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Question 1.
Which one of the following is a formal source of credit?
(a) Traders
(b) Cooperative societies
(c) Moneylenders
(d) Friends and relatives
Answer: (b) Cooperative societies
Question 2.
Which one of the following is the appropriate meaning of collateral?
(a) It is the sum total of money borrowed from banks.
(b) The amount borrowed from friends.
(c) It is an asset of the borrower used as guarantee to a lender.
(d) The amount invested in a business.
Answer: (c) It is an asset of the borrower used as guarantee to a lender.
Question 3.
Which one of the following is a modern form of currency?
(a) Paper notes
(b) Gold
(c) Silver
(d) Copper
Answer: (a) Paper notes
Question 4.
Which one of the following is the newer way of providing loans to the rural poor, particularly women?
(a) Cooperative Banks
(b) Grameen Banks
(c) Self-Help Groups
(d) Moneylenders
Answer: (c) Self-Help Groups
Question 5.
Which of the following is the main informal source of credit for rural households in India?
(a) Friends
(b) Relatives
(c) Landlords
(d) Moneylenders
Answer: (d) Moneylenders
Question 6.
Name the system in which the double coincidence of wants is an essential feature.
(a) Barter system
(b) Money economy
(c) Global economy
(d) None of these
Answer: (a) Barter system
Question 7.
Grameen Bank of Bangladesh was started in
(a) 1960s
(b) 1970s
(c) 1980s
(d) 1990s
Answer: (b) 1970s
Question 8.
In a SHG, most of the decisions regarding loan activities are taken by
(a) Banks
(b) Members
(c) Non-government organisation
(d) Cooperative
Answer: (b) Members
Question 9.
Which of the following is not an informal source of credit?
(a) Money-lender
(b) Relatives and Friends
(c) Commercial Banks
(d) Traders
Answer: (c) Commercial Banks
Question 10.
In which country is the Grameen Bank meeting the credit needs of over 6 million poor people?
(a) Bhuta
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) Bangladesh
(d) Nepal
Answer: (c) Bangladesh
Question 11.
Which is not the main source of credit from the following for rural households in India?
(a) Traders
(b) Relatives and friends
(c) Commercial Banks
(d) Moneylanders
Answer: (a) Traders
Question 12.
What portion of deposits are kept by the banks for their day to day transaction?
(a) 10%
(b) 15%
(c) 20%
(d) 25%
Answer: (b) 15%
Question 13.
Which households take more loans from the formal sector?
(a) Poor households and rich household.
(b) Well off households and households with few assets.
(c) Poor households and well off households
(d) Well off households and rich households.
Answer: (d) Well off households and rich households.
Question 14.
Which among these is an essential feature of barter system?
(a) Money can easily exchange any commodity
(b) It is based on double co-incidence of wants
(c) It is generally accepted as a medium of exchange of goods with money
(d) It acts as a measure and store of value
Answer: (b) It is based on double co-incidence of wants
Question 15.
Which one of the following is the main source of credit for the rich households?
(a) Informal
(b) Formal
(c) Both formal and informal
(d) Neither Formal nor informal
Answer: (b) Formal
Question 16.
Which one of the following is not a formal source of credit?
(a) Commercial Banks
(b) State Bank of India
(c) Employers
(d) Co-operatives
Answer: (c) Employers
Question 17.
Which one of the following agencies issues currency notes on behalf of the government of India?
(a) Ministry of Finance
(b) Reserve Bank of India
(c) State Bank of India
(d) World Bank
Answer: (b) Reserve Bank of India
Question 18.
Formal Sources of credit include :
(a) money lenders
(b) co-operatives
(c) Employers
(d) Finance companies
Answer: (b) co-operatives
Question 19.
Which one of the following is NOT an informal sector loans for poor rural household in India?
(a) Commercial Banks
(b) Moneylenders
(c) Traders
(d) Landlords
Answer: (a) Commercial Banks
Question 20.
Which one of the following is not a modern form of money?
(a) Demand Deposits
(b) Paper currency
(c) Coins
(d) Precious metals
Answer: (d) Precious metals
Question 21.
Identify the formal source of credit:
(a) Cooperative societies
(b) Moneylenders
(c) Traders
(d) Landlords
Answer: (a) Cooperative societies
Question 22.
Who helps the borrowers to overcome the problem of lack of collateral?
(a) Self-help group (SHG)
(b) State government
(c) Employers
(d) Moneylenders
Answer: (a) Self-help group (SHG)
Question 23.
Which of the following is not a modern form of money?
(a) Paper notes
(b) Demand deposits
(c) Silver coins
(d) None of the above
Answer: (c) Silver coins
Question 24.
Formal sources of credit include
(a) banks
(b) moneylenders
(c) employers
(d) all the above
Answer: (a) banks
Question 25.
Rate of interest charged by moneylenders as compared to that charged by banks is:
(a) lower
(b) same
(c) slightly higher
(d) much higher
Answer: (d) much higher
Question 26.
Which state accounts for maximum percentage of SHGs (self-help groups) in bank credit?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Kerala
(d) Karnataka
Answer: (a) Andhra Pradesh
Question 27.
Who supervises the credit activities of lenders in the informal sector?
(a) Central Bank of India
(b) Commercial banks
(c) Moneylenders
(d) None
Answer: (d) None
Question 28.
At present which form of money is increasingly used apart from paper money?
(a) Commodity money
(b) Metallic money
(c) Plastic money
(d) All the above
Answer: (c) Plastic money
Question 29.
Currency is issued in India by :
(a) commercial banks
(b) regional rural banks
(c) nationalised banks
(d) Reserve Bank of India
Answer: (d) Reserve Bank of India
Question 30.
The part of the total deposits which a bank keeps with itself in cash is
(a) zero
(b) a small proportion
(c) a big proportion
(d) 100 percent
Answer: (b) a small proportion
Question 31.
System of exchanging goods for goods is called:
(a) monetary system
(b) credit system
(c) barter system
(d) exchange system
Answer: (c) barter system
Question 32.
Money
(a) eliminates double-coincidence of wants
(b) acts as a common measure of value
(c) acts as a standard of deferred payments
(d) all the above
Answer: (d) all the above
