Banking Awareness - MCQs with answers - Part VII

Banking Awareness - MCQs with answers - Part VII


1. What are NEFT and RTGS about?

a) Cheque truncation process
b) Electronic fund transfer from bank to bank
c) Electronic payment products within a bank
d) Various deposit products

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ANSWER: b) Electronic fund transfer from bank to bank

NEFT operates on a deferred net settlement (DNS) basis and settles transactions in batches. In RTGS, transactions are processed continuously, all through the business hours.



2. With whom does the ownership of Public sector banks rest?

a) Wholly with Government of India

b) Jointly with Government of India and share-holders from the public

c) Jointly with Government of India and State Bank of India

d) Jointly with Government of India and Reserve Bank of India

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ANSWER: b) Jointly with Government of India and share-holders from the public

Public Sector Banks are banks where a majority stake is held by a government.



3. Which of the following is not the part of organized sector of India Money Market?

a) Chit Funds
b) Mutual Funds
c) Non-Banking Financial Companies
d) Reserve Bank of India

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ANSWER: a) Chit Funds

Mutual Funds, Non-Banking Financial Companies, Unit Trust of India, Reserve Bank of India are the parts of organized sector of India Money Market.



4. What does RBI regulate through Open Market Operation Transactions?

a) Flow of Foreign Direct Investment
b) Borrowing powers of the banks
c) Inflation
d) Liquidity in economy

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ANSWER: d) Liquidity in economy

Outright purchase and Repurchase agreement are the two traditional type of OMO's used by RBI.



5. What is the full form of EFT?

a) Electronic Funds Transfer
b) Efficient Funds Transfer
c) Effective Funds Transfer
d) Electronic Foreign Transfer

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ANSWER: a) Electronic Funds Transfer

Electronic Funds Transfer is the transfer of money from one account to another through computer-based systems.



6. What happens if a cheque is post dated?

a) Bank on whom it is drawn will not honour the cheque before the date of the cheque

b) Bank on whom it is drawn has to honour the cheque before the date of the cheque

c) Bank on whom it is drawn has to refer to RBI to honour the cheque before the date of the cheque

d) Bank on whom it is drawn has to refer to court to honour the cheque before the date of the cheque

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ANSWER: a) Bank on whom it is drawn will not honour the cheque before the date of the cheque

Post-dated cheque is a cheque written by the drawer for a date in the future



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

a) CRR
b) SLR
c) Bank Rate
d) Exchange Control

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ANSWER: c) Bank Rate

RBI has been playing its role of supervision, control and development of the monetary and banking system in the country through Public Debt Management, Banker to Government, Bankers' Bank.



8. When an account should be treated as “out of order”?

a) If the outstanding balance is less than the sanctioned limit/drawing power and no credits continuously for 90 days

b) If the outstanding balance is less than the sanctioned limit/drawing power and no credits continuously for 60 days

c) If the outstanding balance is less than the sanctioned limit/drawing power and no credits continuously for 30 days

d) If the outstanding balance is less than the sanctioned limit/drawing power and no credits continuously for one year

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ANSWER: a) If the outstanding balance is less than the sanctioned limit/drawing power and no credits continuously for 90 days

If the outstanding balance remains continuously in excess of the sanctioned limit/drawing power and in cases where the outstanding balance is less than the sanctioned limit/drawing power, but there are no credits continuously for 90 days or the credits are not enough to cover the interest during the same period, then the account should be treated as “out of order”.



9. When was the first Land Mortgage Bank established?

a) 1920
b) 1925
c) 1931
d) 1935

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ANSWER: a) 1920

The Land Development Banks grant medium term loan for Land Development against the mortgage of lands. In some states these banks are known as Land Mortgage Banks. Land Mortgage Bank provides long term credit against the security of mortgage of land for a period of 5 to 20 years. The main objective of Land Development Bank is providing investment credit for agriculture.


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