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Q. Which one of the following best describes term “Merchant Discount Rate” sometimes seen in news?

a) The incentive given by a bank to a merchant for accepting payments through debit cards pertaining to that bank.

b) The amount paid back by banks to their customers when they used debit cards for financial transactions for purchasing goods or services.

c) The charge to a merchant by a bank for accepting payments from his customers through the bank’s debit cards.

d) The incentive given by the Government to merchants for promoting digital payments by their customers through point of Sale (PoS) machines and debit cards.

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Consider the following statements..

1. 'Sovereign Green Bonds' will be auctioned by RBI to raise funds to finance green/clean infrastructure projects.

2. Govt. of India will receive the money which will be provided for public sector projects like solar, wind, hydro etc.

3. These bonds will be a debt on Govt. of India and will be reflected in Revenue Receipts in the Budget.

4. The banks who will be purchasing these bonds cannot use under SLR securities

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1) Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) is the amount that banks have to maintain in the form of their own funds to offset any loss that banks incur if the account holders fail to repay dues.
2) CAR is decided by each Individual Bank.
Correct?
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44%
1 only
7%
2 only
42%
Both 1 and 2
7%
Neither 1 nor 2
The identity platform 'Aadhaar' provides open "Application Programming Interface (APIs)" What does it imply?

1) It can be integrated into any electronic device 2) Online authentication using iris is possible Correct?
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7%
1 only
20%
2 only
64%
Both 1 & 2
9%
Neither 1 nor 2
In which pf the following countries have lakhs of people either suffered from severe famine/acute malnutrition caused by war/ethnic conflicts?
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13%
Angola and Zambia
22%
Morocco and Tunisia
13%
Venezuela and Colombia
52%
Yemen and South Sudan
The Badami rock inscription of Pulakeshin-I is dated in the Saka year 465. If the same were to be dated in Vikrama Samvat, the year would be
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24%
601
27%
300
37%
330
12%
407
A chalukya inscription is dated in the year 556 of the Saka era. It is equivalent to ____
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14%
478 AD
38%
613 AD
24%
499 AD
24%
634 AD
How much is the year difference between the Saka samvat and Vikram Samvat?
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21%
57 years
35%
78 years
39%
135 years
5%
320 years
Chaitra 1 of the national calendar based on the Saka Era corresponds to which one of the following dates of the Gregorian Calendar in a normal year of 365 days?
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60%
22nd March (or 21st March)
12%
15th May (or 16th May)
20%
31st March (or 30th March)
8%
21st April (or 20th April)
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