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Which of the following activities of Reserve Bank of India is considered to be part of ‘Sterilization’?
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Conducting ‘Open Market Operations’
Debt and cash management for Central and State Governments
Regulating the functions of Non-banking Financial Institutions
Oversight of settlement and payment systems
Consider the following markets :
1. Government Bond Market
2. Call Money Market
3. Treasury Bill Market
4. Stock Market
How many of the above are included in capital markets?
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Only one
Only two
Only three
All four
Consider the investments in the following assets :
1. Brand recognition
2. Inventory
3. Intellectual property
4. Mailing list of clients
How many of the above are considered intangible investments?
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Only one
Only two
Only three
All four
Consider the following :
1. Demographic performance
2. Forest and ecology
3. Governance reforms
4. Stable government
5. Tax and fiscal efforts
For the horizontal tax devolution, the Fifteenth Finance Commission used how many of the above as criteria other than population area and income distance?
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Only three
Only four
All five
Only two
Consider the following statements in relation to Janani Suraksha Yojana:
1. It is a safe motherhood intervention of the State Health Departments.
2. Its objective is to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality among poor pregnant women.
3. It aims to promote institutional delivery among poor pregnant women,
4. Its objective includes providing public health facilities to sick infants up to one year of age.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
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Only one
Only two
Only three
All four
Consider the following statements in the context of interventions being undertaken under Anaemia Mukt Bharat Strategy:
1. It provides prophylactic calcium supplementation for pre-school children, adolescents and pregnant women.
2. It runs a campaign for delayed cord clamping at the time of child- birth.
3. It provides for periodic deworming to children and adolescents.
4. It addresses non-nutritional causes of anaemia in endemic pockets with special focus on malaria, hemoglobinopathies and fluorosis.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
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Only one
Only two
Only three
All four
Consider the following statements with reference to India:
1. According to the 'Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (MSMED) Act, 2006', the 'medium enterprises' are those with investments in plant and machinery between 15 crore and 25 crore.
2. All bank loans to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises qualify under the priority sector.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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1 only
2 only
both 1 and 2
neither 1 nor 2
With reference to Central Bank digital currencies, consider the following statements :
1. It is possible to make payments in a digital currency without using US dollar or SWIFT system.
2. A digital currency can be distributed with a condition programmed into it such as a time-frame for spending it.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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1 only
2 only
both 1 and 2
neither 1 nor 2
In the context of finance, the term 'beta' refers to
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an investment strategy of a portfolio manager to balance risk versus reward
a type of systemic risk that arises where perfect hedging is not possible
a numeric value that measures the fluctuations of a stock to changes in the overall stock market
None of the above
Consider the following statements:
1. The Self-Help Group (SHG) programme was originally initiated by the State Bank of India by providing microcredit to the financially deprived.
2. In an SHG, all members of a group take responsibility for a loan that an individual member takes.
3. The Regional Rural Banks and Scheduled Commercial Banks support SHGS.
How many of the above statements are correct?
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Only one
Only two
All three
zero
Consider the following statements about G-20:
1. The G-20 group was originally established as a platform for the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors to discuss the international economic and financial issues.
2. Digital public infrastructure is one of India's G20 priorities.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?