16. A banking Ombudsman will not entertain Credit Cards Complaints which are more than
old.
Correct : D. 12 months
17. Which is the largest foreign bank working in India?
Correct : C. Citibank
18. NSSO headed by a Director General is responsible for conduct of large scale sample surveys in diverse fields on All India basis. NSSO stands for-
Correct : B. National Sample Survey Office
19. What is the current rate of CRR?
Correct : A. 4%
20. A leading bank in India has recently (July 2016) launched a social media, banking platform for its facebook and twitter users which goes by the name of `Mingle'. Name the Bank.
Correct : C. State Bank of India
21. Reserve Bank of India has recently (August 2016) launched a portal to curb illegal and unauthorised pooling of funds by unscrupulous firms. What is it called?
Correct : E. Sachet
22. IPPBL has received the Certificate of Incorporation from the Registrar of Companies and has become the first PSU under the Department of posts. What is the full form of IPPBL?
Correct : B. India Post Payments Bank Limited
23. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked banks to provide loans up to Rs. 3 lakh to Women Self- Help Group (SHG) at a discounted rate of per annum.
Correct : C. 7%
24. Urjit Patel recently (September 2016) assumed charge as the Governor of Reserve Bank of India. He is the Governor of Reserve Bank of India.
Correct : E. 24th
25. Domestic Systematically Important Banks (D-
SIBs) is announced with the term .
Correct : A. Too big to fail
26. Rupee denominated bonds issues by Indian companies in order to raise funds offshore are called
Correct : D. Masala Bonds
27. Which of the following Bank headquarters located in Chennai?
Correct : D. Indian Overseas Bank
28. Who is the MD and CEO of Syndicate Bank?
Correct : B. Arun Shrivastava
29. Which of the following negotiable instruments can be crossed to the banks?
Correct : A. Bills of Exchange
30. The customers will be issued on the date of issuance of the SGB.
Correct : C. Certificate of Holding
31. Sovereign Gold Bond(SGB) will be tradable on
Correct : D. Stock Exchange
32. Interest will be credited to the bank account of the investor of Sovereign Gold Bond.
Correct : B. Semi-annually
33. MUDRA Bank as a wholly owned subsidiary of which institutions?
Correct : D. Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
34. Authorized Dealers for foreign exchange transactions are appointed by:
Correct : A. Reserve Bank of India
35. Asset Reconstruction Company is associated
with..........?
Correct : C. NPA
36. “Crossing‖ applies to:
Correct : A. Cheques
37. Which of the following was the first Indian bank to open a branch in London in 1946 and the first to open a branch in Paris in 1974?
Correct : E. Bank of India
38. A person writes a cheque to make payment to someone. Which of the following must be mentioned on the cheque to complete the transaction successfully?
Correct : E. All the above
39. YES Bank recently deferred its $1-bn equity
raising plan. The bank was panning to raise money through QIP, which means
Correct : D. Qualified Institutional Placement
40. Prathama Bank is the first Regional Rural Bank (RRB) of India established on 2 Oct, 1975, with its Head Office at Moradabad. The bank was sponsored by
Correct : E. Syndicate Bank
41. Which of the following types of banks are NOT allowed to provide credit facilities to their customers?
Correct : B. Payments Banks
42. Masala bonds are Indian rupee denominated bonds issued in offshore capital markets. The RBI has reduced the minimum tenure of such bonds that an Indian company can, issue to
Correct : C. three years
43. In which among the following years NPCI was incorporated-
Correct : D. December 2008
44. The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
(CPPIB) received the Reserve Bank of India's approval to increase its stake beyond five per cent to 10 per cent in
Correct : B. Kotak Mahindra Bank
45. Flipkart-owned mobile payments startup PhonePe has launched unified payments interface (UPI) based, payments app for which it has partnered with
Correct : A. Yes Bank
46. The headquarters of Industrial Finance Corporation of India(IFCI)
Correct : B. New Delhi
47. To authenticate a Digital Signature in Cheque Truncation System (CTS), which of the following keys are used..
Correct : A. Private Key
48. Which of the following is the most active segment of the money market in India?
Correct : A. Call Money/Notice Money Market
49. Banking Ombudsman Scheme is applicable to the business of
Correct : C. All scheduled commercial banks including RRBs
50. What is meant by ‗Underwriting‘ the term frequently used in financial sector?
Correct : B. The Act of taking on a risk
51. An increase is CRR by RBI leads to-
Correct : A. Decrease in lendable resource
52. How many parties primarily involved in a
Promissory Note?
Correct : A. Two
53. Bank of India was established on 7 September
Correct : D. 1906
54. Which bank are Public Sector Banks of India?
Correct : A. More than 50 % stake held by government
55. RBI has introduced ―Marginal Standing Facility‖ with the objective of:
Correct : C. Containing instability in the overnight inter-bank rates
56. NABARD is responsible for regulating and supervising the functions of
Correct : B. Cooperative Banks and Regional Rural Banks
57. Which type of risk arises before a bank that trades in government securities?
Correct : B. Market risk
58. Times bank limit merged with
Correct : A. HDFC bank
59. In the financial sector there are many companies who are providing banking like activities though they are not recognized as banks. How is this particular type of activity known as?
Correct : C. Shadow banking
60. Currently banks claim that they have achieved 100% CBS. What are they referring to?
Correct : A. It means all their branches are technology driven with core banking solutions
61. You might have heard of 'a bank run'. What does it mean?
Correct : C. When people rush to withdraw funds from their bank accounts
62. Which of the following is a stipulation under
the Basel III norms?
Correct : C. Banks to reach the minimum capital adequacy ratio of 11.5% by 31st March, 2018
63. A demand draft issued by one bank branch on another branch is legally—
Correct : B. Promissory note
64. What would a lender examine to judge whether a business can be given a funding facility?
Correct : D. All the above
65. An asset reconstruction company looks for business from banks. What do you understand from this statement?
Correct : D. Asset reconstruction companies buy bad debts at a discount from banks
66. Banks fix separate cash limit and overall
spending limit for each credit card. What is the disadvantage in withdrawing cash on credit cards?
Correct : C. Cash withdrawal fees together with tax is charged to the card holder
67. Which of the following terms appropriately explains the role of banks in an economy?
Correct : C. Financial intermediaries
68. What is a Repo Rate?
Correct : B. It is a rate at which banks borrow rupees from RBI
69. The government formed the panel after many ex-servicemen returned their medals to protest
the rejection of their ‗one rank one pension‘ demand. Who is heading this panel?
Correct : A. K.M. Chandrasekhar
70. Whenever RBI does some Open Market Operation Transaction, actually it wishes to regulate which of the following?
Correct : B. liquidity in economy
71. The maximum amount of the total Revenue earned by the government of India comes from:
Correct : C. Excise Duty
72. Which was the first Indian Bank to introduce credit card?
Correct : B. Central Bank of India
73. FDI refers to—
Correct : C. Foreign Direct Investment
74. Which of the following is known as plastic money?
Correct : B. credit cards
75. Who is known as the ‗Father of Economics‘?
a) Adam Smith
Correct : A. Money borrowed or lent for a day or over night
76. Which is the first Indian company to be listed in NASDAQ ?
Correct : D. Infosys
77. Which among the following decides the oil Prices in India?
Correct : D. Oil Companies
78. Which sister organization of the World Bank provides long term loans at zero interest to the poorest developing countries?
Correct : C. International Developmental Association
79. DSCR indicates the ability of a company to-
Correct : C. Meet its long term debt obligations
80. When there is an inflationary trend in the economy what would be trend in the pricing of the Bank products?
Correct : A. Increasing trend
81. Banks in our country normally publicize additional interest rate is allowed on retail domestic term deposits of?
Correct : C. Senior citizens
82. When the rate of inflation increases?
Correct : B. Purchasing power of money decreases
83. A centralized database with online connectivity to branches, internet as well as ATM- network which has been adopted by almost all major banks of our country is known as?
Correct : B. Core Banking
84. Which of the following is necessary while opening deposit accounts in banks?
Correct : C. Nomination
85. Which of the following organizations issue the rules of global trade?
Correct : B. World Trade Organization
86. One single statement that depicts the financial position of a Bank and / or Business enterprise at a given point of time is called:
Correct : C. Balance Sheet
87. The Reverse Mortgage scheme is launched to give benefit to which of the following groups of society?
Correct : B. Senior Citizens
88. One of the major challenges banking industry is facing these days is curbing deliberate efforts of some people to bring money earned through illegal activities in circulation. Which of the following act is passed to prevent this activity?
Correct : D. Prevention of Money laundering Act
89. Which of the following scheme is not meant
for investment
Correct : D. Letter of credit
90. Basel norms which are important regulatory
stipulations are meant for which sector?
Correct : B. Banking
91. Systematic investment Plans relates to:
Correct : A. Mutual Funds
92. Which of the following is an example of cash less purchase?
Correct : D. All of the above
93. NBFCs are an important part of the Indian financial system. what is meant by this term?
Correct : B. Non Banking Financial Companies
94. Banking loan against property requires the asset to be free from encumbrances. What does it mean?
Correct : A. The asset to be free from any liability
95. RBI stipulates a healthy mix of CASA in the business figures of banks. What is CASA?
Correct : C. Current Account and saving Account
96. The Rate at which the domestic currency can
be converted into foreign currency and viceversa is known as the
Correct : A. Exchange rate
97. Now-a-days Banks are selling third party
products. Example of third party product is:
Correct : A. Mutual funds
98. Electronic Clearing Service in banks can be availed only by:
Correct : A. Individuals
99. Interest payable on savings bank accounts is?
Correct : A. De-regulated by RBI
100. The usual deposit accounts of banks are?
Correct : D. Current accounts, savings bank accounts and term deposit accounts.