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1. The Vedic word Kusidin refers to _?
A banker
An usurer
A farmer
A trader
2. What was the initial share capital of Reserve Bank of India?
Rs. 5 Crore
Rs. 10 Crore
Rs. 15 Crore
Rs. 20 Crore
3. How many Aadhaar Enrolment and Update Centres in total are there in India?
17000
13000
11000
60000
4. Which of the following are among the Credit Bureaus present in India?
Equifax
CRIF Highmark
Credit Information Bureau India Limited
All of the above
5. Which of the following correctly define the Foreign Exchange (Forex) Market?
It is a market where only Foreign currency is used.
It is a market where foreign currencies are bought and sold simultaneously.
It is a physical market where only foreigners are allowed.
None of the Above
6. What is the full form of MDER?
Market Determined Exchange Rate
Market Derivative Exchange Rate
Market Determined Exchange Regime
Managed Determined Exchange Rate
7. Liberalized Exchange Rate Management System (LERMS) is effective from which of the following dates?
June 1,1993
March1,1993
April1,1993
July 1,1993
8. Which of the following is India’s first Credit Information Company?
CRISIL
SMERA
ICRA
CIBIL
9. What is the full form of CRISIL?
Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited
Credit Rating Investment Services of India Limited
Credit Rating Indian Services for Investment and Liability
Credit Rating Insight Services of India Limited
10. Who is the CEO of the CRISIL?
Ashu Suyash
Rajesh Mokashi
Naresh Takkar
Varun Mirchandani
11. The need for Venture Capital Financing was highlighted by which of the following committee in India?
Bhatt Committee
Gadgil Committee
Urjit Patel Committee
None of the Above
12. Which type of Fund is required to be listed on Stock Exchange?
Debit Fund
Liquid Fund
Close Ended Funds
Sector Funds
13. Which of the following organizations is the Mutual Fund market regulator in India?
SEBI
RBI
ICICI
CIBIL
14. What is the full form of NAV?
Net Assessment Value
National Asset Value
Net Asset Value
National Asset Variation
15. Which of the following funds is basically an index fund which trades like a closed-end fund?
Open-end fund
Money market fund
Mutual fund
Exchange-traded fund
16. HFC stands for which of the following?
Housing Finance Company
Housing Finance Corporation
Housing Federation of Commerce
None of The Above
17. Which of the following acts regulates the underwriting process in India?
RBI Act 1934
Securities and Exchanges Board of India (Underwriters) Regulations, 1993.
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Underwriters) (Amendment) Regulations, 2006
Both b and c
18. Who was the head of review committee on underwriting rules and regulation ?
Shri Vallabh Bhansali
C. Rangarajan
Urjit Patel
Nandan Nilekani
19. In which year the Royal Commission on Indian Currency and Finance recommended the creation of a central bank for India?
1926
1927
1928
1929
20. Which section of RBI Act states that the RBI has the exclusive rights to issue currency notes in India?
17
19
21
22
21. Which section of RBI is not correctly matched?
Section 26 – describes the legal tender character of Indian bank notes.
Section 18 – manner in which RBI can conduct business
Both a and b
None
22. What is Section 7 of the RBI Act 1934?
It allows RBI to buy and sell Foreign currency
It empowers the government to issue directions to the RBI
It allows the RBI to appoint its own staff
None
23. Which of the following entities are not covered under the Banking Regulation Act 1949?
Public Sector banks
Cooperative Banks
Primary Agricultural Credit Society
All of the above
24. How many banks were Nationalised in 1969 under the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Ordinance, 1969?
15
14
13
11
25. When was the Banking Ombudsman scheme first introduced in India?
1995
1998
1999
2001
26. What was the target set by Narasimham-II Committee for the capital adequacy ratio of the banks by the year 2000?
8%
9%
10%
11%
27. When was National Investment and Infrastructure Fund created?
2011
2015
2012
2014
28. In which year Reserve Bank of India introduced cheque truncation system?
2008
2009
2010
2011
29. What is the banking, where all banking operations are online, known as?
Virtual Banking
Retail Banking
Mixed Banking
Social Banking
30. What is the banking known as when a group of persons come together to own and control three or more independently chartered banks?
Chain banking
Unit banking
Merchant banking
None of the above
31. Which is the 3rd largest foreign bank of India in terms of branches?
HSBC
Citi
Standard Chartered
Royal bank of Scotland
32. Where was the first society under Cooperative Societies Act 1904 registered in India?
Madurai
Kanjipoorum
Gaya
Panaji
33. Which nationalised bank sponsored the Prathama Bank?
Syndicate bank
Punjab National Bank
State Bank of India
Allahabad Bank
34. Which is the smallest Local Area Bank in India?
Subhadra Local Area Bank Ltd
Coastal Local Area Bank Ltd
Capital Local Area Bank Ltd
Krishna Bhima Samruddhi Local Area Bank Ltd
35. When were the Local Area Banks were set up first in India?
1994
1995
1996
1998
36. Which of these accounts can be opened in a Payment Bank?
Savings Account
Current Account
Both a and b
None
37. Which of these entities surrendered their Payments Bank license?
Cholamandalam Distribution Services
Sun Pharmaceuticals
Tech Mahindra
All of the above
38. Which of the following activities can be undertaken by a Business Correspondent?
Selling mutual fund products
Selling Pension products
Extending small credit on behalf of the banks
All of the above
39. What is meant by Open Market Operations?
Purchase and sale of the Government Securities by RBI
Rationing of the credit allocated by commercial banks by RBI
Request by the RBI to the commercial banks to take certain measures
None of the above
40. What is meant by KYC?
Keep your Customer
Know your Credit
Keep your Credit
Know your Customer
41. When was the Banking correspondent scheme launched by RBI?
2002
2005
2001
2006
42. Till when the RBI served as the central bank of Pakistan?
12:00:00 AM
12:00:00 AM
12:00:00 AM
12:00:00 AM
43. When was the decimalization of the coinage done in India?
1957
1955
1947
1935
44. Which of these facilities is given by RBI to the banks for inter-bank transactions?
RTGS
SWIFT
M-PESA
All of the above
45. Why do banks borrow money in the call money market?
To meet sudden demand for funds arising out of large outflows
To fill the temporary mismatches in funds
To meet the Statutory reserve requirements
All of the above
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