Banking Awareness Test Questions - Set 9

1)   What is the new rate of Service Tax as per Budget 2015-16?

a. 13%
b. 14%
c. 13.5%
d. 14.5%
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 14%

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


2)   What amount of money is allocated in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme in the Union Budget 2015-16?

a. Rs. 5,000 crore
b. Rs. 1,000 Crore
c. Rs. 500 Crore
d. Rs. 2500 Crore
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Rs. 5,000 crore

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


3)   How many new ultra mega power projects (each of 4,000 MWs in the plug-and-play mode) were proposed by the Union Government in the Union Budget 2015-16?

a. Two
b. Three
c. Four
d. Five
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Five

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


4)   What is the full form of NAV?

a. Net Actual Value
b. Net Annual Value
c. Net Asset Value
d. Net Average Value
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Net Asset Value

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


5)   Which of the following is known as the concept of a standard contract to buy or sell a specified commodity at a certain date in future and at a market driven price?

a. Forward Contract
b. Futures Contract
c. Market Contract
d. Standard Contract
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Futures Contract

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


6)   Which of the following depicts the financial position of a bank or business enterprise at a given point of time?

a. Balance sheet
b. Cash flow statement
c. Income statement
d. Model audit
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Balance sheet

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


7)   Which of the following belongs to the time when a company makes the first offering of the shares to the public?

a. CSO
b. IPO
c. REPO
d. WTO
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: IPO

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


8)   When financial institutions and banks undertake activities related to banking like investment, issue of debit and credit card etc then it is known as _____________________.

a. Internet banking
b. Universal banking
c. Virtual Banking
d. Wholesale banking
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Universal banking

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


9)   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!


10)   What is the full form of NIM?

a. et Interest Margin
b. Net Involvement Margin
c. Net Involution Margin
d. None of these.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: et Interest Margin

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


11)   Where is the Bank of International Settlement headquartered?

a. Belgium
b. France
c. Germany
d. Switzerland
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Switzerland

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


12)   What is the full form of CRR?

a. Cash Reserve Rate
b. Cash Reserve Ratio
c. Cash Recession Ratio
d. Core Reserve Rate
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Cash Reserve Ratio

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


13)   Oudh Commercial Bank was founded in _______.

a. 1913
b. 1917
c. 1894
d. 1881
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1881

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


14)   Which bank was united with the Punjab National Bank in 1993?

a. Oudh Commercial Bank
b. Imperial Bank of India
c. New Bank of India
d. Punjab and Sind Bank
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: New Bank of India

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


15)   Which was the first bank to introduce mutual fund?

a. Bank of Baroda
b. ICICI Bank
c. Punjab National Bank
d. State Bank of India
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: State Bank of India

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


16)   Which of the following is a financial ratio that gives a measure of a company's ability to meet its financial losses?

a. Cash Reverse Ratio
b. Leverage Ratio
c. Statutory Liquidity Ratio
d. Loan-to-Value Ratio
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Leverage Ratio

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


17)   Which of the following is the correct definition of Hot Money?

a. This is the fund which is dumped into a country to get the advantage of a favourable interest rate
b. This is the fund which is provided by a bank in US $ at very short notice and at a very high rate of interest and for a longer period of repayment
c. This is the fund which is pushed into market through illegal methods
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: This is the fund which is dumped into a country to get the advantage of a favourable interest rate

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


18)   The performance of which scheme does the National Housing Bank monitor?

a. Liberalized Finance Scheme
b. Golden Jubilee Rural Housing Finance Scheme
c. Energy Efficient Housing Finance Scheme
d. Finance scheme for indirect loans
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Golden Jubilee Rural Housing Finance Scheme

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


19)   Which of the following requires lenders to provide standardized information?

a. TILA
b. RESPA
c. NCUA
d. UCC
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: TILA

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


20)   As announced in the Union Budget 2015-16, how many Indian Institute of Management (IIM) will set up?

a. 5
b. 5
c. 1
d. 2
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 2

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!