Sunday, August 2, 2015

BANKING AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR BANK EXAMS

1. The payment of a lost demand draft is made to the ______?
a) Purchaser
b) Payee
c) Nominee
d) Any of the above
e) None of these

2. In the case of granting loan against a life insurance policy, the banker should see ______?
a) The existence of insurable interest
b) The surrender value
c) The admission of age
d) All of the above
e) None of the above

3. When a debtor owes several debts to a banker and makes a payment, the right to appropriation lies with ______?
a) The banker
b) The debtor
c) The court
d) All of the above
e) None of the above

4. in terms of Section 31 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 a demand draft payable to bearer may be issued only by ______?
a) Nationalized Banks
b) Scheduled Commercial Banks
c) Reserve Bank of India
d) Foreign Banks
e) None of the Above

5. Unsigned demand draft is presented for payment, the drawee branch will ______?
a) Honour it
b) Dishonour it since it does not have a mandate of the drawer bank to pay it.
c) Honour it after seeking confirmation from the collecting bank
d) Honour it if it is for small amount
e) None of the above

6. When was SBI established?
a) 1st April 1935
b) 31st July 1969
c) 5th May 1955
d) 1st July 1955
e) None of the above

7. The maximum number of partners in a non-banking partnership firm is ______?
a) 20
b) 10
c) 25
d) 11
e) None of the above

8. Which of the following agencies /organizations has recently decided that all the Stock Exchanges
would introduce physical settlement of Equity Derivatives?
a) Reserve Bank of India
b) Bombay Stock Exchange
c) Registrar of Companies
d) Securities & Exchange Board of India
e) All of the above

9. How much bad loans was accumulated with the public sector banks as on 31st March 2015 as
disclosed by the Finance Ministry on 21st July 2015?
a) Rs. 2.76 lakh crore
b) Rs. 2.54 lakh crore
c) Rs. 2.67 lakh crore
d) Rs. 2.27 lakh crore
e) None of the above

10. In Mutual Funds, NAV is the price of ______?
a) Entire fund value
b) One unit of a fund
c) Surrender value
d) Average value of shares
e) Dividends paid in a year

11. Presently which Indian Bank has the largest number of foreign branches?
a) SBI
b) Canara Bank
c) Bank of Baroda
d) Bank of India
e) None of the above

12. Cash deposit ratio means____ ?
a) The percentage of cash-in-hand- balance with the Central Bank to the aggregate deposits
b) The percentage of total deposits received by Banks
c) The percentage of total cash money received as deposits by banks
d) All the above
e) None of the above

13. Central Government has appointed Sriram Kalyanaraman as the Managing Director (MD) and
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of which of the following organisations:
a) NABARD
b) National Housing Bank (NHB)
c) I.F.C
d) IDRBT
e) B.I.R.D

14. In case of a usance bill a grace period of........ Will be allowed to calculate due date of payment.
a) 3 days
b) 2 days
c) 1 day
d) 4 days
e) None of the above

15. In the case of FCNR accounts the payment of interest is effected in ____?
a) Indian Rupee
b) Only in Pound (£)
c) Same currency in which deposit stands
d) Yen
e) None

16. Working capital requirement depends upon ______?
a) Level of activity
b) Types of business carried
c) Nature of Production cycle
d) All the above
e) None

17. In which of the Acts, specimen of the cheque, bill, promissory note is given?
a) Negotiable Instruments Act
b) Banking Regulation Act
c) Mercantile Law
d) All of the above
e) None

18. RBI permitted CBS-enabled Cooperative Banks to issue ATM cards in tie-up with:
a) State Bank of India
b) Any Nationalised Bank
c) a sponsor bank.
d) NABARD
e) b &c

19. Who headed the RBI panel that has submitted its report titled 'Data Format for Furnishing of
Credit Information to Credit Information Companies'.
a) Urjit Patel
b) A.K.Sharma
c) Aditya Puri
d) R.Gandhi
e) None of these

20. India's first post office savings bank ATM facility has been recently inaugurated in which of
the following places?
a) Chennai
b) Bengaluru
c) Mumbai
d) Delhi
e) None of these

21. The main function of an Asset Management Company is to:
a) hold the securities of various schemes
b) manage the funds by making investments in various types of securities
c) hold its property for the benefit of the unit holders
d) act on behalf of SEBI
e) All the above

22. Which country on 30 June 2015 became the first-ever developed economy to default on a loan
with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
a) Afganisthan
b) Australia
c) Bangaladesh
d) Greece
e) Canada

23. The minimum period under which a term deposit under Reinvestment Plan can be issued is____?
a) 24 months
b) 12 months
c) 6 months
d) 9 months
e) None

24. A minor is admitted to the partnership firm as ______?
a) Agent
b) Partner
c) Minor
d) Beneficiary
e) None

25. Which bank on 4th July 2015 became the first in the country to launch the MUDRA Card, under
the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY) scheme?
a) Andhra Bank
b) Bank of Baroda
c) Central Bank
d) Corporation Bank
e) Union Bank of India

26. Who was named as the first Chairman of the to be opened Bandhan Bank, which announced its
Board of Directors on 9th July 2015?
a) Ashok K. Lahiri
b) Subir Gokaran
c) S.S.Mundra
d) Pratik Choudhary
e) T.S.Vijayan

27. What is the limitation of the number of persons in a joint savings bank account?
a) Two
b) Four
c) Five
d) Twenty
e) No limit

28. After acceptance of a bill, the primary liability on a Bill of Exchange is that of ______?
a) Payee
b) Acceptor
c) Drawee
d) Endorsee
e) All of the above

29. The full form of SREP used in Basel framework is :
a) Standard Review and Evaluation Process
b) Supervisory Review and evaluation Process
c) Standardised Revision and Evaluation Practice
d) Supervisory Review and Electronic Process
e) None

30. In order to enable private sector banks to attract and retain professional directors, the Reserve Bank
has issued guidelines on compensation for non-executive Directors for implementation by private sector banks, that will reflect market realities and will be within the parameters specified in the:
a) Banking Regulation Act, 1949
b) The Indian Companies Act, 2013 (Amended)
c) RBI Act 1934
d) As per the directives of Indian Banks Association
e) Both a&b

31. An executor of deceased account is appointed under ______?
a) Trust
b) Court
c) Will
d) Family tradition
e) None of the above

32. Relationship between the RBI and the bank maintaining currency chest will be of ______?
a) Trustee and beneficiary
b) Principal and agent
c) Licensor and licensee
d) Creditor and debtor
e) None of the above

33. The Reserve Bank has advised all public sector banks and select private sector and foreign banks
to appoint an internal Ombudsman. The internal Ombudsman would be designated as ______:
a) Chief Ombudsman Service Officer
b) Chief Customer Ombudsman Officer
c) Internal Ombudsman Customer Service Officer
d) Chief Customer Service Officer
e) Chief Transaction Audit Officer

Answers
1) a; 2) d; 3) b; 4) c; 5) b; 6) d; 7) a; 8) d; 9) c; 10) b;
11) a; 12) a; 13) b; 14) a; 15) c; 16) d; 17) e; 18) c; 19) c; 20) a;
21) b; 22) d; 23) c; 24) d; 25) d; 26) a; 27) e; 28) b; 29) b; 30) e;
31) c; 32) b; 33) d.