Mission IBPS Exam: Banking Awareness Quiz

1. Which of the following were considered to be compelling reasons for bank Nationalisation?

(a) Concentration of wealth and economic power in the hands of industrialists and business  

(b) Branch expansion was confined to urban areas and rural area were being neglected  

(c) Sectors like agriculture small scale industries and the other deserving sectors were outside the purview of bank lending operations  

(d) Various malpractices indulged in by banks under private ownership                 

(e) All

2. Factoring is

(a) a means of financing traders and manufactures by taking over their receivables   

(b) a means of providing post-shipment finance to exporters   

(c) a type of agriculture financing

(d) None

(e) All

3. Smart card

(a) has an embedded circuit with micro processor chip embedded in it so that it could perform calculations maintain records and act as electronic pursue

(b) has built in facility for protection against fraudulent operations

(c) can either be rechargeable or exchangeable

(d) All

(e) None

4. Commercial banking system means

(a) Scheduled and non-Scheduled banks

(b) Private sector and public scheduled banks

(c) Both (a) and (b)   

(d) Regional rural banks, co-operative banks and NBFCs

(e) none

5. On 19th July 1969, 14 banks were nationalized, these banks had deposits of more than

(a) Rs 25 crore

(b) Rs 50 crore

(c) Rs 85 crore   

(d) Rs 100 crore

(e) none of these

6. In the case of advances against fixed deposits receipts of the bank

(a) deposit represented by the receipt is assigned to the bank

(b) deposit receipt is pledged to the bank  

(c) deposit receipt is hypothecated to the bank   

(d) A lien is created on the deposit receipts in favour of the bank

(e) none of these

7. Which of the following fall under the qualitative method of credit control adopted by RBI?

(a) Selective credit control

(b) Moral suasion  

(c) Credit authorization scheme

(d) all

(e) none

8. Scheduled bank refers to a bank

(a) authoriesd by central government to transaction government business

(b) registered with ministry of finance , govt. of India

(c) Which is included in the second schedule  to the RBI act, 1934

(d) incorporated as a cooperative society

(e) none

9.Which of the following is NOT a source of funds of a commercial bank?

(a)  Capital

(b) Borrowings from RBI

(c) Call money

(d) Deposits

(e) Cash reserves with RBI 

10. The Banking Ombudsman

(a) is in charge of bank loan for buses, 

(b) fixes the rates of interest for  loans

(c) resolves complaints of customers

(d) issues licences for new bank branches

(e) is the head of all nationalized banks

Answers

1.   e
2.   a
3.   d
4.   c
5.   d
6.   d
7.   d
8.   c
9.   e

10. c