AHSEC| CLASS 12| FINANCE| SOLVED PAPER - 2019| H.S. 2ND YEAR
2019
FINANCE
Full Marks: 100
Pass Marks: 30
Time: Three hours
The figures in the margin indicate
full marks for the questions.
1. (a) In which year Punjab National Bank was established? 1
Ans:- May 19, 1894, Lahore (now in Pakistan)
(b) What do
you mean by ‘Group Banking’? 1
Ans:- Group
banking refers to a system of banking in which two or more banks are directly
controlled by a corporation, a consortium or a business trust. These types of
banks are popular in the United States.
(c) Write the
full form of SIDBI. 1
Ans:- Small Industries Development Bank of India.
(d) Since
which year the RBI has been issuing notes based on Minimum Reserve System? 1
Ans:- 1956.
(e) NSE was
set up in the year 1992/1993/1994/1995.
(f)
Commercial Banks are the main lenders in money market. (State whether True
or False) 1
(g) A
‘Not-Negotiable’ crossing cheque can / cannot be transferred. 1
Ans:- A ‘Not-Negotiable’ crossing cheque can be transferred.
(h) Give an
example of Material Alteration of Cheque.
1
Ans:- Alteration of the place of payment.
2. What is Public Sector Bank? 2
Ans:- Banks owned and managed by the government are
called public sector banks. The profit and loss of public sector banks goes to
the government.
3. Mention two prohibitory functions of RBI. 2
Ans:- (i) RBI cannot provide any direct financial
assistance to any industry, trade or business.
(ii) RBI cannot buy its share.
4. State any two functions of Stock Exchange. 2
Ans:- The two functions of a stock exchange are explained
below:
(i) A stock
exchange is a convenient and permanent place of market where sellers and buyers
meet to deal in securities.
(ii) The stock
exchange helps in mobilizing savings for productive purposes by motivating, directing,
and allocating the flow of savings into the most productive channels.
5. Who can cross a cheque? 2
Ans:- Section 125 of the Negotiable Instruments Act,
1881, also allows the following persons to cross cheques:
(i) The holder
of a check may cross it generally or specifically, if it is uncrossed, or may
cross it specifically if it is generally crossed.
(ii) The banker
to whom the check is specially crossed may re-cross it exclusively to another
banker, his agent, for collection. This is called double special crossing.
6. State the meaning of ‘Bank Draft.’ 2
Ans:- Bank draft is a type of check where the
availability of payment is guaranteed by the issuing bank. Generally, banks
will review the bank draft requester's account to see if sufficient funds are
available to clear the cheque. Once it is confirmed that sufficient funds are
available, the bank effectively sets aside the funds from the person's account
when a bank draft is used. Bank drafts are generally involved in transactions
of large amounts and in situations where trust may be an issue.
7. What is ‘payment in due course’? 3
Ans:- A negotiable instrument must be paid by the
paying banker or acceptor of the bill to the rightful person, Otherwise, the
latter would be responsible for the drawee of the bill, provided the payment as
required in the Act has been made. Such payment is called "payment in due
time".
According to
section 10 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, “Payment on time means
payment made in good faith according to the apparent tenure of the instrument
and without the negligence of a person in possession of it in such
circumstances as to provide a reasonable basis for it.” believing that he is
not entitled to receive t
8. State any three differences between Promissory Note
and Cheque. 3
Ans:- Three differences between promissory note and check
Promissory
Note:
(i) An
undertaking must be in writing. An oral promise to pay a certain amount is not
a promissory note.
(ii) The
promissory note must contain the promise. The promissory note must contain a
promise or undertaking to pay money.
(iii) The
promise in the promissory note should be unconditional. That is, the promise to
give money should be unconditional.
Cheque:
(i) A check is
payable on demand either to bearer or to order.
(ii) There are
three parties to a cheque, the drawer, the payee, and the payee.
(iii) A check
is always drawn on a specified banker who is to pay the amount involved on its
presentation.
9. Write a note on ‘Scheduled Bank.’ 3
Ans:- Banks listed in the Second Schedule under
Section 42(b)(a) of the Reserve Bank of India Act 1934 are called Scheduled
Banks. These banks have been included in the Second Schedule subject to the
following conditions and the fulfilment of these conditions by these banks:
(i) The bank
should have Rs.5 lakh as paid-up capital and reserve fund.
(ii) It should
be a corporation but not a partnership firm or a sole proprietor firm.
(iii) The bank must
submit its weekly returns to the Reserve Bank of India.
(iv) Direct
control is exercised over the scheduled banks and the Reserve Bank of India by
providing the following advantages:
(a) providing
direct lending, (b) providing transfer facilities, (c) providing clearing house
facility.
10. What are the various sub-markets of money
market? 3
Ans:- The sub-markets of the money market are:
(i) Call Money
Market
(ii) Collateral
Loan Market
(iii) Acceptance
Market
(iv) Bill Market
11. What are the main functions of World Bank? 3
Ans:- Functions of the World Bank:
At present, the
World Bank is playing an important role in providing loans for development
works to the member countries, especially the underdeveloped countries. The
bank provides loans for various development projects with a tenure of 5 to 20
years.
(a) The Bank can
advance loans to member countries up to 20% of its share in the paid-up
capital.
(b) The bank
also provides loans on its own guarantees to private investors belonging to its
members, but the private investors are required to take the permission of their
country of origin. Banks charge 1% to 2% as service charge.
(c) The quantum
of loan service, rate of interest, terms and conditions are decided by the
World Bank itself.
Or
Describe
briefly about Statutory Liquidity Ratio.
3
Ans:- The
most liquid asset of a bank is the cash it has with itself or in current
accounts with RBI, SBI or other banks. These cash reserves are also called the
first line of defense; To point out their important role in safeguarding the
solvency, reputation, and goodwill of the bank. The demands of the customers
are immediately met by the bank with the cash balance or balances that are
within its immediate order.
In India, apart from the cash reserve ratio, banks are required to maintain statutory liquidity ratio under section 24 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949. Accordingly, every scheduled commercial bank must maintain in India at least 25% of its time and demand liabilities in cash or gold. RBI has the power to change this ratio up to a maximum of 40%. An increase in SLR will reduce the lending capacity and direction of investment by banks. SLR has been repeatedly invoked by the RBI as a tool to regulate bank credit. The SLR was raised to 38.5% on September 22, 1990. But it was fixed at a minimum level of 25% with effect from 25 October 1997.
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