Question
Assertion (A): Quantitative tools include persuasion by the central bank in order to make commercial banks discourage or encourage lending.
Reason (R): Quantitative tools control the extent of the money supply by changing the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) or Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) or Bank Rate or Repo Rate or Reverse Repo Rate, or through Open market operations (OMO).
Alternatives:-
a) Both Assertions (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A)
b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A)
c) Assertion (A) is True but Reason (R) is False
d) Assertion (A) is False but Reason (R) is True
Reason (R): Quantitative tools control the extent of the money supply by changing the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) or Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) or Bank Rate or Repo Rate or Reverse Repo Rate, or through Open market operations (OMO).
Alternatives:-
a) Both Assertions (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A)
b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A)
c) Assertion (A) is True but Reason (R) is False
d) Assertion (A) is False but Reason (R) is True