MCQs - 2026-04

DPI adoption can significantly boost economic development by improving efficiency, transparency, and access to financial services, thereby promoting financial inclusion.

India is actively promoting its DPI model to developing nations, with significant interest and ongoing discussions in regions like Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America.

India's DPI is designed to be open, allowing for innovation and integration by third parties; interoperable, enabling different systems to work together; and inclusive, ensuring access for all segments of society.

The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is a crucial component of India's DPI, enabling seamless and instant digital payments across various platforms.

The RBI's inflation target is 4% with a tolerance band of +/- 2%, meaning it aims to keep inflation between 2% and 6%.

An increase in the repo rate makes it more expensive for banks to borrow from the RBI, which in turn leads to higher lending rates for businesses and consumers, thus increasing borrowing costs.

Core inflation is a measure of inflation that excludes the more volatile components of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), typically food and energy prices, to provide a clearer picture of underlying price pressures.

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is responsible for setting the benchmark interest rate (repo rate) and other monetary policy tools to manage liquidity and inflation in the economy.

The RBI's mandate is to maintain price stability (control inflation) while also considering the objective of economic growth. This dual mandate is central to its monetary policy formulation.

Most forecasts from international and domestic financial institutions place India's GDP growth rate for FY27 in the range of 6.5% to 7.5%.