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1. The agreement is part of the World about P-Notes:
Bank’s International Centre for 1. SEBI has classified three possible
Settlement of Investment Disputes Categories of P-Notes issuing FIIs in
(ICSID). the country.
2. This promotes and protects the Indian 2. Category-I are the offshore government
investors investing abroad. entities/institutions investing solely on
3. Promoting and protecting foreign behalf of a country’s central bank.
investment in India is one of its 3. Category-II are regulated entities as
objectives. Mutual Funds, supervised by their
4. The Agreement functions in regulatory bodies in their countries of
collaboration with the International origin.
Monetary Fund. 4. Category-III entities neither fall in
Select the correct statements using the code Category-I or Category-II, which have
given below: been recently asked by the SEBI not
to issue P-Notes.
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3 Select the correct statements using the code
(c) 3 and 4 given below:
(d) 1 and 4 (a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2, 3 and 4
15. Consider the following statements about
(c) 1, 3 and 4
NSEL which was recently in news.
(d) 1, 2 , 3 and 4
1. This is an NSE (National Stock
Exchange) promoted commodity ‘spot 17. Consider the statements about tenets of the
trading’ platform. ‘three arrows’ of the Abenomics which was
2. ‘NCDEX Spot’ and ‘R-Next’ are the recently in news.
other such platforms. 1. A massive fiscal stimulus activated
3. Commodity exchanges in India are by quantitative easing targeted at
regulated by the Ministry of Consumer increasing the rate of inflation.
Affairs under the Forward Contract 2. Boost to investment in public works
Regulation Act, 1989. and infrastructure to promote jobs and
4. ‘Spot contracts’ has to be completed R&D.
within 11 days, as per the Act. 3. Structural reforms to boost country’s
global competitiveness.
Select the incorrect statements using the
4. It follows ideas started by J. M. Keynes,
code given below:
whose most famous contemporary
(a) 1 and 2 admirer is the Nobel Economist Paul
(b) 2 and 3 Krugman.
(c) 2 and 4 Select the correct statements using the code
(d) 1 and 3 below.
16. Participatory Notes (P-Notes) were in news (a) 1, 2 and 3
recently. Consider the following statements (b) 2, 3 and 4