Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given that below: Money is the commonly accepted medium of exchange. The first and foremost role of money is that it acts as a medium of exchange. Economic exchanges without the mediation of money are referred to as barter exchanges. Central bank has several important functions. It issues the currency of the country. India got its central bank in 1935. Its name is the 'Reserve Bank of India'. It controls money supply of the country through various methods, like bank rate, open market operations and variations in reserve ratios. It acts as a banker to the government. It is the custodian of the foreign exchange reserves of the economy. It also acts as a bank to the banking system. Currency issued by the Central Bank can be held by the public or by the commercial banks, and is called the 'high-powered money' or 'reserve money' or 'monetary base' as it acts as a basis for credit creation. |
Currency issued by the central bank can be held by the public or by the commercial banks, and is known by various terms except: |
High-powered money Monetary base Special Drawing Rights Reserve money |
Special Drawing Rights |
The correct answer is Option (3) → Special Drawing Rights The passage mentions that currency issued by the central bank can be referred to as high-powered money, reserve money, or monetary base. SDRs are an international reserve asset created by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to supplement its member countries' official reserves. They are not related to the currency issued by a country's central bank. |