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Identity the correct combination of statements with regard to banking in India:
1. The Presidency banks had acted as quasi - central banks for many decades in India.
2. The Bank of Hindustan was liquidated during 1829-32.
3. General Bank of India was an unsuccessful bank and was dissolved in 1791.
4. Bank of Calcutta was renamed as Bank of Bengal in 1921.
Identify the correct combination of statements with regard to banking in India.
1. For many years the presidency banks had acted as quasi-central banks.
2. The Bank of Hindustan was liquidated during 1829-32.
3. General Bank of India was an unsuccessful bank and was dissolved in 1791.
4. Bank of Calcutta was renamed as Bank of Bengal in 1921.
The central banking functions in India are performed by the

  1. I=Central Bank of India
  2. II=Reserve Bank of India
  3. III=State Bank of India
  4. IV=Punjab National Bank
Re-arrange the following sentences into a meaningful paragraph. (A) comes into effect from today. The bank's savings account rate was 3.5 per cent during March 2003 to May 2011 for all savings bank account customers (B) The bank's decision comes two days ahead of RBI's monetary policy meet and is likely to trigger (C) with deposits of above Rs 1 crore, it said in a statement. The two-tier savings bank account interest rate (D) to 3.5 per cent, lowest in six years, a decision that will impact 90 per cent of its customers (E) The country's largest lender however will continue to pay 4 per cent interest on savings bank accounts (F) SBI today cut interest rate on savings bank account deposits up to Rs 1 crore by 0.5 per cent (G) rate war among peers. SBI's savings bank account base is of around Rs 9 lakh crore.
A, a bank officer, got compulsorily retired in 2014. Since the bank authorities did not release the leave encashment in his favour, he filed writ petition WP 2001 (W) of 2017 in Ranchi High Court for the same and also for the interest on the unpaid amount. The writ petition was disposed of by a learned Single Judge in December 2018 directing the bank to release the privileged leave encashment benefits to the petitioner to the extent he was entitled to in accordance with law within a certain period. The prayer for interest was not specifically denied by the court. The bank filed an appeal against the order. The Division Bench of Ranchi High Court in February, 2019 declined to admit the appeal. The bank authorities released the leave encashment in favour of the petitioner. However, A files a writ petition again for a direction to the bank to disburse interest to A at the rate of 18% per annum on leave encashment released by the bank. This petition is covered under which of the following?
Bank rate policy, open market operations, variable reserve requirements and statutory liquidity requirements employed by Reserve Bank as measures by Reserve of credit control are classified as
Assertion (A): Reserve Bank of India is an important regulatory and administrative authority to execute FEMA provisions.
Reason (R): Being monetary authority and custodian of foreign exchange, Reserve Bank of India enjoys requisite expertise of FEMA administration.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following option is correct?
Assertion (A) The Reserve Bank of India is entrusted with the management of the public debt and issue of new loans and treasury bills on behalf of the Central and State Governments.
Reason (R) The Governor and the Deputy Governors of Reserve Bank of India are appointed by the Central Government.
Under which Section of the Reserve Bank of India Act, the Reserve Bank has the sole right of note issue?
Which of the following statements with regard to New Development Bank BRICS, formerly referred to as the BRICS Development Bank, is/are correct?
1. The Headquarters of the Bank is situated at Moscow, Russia.
2. K. V. Kamath is the first President of the Bank.
Select the correct answer: