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Foreign Exchange and BOp

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The issue of the ________________ is controlled by RBI

a)

Euro

b)

USD

c)

Rupee

d)

Ringett

2.

The issue of the ________________ is controlled by RBI

a)

Euro

b)

USD

c)

Rupee

d)

Ringett

3.

How much of one country's money is worth compared to another country?

a)

Exchange rate

b)

Exchange control

c)

Currency

d)

Foreign trade

4.

International trade free of government control and trade barriers

a)

Trade barrier

b)

Free trade

c)

Tariff

d)

Voluntary trade

5.

An action a government uses to control trade between countries

a)

Trade barrier

b)

Voluntary trade

c)

Free trade

d)

None of the above

6.

The government issues currency and coins to

a)

Promote global trade

b)

Control exchange of goods and services

c)

Promote monopolies

d)

Help make exchange of goods and services easier

7.

India's foreign exchange system is

a)

Free float

b)

Fixed

c)

Managed float

d)

None

8.

India is facing continuous deficit in BOP. In the foreign exchange market, rupee is expected to

a)

Depreciate

b)

Appreciate

c)

No specific tendency

d)

All of the above

9.

The demand for domestic currency in the foreign exchange market is indicated by the following transactions in balance of payment

a)

Export of goods and services

b)

Import of goods and services.

c)

Export of goods and services and capital inflows.

d)

Import of goods and services and capital outflows.

10.

Reduction of value of currency due to market forces

a)

Revaluation

b)

Devaluation

c)

Depreciation

d)

Appreciation

11.

Difference in the value of exports and imports of only visible items are called

a)

Balance of payment

b)

Balance of trade

c)

Balance of visible

d)

Balance of invisible

12.

Imbalance in the account of balance of payments is referred to as

a)

Disequilibrium

b)

Equilibrium

c)

Equity

d)

All of the above

13.

Difference between the value of services exported and imported

a)

Export trade

b)

Visible trade

c)

Invisible trade

d)

Invincible trade

14.

When credit items are more than debit items in foreign trade, BOP shows

a)

Inflow of foreign exchange

b)

Outflow of foreign exchange

c)

Unilateral flow

d)

Bilateral flow

15.

FDI, FPI form part of

a)

Current account

b)

Capital account

c)

Reserve account

d)

Errors and omissions

16.

If India imports more goods from China

a)

India's BOP improves

b)

China's BOP declines

c)

India's BOP declines

d)

All of the above

17.

If Australia imports more goods from India

a)

Australia's BOP improves

b)

India's BOP improves

c)

India's BOP declines

d)

Both BoP improves

18.

which of the following are not current account transactions

a)

Imports payable

b)

External commercial borrowings

c)

Exports receivable

d)

All of the above

19.

B= Rf - Pf.

Name the components in this equation

a)

BOP, Reserves, payments

b)

BOT, Receipts, Payments

c)

BOP, Receipts, Payments

d)

BOT, Reserves, Prudence

20.

In a floating exchange rate system, the increase in value of the currency is known as

(a)  

21.

Governments would need to maintain large amounts of foreign reserves to manage its currency in a (a)   exchange rate system.

22.

Money coming in a country is recorded as a (a)   item on the Balance of Payments.

23.

An export would be recorded as a credit item on the Balance of Trade in the (a)   account, of the Balance of Payments

24.

An MNC sending money back to its parent country would be recorded as a debit item on the (a)   Income of the Current Account.

25.

Charities received by a country would be a credit item on the (a)   income of the Current Account.

26.

A growth in MNCs in a country earning large sums of profit will possible cause Current Account (a)   .

27.

A country X is seeing a surplus of $ 20 million in its balance of trade, deficit 30 $million in net transfers and a surplus of $10 million in its net income. The current account is balanced.

a)

Yes

b)

No

28.

What is Foreign Exchange Market?

a)

a place where corporation and government can raise fund

b)

a market for converting currency of one country into another country

c)

trading of instrument by an exchange of securities

29.

The purpose of the Forex market is to encourage international investment and trade.

a)

False

b)

True

30.

In the foreign exchange market for the Mexican peso, which of the following would best describe the exchange rate for the peso?

a)

a. The interest rate earned from saving pesos

b)

b. The price of a peso in terms of some other currency

c)

c. The price of a good in Mexico in terms of another goods in Mexico

d)

d.The price of a peso in terms of pesos

31.

Price in one country in relation to other currencies in the international exchange market is known as-

a)

equilibrium rate

b)

fixed exchange rate

c)

exchange rate

d)

flexible exchange rate

32.

which is systematic record ofall the economic transactions between one country and rest of the world

a)

Balance of trade

b)

Balance of transactions

c)

Budget

d)

Balance of payments

33.

which one of the following items is an intangible item in balance of payments statement?

a)

Export of food grain

b)

import of crude oil

c)

banking services provided in other countries

d)

import of steel by steel industry

34.

current transaction are of which nature?

a)

flow

b)

stock

c)

both a and b

d)

none of above

35.

Current account of BOP records transactions is related to

a)

exchange of goods

b)

exchange of service

c)

unilateral transactions

d)

all of above

36.

Balance of trade is measuredas:

a)

Dfference between import and export of goods

b)

difference between import and export of services

c)

Difference between import and export of capital

d)

Difference betwee all import and all export

37.

Balance of trade is Rs (-) 150crs and value of exports are Rs 350 crs.In this case value of imports will be

a)

Rs 200crs

b)

Rs 300crs

c)

Rs 400 crs

d)

Rs 500crs

38.

Borrowing from abroad is recorded in BOT .true or false

a)

True

b)

False

39.

which of the following is not a part of current account

a)

Export of goods

b)

Imports of services

c)

Grants and gifts

d)

FDI

40.

Which of the following items are not a part ofcapital account?

a)

loans

b)

Banking capital transactions

c)

Unilateral transactions

d)

Portfolio investment

41.
This account records a nation's imports and exports of goods, services, net investment income, and net transfers.
a)
current account
b)
financial/capital account
c)
official reserves
42.

Which of the following items related to BOP on capital account?

a)

Foreign investment

b)

Loans

c)

NRI remittances

d)

All of these

43.

Capital account may be

a)

Private capital

b)

Banking capital

c)

official capital

d)

all of them

44.

which one of the following items are not the transactions of balance of trade

a)

Export of jute

b)

import of steel

c)

Banking services providedin other countries

d)

import of food items

45.

if India export goods worth rs 20 crs and imports goods worth rs 30 crs.it will have a

a)

surplus of rs10 crs in balance of trade

b)

deficit of rs10 crs in balance of trade

c)

deficit of rs50 crs in balance of trade

d)

none of above

46.

If BOT is showing the deficit of rs 200crs and value of exports is 700crs ,then the value of imports will be :

a)

Rs200crs

b)

Rs 500crs

c)

Rs 700crs

d)

Rs900crs

47.

Foreign exchange transactions which are dependent of other foreign exchangetransactions are called :

a)

Current account transactions

b)

Capital account transactions

c)

Autonomous transactions

d)

Accommodating transactions

48.

Accommodating transactions are

a)

Balanceing in nature

b)

Below the line

c)

Both a and b

d)

neither a nor b

49.

which of the following is not a part of current account

a)

Export of goods

b)

Imports of services

c)

Grants and gifts

d)

FDI

50.

Under which system Demand and supply for FOREX determines the exchange rate

a)

Flexible exchange rate

b)

Fixed exchange rate

c)

Both

51.

Managed floating system is

a)

flexible system of exchange rate

b)

mixture of fixed exchange rate and fixed exchange rate

c)

A system managed by a foreign country

52.

Depreciation is

a)

Fall in the value of domestic currency in terms of foreign currency

b)

Rise in the value of domestic currency in terms of foreign currency

c)

none

53.

Stability is a merit of

a)

Fixed exchange rate system

b)

Flexible exchange rate system

c)

Both

54.

Which of the following items will recorded on the Debit side of BOP? (You can tick more than one)

a)

Loan from IMF to cover BOP deficit

b)

Indian govt repays loan taken from IMF

c)

Export of Jute to Sri Lanka

d)

Purchase of toys from China

55.

Autonomous items are also known as below the line items.

a)

True

b)

False

56.

Inflow of Foreign exchange is recorded on which side of BOP

a)

Debit

b)

Credit

c)

Both

d)

None

57.

Surplus in BOP arises when

a)

Autonomous payments > Autonomous Receipts

b)

Accommodating payments> accommodating receipts

c)

accommodating receipts > accommodating payments

d)

autonomous receipts > autonomous payments

58.

Fixed exchange rate system is also known as

a)

Pegged exchange rate system

b)

Floating exchange rate system

c)

Dirty Floating

d)

Both (b) and (c)

59.

The value of US 1$ has gone down from rs 67 to rs 65. it means that

a)

Indian rupee has appreciated

b)

US dollar has depreciated

c)

Both (a) and (b)

d)

none of these

60.

Due to appreciation of domestic currency

a)

Exports rise

b)

Imports rise

c)

Imports falls

d)

None on the above

61.

The decrease in the value of foreign exchange rate which is done intentionally by the government is called

a)

Appreciation

b)

Depreciation

c)

Devaluation

d)

Revaluation

62.

Revaluation takes place under which system?

a)

Flexible exchange rate system

b)

Fixed exchange rate system

c)

Managed floating exchange rate system

d)

None of the above

63.

The value of US Dollar $1 has fallen form Rs. 70 to Rs. 68. It means:

a)

Currency is depreciated

b)

Currency is appreciated

c)

Both (a) and (b)

d)

None of the above

64.

The supply curve of foreign exchange rate is

a)

Horizontal line parallel to x- axis

b)

Vertical line parallel to y- axis

c)

Slope downwards

d)

Slope upwards

65.

Due to decrease in demand of foreign currency, there is

a)

Appreciation

b)

Depreciation

c)

Devaluation

d)

Revaluation

66.

Economic transactions include

a)

Visible items

b)

Invisible items

c)

Unilateral transfers

d)

All of the above

67.

Import of machinery and equipment is recorded on which side of BOP account?

a)

Credit side of current account

b)

Debit side of current account

c)

Debit side of capital account

d)

Credit side of capital account

68.

Borrowings from the rest of the world is recorded on which side of BOP account?

a)

Credit side of current account

b)

Debit side of current account

c)

Debit side of capital account

d)

Credit side of capital account

69.

Which transactions are independent of state of BOP?

a)

Autonomous

b)

Accommodating

c)

Compensatory

d)

None of the above

70.

Other things remaining the same, when in a country the market price of foreign currency falls, national income is likely:

a)

To rise

b)

To fall

c)

To rise or to fall

d)

To remain affected