Money and Banking is the second chapter of CBSE Class 12 Introductory Macroeconomics and the most numerical-heavy block of the book. These NCERT Solutions for Class 12 Economics Chapter 2 cover all 11 textbook exercise questions with step-by-step working aligned to the 2026-27 NCERT syllabus, the latest CBSE marking scheme, and the structured answer style that scores full marks in the board paper.

  • 11 NCERT exercise questions from the money and banking class 12 notes block, solved with formula, substitution and final answer on separate lines, plus an Expert's Solution per numerical that re-derives the result by a second method.
  • Full coverage of the four functions of money, RBI's M1 to M4 measures of money supply, high-powered money, the money multiplier and credit creation by commercial banks.
  • Worked numericals on credit creation, money multiplier and CRR/SLR impact, tied to the latest five years of CBSE Class 12 Economics board papers and the Sandeep Garg Macroeconomics worksheets.
  • Free downloadable PDF, ready-to-print, paired with chapter notes, a formula sheet and a handwritten notes set on the same money and banking class 12 chapter.
Chapter 2 Macro: Money and Banking NCERT Solutions PDF
Class 12 Economics Chapter 2 Money and Banking NCERT Solutions

Every money and banking class 12 ncert solutions answer in this Collegedunia compilation is curated by economics subject experts, mapped to the 2026-27 NCERT textbook, and refined against the last five years of CBSE Class 12 board papers, Sandeep Garg Macroeconomics worksheets and CUET Economics question patterns.

Student Pulse: What 13,420 students told us about this chapter

68% of Class 12 students rated Money and Banking as the second-most concept-heavy chapter in Macroeconomics, just behind National Income. 4 out of 5 students said the credit creation numerical with CRR was the single hardest question type to keep straight on exam day.

Toppers reported that writing the money multiplier formula m = 1/CRR on a separate line before substituting numbers added 1 to 2 marks per numerical, and the average student spent 5 hours on the chapter across first-pass reading and exercise practice.

Source: 2026-27 Class 12 Economics student poll. Sample of 13,420 students from CBSE schools across 16 states, conducted before the 2026 boards.

What the NCERT Solutions for Class 12 Economics Chapter 2 Cover

This chapter answers two big questions: what is money and how do banks create more of it? The Class 12 NCERT textbook splits the answer across seven thematic blocks, and our money and banking class 12 ncert solutions stay faithful to that order while plugging the gaps that students hit in the actual exam.

  • Barter system and the origin of money: section 3.1 of the textbook, four drawbacks of barter, why a medium of exchange is required.
  • Four functions of money: medium of exchange, unit of account, store of value, standard of deferred payment, with one-line CBSE definitions for each.
  • Demand for money: transaction demand LT = kT and speculative demand, the two-part Keynesian split of demand for money class 12.
  • Supply of money: RBI's four measures M1, M2, M3, M4, and the difference between narrow and broad money supply class 12 definitions.
  • High-powered money and the money multiplier: H = currency with public + bank reserves with RBI; Ms = m times H; the derivation of m = (1+c)/(c+r).
  • Commercial banks and credit creation: how primary deposits expand into derivative deposits through the credit creation by commercial banks class 12 process.
  • Central bank functions and monetary policy: the four RBI roles, six quantitative tools (bank rate, repo, reverse repo, CRR, SLR, OMOs) and four qualitative tools.

Macro Money and Banking Video Walkthrough

Money multiplier and credit creation: Class 12 Economics

Source: Magnet Brains on YouTube

Exercise-wise Breakdown of Money and Banking NCERT Solutions

RBI instruments of monetary policy: Class 12 Economics

Chapter 2 of NCERT Class 12 Macroeconomics carries 11 end-of-chapter exercise questions mixing definitions, numericals and theory. The table below maps each money and banking class 12 questions and answers slot to its topic, the answer style CBSE rewards, and the typical mark allotment students see in the board paper.

QuestionTopic coveredAnswer styleTypical marks
Q1What is a barter system and its drawbacks?Definition + 4-point drawback list3 marks
Q2Main functions of money and how it solves barter problemsFour functions + 1-line mapping each4 marks
Q3Transaction demand for money and its link with national incomeDefinition + LT = kT derivation4 marks
Q4Alternative definitions of money supply (M1 to M4) used in India4-tier table + which is most liquid4 marks
Q5Define legal tender and fiat moneyDefinition + Indian Rupee example3 marks
Q6What is high-powered money?Definition + 3-component formula3 marks
Q7Functions of a commercial bankPrimary + secondary functions, 6-point answer4 marks
Q8What is money multiplier? What determines its value?Formula + derivation + numerical4 marks
Q9Instruments of monetary policy of RBIQuantitative (6 tools) + qualitative (4 tools)6 marks
Q10Do you consider a commercial bank a creator of money? Explain credit creationCredit creation numerical with CRR illustration6 marks
Q11What role of RBI is known as lender of last resort?Bagehot rule + 4-line definition3 marks

Numerical-heavy questions Q8 (money multiplier) and Q10 (credit creation by commercial banks class 12) together carry 10 of the 44 chapter marks, which is why credit creation numericals form the core of every revision plan we recommend for money and banking class 12.

Key Concepts You'll Need: Money, Money Supply and the Money Multiplier

The deeper you go into money and banking class 12 notes, the more you realise that every numerical reduces to one of three formulas and a clean understanding of which deposits count where. This section is the spine of our money and banking class 12 ncert solutions and the place where most students recover the marks they lose in mock tests.

The Four Functions of Money

Money serves four functions in the modern economy: it is a medium of exchange (solves the double-coincidence-of-wants problem of barter), a unit of account (a common measuring rod for value), a store of value (purchasing power held across time) and a standard of deferred payment (basis for credit contracts). The first two are primary functions; the last two are secondary functions. This four-function split is the single most-asked one-mark question from money and banking class 12 across the last five years of CBSE Class 12 Economics board papers.

Without money, every exchange requires two parties who happen to want exactly what the other has at exactly the right ratio. Money breaks that coincidence by acting as a generally accepted intermediary, which is why the textbook calls it the "lubricant of trade" in section 3.1.

M1, M2, M3, M4: RBI's Four Measures of Money Supply

Supply of money class 12 is published by the RBI in four progressively broader measures. M1 is the narrowest, capturing only the most liquid components; M4 is the broadest, including every type of bank deposit. The table below is the consolidated cheat sheet our money and banking class 12 questions and answers PDF uses.

MeasureFormulaWhat it adds
M1Currency with public + Demand deposits with banks + Other deposits with RBIThe most liquid form, what we call "money" in daily speech
M2M1 + Savings deposits with Post Office Savings BanksAdds post office savings deposits
M3M1 + Net time deposits with banksAdds time/fixed deposits with commercial banks (broad money)
M4M3 + Total deposits with Post Office Savings (excl NSC)The widest measure of money supply

M1 is the most liquid; M4 is the broadest. CBSE markers expect students to know that M3 is called "broad money" and is the measure the RBI targets in its monetary policy framework. The textbook tests this ordering as a 3-mark theory question in alternate years.

High-Powered Money and the Money Multiplier

High-powered money (H), also called reserve money or monetary base, is the foundation on which the entire money supply rests. Its three components are currency held by the public, cash reserves of commercial banks with the RBI, and other deposits with the RBI. The textbook formula is:

H = Currency with Public (C) + Cash Reserves of Banks with RBI (R) + Other Deposits with RBI

The money multiplier (m) connects high-powered money to the total money supply: Ms = m times H. The multiplier is greater than one because each rupee of base money supports several rupees of bank deposits through credit creation. The complete derivation gives m = (1+c)/(c+r), where c is the currency-to-deposit ratio and r is the reserve ratio. When the question simplifies to a no-cash-leakage world, the formula collapses to m = 1/r, which is the form used in almost every CBSE Class 12 Economics board paper credit-creation numerical.

Credit Creation by Commercial Banks

The process of credit creation by commercial banks class 12 is the most-asked 6-mark question type in money and banking class 12 board papers. The logic is mechanical once the cash reserve ratio is fixed.

Suppose the CRR is 20%. A primary deposit of Rs 1,000 forces the bank to keep Rs 200 as reserves and lend out Rs 800. That Rs 800 is spent and redeposited into the banking system, where 20% (Rs 160) is held as reserves and Rs 640 is lent out. The chain continues until total deposits reach Rs 1,000 / 0.20 = Rs 5,000. The bank has therefore created Rs 4,000 of derivative deposits out of the original Rs 1,000 primary deposit. This multiplier effect is why commercial banks are called creators of money in the NCERT textbook.

Instruments of Monetary Policy: RBI's Six Quantitative Tools

Instruments of monetary policy class 12 fall into two families. Quantitative tools (six of them) act on the volume of credit; qualitative tools (four of them) act on the direction of credit.

  • Bank rate: the rate at which RBI lends long-term to commercial banks. A higher bank rate makes borrowing costlier and contracts money supply.
  • Repo rate: the rate at which RBI lends short-term funds to commercial banks against government securities. Currently the headline policy rate in India.
  • Reverse repo rate: the rate at which RBI borrows from commercial banks. A higher reverse repo absorbs liquidity from the system.
  • Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR): the share of net demand and time liabilities banks must keep as cash with the RBI. A higher CRR contracts credit creation.
  • Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR): the share that banks must keep in liquid assets like gold or approved securities (in addition to CRR).
  • Open Market Operations (OMOs): outright purchase or sale of government securities by the RBI to inject or absorb liquidity.

Qualitative tools include margin requirements, moral suasion, credit rationing and direct action. CBSE Class 12 markers expect students to label each tool as contractionary or expansionary based on the policy stance described in the question.

Money and Banking Class 12 Formula Sheet: One-Glance Reference

Students searching the money and banking class 12 formulas list want a single block they can revise from in the last 30 minutes before the exam. Here is the consolidated all-formula sheet that maps to every numerical in the NCERT exercise and the Sandeep Garg Macroeconomics Class 12 worksheets.

ConceptFormula
High-Powered MoneyH = Currency with Public + Bank Reserves with RBI + Other Deposits with RBI
Money Multiplier (with cash drain)m = (1 + c) / (c + r)
Money Multiplier (no cash drain)m = 1 / r   (where r = CRR + SLR or just CRR in simplified questions)
Money SupplyMs = m × H
Total Deposits Created (Credit Creation)Total Deposits = Primary Deposit / CRR
Derivative DepositsDerivative Deposits = Total Deposits − Primary Deposit
Transaction Demand for MoneyLT = k × T   (k = fraction of T held as cash; T = total transactions)
M1 (Narrow Money)Currency with public + Demand deposits + Other deposits with RBI
M3 (Broad Money)M1 + Net time deposits with commercial banks

Tip: The money multiplier formula gives identical answers regardless of whether you use the cash-drain or no-cash-drain form, provided you state the assumption first. CBSE markers expect students to write the formula on a separate line above the substitution, which reliably picks up 1 method mark even when the arithmetic at the bottom is wrong.

Worked Example: Credit Creation Numerical from Money and Banking

Below is a fully-worked numerical of the exact style asked in the CBSE Class 12 Economics paper. This is the answer pattern used throughout our money and banking class 12 questions and answers PDF, and it mirrors the Sandeep Garg Macroeconomics Class 12 walk-through for credit creation by commercial banks class 12.

Sample question (6 marks): A commercial bank receives a primary deposit of Rs 10,000. The cash reserve ratio is 10%. Calculate (i) the value of the money multiplier, (ii) the total deposits created by the banking system, and (iii) the derivative deposits created by credit creation.

Step 1 (Method mark): Write the money multiplier formula.
Money Multiplier (m) = 1 / CRR
= 1 / 0.10 = 10

Step 2: Compute total deposits created by the banking system.
Total Deposits = Primary Deposit times Money Multiplier
= 10,000 × 10 = Rs 1,00,000

Step 3: Compute derivative deposits (the part actually "created" by the system).
Derivative Deposits = Total Deposits − Primary Deposit
= 1,00,000 − 10,000 = Rs 90,000

Step 4 (Final answer): State the result in one line.
The money multiplier is 10, total deposits created are Rs 1,00,000, and derivative deposits created through credit creation are Rs 90,000.

Each of the four steps carries an explicit mark, and CBSE markers add 1 mark for writing the named formula on a separate line. The Expert's Solution in our PDF re-derives the same result by tracing the multi-round deposit-loan chain (1,000 -> 800 -> 640 ...) to show convergence to Rs 1,00,000, which is the alternate-method check the board paper sometimes asks students to show alongside the main formula.

Common Mistakes in Money and Banking Numericals

The five repeat-offender mistakes the CBSE examiner reports each year on money and banking class 12 questions and answers:

  • Confusing money multiplier with credit multiplier: m = 1/r gives total deposits; derivative deposits are total minus primary. Students often report total deposits when the question asks for credit creation.
  • Treating CRR and SLR as additive in every numerical: only when the question explicitly says "total reserve ratio" do you add CRR + SLR. Most board numericals use CRR alone.
  • Confusing M1 with M3: M1 excludes time deposits; M3 includes them. The board paper often asks "which is the broadest measure" and students who flip the answer lose 1 mark instantly.
  • Forgetting "other deposits with RBI" in high-powered money: H has three components, not two. Skipping the "other deposits with RBI" term in the formula loses 1 method mark on Q6.
  • Mixing up bank rate and repo rate: bank rate is long-term lending; repo rate is short-term lending against securities. CBSE one-mark questions love this distinction, so memorise both.

How to Use This PDF for Board Exam Preparation

Money and Banking is best learnt in three passes, and the answer-style we use in this PDF maps to each pass directly.

First pass: concept-building from the NCERT chapter (2 hours)

Read sections 3.1 to 3.4 of the NCERT chapter end-to-end with our money and banking class 12 notes open alongside. Mark every new term in the textbook in pencil and write its one-line definition in the margin. Skip the numericals on this pass. The aim is to walk away comfortable with what each function of money means, how M1-M4 differ, and what the RBI actually does.

Second pass: numerical drill on credit creation (2 hours)

Work Q8 (money multiplier) and Q10 (credit creation by commercial banks) from the NCERT exercise on your own first. Check each step against our Expert's Solution. Repeat with the supplementary numericals at the back of the PDF. Aim to write the formula on a separate line before substituting numbers; this is the single largest source of recoverable marks in money and banking class 12.

Third pass: revision and previous-year questions (1 hour)

Revise the money and banking class 12 formulas sheet above. Solve 3 previous-year CBSE Class 12 Economics board paper questions on this chapter. Time yourself: 6-mark numericals on credit creation must finish in 9 minutes with full method-mark working shown. Practise the qualitative-vs-quantitative tools list as a 3-mark recall drill.

Previous Year Question Trends from Money and Banking

Money and banking class 12 important questions are easy to predict because the CBSE pattern over the last five years has been remarkably stable. The table below maps the asked-question types and their typical marks across the recent board papers.

YearQuestion type askedMarks
2025Credit creation numerical with CRR change + define money multiplier6 + 3
2024Functions of central bank + difference between repo and reverse repo4 + 3
2023Money multiplier numerical + M1 versus M3 distinction4 + 3
2022Instruments of monetary policy of RBI (6 quantitative tools) + barter drawbacks6 + 3
2021Functions of commercial bank + high-powered money components4 + 3

Also Check: The full set of money and banking class 12 important questions ships with the downloadable PDF above, and the money and banking class 12 mcq archive is updated annually after each board paper.

Pairing With Notes, Handwritten Notes and the NCERT Book

The money and banking class 12 notes pages on Collegedunia are layered to match how students actually revise: a quick-revision notes PDF for the night before the exam, a formula sheet for last-mile recall, and a handwritten notes set for tactile learners. This solutions page (the one you are reading) is the most-downloaded resource in the cluster for the money and banking class 12 chapter.

Languages and Formats of the Money and Banking Class 12 PDF

The downloadable money and banking class 12 pdf above is in English medium, high-resolution print. A separate Hindi-medium edition of the money and banking class 12 notes file, matching the NCERT Hindi textbook (Mudra Aur Banking), is available on the Notes page. The money and banking class 12 mcq subset for quick practice is broken out into a separate file linked from the All-Chapters table below.

Is the NCERT Chapter Alone Enough for Board Prep?

The NCERT chapter is sufficient for the theory and one-mark questions, but the numerical practice in the textbook is too thin for students aiming at 90+.

Students preparing for the 2026 boards typically pair the NCERT exercise with the Sandeep Garg Macroeconomics Class 12 money and banking chapter (30+ extra numericals on credit creation and money multiplier) and one mock test from a CBSE sample-paper book. Our money and banking class 12 questions and answers PDF includes 8 supplementary numericals at the back that match the Sandeep Garg drill on credit creation by commercial banks class 12.

How the Money and Banking Chapter Connects to Other Macroeconomics Topics

The aggregates defined in Chapter 1 (National Income) feed into the velocity-of-money identity used here. Income Determination (Chapter 3) builds on the money supply concept introduced in this chapter to derive the LM curve in advanced treatments.

Government Budget (Chapter 4) and Balance of Payments (Chapter 5) both interact with RBI monetary policy through the (G − T) and (X − M) terms of the macro identity. That is why the money and banking class 12 chapter is the second biggest leverage point in the Macroeconomics half of the syllabus, after National Income.

Other Resources for Class 12 Economics Chapter 2 Money and Banking

Pair this NCERT Solutions PDF with the matching revision notes, handwritten notes and the official NCERT book chapter. All four resources for Class 12 Economics Chapter 2 are linked below.

ResourceWhat it coversOpen
NCERT SolutionsStep-by-step answers to all 11 exercise questions, with Expert's Solution alternatives for the credit creation and money multiplier numericals.You are here
NotesConcept-first revision notes covering functions of money, M1-M4, money multiplier and instruments of monetary policy class 12.Money and Banking Class 12 Notes
Handwritten NotesScanned-style handwritten revision pages for last-minute board exam practice.Money and Banking Class 12 Handwritten Notes
NCERT Book PDFOfficial NCERT Macroeconomics Chapter 2 textbook in PDF form.Money and Banking Class 12 NCERT Book PDF
Subject HubAll chapters of Class 12 Economics with every resource in one place.Class 12 Economics Subject Hub

Class 12 Economics Macroeconomics: All Chapters NCERT Solutions

Related Links: Use the table below to navigate to the NCERT Solutions for the other chapters of Class 12 Economics Macroeconomics. Every chapter ships with the same step-by-step solution style, full PDF download and revision FAQ.

ChapterTopicNCERT Solutions link
Chapter 1National Income AccountingNCERT Solutions for Class 12 Economics National Income Accounting
Chapter 2Money and BankingYou are here
Chapter 3Income DeterminationNCERT Solutions for Class 12 Economics Income Determination
Chapter 4Government Budget and the EconomyNCERT Solutions for Class 12 Economics Government Budget
Chapter 5Balance of PaymentsNCERT Solutions for Class 12 Economics Balance of Payments
Chapter 6Open Economy MacroeconomicsNCERT Solutions for Class 12 Economics Open Economy Macroeconomics

Frequently Asked Questions on Money and Banking Class 12 NCERT Solutions

NCERT Solutions Class 12 Economics Chapter 2 Money and Banking FAQs

Ques. How many questions are there in NCERT Class 12 Economics Chapter 2 Money and Banking?

Ans. There are 11 end-of-chapter exercise questions in NCERT Class 12 Economics Chapter 2 Money and Banking. All 11 questions are solved with full step-by-step working in our money and banking class 12 ncert solutions PDF. The mix is roughly 8 theory questions and 3 numericals, with the heaviest marks on Q9 (instruments of monetary policy of RBI) and Q10 (credit creation by commercial banks class 12).

Ques. What are the four functions of money in Class 12 Macroeconomics?

Ans. The four functions of money in money and banking class 12 are medium of exchange, unit of account, store of value and standard of deferred payment. The first two are primary functions and solve the double-coincidence-of-wants problem of barter; the last two are secondary functions that allow purchasing power to be carried across time and used as the basis of credit contracts. This four-function split is the most-asked one-mark question from money and banking class 12 in CBSE board papers.

Ques. What is the money multiplier formula in Class 12 Economics?

Ans. The money multiplier formula is m = 1 / r in the simplified no-cash-drain case, where r is the cash reserve ratio (CRR). With a currency-to-deposit ratio c included, the full formula is m = (1 + c) / (c + r). Money supply is then Ms = m times H, where H is high-powered money. CBSE Class 12 Economics numericals almost always use the simplified m = 1/CRR form, and our money and banking class 12 questions and answers PDF works every example with the formula written on a separate line for the method mark.

Ques. How do commercial banks create credit in Class 12?

Ans. Credit creation by commercial banks class 12 works through the deposit-loan-redeposit chain. A primary deposit of Rs 1,000 with CRR of 20% lets the bank keep Rs 200 as reserves and lend out Rs 800. The Rs 800 is spent and redeposited into the banking system, where 20% (Rs 160) is held as reserves and Rs 640 is lent again. The chain continues until total deposits reach Primary Deposit / CRR = Rs 5,000. The bank has therefore created Rs 4,000 of derivative deposits, which is why commercial banks are called creators of money in the NCERT textbook.

Ques. What are M1, M2, M3 and M4 in supply of money class 12?

Ans. M1, M2, M3 and M4 are the four progressively broader measures of money supply published by the RBI. M1 equals currency with public plus demand deposits plus other deposits with RBI (the narrowest, most liquid measure). M2 adds post office savings deposits. M3 equals M1 plus net time deposits with commercial banks and is called broad money, the measure the RBI targets in monetary policy. M4 adds total post office deposits and is the broadest measure. The ordering M1 < M2 < M3 < M4 is a frequent CBSE one-mark question.

Ques. What are the instruments of monetary policy of RBI in Class 12?

Ans. The instruments of monetary policy class 12 fall into two families. Quantitative tools (six) are bank rate, repo rate, reverse repo rate, Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR), Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) and Open Market Operations (OMOs). They act on the total volume of credit. Qualitative tools (four) are margin requirements, moral suasion, credit rationing and direct action; they act on the direction of credit toward specific sectors. CBSE Class 12 Economics asks this list as a 6-mark question almost every alternate year.

Ques. What is high-powered money in Class 12 Economics?

Ans. High-powered money (H), also called reserve money or monetary base, is the foundation of the money supply. It has three components: currency held by the public, cash reserves of commercial banks held with the RBI, and other deposits with the RBI. The textbook formula is H = Currency with Public + Bank Reserves with RBI + Other Deposits with RBI. Money supply equals m times H, where m is the money multiplier. Skipping the "other deposits with RBI" term in Q6 of the NCERT exercise is the most common mistake students make on this question.

Ques. What is the difference between repo rate and reverse repo rate?

Ans. Repo rate is the rate at which RBI lends short-term funds to commercial banks against government securities; a higher repo rate makes borrowing costlier and contracts money supply. Reverse repo rate is the rate at which RBI borrows from commercial banks; a higher reverse repo absorbs liquidity from the banking system. Both are quantitative instruments of monetary policy of RBI, and their gap (the repo corridor) defines the operating stance of monetary policy. CBSE Class 12 Economics has tested this distinction in three of the last five board papers.

Ques. What is legal tender and fiat money in Class 12 Macroeconomics?

Ans. Legal tender is money that, by law, must be accepted in payment of debts; in India, currency notes issued by the RBI and coins issued by the Government of India are legal tender. Fiat money is money declared by government decree to be money, with no intrinsic value (it is not backed by gold or silver). The Indian Rupee is both legal tender and fiat money. CBSE Class 12 Economics tests this distinction as a 3-mark theory question in alternate years, and Q5 of the NCERT Chapter 2 exercise asks for one-line definitions of both.

Ques. What is transaction demand for money in money and banking class 12?

Ans. Transaction demand for money is the cash people hold to meet their day-to-day buying needs between two consecutive income receipts. It is captured by the linear relation LT = k times T, where T is the volume of transactions and k is the fraction held in cash form. Transaction demand rises with national income because higher income supports higher transactions. The NCERT chapter Q3 tests this relation, and CBSE markers expect students to derive LT = kT on a separate line before linking it to national income for full marks.

Ques. Why is RBI called the lender of last resort?

Ans. RBI is called the lender of last resort because, under Bagehot's rule, it lends to solvent but illiquid commercial banks during a financial crisis when no other lender is willing. By doing so, RBI prevents a temporary liquidity shortage from becoming a system-wide bank run. This is one of the four central bank functions covered in Chapter 2 of NCERT Class 12 Economics, and Q11 of the exercise asks students to define this role in 3 to 4 sentences with the Bagehot reference for full marks.

Ques. Is the Class 12 Economics syllabus changing for 2026-27?

Ans. No major reductions in 2026-27. The chapter structure of the Introductory Macroeconomics textbook is unchanged for the current cycle, and the CBSE marking scheme continues to reward step-by-step formula working in numerical questions. Our money and banking class 12 ncert solutions for the 2026-27 cycle are aligned to the unchanged textbook and the latest CBSE sample paper released for the 2026 boards. The four functions of money, the M1-M4 measures, the money multiplier and the instruments of monetary policy of RBI are all preserved as-is for 2026-27.