilt-edged market means:

• Market of government securities
• Bullion market
• Market of commodities
• Market of pure metals

The equilibrium condition for money market is:

• demand for money should be equal to supply of money
• cash in hand should be equal to deposits in bank
• saving is equal to investment
• bank rate is equal to repo rate

What is the 'Repo rate' ?

• It is the rate at which International Aid Agencies lend to RBI
• It is the rate at which the banks lend to RBI
• It is the rate at which RBI borrows from the market
• It is the rate at which RBI lends to banks

Which of the following is true in respect of Centre-State financial relations ?

• Amount given by Centre is the only source of income to States
• States can by-pass Centre while taking foreign loans
• States can not levy income tax
• States can claim 100 % share in excise duty on goods produced in the State

Fiscal policy is connected with:

• exports and imports
• issue of currency
• public revenue and public expenditure
• liquidity of money

Government imposes taxes to:

• run the machinery of State
• uplift of weaker sections
• check the accumulation of wealth among the rich
• None of the above

Which of the following is the role of Finance Commission ?

• Sharing of net proceeds of taxes between the Centre and States.
• Recommending principles for governing the grants-in-aid to the States by the Centre
• Recommendations on matters referred to it by the President for the interest of finance
• All of the above

If the RBI adopts expansionist open market operations policy, this means that it will:

• openly announce to the market that it intends to expand credit
• sell securities in open market
• offer commercial banks more credit in the open market
• buy securities from non-government holders

Poverty is defined as:

• A monetary condition brought about by people's own laziness
• A monetary condition where people do not have enough to satisfy basic needs
• A monetary and non-monetary conditions where people lack access to community regulated common resources, opportunities and income
• All of the above