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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Reserve Bank of India placed the greatest reliance on which of the following measures of credit control for maintaining price stability during the last ten years?
A
The Bank Rate
B
Open Market Operations
C
Cash reserve requirements
D
Statutory liquidity requirements
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The different instruments of credit control used by the Reserve Bank of India are Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR), Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR), the Bank Rate Policy, Selective Credit Control (SCC), Open Market Operations (OMOs).

Detailed explanation-2: -Lowering or raising the minimum cash reserves maintained by the commercial banks.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Reserve Bank of India should increase the repo rate. An increase in repo rate increases the costs of borrowing from the central bank. It forces the commercial banks to increase their lending rates, which discourages borrowers from taking loans.

Detailed explanation-4: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is It will increase. Cash Reserve Ratio (C. R. R.) refers to the number of money banks have to keep with the central bank. If RBI reduces the cash reserve ratio, credit creation will increase.

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