Banking Awareness Questions for IBPS, SBI, RRB, RBI & Clerical exams - Set 2

1)   Name the person elected as the new Chairman of the Life Insurance Corporation of India?

a. V K Sharma
b. S K Roy
c. Sushil Kumar
d. Rajesh Vadhera
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: V K Sharma

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


2)   National Insurance Academy located in ________.

a. Chennai
b. Calcutta
c. Pune
d. Hyderabad
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pune

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


3)   Name the initiative launched by the Finance Minister Arun Jaitely to revamp functioning of public sector banks, PSBs on 14th Aug’15?

a. Seven Plan
b. Maulik Niti
c. BankNiti
d. Indradhanush
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Indradhanush

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


4)   Which of the following norms intends to strengthen Bank Capital requirements?

a. Basel II norms
b. Basel III norms
c. Basel I norms
d. Solvency II norms
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Basel III norms

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


5)   Which was the first bank to introduce savings account in India?

a. Bank of Hindustan
b. General Bank of India
c. Presidency Banks
d. Bengal Bank
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Presidency Banks

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


6)   The SBI merged entity will have an asset base of ____?

a. 35 trillion
b. 37 trillion
c. 72 trillion
d. 45 trillion
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 37 trillion

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


7)   Which is the instrument used by RBI under general credit control?

a. CRR
b. SLR
c. Bank Rate
d. Exchange Control
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Bank Rate

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


8)   Which of the following defines 'Para Banking' services?

a. Eligible financial services rendered by banks
b. Services provided through business correspondents
c. Services provided to armed forces personnel
d. Utility services provided by banks
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Utility services provided by banks

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


9)   Who has allowed banks to tie up with insurers, to sell three products each from life, non-life and standalone health insurance segment?

a. RBI
b. SIDBI
c. IRDAI
d. NABARD
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: IRDAI

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


10)   Which has been conferred “Special Award for Excellence in MSME lending” for its performance in lending to the MSME sector during the year 2013-14 and 2014-15?

a. State Bank of Patiala
b. Vijaya Bank
c. State Bank of Travancore
d. Canara Bank
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: State Bank of Patiala

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


11)   Which one of the following is controlled by the World Wide Web?

a. Universal Banking
b. Virtual Banking
c. Wholesale Banking
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Virtual Banking

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


12)   The first RRB named Prathama Grameen Bank was sponsored by ______?

a. Punjab National Bank
b. State Bank of India
c. Syndicate Bank
d. Canara Bank
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Syndicate Bank

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


13)   Which of the following organizations has been set up to facilitate connectivity between the Bank's switches and their ATMs, and inter-bank payment gateway for authentication and routing the payment details of various e-commerce transactions?

a. IBA
b. IDRBT
c. IRDA
d. SIDBI
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: IDRBT

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


14)   Who has been appointed as the CMD of GIC Re India?

a. T. S. Vijayan
b. Mrs. Alice G Vaidyan
c. Anuj Agrawal
d. Neelesh Garg
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mrs. Alice G Vaidyan

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


15)   Name the body of 'eminent' professionals and officials, which will replace the Appointments Board for appointment of Whole-time Directors as well as non-Executive Chairman of PSBs?

a. NITI Aayog
b. NIYATAM
c. Bank Board Bureau
d. Bureau of Banking Standards
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Bank Board Bureau

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


16)   In which year was the Banking Regulation Act passed?

a. 1949
b. 1955
c. 1959
d. 1969
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1949

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


17)   Which of the following is the Oldest Joint Stock Bank of India which is still working?

a. Allahabad Bank
b. Bank of Upper India
c. Patiala Bank
d. State Bank of India
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Allahabad Bank

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


18)   “Scheduled bank” in India means a bank _____.

a. Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956
b. Authorized to the Banking business
c. Governed by the Banking Regulation Act, 1949
d. Included in the Second schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act 1934
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Included in the Second schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act 1934

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


19)   Which is the minimum lending rate decided by RBI which shall be adopted by all Public-Sector Banks?

a. Bank rate
b. Base rate
c. Overnight rate
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Base rate

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


20)   Which one of the following is controlled by the World Wide Web?

a. Universal Banking
b. Virtual Banking
c. Wholesale Banking
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Virtual Banking

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!