Banking Awareness Quiz  for SBI PO Mains – 98

1) Benchmark Prime Lending Rate was introduced in which year?

a) 2000

b) 2001

c) 2002

d) 2003

e) 2004

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d) 2003

2) Which of the following is not the subsidiary of RBI?

a) BRBNMPL

b) NHB

c) DICGC

d) All the above

e) None of these

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d) All the above

3) Banking Codes and Standards Board of India (BCSBI) headquartered in –

a) Jaipur

b) Chennai

c) Kolkata

d) Mumbai

e) New Delhi

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d) Mumbai

4) Expand the term SWIFT-

a) Security of Worldwide Interbank Financial Transactions

b) Society for Worldwide Intrabank Financial Transactions

c) Security of Worldwide Intrabank Financial Transactions

d) Society for Worldwide Interbank Fiscal Treaties

 

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a) Security of Worldwide Interbank Financial Transactions

5) How many offices are there of Banking Ombudsman throughout India?

a) 10

b) 12

c) 15

d) 17

e) 27

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d) 17

6) What is the method called, used by the Banks to read code on cheques?

a) OCR

b) OMR

c) MICR

d) LCR

e) None of these

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a) OCR

7) Basel III capital regulations are being implemented in India with effect from—-?

a) 1 April , 2013

b) 1 April , 2019

c) 31 March, 2013

d) 31 March, 2019

e) None of the above

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a) 1 April , 2013

8) In which section of the RBI Act 1934, CRR is defined?

a) Section 40

b) Section 41

c) Section 42

d) Section 43

e) Section 44

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c) Section 42

9) Hybrid capital instruments (debt / equity) form part of ______ capital.

a) Tier II     

b) Tier I

c) Paid up            

d) Preference share

e) Equity share

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b) Tier I

10) 10  Minimum period of a Certificate of Deposit is :

a) 15 days     

b) 30 days     

c) 10 days     

d) 7 days

e) 31 days

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d) 7 days