रिझर्व बँकेच्या पतनियंत्रण उपायांच्या संदर्भात खालीलपैकी कोणते विधान खरे आहे?

The correct answer is Option A (Repo rate is the rate at which the RBI lends to the commercial banks.).

Key Points:
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) utilizes various quantitative and qualitative credit control instruments under its monetary policy framework.
• Repo Rate (Repurchase Rate) is precisely defined as the interest rate at which the RBI lends money to commercial banks against government securities (Option 1 is true).
• Option 2 is false because Reverse Repo is the rate at which RBI *borrows* from banks or banks park excess funds with RBI.
• Option 3 is false because raising repo rates absorbs liquidity, but repo rate itself is a lending rate, not an absorption measure per se (Reverse repo absorbs liquidity).
• Option 4 is false because reverse repo absorbs liquidity, it does not inject it.
• Therefore, statement (1) is the accurate definition of Repo Rate.
• Key Takeaway: Repo rate is the interest rate at which the RBI lends funds to commercial banks.