WorksheetsIndian Financial System-Introduction
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
1. Which of these is not a fundamental objective of Indian Financial System?
(a) To give time value to money
(b) Offer Services that reduce risk of loss
(c) Issuing Bank Notes
(d) Provide a payment System
2. Which of the following is not a function performed by a financial system?
(a) Saving function
(b) Liquidity function
(c) Social function
(d) Risk function
3. Which of these is not a type of Financial Assets?
(a) Cheque
(b) Call Money
(c) Notice Money
(d) Treasury Bills
4. Which of the following is/are financial intermediaries?
(a) Commercial banks
(b) Insurance companies
(c) Investment companies
(d) All of the above.
5. When you purchase shares of corporate stock, then:
(a) You have loaned money to the corporation
(b) You own part of the corporation
(c) You have made new funds available to the corporation
(d) All of the above
Which of the following is a short-term financial instrument?
(a) Treasury bill
(b) Share of Tata Finance Ltd.
(c) Government bond with a maturity of 2 years
(d) Residential mortgage
Gilt edged securities are the bonds issued by ____________.
(a) Big corporate
(b) Multinational corporate
(c) Global corporations
(d) Central government
Which of the following is /are not regulatory institutions?
(a) RBI
(b) SEBI
(c) IRDA
(d) IFCI
Prime duty of a merchant banker is
a) Maintaining records of clients
b) Giving loans to clients
(c) Working as a Capital Market Intermediary
(d) None of the above
In India, Commercial Papers are issued as per the lines issued by
(a) Securities and Exchange Board of India
(b) Reserve Bank of India
(c) Forward Market Commission
IRDAI
The primary function of Stock Exchange is to:
(a) mobilize savings from the public for long-term investment
(b) offer a secondary market for shares and other securities
(c) facilitate barter deals between buyer and seller holding different securities
(d) enable Reserve Bank of India to trade in Government securities in their efforts to control money supply in
the economy
Intermediaries who are agents of investors and match buyers with sellers of securities are called:
(a) Investment bankers
(b) Traders
(c) Brokers
(d) Dealers
Time deposits mean
(a) The deposits which are lent to bank for a fixed period
(b) Time deposits include over due fixed deposits
(c) Time deposits do not include recurring deposits as well
(d) Time deposits do not include deposits under Home Loan
Account Scheme
The rate at which the RBI lends shot-term money to the banks?
a) Prime Lending Rate
b) Cash Reserve Ratio
c) Repo Rate
d) Reverse Repo Rate
Which of the following is considered a derivative financial instrument?
(a) Common stock
(b) Corporate bond
(c) Options contract
(d) Treasury bill
What is the primary role of the Reserve Bank of India?
(b) To regulate the stock market
(a) To issue currency notes
(d) To manage foreign exchange reserves
(c) To provide loans to corporations
Which of the following reforms directly impacts non-performing assets (NPAs) in banks?
a) GST implementation
b) Payment Banks licensing
c) Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC)
d) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) formation
Which reform was aimed at improving indirect tax structure and reducing tax cascading?
a) IBC
b) GST
c) Monetary Policy Framework
d) Payment Bank licensing
Corporate Governance guidelines in India are mainly strengthened through:
a) RBI’s Basel III norms
b) SEBI’s Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements (LODR)
c) PFRDA’s investment rules
d) IRDAI’s solvency margin requirements
A mid-sized private bank is struggling with huge NPAs. The government wants a mechanism for faster resolution of bad loans.
Q1. Which reform will be most helpful in this case?
a) GST implementation
b) Payment Banks licensing
c) Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC)
d) SEBI’s corporate governance guidelines
