Showing posts with label Banking Awareness Questions for Bank Exams 2017. Show all posts
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Friday 14 April 2017

Banking Awareness


Q1. Financial literacy is a serious issue for RBI, because?
(a) It would enable better understanding of banking business 
(b) With better understanding, more and more people would utilize the banking services
(c) It would mean banks can do more business 
(d) It would mean the maximum number of people
(e) None of the given options is true

Q2. RBI has replaced BPLR regime by Base Rate regime w.e.f?
(a) July 1, 2010
(b) July 5, 2010
(c) July 11, 2010 
(d) July 15, 2010
(e) None of the given options is true

Q3. Many times, we read about Special Drawing Right (SDR) in newspapers. As per in definition, SDR is a monetary unit of the reserve assets of which of the following organisations/agencies?
(a) World Bank
(b) International Monetary Fund (IMF)
(c) Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
(d) Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
(e) None of the given options is true

Q4. Reserve Bank of India is-
(a) an extension wing of Ministry of Finance, Government of India
(b) India's central banking institution, which controls the monetary policy of the Indian rupee
(c) an Institution owned by Indian Bank’s Association 
(d) a private sector company
(e) None of the given options is true 

Q5. The term ‘Ways and Means’ advances refer to-
(a) The temporary advance made to the government by its Bankers to bridge the interval between expenditure and the flow of receipt of revenues
(b) the advance given by the Banks to the poorest of the society 
(c) lending made under PMRY scheme 
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the given options is true

Q6. As per the guidelines issued by the RBI, banks are preparing for a service which will allow customers to withdraw up to Rs.1,000 using their debit cards from notified shoes/stores all over the country. All such shops/stores will have ‘POS’ terminals for the same. What is full form of the ‘POS’?
(a) Payment on Sale 
(b) Power of Sale 
(c) Point of Sale
(d) Payment Order Service
(e) None of the given options is true

Q7. Which of the following is considered as the financial capital of India?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Kolkata 
(c) Ahmedabad 
(d) Mumbai
(e) None of the given options is true

Q8. One of the major emphasis of Basel II is that banks should have?
(a) Adequate Capital Adequacy Ratio
(b) Only few-braches in urban centres
(c) More and more branches in rural areas 
(d) Core banking mode of operation
(e) None of the given options is true

Q9. MUDRA Bank as a wholly owned subsidiary of which institutions-
(a) Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) 
(b) Commercial Banks 
(c) Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) 
(d) Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
(e) None of the given options is true

Q10. What amount of corpus is allocated to set up MUDRA Bank? 
(a) Rs. 20,000 crore
(b) Rs. 25,000 crore
(c) Rs. 3,000 crore
(d) Rs. 3,500 crore
(e) None of the given options is true

Q11. Currently, which of the following combination has female CMDs or heads? 
(a) HDFC, ICICI, Axis Bank 
(b) ICICI, Axis Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank 
(c) Yes Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, SBI 
(d) SBI, ICICI, Axis Bank
(e) None of the given options is true

Q12. Which two private sector banks have got the license from RBI in 2014? 
(a) Bandhan and Yes Bank 
(b) Yes Bank and IDFC 
(c) IDFC Bank and Bandhan Bank
(d) Axis Bank and ICICI 
(e) None of the given options is true

Q13. Who is conferred with the Central Banker of the Year Award (Global and Asia Pacific) for 2016 by The Banker, the Financial Times Group's monthly publication?
(a) Janet Yellen
(b) Raghuram Rajan 
(c) Graeme Wheeler 
(d) Mario Draghi
(e) None of the given options is true

Q14. Which bank first introduced Automated Teller Machine (ATM) in India (1987)? 
(a) SBI 
(b) Punjab National Bank 
(c) Federal Bank 
(d) HSBC
(e) None of the given options is true

Q15. Bank of Rajasthan was merged with which private sector bank? 
(a) ICICI Bank
(b) Axis Bank 
(c) HDFC Bank 
(d) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(e) None of the given options is true  

Thursday 13 April 2017

Banking Awareness Quiz


Q1. The merchant banking activities in India are governed by which of the following bodies:
(a) SEBI
(b) IRDA
(c) RBI
(d) NABARD
(E) TRAI

Q2. RBI was established in-
(a) 01st April 1935
(b) 05th April 1934
(c) 05th May 1935
(d) 01st January 1949
(e) 01st July 1955

Q3. State Bank of India comes into existence in the year-
(a) 1947
(b) 1955
(c) 1959
(d) 1969
(e) 1921

Q4. "Hum Hai Na" is slogan of which bank-
(a) ICICI Bank
(b) Punjab National Bank
(c) Vijaya Bank
(d) Allahabad Bank
(e) Axis Bank

Q5. World Bank was established in the year-
(a) 1955
(b) 1942
(c) 1944
(d) 1988
(e) 1914

Q6. Headquarters of World Bank is located at-
(a) London
(b) Washington D.C.
(c) Geneva
(d) Paris
(e) Nairobi

Q7. Jim Yong Kim is the 12th president of-
(a) World Bank Group
(b) International Monetary Fund (IMF)
(c) World Trade Organization (WTO)
(d) United Nations (UN)
(e) Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Q8. "Overdrafts" covered under which function-
(a) Accepting Deposits
(b) Advancing of Loans
(c) Assets
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the above

Q9. For the overdraft facility, the customer has to pay?
(a) Interest
(b) Commission
(c) Normal Charges
(d) EMI
(e) None of the above

Q10. SIDBI stands for-
(a) Specially Industries Development Bank of India
(b) Sound Industries Development Bank of India
(c) Small Industries Development Bank of India
(d) Small International Development Bank of India
(e) None of the above

Q11. NHB, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reserve Bank of India, was set up in 1988. NHB stands for-
(a) Hyderabad Bank for Nation
(b) National Housing Bank
(c) Non-Housing Bank in India
(d) National Housing Branch
(e) None of the above

Q12. The share of NDTL which Bank maintains in cash with RBI is termed as?
(a) CRR
(b) SLR
(c) MSF
(d) SDR
(e) None of the above

Q13. The account that allows you to buy, sell as well as transact without the need of any paperwork is-
(a) Simple Account
(b) Demat Account
(c) Current Account
(d) Saving Account
(e) None of the above

Q14. Increase in the general level of prices for goods and services are known as-
(a) Deflation
(b) Inflation
(c) Normal Price Increment
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the above

Q15. Scheduled Commercial Banks got license under-
(a) Banking Regulation Act, 1949
(b) Banking Regulation Act, 1952
(c) Banking Regulation Act, 1955
(d) Banking Regulation Act, 1935
(e) None of the above