LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034      B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ECONOMICS

AN 14

FIFTH SEMESTER – NOV 2006

EC 5502 – MONEY & BANKING

(Also equivalent to ECO 507)

 

 

Date & Time : 30-10-2006/9.00-12.00   Dept. No.                                                        Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

 

Part  – A

 

Answer any FIVE questions in about 75 words each.                      (5 x 4 = 20 marks)

1. Mention a few definitions of money.
2. How does bad money drive out good money?
3. How is an equity share different from a debenture?
4. Mention the different measures of money stock in India.
5. Differentiate between ordinary money and high-powered money.
6. Distinguish between money market and capital market.
7. Define a commercial bank.

Part – B

 

Answer any FOUR questions in about 300 words each.                  (4 x 10 = 40 marks)

8. What are the various types of money?
9. Explain the techniques of monetary policy employed by the RBI in India.
10. Briefly discuss the various components of the money market.
11. Explain the quantity theory of Milton Friedman.
12. How does SEBI regulate the stock market in India?
13. Examine the classical dichotomy and the neutrality of money.
14. Mention the assets and liabilities of commercial banks.

 

Part – C

 

Answer any TWO questions in about 900 words each.                    (2 x 20 = 40 marks)

15. Critically examine the transaction and cash balance approach to the quantity theory

of money.

16. Explain how Keynes proves that changes in the monetary sector have an influence on

the real sector.

17. Discuss how NBFI’s can make monetary policy ineffective in an economy.
18. What are Index numbers? Explain the various steps involved in the construction of

Price Index Numbers.

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RF 42

DEGREE EXAMINATION –ECONOMICS

FIFTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2007

EC 5502 – MONEY & BANKING

 

 

Date & Time: 30/04/2007 / 1:00 – 4:00            Dept. No.                                                      Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

Part  – A

 

Answer any FIVE questions in about 75 words each.                      (5 x 4 = 20 marks)

1. Define the concept of money.
2. State Gresham’s law with the help of a suitable example.
3. What is money illusion?
4. State the functions of money.
5. What is a Treasury bill?
6. Explain the functions of a commercial bank.
7. Define a non-banking financial intermediary.

 

Part – B

 

Answer any FOUR questions in about 300 words each.                  (4 x 10 = 40 marks)

8. Explain various kinds of money.
9. Examine the role of State Bank of India in the Indian financial system.
10. Examine the significance of NSE to the Indian stock market.
11. Discuss the views of various economists on neutrality of money.
12. Compare forward and future contracts.
13. What are the steps involved in the construction of Price Index Numbers?
14. Discuss the assets and liabilities of the balance sheet of commercial banks.

 

Part – C

 

Answer any TWO questions in about 900 words each.                    (2 x 20 = 40 marks)

15. Discuss the transactions approach to the quantity theory of money. How is the

Cambridge cash balances equation superior to the transactions approach.

16. Using the ISLM framework explain Keynesian integration of money and value

theories.

17. Describe the role and functions of the Reserve Bank of India.
18. Discuss the growth performance of commercial banks in India.

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   B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ECONOMICS

TA 21

FIFTH SEMESTER – November 2008

EC 5502 – MONEY & BANKING

 

 

 

Date : 07-11-08                     Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

 

SECTION –A

Answer any five questions in about 75 words.                                           (5×4=20 marks)

 

1. Distinguish between Legal tender money and Optional money.
2. What is High power money?
3. Explain the uses of Index number.
4. What is Neutrality of money?
5. Compare Branch banking and Unit banking.
6. Is the central bank necessary for the banking system of country?
7. What are the constituents of money market?

 

SECTION –B

Answer any four questions in about 300 words.                                        (4×10=40 marks)

 

8. “Money is the pivot around which the economic science clusters” – Discuss.
9. What is an Index number? How is it constructed?
10. Explain the determinants of money supply.
11. Critically examine the Cash balance approach.
12. Enumerate the various items which appear on the asset side of a Balance sheet of the Commercial bank.
13. Explain the functions of R.B.I
14. Discuss the characteristics of well developed money market.

 

SECTION –C

Answer any two questions in about 900 words.                                                     (2×20=40 marks)

 

15. Discuss the types and functions of money.
16. Critically examine the Cash transaction approach.
17. What steps can be taken by the Central bank to control the supply of credit? How far can its action be effective?

Explain the functions of new issue market.

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