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'Mahila Udyog Nidhi' is a special scheme for promoting women entrepreneurship and operated through:
A)Reserve Bank of India and State Bank of India
B)State Financial Corporations and Scheduled Commercial Banks✓
C)State Ministry of Women and Child Welfare
D)Central Ministry of Women and Child Welfare
Why B is correct
Mahila Udyog Nidhi, a SIDBI soft-loan scheme providing equity-type assistance to women entrepreneurs, is operated through State Financial Corporations and scheduled commercial banks as the delivery channel.
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A critical point in a river occurs where:
A)The withdrawal rate of dissolved oxygen is faster than the reaeration rate
B)The withdrawal rate of dissolved oxygen is slower than the reaeration rate
C)The withdrawal and reaeration rates are equal
D)The dissolved oxygen reaches a minimum at a particular location and time✓
Why D is correct
On the Streeter-Phelps oxygen-sag curve, the critical point is defined as the location/time where dissolved oxygen reaches its minimum (maximum deficit) - the point of greatest pollution stress downstream of a discharge.
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Consider the following statements with reference to Open Market Operations (OMO): 1. OMO makes the bank rate policy more effective. 2. OMO can be used to bear out seasonal shocks. 3. OMO helps in stabilizing the prices of securities. Which of the above statements are correct?
A)1 and 2 only
B)1 and 3 only
C)2 and 3 only
D)1, 2 and 3✓
Why D is correct
All three are textbook objectives of open market operations: they make bank rate policy effective (banks must borrow at the bank rate when liquidity is drained), they smooth seasonal liquidity shocks, and they stabilise government security prices through counter-cyclical buying and selling.
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