PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

BANKING/FINANCIAL KNOWLEDGE

PREPARATORY SET-37

Direction (Qs.1-20): Read the following questions carefully and choose your answer from the given five options.

 

Question No : 1

Who among the following is a famous Sportsman/woman and has represented India in many international events?

(1) Leander Paes

(2) Barkha Dutt

(3) Chetan Bhagat

(4) Shahid Kapur

(5) Meira Kumar

Question No : 2

Which of the following terms is NOT used in banking operations?

(1) Gross NPA

(2) Credit flow

(3) Check out

(4) Swap

(5) RTGS

Question No : 3

In which year Dadasaheb Phalke Award was instituted?

(1) 1965

(2) 1972

(3) 1969

(4) 1974

(5) None of these

Question No : 4

‘Cairo’ which was recently in news is the capital of ___

(1) Libya

(2) Egypt

(3) Sudan

(4) Russia

(5) Brazil

Question No : 5

NEFT and RTGS is banking terminology speaks of______.

(1) Various deposit products

(2) Electronic Payment Products within a bank

(3) Various loan products

(4) Electronic Fund Transfer from bank to bank

(5) Cheque Truncation Process

Question No : 6

Which of the following is the Unit of work?

(1) Newton

(2) Volt

(3) Fahrenheit

(4) Joule

(5) None of these

Question No : 7

Which of the following is NOT a Union Territory?

(1) Lakshadweep

(2) Puducherry

(3) Dadra & Nagar Haveli

(4) Andaman & Nicobar Island

(5) Uttarakhand

Question No : 8

Which of the following is/are commodity/ies on which subsidy is given to farmers/poor in India?

(A) Fertilizer

(B) Kerosene

(C) LPG

(1) Only (A)

(2) Only (B)

(3) Only (C)

(4) Only (A) and (C)

(5) All (A), (B) and (C)

Question No : 9

Many times we read about ‘NBFC’ in financial newspapers. What does letter ‘B’ denote in the same?

(1) Banking

(2) Business

(3) Board

(4) Bureau

(5) Beneficial

Question No : 10

Which of the following is not a liability of commercial banks?

(1) Time deposits

(2) Borrowings from Central Bank

(3) Security holdings

(4) Demand deposit

(5) None of these

Question No : 11

Micro credit or micro finance is a novel approach to banking with the poor.  In this approach, bank credit is extended to the poor through

(1) Self Help Groups

(2) Cooperative Credit Societies

(3) Anganwadi

(4) RBI

(5) None of these

Question No : 12

Which of the following is the name of a Scientific Instrument?

(1) Plasma

(2) Pascal

(3) Radiation

(4) Lactometer

(5) Adrenal Cortex

Question No : 13

Which of the following is the capital of South Sudan, which has become an independent country?

(1) Wau

(2) Sudd

(3) En Nahud

(4) Juba

(5) None of these

Question No : 14

Which State has the largest reserves of Lignite Coal?

(1) Gujarat

(2) Kerala

(3) Rajasthan

(4) Tamil Nadu

(5) None of these

Question No : 15

Which of the following nations is NOT a member of G-8?

(1) Canada

(2) Italy

(3) Oman

(4) Japan

(5) France

Question No : 16

Who amongst the following is the author of the book ‘Cricket My Style’?

(1) Kapil Dev

(2) Sachin Tendulkar

(3) Sunil Gavaskar

(4) Kapila Vatsyayan

(5) Chetan Chauhan

Question No : 17

Which of the following is a major Sugar producing state in India?

(1) Haryana

(2) Manipur

(3) Kerala

(4) Maharashtra

(5) Punjab

Question No : 18

Which of the following is the currency of USA?

(1) Taka

(2) Pound

(3) Dinar

(4) Dollar

(5) Euro

Question No : 19

Which of the following is one of the major functions of the RBI?

(1) Maintain India Investment Fund created by the Government of India

(2) Act as custodian of the foreign exchange reserves of the country

(3) Appoint (CEOs) of the foreign banks in India

(4) Appoint Finance Secretary to the Government of India

(5) Decide exchange rates of currencies like Yen, Yuan and Dollars

Question No : 20

Who among the following is a regulator of financial/banking institutes/organizations in India?

(1) Indian Bureau of Standards

(2) Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)

(3) Central Bureau of Investigation

(4) Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

(5) Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI)