What is the size of Rs. 50 note of the Mahatma Gandhi (New) series?
2021
What is the size of Rs. 50 note of the Mahatma Gandhi (New) series?
- A.
69 mm × 137 mm
- B.
66 mm × 137 mm
- C.
66 mm × 135 mm
- D.
69 mm × 135 mm
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Correct answer: C
Under the Reserve Bank of India's Mahatma Gandhi New Series (MGNS) banknotes, introduced from November 2016, every denomination is assigned a unique, officially notified size (width × length, in mm) along with its own base colour and design theme — the RBI fixes and publishes these dimensions, and they are never interchangeable between denominations.
For the Rs. 50 note in this series, the RBI-notified dimensions are 66 mm × 135 mm, with a bright blue base colour and a depiction of the Hampi chariot on the reverse.
None of these other combinations match the RBI's notified specification for the Rs. 50 note:
69 mm × 137 mm — does not match the RBI's notified specification for the Rs. 50 note; a plausible-looking approximation rather than the officially notified size.
66 mm × 137 mm — a near-miss variant, not the RBI's specified size for this denomination.
69 mm × 135 mm — another near-miss variant, not the RBI's specified size for this denomination.
So the dimensions that match the RBI's own specification for the Rs. 50 note (Mahatma Gandhi New Series) are 66 mm × 135 mm.