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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number			811-6604

	Dreyfus BASIC Money Market Fund, Inc.
	(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

	c/o The Dreyfus Corporation 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166
	(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

	Michael A. Rosenberg, Esq. 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166
	(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:				(212) 922-6000

Date of fiscal year end:		02/28
Date of reporting period:		02/28/11

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The views expressed in this report reflect those of the portfolio manager only through the end of the period covered and do not necessarily represent the views of Dreyfus or any other person in the Dreyfus organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Dreyfus disclaims any responsibility to update such views.These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Dreyfus fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Dreyfus fund.

Not FDIC-Insured • Not Bank-Guaranteed • May Lose Value

	Contents
	THE FUND
2	A Letter from the Chairman and CEO
3	Discussion of Fund Performance
6	Understanding Your Fund’s Expenses
6	Comparing Your Fund’s Expenses With Those of Other Funds
7	Statement of Investments
10	Statement of Assets and Liabilities
11	Statement of Operations
12	Statement of Changes in Net Assets
13	Financial Highlights
14	Notes to Financial Statements
22	Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23	Important Tax Information
24	Board Members Information
26	Officers of the Fund
	FOR MORE INFORMATION
	Back Cover

Dreyfus BASIC
Money Market Fund, Inc.

The Fund

A LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN AND CEO

Dear Shareholder:

We are pleased to present this annual report for Dreyfus BASIC Money Market Fund, Inc., covering the 12-month period from March 1, 2010, through February 28, 2011.

Money market funds continued to provide minimal yields over the past 12 months.The Federal Reserve Board has maintained an aggressively accommodative monetary policy, including record low short-term interest rates and a new round of quantitative easing which was announced in late August 2010. However, we recently have seen signs that the U.S. economy is gaining momentum, at least partly in response to these stimulative measures. The U.S. labor market has improved gradually, retail sales have moved higher and automobile sales have been better than most analysts expected.

We currently are optimistic regarding the economy’s prospects over the remainder of 2011. Improved economic conditions could lead to higher interest rates and current yields down the road, particularly if energy and housing prices stabilize. In the meantime, money market funds provide the valuable benefits of capital preservation and liquidity. As always, your financial advisor can help you align your investment portfolio with the opportunities and challenges that 2011 has in store.

For information about how the fund performed during the reporting period, as well as general market perspectives, we provide a Discussion of Fund Performance on the pages that follow.

Thank you for your continued confidence and support.

Jonathan R. Baum
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
The Dreyfus Corporation
March 15, 2011

DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE

For the period of March 1, 2010, through February 28, 2011, as provided by Bernard W. Kiernan, Jr., Portfolio Manager

Fund and Market Performance Overview

For the 12-month period ended February 28, 2011, Dreyfus BASIC Money Market Fund produced a yield of 0.00%.Taking into account the effects of compounding, the fund produced an effective yield of 0.00%.¹

Despite a stronger economic recovery over the reporting period’s second half, yields of short-term money market instruments remained anchored near zero percent by a historically low federal funds rate.

The Fund’s Investment Approach

The fund seeks as high a level of current income as is consistent with the preservation of capital and the maintenance of liquidity. To pursue this goal, the fund invests in a diversified portfolio of high-quality, short-term debt securities, including U.S. government securities, bank obligations, U.S. dollar-denominated foreign and domestic commercial paper, repurchase agreements, asset-backed securities and U.S. dollar-denominated obligations issued or guaranteed by foreign governments. Normally, the fund invests at least 25% of its total assets in foreign bank obligations.

When managing the fund, we closely monitor the outlook for economic growth and inflation, follow overseas developments and consider the posture of the Federal Reserve Board (the “Fed”) in our decisions as to how to structure the fund. Based upon our economic outlook, we actively manage the fund’s average maturity in looking for opportunities that may present themselves in light of possible changes in interest rates.

Monetary Policy Unchanged Despite Stronger Recovery

The reporting period began in the midst of an economic recovery fueled, in part, by an overnight federal funds rate that has remained unchanged since December 2008 in a range between 0% and 0.25%. The economy expanded in the first quarter of 2010 at a 3.7% annu-


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DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE (continued)

alized rate, which was encouraging news for investors eager to see an end to recession. In addition, job creation began to improve after many months of losses.

However, the economic outlook took a turn for the worse in the spring, when a sovereign debt crisis in Europe rattled investors, U.S. industrial production moderated and private-sector job growth remained anemic. U.S. GDP moderated to an annualized 1.7% rate during the second quarter, seeming to confirm investors’ concerns.

Although the manufacturing and service sectors continued to expand in July, total nonfarm payroll employment fell sharply. Sales of new homes declined to a 47-year low in August, while purchases of existing homes plummeted to a 15-year low. The unemployment rate rose to 9.6%, as the private sector created only 67,000 jobs during August. Economic data released in September appeared to confirm a tenuous economic recovery. Indeed, U.S. GDP grew at only a 2.6% annualized rate in the third quarter of 2010.

In response to the sluggish rebound, the Fed announced in September that it would embark on a second round of quantitative easing of monetary policy.This move was designed to fight deflationary forces by injecting more cash into the financial system. Indeed, October brought better economic news.The private sector added 159,000 jobs, with much of the gain coming from the services sector.

Economic data remained encouraging in November, except for one critical measure: the unemployment rate climbed to 9.8% after the economy created only 39,000 jobs.Yet, the manufacturing and service sectors continued to improve, and even the housing market posted better data. December continued to show signs of improvement, including stronger signals from the labor market as new unemployment claims declined and the unemployment rate eased to 9.4%. The manufacturing sector expanded for the 17th consecutive month, and the holiday season proved to be a relatively healthy one for retailers. It was later estimated that U.S. GDP expanded at a 2.8% annualized rate during the fourth quarter.

January 2011 brought more good news, as existing home sales climbed to its highest level since May 2010. However, economic concerns intensified again in February, when political unrest in the Middle East caused energy prices to rise sharply, potentially threatening the reinvigorated economic recovery. Nonetheless, U.S. manufacturing activity reached its highest level in seven years during February, and the unemployment rate fell to 8.9%, its lowest reading in two years.

An Unwavering Focus on Quality

With narrow yield differences along the market’s maturity spectrum, it made little sense to incur the additional credit and interest-rate risks that longer-dated instruments typically entail.Therefore, we maintained the fund’s weighted average maturity in a range that was roughly in line with industry averages. As always, we focused exclusively on money market instruments meeting our stringent credit-quality criteria.

We currently, believe that there is the potential for a more robust economic recovery to persist despite ongoing headwinds, and we are hopeful for a more constructive market environment over the remainder of 2011. In the meantime, as we have for some time, we intend to maintain the fund’s focus on quality and liquidity.

March 15, 2011


	An investment in the fund is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government
	agency.Although the fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is
	possible to lose money by investing in the fund.
	Short-term corporate and asset-backed securities holdings, while rated in the highest rating category
	by one or more NRSROs (or unrated, if deemed of comparable quality by Dreyfus), involve credit
	and liquidity risks and risk of principal loss.
1	Effective yield is based upon dividends declared daily and reinvested monthly. Past performance is
	no guarantee of future results.Yields fluctuate.Yield provided reflects the absorption of certain fund
	expenses by The Dreyfus Corporation pursuant to an agreement in which shareholders will be
	given at least 90 days’ notice prior to or at least not until July 1, 2011, the time such absorption
	may be terminated. Had these expenses not been absorbed, fund yields would have been lower,
	and in some cases, 7-day yields during the reporting period would have been negative absent the
	expense absorption.


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UNDERSTANDING YOUR FUND’S EXPENSES (Unaudited)

As a mutual fund investor, you pay ongoing expenses, such as management fees and other expenses. Using the information below, you can estimate how these expenses affect your investment and compare them with the expenses of other funds.You also may pay one-time transaction expenses, including sales charges (loads) and redemption fees, which are not shown in this section and would have resulted in higher total expenses. For more information, see your fund’s prospectus or talk to your financial adviser.

Review your fund’s expenses

The table below shows the expenses you would have paid on a $1,000 investment in Dreyfus BASIC Money Market Fund, Inc. from September 1, 2010 to February 28, 2011. It also shows how much a $1,000 investment would be worth at the close of the period, assuming actual returns and expenses.


Expenses and Value of a $1,000 Investment
assuming actual returns for the six months ended February 28, 2011

Expenses paid per $1,000^†	$	1.54
Ending value (after expenses)	$	1,000.00

COMPARING YOUR FUND’S EXPENSES

WITH THOSE OF OTHER FUNDS (Unaudited)

Using the SEC’s method to compare expenses

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has established guidelines to help investors assess fund expenses. Per these guidelines, the table below shows your fund’s expenses based on a $1,000 investment, assuming a hypothetical 5% annualized return. You can use this information to compare the ongoing expenses (but not transaction expenses or total cost) of investing in the fund with those of other funds.All mutual fund shareholder reports will provide this information to help you make this comparison. Please note that you cannot use this information to estimate your actual ending account balance and expenses paid during the period.


Expenses and Value of a $1,000 Investment
assuming a hypothetical 5% annualized return for the six months ended February 28, 2011

Expenses paid per $1,000^†	$	1.56
Ending value (after expenses)	$	1,023.26

† Expenses are equal to the fund’s annualized expense ratio of .31%, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS

February 28, 2011


	Principal
Negotiable Bank Certificates of Deposit—32.0%	Amount ($)		Value ($)
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd. (Yankee)
0.40%, 7/11/11	35,000,000		35,000,000
Credit Agricole CIB (Yankee)
0.54%, 8/3/11	30,000,000		30,000,000
DZ Bank AG (Yankee)
0.40%, 4/6/11	30,000,000		30,000,000
Fortis Bank SA/NV (Yankee)
0.39%, 3/29/11	30,000,000		30,000,000
HSBC Bank PLC (London)
0.30%, 5/9/11	30,000,000		30,000,144
Mizuho Corporate Bank (Yankee)
0.30%, 5/6/11	20,000,000		20,000,000
Rabobank Nederland (Yankee)
0.51%, 2/16/12	10,000,000		10,000,000
Societe Generale (Yankee)
0.41%, 4/18/11	20,000,000		20,000,000
Total Negotiable Bank Certificates of Deposit
(cost $205,000,144)			205,000,144

Commercial Paper—21.8%
Bank of New Zealand
0.40%, 3/30/11	35,000,000		34,988,722
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
0.28%, 3/23/11	30,000,000	^a	29,994,867
DnB NOR Bank ASA
0.29%, 3/29/11	15,000,000	^a	14,996,617
ING (US) Funding LLC
0.30%, 4/26/11	30,000,000		29,986,233
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
0.25%, 5/2/11	30,000,000	^a	29,987,083
Total Commercial Paper
(cost $139,953,522)			139,953,522


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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (continued)


		Principal
Asset	-Backed Commercial Paper—15.6%	Amount ($)		Value ($)
	Atlantis One Funding Corp.
	0.35%, 3/8/11	20,000,000	^a	19,998,639
	CAFCO
	0.40%, 3/4/11	35,000,000	^a	34,998,833
	CIESCO LLC
	0.40%, 3/4/11	15,000,000	^a	14,999,500
	Grampian Funding LLC
	0.36%, 5/24/11	30,000,000	^a	29,974,800
	Total Asset-Backed Commercial Paper
	(cost $99,971,772)			99,971,772


	Repurchase Agreements—30.4%
	Barclays Capital, Inc.
	0.18%, dated 2/28/11, due 3/1/11 in the
	amount of $35,000,175 (fully collateralized
by $	8,289,500 U.S. Treasury Bonds, 4.38%,
	due 2/15/38, value $8,160,027 and
$	27,433,900 U.S. Treasury Notes, 0.63%,
	due 6/30/12, value $27,540,032)	35,000,000		35,000,000
	Credit Suisse Securities LLC
	0.18%, dated 2/28/11, due 3/1/11 in the
	amount of $100,000,500 (fully collateralized
	by $200,101,000 U.S. Treasury Strips,
	due 11/15/21-5/15/30, value $102,000,725)	100,000,000		100,000,000
	Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
	0.19%, dated 2/28/11, due 3/1/11 in the
	amount of $40,000,211 (fully collateralized
	by $12,188,000 Federal Farm Credit Bank,
	5.13%, due 8/25/16, value $13,872,834
	and $24,364,000 Federal National Mortgage
	Association, 4.63%, due 10/15/13,
	value $26,927,380)	40,000,000		40,000,000


	Principal
Repurchase Agreements (continued)	Amount ($)	Value ($)
HSBC USA Inc.
0.17%, dated 2/28/11, due 3/1/11 in the
amount of $20,000,094 (fully collateralized
by $20,340,000 U.S. Treasury Notes, 0.63%,
due 7/31/12, value $20,403,123)	20,000,000	20,000,000
Total Repurchase Agreements
(cost $195,000,000)		195,000,000

Total Investments (cost $639,925,438)	99.8%	639,925,438
Cash and Receivables (Net)	.2%	1,041,420
Net Assets	100.0%	640,966,858

a	Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.At February 28, 2011, these securities amounted to $174,950,339 or 27.3% of net assets.


Portfolio Summary (Unaudited)^†

	Value (%)		Value (%)
Banking	53.8	Asset-Backed/Multi-Seller Programs	7.8
Repurchase Agreements	30.4
Asset-Backed/Banking	7.8		99.8

† Based on net assets.
See notes to financial statements.


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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

February 28, 2011


	Cost	Value
Assets ($):
Investments in securities—See Statement of
Investments (including Repurchase Agreements
of $195,000,000)—Note 1(b)	639,925,438	639,925,438
Cash		1,168,132
Interest receivable		133,922
Prepaid expenses		53,600
		641,281,092
Liabilities ($):
Due to The Dreyfus Corporation and affiliates—Note 2(b)		160,194
Payable for shares of Common Stock redeemed		61,264
Accrued expenses		92,776
		314,234
Net Assets ($)		640,966,858
Composition of Net Assets ($):
Paid-in capital		641,056,432
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments		(89,574)
Net Assets ($)		640,966,858
Shares Outstanding
(3 billion shares of $.001 par value Common Stock authorized)		641,056,432
Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share ($)		1.00

See notes to financial statements.

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

Year Ended February 28, 2011


Investment Income ($):
Interest Income	2,524,172
Expenses:
Management fee—Note 2(a)	4,000,045
Shareholder servicing costs—Note 2(b)	656,516
Custodian fees—Note 2(b)	108,680
Prospectus and shareholders’ reports	91,853
Professional fees	74,244
Directors’ fees and expenses—Note 2(c)	45,526
Registration fees	32,329
Miscellaneous	23,730
Total Expenses	5,032,923
Less—reduction in management fee due to undertaking—Note 2(a)	(1,431,851)
Less—reduction in expenses due to undertaking—Note 2(a)	(1,073,124)
Less—reduction in fees due to earnings credits—Note 2(b)	(3,916)
Net Expenses	2,524,032
Investment Income—Net	140
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments—Note 1(b) ($)	2,883
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations	3,023

See notes to financial statements.


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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS


	Year Ended February 28,
	2011	2010
Operations ($):
Investment income—net	140	1,447,077
Net realized gain (loss) on investments	2,883	(38,074,029)
Net unrealized appreciation
(depreciation) on investments	—	5,275,557
Net increase from payment by affiliate—Note 1(e)	—	35,598,634
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
Resulting from Operations	3,023	4,247,239
Dividends to Shareholders from ($):
Investment income—net	(142)	(1,470,845)
Capital Stock Transactions ($1.00 per share):
Net proceeds from shares sold	331,172,225	462,685,231
Capital contribution from affiliate^†	2,610,165	—
Dividends reinvested	142	1,412,667
Cost of shares redeemed	(562,953,034)	(754,143,070)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
from Capital Stock Transactions	(229,170,502)	(290,045,172)
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets	(229,167,621)	(287,268,778)
Net Assets ($):
Beginning of Period	870,134,479	1,157,403,257
End of Period	640,966,858	870,134,479
Undistributed investment income—net	—	2

† See Note 2(d).
See notes to financial statements.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

The following table describes the performance for the fiscal periods indicated. Total return shows how much your investment in the fund would have increased (or decreased) during each period, assuming you had reinvested all dividends and distributions.These figures have been derived from the fund’s financial statements.


		Year Ended February 28/29,
	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007
Per Share Data ($):
Net asset value,
beginning of period	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Investment Operations:
Investment income—net	.000^a	.001	.022	.047	.048
Distributions:
Dividends from
investment income—net	(.000)^a	(.001)	(.022)	(.047)	(.048)
Net asset value, end of period	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Total Return (%)	.00^b	.13^c	2.26	4.84	4.88
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%):
Ratio of total expenses
to average net assets	.63	.66	.62	.61	.62
Ratio of net expenses
to average net assets	.32	.41	.46	.45	.45
Ratio of net investment income
to average net assets	.00^b	.14	2.27	4.72	4.78
Net Assets, end of period
($ x 1,000)	640,967	870,134	1,157,403	1,246,850	1,066,879


a	Amount represents less than $.001 per share.
b	Amount represents less than .01%.
c	If payment pursuant to the Capital Support Agreement was not made, total return would have been (3.87%).
See notes to financial statements.


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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies:

Dreyfus BASIC Money Market Fund, Inc. (the “fund”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”), as a diversified open-end management investment company.The fund’s investment objective is to seek as high a level of current income as is consistent with the preservation of capital and the maintenance of liquidity. The Dreyfus Corporation (the “Manager” or “Dreyfus”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (“BNY Mellon”), serves as the fund’s investment adviser. MBSC Securities Corporation (the “Distributor”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Manager, is the distributor of the fund’s shares, which are sold to the public without a sales charge.

It is the fund’s policy to maintain a continuous net asset value per share of $1.00; the fund has adopted certain investment, portfolio valuation and dividend and distribution policies to enable it to do so.There is no assurance, however, that the fund will be able to maintain a stable net asset value per share of $1.00.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) is the exclusive reference of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under authority of federal laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. The fund’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP, which may require the use of management estimates and assumptions.Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnifications. The fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown.The fund does not anticipate recognizing any loss related to these arrangements.

(a) Portfolio valuation: Investments in securities are valued at amortized cost in accordance with Rule 2a-7 of the Act, which has been determined by the Board of Directors to represent the fair value of the fund’s investments.

The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (i.e. the exit price). GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs of valuation techniques used to measure fair value.This hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements).

Additionally, GAAP provides guidance on determining whether the volume and activity in a market has decreased significantly and whether such a decrease in activity results in transactions that are not orderly. GAAP requires enhanced disclosures around valuation inputs and techniques used during annual and interim periods.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund’s investments relating to fair value measurements.These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

Level 1—unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments.

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those secu-


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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

rities. For example, money market securities are valued using amortized cost, in accordance with rules under the Act. Generally, amortized cost approximates the current fair value of a security, but since the value is not obtained from a quoted price in an active market, such securities are reflected as Level 2.

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of February 28, 2011 in valuing the fund’s investments:


	Short-Term
Valuation Inputs	Investments ($)^†
Level 1—Unadjusted Quoted Prices	—
Level 2—Other Significant Observable Inputs	639,925,438
Level 3—Significant Unobservable Inputs	—
Total	639,925,438
† See Statement of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

(b) Securities transactions and investment income: Securities transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses from securities transactions are recorded on the identified cost basis. Interest income, adjusted for accretion of discount and amortization of premium on investments, is earned from settlement date and is recognized on the accrual basis. Cost of investments represents amortized cost.

The fund may enter into repurchase agreements with financial institutions, deemed to be creditworthy by the Manager, subject to the seller’s agreement to repurchase and the fund’s agreement to resell such securities at a mutually agreed upon price. Securities purchased subject to repurchase agreements are deposited with the fund’s custodian and, pursuant to the terms of the repurchase agreement, must have an aggregate market value greater than or equal to the repurchase price plus accrued interest at all times. If the value of the underlying securities falls below the value of the repurchase price plus accrued interest, the fund will require the seller to deposit additional collateral by the next business day. If the request for additional collateral is not met, or the seller defaults on its repurchase obligation, the fund maintains its right to sell the underlying securities at market value and may claim any resulting loss against the seller.

(c) Dividends to shareholders: It is the policy of the fund to declare dividends daily from investment income-net. Such dividends are paid monthly. Dividends from net realized capital gains, if any, are normally declared and paid annually, but the fund may make distributions on a more frequent basis to comply with the distribution requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).To the extent that net realized capital gains can be offset by capital loss carryovers, it is the policy of the fund not to distribute such gains.

(d) Federal income taxes: It is the policy of the fund to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company, if such qualification is in the best interests of its shareholders, by complying with the applicable provisions of the Code, and to make distributions of taxable income sufficient to relieve it from substantially all federal income and excise taxes.

As of and during the period ended February 28, 2011, the fund did not have any liabilities for any uncertain tax positions.The fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to uncertain tax positions as income tax expense in the Statement of Operations. During the period, the fund did not incur any interest or penalties.

Each of the tax years in the four-year period ended February 28, 2011 remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities.

At February 28, 2011, the components of accumulated earnings on a tax basis were substantially the same as for financial reporting purposes.

The accumulated capital loss carryover of $89,574 is available for federal income tax purposes to be applied against future net securities profits, if any, realized subsequent to February 28, 2011. If not applied, the carryover expires in fiscal 2018.

The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders during the fiscal periods ended February 28, 2011 and February 28, 2010, were all ordinary income.


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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

During the period ended February 28, 2011, as a result of permanent book to tax differences, primarily due to capital contributions by an affiliate, the fund increased accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments by $2,610,165 and decreased paid-in capital by the same amount. Net assets and net asset value per share were not affected by this reclassification.

At February 28, 2011, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was substantially the same as the cost for financial reporting purposes (see the Statement of Investments).

(e) Capital Support Agreement: The fund held notes (the “Notes”) issued by Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. (“Lehman”). In order to mitigate the negative impact of holding these securities in light of the bankruptcy of Lehman on September 16, 2008, the fund entered into a Capital Support Agreement (the “Agreement”) with BNY Mellon, the parent company of the fund’s adviser. Pursuant to the Agreement, BNY Mellon had agreed to provide capital support to the fund, subject to a maximum amount of $45 million (the “Maximum Capital Support Payment”), if any of the following events resulted in the fund’s net asset value falling below $0.9950:

(i)	Any final sale or other final liquidation of the Notes by the fund for cash in an amount, after deduction of costs, which is less than the amortized cost value of the Notes as of the date such sale or liquidation is consummated;
(ii)	Receipt by the fund of final payment on the Notes in cash in an amount less than the amortized cost value of the Notes less costs in respect thereof, as of the date such final payment is received; and
(iii)	The date upon which a court of competent jurisdiction over the matter discharges Lehman from liability in respect of the Notes, and such discharge results in the receipt of aggregate payments on the Notes in an amount less than the amortized cost value of the Notes, less costs in respect thereof, as of the date such final payment is received;

On September 9, 2009, the fund sold the Notes it held in Lehman which obligated BNY Mellon to make payments to the fund pursuant to the terms of the Agreement.The fund received payments amounting to $35,598,634 and the Agreement was terminated.

NOTE 2—Management Fee and Other Transactions With Affiliates:

(a) Pursuant to a management agreement (“Agreement”) with the Manager, the management fee is computed at the annual rate of .50% of the value of the fund’s average daily net assets and is payable monthly.The Manager has undertaken, if the fund’s aggregate expenses (exclusive of taxes, brokerage fees, interest on borrowings and extraordinary expenses) exceed an annual rate of .45% of the value of the fund’s average daily net assets, the fund may deduct from the payment to be made to the Manager under the Agreement, or the Manager will bear, such excess expense.The Manager may terminate this undertaking agreement upon at least 90 days’ prior notice to shareholders, but has committed not to do so until at least July 1, 2011.The reduction in management fee, pursuant to the undertaking, amounted to $1,431,851 during the period ended February 28, 2011.

The Manager has undertaken to reimburse expenses in the event that current yields drop below a certain level. Such expense limitations may fluctuate daily, are voluntary and not contractual and may be terminated at any time. The reduction in expenses, pursuant to the undertakings amounted to $1,073,124 during the period ended February 28, 2011.

(b) Under the Shareholder Services Plan, the fund reimburses the Distributor an amount not to exceed an annual rate of .25% of the value of the fund’s average daily net assets for certain allocated expenses of providing personal services and/or maintaining shareholder accounts.The services provided may include personal services relating to shareholder accounts, such as answering shareholder inquiries regarding the fund and providing reports and other information, and


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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

services related to the maintenance of shareholder accounts. During the period ended February 28, 2011, the fund was charged $443,814 pursuant to the Shareholder Services Plan.

The fund compensates Dreyfus Transfer, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Manager, under a transfer agency agreement for providing personnel and facilities to perform transfer agency services for the fund. During the period ended February 28, 2011, the fund was charged $140,887 pursuant to the transfer agency agreement, which is included in Shareholder servicing costs in the Statement of Operations.

The fund has arrangements with the custodian and cash management bank whereby the fund may receive earnings credits when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custody and cash management fees. For financial reporting purposes, the fund includes net earnings credits as an expense offset in the Statement of Operations.

The fund compensates The Bank of NewYork Mellon, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of Dreyfus, under a cash management agreement for performing cash management services related to fund subscriptions and redemptions. During the period ended February 28, 2011, the fund was charged $14,881 pursuant to the cash management agreement, which is included in Shareholder servicing costs in the Statement of Operations. These fees were partially offset by earnings credits of $1,032.

The fund also compensates The Bank of New York Mellon under a custody agreement for providing custodial services for the fund. During the period ended February 28, 2011, the fund was charged $108,680 pursuant to the custody agreement.These fees were partially offset by earnings credits of $2,884.

During the period ended February 28, 2011, the fund was charged $6,208 for services performed by the Chief Compliance Officer.

The components of “Due to The Dreyfus Corporation and affiliates” in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities consist of: management fees $254,504, custodian fees $54,557, chief compliance officer fees $1,433 and transfer agency per account fees $28,053 which are offset against an expense reimbursement currently in effect in the amount of $178,353.

(c) Each Board member also serves as a Board member of other funds within the Dreyfus complex. Annual retainer fees and attendance fees are allocated to each fund based on net assets.

(d) During the period ended February 28, 2011, BNY Mellon made voluntary capital contributions of $2,610,165 to the fund.These contributions were made to reimburse the fund for previous realized losses experienced by the fund.


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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED

PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Shareholders and Board of Directors Dreyfus BASIC Money Market Fund, Inc.

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Dreyfus BASIC Money Market Fund, Inc., including the statement of investments, as of February 28, 2011, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and financial highlights for each of the years indicated therein.These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement.We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of February 28, 2011 by correspondence with the custodian and others.We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Dreyfus BASIC Money Market Fund, Inc. at February 28, 2011, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the indicated years, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

New York, New York
April 19, 2011

OFFICERS OF THE FUND (Unaudited)

BRADLEY J. SKAPYAK, President since January 2010.

Chief Operating Officer and a director of the Manager since June 2009. From April 2003 to June 2009, Mr. Skapyak was the head of the Investment Accounting and Support Department of the Manager. He is an officer of 76 investment companies (comprised of 171 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 52 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since February 1988.

PHILLIP N. MAISANO, Executive Vice President since July 2007.

Chief Investment Officer,Vice Chair and a director of the Manager, and an officer of 76 investment companies (comprised of 171 portfolios) managed by the Manager. Mr. Maisano also is an officer and/or Board member of certain other investment management subsidiaries of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, each of which is an affiliate of the Manager. He is 63 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since November 2006. Prior to joining the Manager, Mr. Maisano served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of EACM Advisors, an affiliate of the Manager, since August 2004.

MICHAEL A. ROSENBERG, Vice President and Secretary since August 2005.

Assistant General Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 196 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 51 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since October 1991.

KIESHA ASTWOOD, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since January 2010.

Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 196 portfolios) managed by the Manager. She is 38 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since July 1995.

JAMES BITETTO, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since August 2005.

Senior Counsel of BNY Mellon and Secretary of the Manager, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 196 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 44 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since December 1996.

JONI LACKS CHARATAN, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since August 2005.

Senior Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 196 portfolios) managed by the Manager. She is 55 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since October 1988.

JOSEPH M. CHIOFFI, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since August 2005.

Senior Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 196 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 49 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since June 2000.

KATHLEEN DENICHOLAS, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since January 2010.

Senior Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 196 portfolios) managed by the Manager. She is 36 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since February 2001.

JANETTE E. FARRAGHER, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since August 2005.

Assistant General Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 196 portfolios) managed by the Manager. She is 48 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since February 1984.

JOHN B. HAMMALIAN, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since August 2005.

Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 196 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 47 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since February 1991.

M. CRISTINA MEISER, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since January 2010.

Senior Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 196 portfolios) managed by the Manager. She is 41 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since August 2001.

ROBERT R. MULLERY, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since August 2005.

Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 196 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 59 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since May 1986.

JEFF PRUSNOFSKY, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since August 2005.

Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 196 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 45 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since October 1990.

JAMES WINDELS, Treasurer since November 2001.

Director – Mutual Fund Accounting of the Manager, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 196 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 52 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since April 1985.

RICHARD CASSARO, Assistant Treasurer since January 2008.

Senior Accounting Manager – Money Market and Municipal Bond Funds of the Manager, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 196 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 52 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since September 1982.

GAVIN C. REILLY, Assistant Treasurer since December 2005.

Tax Manager of the Investment Accounting and Support Department of the Manager, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 196 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 42 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since April 1991.

ROBERT ROBOL, Assistant Treasurer since August 2003.

Senior Accounting Manager – Fixed Income Funds of the Manager, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 196 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 46 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since October 1988.

ROBERT SALVIOLO, Assistant Treasurer since July 2007.

Senior Accounting Manager – Equity Funds of the Manager, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 196 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 43 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since June 1989.


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OFFICERS OF THE FUND (Unaudited) (continued)

ROBERT SVAGNA, Assistant Treasurer since August 2005.

JOSEPH W. CONNOLLY, Chief Compliance Officer since September 2004.

Chief Compliance Officer of the Manager and The Dreyfus Family of Funds (77 investment companies, comprised of 196 portfolios). From November 2001 through March 2004, Mr. Connolly was first Vice-President, Mutual Fund Servicing for Mellon Global Securities Services. In that capacity, Mr. Connolly was responsible for managing Mellon’s Custody, Fund Accounting and Fund Administration services to third-party mutual fund clients. He is 53 years old and has served in various capacities with the Manager since 1980, including manager of the firm’s Fund Accounting Department from 1997 through October 2001.

NATALIA GRIBAS, Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer since July 2010.

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer of the Distributor, and the Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer of 73 investment companies (comprised of 192 portfolios) managed by the Manager. She is 41 years old and has been an employee of the Distributor since September 2008.

Item 2. Code of Ethics.

The Registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the Registrant's principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. There have been no amendments to, or waivers in connection with, the Code of Ethics during the period covered by this Report.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

The Registrant's Board has determined that Joseph S. DiMartino, a member of the Audit Committee of the Board, is an audit committee financial expert as defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). Joseph S. DiMartino is "independent" as defined by the SEC for purposes of audit committee financial expert determinations.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

(a) Audit Fees. The aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years (the "Reporting Periods") for professional services rendered by the Registrant's principal accountant (the "Auditor") for the audit of the Registrant's annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the Auditor in connection with the statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for the Reporting Periods, were $41,963 in 2010 and $30,312 in 2011.

(b) Audit-Related Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for assurance and related services by the Auditor that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the Registrant's financial statements and are not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item 4 were $ 5,276 in 2010 and $6,000 in 2011. These services consisted of one or more of the following: (i) agreed upon procedures related to compliance with Internal Revenue Code section 817(h), (ii) security counts required by Rule 17f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (iii) advisory services as to the accounting or disclosure treatment of Registrant transactions or events and (iv) advisory services to the accounting or disclosure treatment of the actual or potential impact to the Registrant of final or proposed rules, standards or interpretations by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Accounting Standards Boards or other regulatory or standard-setting bodies.

The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for non-audit assurance and related services by the Auditor to the Registrant's investment adviser (not including any sub-investment adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant ("Service Affiliates"), that were reasonably related to the performance of the annual audit of the Service Affiliate, which required pre-approval by the Audit Committee were $0 in 2010 and $0 in 2011.

(c) Tax Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for professional services rendered by the Auditor for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning ("Tax Services") were $3,781 in 2010 and $3,348 in 2011. These services consisted of: (i) review or preparation of U.S. federal, state, local and excise tax returns; (ii) U.S. federal, state and local tax planning, advice and assistance regarding statutory, regulatory or administrative developments; (iii) tax advice regarding tax qualification matters and/or treatment of various financial instruments held or proposed to be acquired or held. The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for Tax Services by the Auditor to Service Affiliates, which required pre-approval by the Audit Committee were $0 in 2010 and $0 in 2011.

(d) All Other Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for products and services provided by the Auditor, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Item, were $0 in 2010 and $278 in 2011. [These services consisted of a review of the Registrant's anti-money laundering program].

The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for Non-Audit Services by the Auditor to Service Affiliates, other than the services reported in paragraphs (b) through (c) of this Item, which required pre-approval by the Audit Committee, were $0 in 2010 and $0 in 2011.

(e)(1) Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures. The Registrant's Audit Committee has established policies and procedures (the "Policy") for pre-approval (within specified fee limits) of the Auditor's engagements for non-audit services to the Registrant and Service Affiliates without specific case-by-case consideration. The pre-approved services in the Policy can include pre-approved audit services, pre-approved audit-related services, pre-approved tax services and pre-approved all other services. Pre-approval considerations include whether the proposed services are compatible with maintaining the Auditor's independence. Pre-approvals pursuant to the Policy are considered annually.

(e)(2) Note: None of the services described in paragraphs (b) through (d) of this Item 4 were approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

(f) None of the hours expended on the principal accountant's engagement to audit the registrant's financial statements for the most recent fiscal year were attributed to work performed by persons other than the principal account's full-time, permanent employees.

Non-Audit Fees. The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the Auditor for services rendered to the Registrant, and rendered to Service Affiliates, for the Reporting Periods were $25,872,856 in 2010 and $51,981,800 in 2011.

Auditor Independence. The Registrant's Audit Committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to Service Affiliates, which were not pre-approved (not requiring pre-approval), is compatible with maintaining the Auditor's independence.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable.

Item 6. Investments.

(a) Not applicable.

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Companies and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable.

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

There have been no material changes to the procedures applicable to Item 10.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

(a) The Registrant's principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded, based on their evaluation of the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods and that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in the reports that it files or submits on Form N-CSR is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant's management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(b) There were no changes to the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Exhibits.

(a)(1) Code of ethics referred to in Item 2.

(a)(2) Certifications of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

(a)(3) Not applicable.

(b) Certification of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Dreyfus BASIC Money Market Fund, Inc.

By: /s/ Bradley J. Skapyak

Bradley J. Skapyak,

President

Date: April 26, 2011

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By: /s/ Bradley J. Skapyak

Bradley J. Skapyak,

President

Date: April 26, 2011

By: /s/ James Windels

James Windels,

Treasurer

Date: April 26, 2011

EXHIBIT INDEX

(a)(1) Code of ethics referred to in Item 2.

(a)(2) Certifications of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940. (EX-99.CERT)

(b) Certification of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940. (EX-99.906CERT)