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UPSC CSE Prelims 2020 · GS Paper I · Question 50 · Money, banking & monetary policy

यदि आप अपने बैंक के माँग जमा खाते (Demand Deposit Account) से ₹ 1,00,000 की नकद राशि निकालते हैं,…

UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2020, General Studies Paper I, Question 50 — Money, banking & monetary policy.

यदि आप अपने बैंक के माँग जमा खाते (Demand Deposit Account) से ₹ 1,00,000 की नकद राशि निकालते हैं, तो अर्थव्यवस्था में तात्कालिक रूप से मुद्रा की समग्र पूर्ति पर इसका क्या प्रभाव पड़ेगा ?

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If you withdraw ₹ 1,00,000 in cash from your Demand Deposit Account at your bank, the immediate effect on aggregate money supply in the economy will be

(a) to reduce it by ₹ 1,00,000 · (b) to increase it by ₹ 1,00,000 · (c) to increase it by more than ₹ 1,00,000 · (d) to leave it unchanged

उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English

Answer: (d) मुद्रा की समग्र पूर्ति अपरिवर्तित रहेगी

Money supply does not change, because the ₹ 1,00,000 only moves from one part of money supply to another. Demand deposits fall by ₹ 1,00,000 and the currency you hold rises by the same amount.

  • ✗ (a) Money supply counts currency held by the public as well as demand deposits. Your deposit falls by ₹ 1,00,000, but your cash in hand rises by ₹ 1,00,000, so the total is unchanged.
  • ✗ (c) Cash leaving the bank reduces its reserves, so it cannot start a larger expansion of money. Any later effect would work through banks lending less, not through this withdrawal itself.
  • ✓ (d) Narrow money is M1 = currency held by the public + demand deposits. A cash withdrawal only converts one component into the other, so M1 stays the same.

Remember · M1 = currency with the public + demand deposits. Converting a deposit into cash, or the reverse, leaves money supply unchanged.

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Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper I (2020, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·

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