Financial Awareness - 1
1. Alice Vaidyan is the Chairman and Managing Director of which of the following Insurance Companies?
a) New India Assurance
b) Life Insurance Corporation
c) Birla Sun Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
d) National Insurance Company
e) General Insurance Corporation of India
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- Answer: e
2. Prepayment charges are exempted for:
a) Housing Loans
b) Education Loans
c) Agri. Loans
d) Corporate Loans
e) a, b & c
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- Answer: e
3. Minimum and Maximum period of Certificate of Deposits:
a) 15 days & 1 year
b) 30 days & 1 year
c) 7 days & 1 year
d) 7 days & no limit
e) None
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- Answer: c
4. The Reserve Bank established which board to encourage transparency in lending and fair pricing and customer servicing?
a) Board of Financial Supervision (BFS)
b) Banking Ombudsman
c) Banking Codes and Standards Board of India
d) Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation
e) All of the Above
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- Answer: c
5. In strategic alliance, the alliance partners:
a) Merge with each other
b) One partner acquires the other
c) Remain separate entities
d) It is a type of convertion
e) None of the above
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- Answer: c
6. Maximum SLR to be maintained by banks is:
a) 50% of Net Demand and Time Liabilities (NDTL)
b) 40% Net Demand and Time Liabilities
c) 30% Net Demand and Time Liabilities
d) 60% Net Demand and Time Liabilities
e) None of the above
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- Answer: b
7. With regard to nomination to Illiterate account, which of the following statement is correct?
a) Can extend in favour of literate only
b) Nomination facility is not available
c) Consent from Nominee is required
d) Witness is a must e) None
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- Answer: d
8. A customer is entitled to get a duplicate DD in place of the lost one, provided:
a) He gives due intimation to the issuing branch
b) Payment of DD not already made by the drawer branch
c) Execution of an indemnity Bond
d) All of the above
e) a and b
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- Answer: c
9. Bank stakeholders include:
a) Shareholders
b) Customers
c) Employees
d) a & b only
e) a, b, c
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- Answer: e
10. Agency which purchases NPA from banks is called:
a) Asset Management Company
b) Assets Reconstruction Company
c) Consolidation Company
d) Financial Reconstruction Company
e) None of the above
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- Answer: b
11. Working capital means:
a) Capital Requirements for the day-to-day transactions
b) Excess of current assets over current liabilities
c) Fixed assets - Current assets
d) None of above
e) b and c
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- Answer: a
12. E.P.S. in share market stands for:
a) Earnings Per Share
b) Electronic Payment System
c) Employee Pension Scroll
d) Equated Payment System
e) None of these
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- Answer: a
13. Housing Loans granted to individuals up to Rs.___ for construction of houses (excluding loans granted by banks to their employees) are treated as priority sector advances:
a) 1 lakh
b) 10 lakhs
c) 25 lakhs
d) 20 lakhs
e) 15 lakhs
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- Answer: c
14. When the contents of the Negotiable Instrument are modified by the drawer, it is treated as:
a) Forgery
b) Fraud
c) Material alteration
d) Suppression of facts
e) None
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- Answer: c
15. Operational risk is the risk of loss arising from various types of:
a) Human error
b) Failed systems and procedures in the bank
c) Breakdown in internal controls
d) All of the above
e) a and b
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- Answer: d
16. Exercise of nomination by the depositor is:
a) Optional to the depositor
b) Mandatory in case of single named accounts
c) Mandatory in case of joint accounts
d) Mandatory for locker accounts
e) None
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- Answer: a
17. Which of the following statements is not correct with regard to Tax Saver Scheme of Banks?
a) Tax exemption is available for the deposit amount under section 80C of IT Act
b) Period of deposit is allowed up to 5 Years
c) TDS is applicable, if interest payment is above Rs.10,000 in a financial year
d) Maximum amount of deposit allowed is Rs. 5 Lakhs
e) c & d
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- Answer: d
18. What is the total Priority Sector Lending target for Foreign banks with 20 branches and above to be increased to ____ by 2018?
a) 32 %
b) 34 %
c) 36 %
d) 40 %
e) None of the above
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- Answer: d
19. No security is required for obtaining Educational Loan up to an amount of:
a) Rs.4.0 lakhs
b) Rs.3.5 lakhs
c) Rs.5.5 lakhs
d) Rs.6.5 lakhs
e) Rs.7.5 lakhs
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- Answer: a
20. EEFC a/c means:
a) Exchange Earnings Foreign Currency a/c
b) Exchange Earnest Foreign Currency a/c
c) Exchange Earners Foreign Currency a/c
d) Exchange Equated Foreign Currency a/c
e) None of these
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- Answer: c
21. As per SEBI guidelines, in a Book Building process the cap in the price band:
a) Should be at least 10% of the floor price
b) Should not be more than 20% of the floor price
c) No limits
d) a and c
e) None
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- Answer: b
22. The targets and sub-targets set under priority sector lending (PSL) for all scheduled commercial banks are calculated on ___
a) Adjusted Net Bank Credit [ANBC]
b) Credit Equivalent Amount of Off - Balance Sheet Exposure
c) Either Adjusted Net Bank Credit [ANBC] or Credit Equivalent Amount of Off - Balance Sheet Exposure
d) Adjusted Net Bank Credit [ANBC] or Credit Equivalent Amount of Off - Balance Sheet Exposure, whichever is higher
e) All of the Above
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- Answer: d
23. When banks give home loans, the nature of charge created is:
a) Hypothecation
b) Mortgage
c) Assignment
d) Pledge
e) None
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- Answer: b
24. Depositories hold securities in which of the following forms?
i. Demat, ii. Physical
a) Only (i) b) Only (ii)
c) Either (i) or (ii)
d) Both (i) and (ii)
e) None
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- Answer: a
25. The nature of charge created while advancing against LIC policies is:
a) Assignment
b) Lien
c) Pledge
d) Set-off
e) a and b
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- Answer: a
26. Universal Banking means____
a) International Banking
b) Wholesale Banking
c) Offering multiple Financial Products
d) All of the above
e) a and b
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- Answer: c
27. In Core banking system:
a) Branches are connected to a central host
b) Branch automation modules and delivery channels are incorporated
c) Transactions are done centrally and online
d) All of the above
e) a and b
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- Answer: d
28. Cheque truncation can be done by:
a) Using MICR data
b) Using electronic image of the cheque and processing it at CTS centre
c) Using data processing
d) a & b
e) None
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- Answer: b
29. RBI acts as the Banker to the___ Governments:
i. Central ii. State
a) Only (i)
b) Only (ii)
c) Either (i) or (ii)
d) Both (i) and (ii)
e) None of the above
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- Answer: d
30. The committee which has recommended for establishment of data warehouse is:
a) Vasudevan Committee
b) Rangarajan Committee
c) Saraf Committee
d) Shere Committee
e) b and c
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- Answer: a
31. Which of the following does not match?
a) Regulator of insurance market –IRDA
b) Regulator of capital market– SEBI
c) Regulator of money market– RBI
d) Regulator of forex market– SEBI
e) All of the Above
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- Answer: d
32. This gives added value to products(is part of the product) in an attempt to augment their products with values and associations that are recognised by and are meaningful to their customers:
a) Promotion
b) Brand
c) Product
d) Price
e) c and d
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- Answer: b
33. Who among the following was selected to succeed Arun Kumar Jain as the new Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)?
a) Sushil Chandra
b) Atulesh Jindal
c) Laxman Das
d) Subrat Kumar Ray
e) Sudha Sharma
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- Answer: b
34. The Central Board of RBI comprises, a Governor, 4 deputy governors and ____ directors.
a) 5
b) 7
c) 10
d) 15
e) 9
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- Answer: d
35. S.S. Tarapore passed away in Mumbai on February 2, 2016. He was well-known for his work in the field of:
a) Diplomacy
b) Banking
c) Civil Service
d) Law
e) Agriculture
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- Answer: b
36. Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the Start-up India action plan to encourage new ventures on January 16, 2016. Income of start-ups will be exempted from tax for how many years?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
e) 6
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- Answer: c