Solution
✅ Correct Option: 4
As bankers' bank, RBI acts as custodian of cash reserves (A), lender of last resort (D), and clearing house for inter-bank settlements (E). Maintaining foreign exchange reserves and issuing currency are separate functions of the central bank, not part of the bankers' bank role. Hence A, D and E only.
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