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IBPS PO Prelims 2019 – Study Planner Day 2 – Banking Awareness

  • Section : Banking Awareness
  • Topic : Banking Awareness
  • Time: 20 Minutes
  • Questions : 30 Questions
  • Level : Easy – Moderate

Q.1) In which year, State Bank of India was given control of 8 state associated banks under the State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act, 1959?

a) 1965

b) 1975

c) 1960

d) 1968

e) 1962

Q.2) Under Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1980, how many banks were nationalized?

a) 5

b) 7

c) 6

d) 10

e) 14

Q.3) The liberalization of Indian Banking and Regulation was done based on recommendation of which of the following committee?

a) R Gandhi Committee

b) Narasimham Committee

c) Basel Committee

d) Khusro Committee

e) Yashwant Sinha Committee

Q.4) In which year, five Regional Rural banks were established with the main objective to extend banking facilities to the un-banked rural areas along with commercial banks and cooperative banks?

a) 1972

b) 1994

c) 1964

d) 1975

e) 1986

Q.5) Which among the following statement is True?

a) State Bank of India originated as the Bank of Calcutta in June 1806.

b) “Bank of Calcutta” was renamed as “Bank of Bengal”

c) First bank in India was the Bank of Calcutta

d) All the above

e) Both a and b

Q.6) Which of the following bank was the oldest Joint Stock Bank of India?

a) ICICI Bank

b) Central Bank of India

c) Allahabad Bank

d) Punjab National Bank

e) Andhra Bank

Q.7) Which was the first bank to provide Mobile ATM in India?

a) ICICI Bank

b) Central Bank of India

c) Allahabad Bank

d) Punjab National Bank

e) Andhra Bank

Q.8) When was the first nationalization of banks were conducted?

a) 19 August, 1963

b) 19 October, 1968

c) 19 July, 1969

d) 19 March, 1964

e) 19 April, 1967

Q.9) First RRB named Prathama Grameen Bank was started by _______.

a) State Bank of India

b) Syndicate Bank

c) Canara Bank

d) Bank of India

e) None of these

Q.10) Largest Foreign Bank in India is _______.

a) DBS Bank

b) Bank of China

c) Standard Chartered Bank

d) HSBC Bank

e) Royal Bank of Scotland

Q.11) First Bank established in India was _______.

a) Bank of India

b) Bank of Hindustan

c) General Bank of India

d) Bank of Calcutta

e) Oudh Commercial Bank

Q.12) India’s First Financial Archive has been set up at ______.

a) Hyderabad

b) Bangalore

c) Mumbai

d) New Delhi

e) Kolkata

Q.13) First Bank to introduce Credit Card in India was ______.

a) ICICI Bank

b) Central Bank of India

c) Allahabad Bank

d) Punjab National Bank

e) Andhra Bank

Q.14) In which name State Bank of India has called before it was created through SBI Act?

a) Bank of Hindustan

b) Bank of Madras

c) Imperial Bank of India

d) Imperial Bank of Calcutta

e) None of these

Q.15) Which of the following banks was merged to form the ” Imperial Bank of India” in 1921?

a) Bank of Bombay, Bank of Madras, Bank of Bengal

b) Bank of Madras, Bank of Hindustan, Bank of Bombay

c) Bank of Calcutta, Oudh Commercial Bank, Bank of Bengal

d) General Bank of India, Bank of Madras, Bank of Calcutta

e) Oudh Commercial Bank, Bank of Bengal, General Bank of India

Q.16) Which of the following bank has the maximum number of overseas branches with a total of 52 branches?

a) State Bank of India

b) Central Bank of India

c) Bank of Baroda

d) Punjab National Bank

e) Andhra Bank

Q.17) Bank of Hindustan was established in _______.

a) 1700

b) 1770

c) 1780

d) 1790

e) 1797

Q.18) India’s first “Talking” Automated Teller Machine (ATM) launched by which bank?

a) Central Bank of India

b) United Bank of India

c) Allahabad Bank

d) Union Bank of India

e) Andhra Bank

Q.19) Which was the first bank to introduce savings account in India?

a) Bank of Hindustan

b) General Bank of India

c) Presidency Bank

d) Bengal Bank

e) None of these

Q.20) First Bank to introduce Mutual Fund was ______.

a) Punjab National Bank

b) Central Bank of India

c) State Bank of India

d) United Bank of India

e) Andhra Bank

Q.21) First Bank to introduce Cheque System in India is ______.

a) Allahabad Bank

b) Bengal Bank

c) Canara Bank

d) State Bank of India

e) None of these

Q.22) Which was the first Indian bank got ISO 9002 Certificate?

a) State Bank of India

b) Syndicate Bank

c) Canara Bank

d) Bank of India

e) None of these

Q.23) Frist Indian Bank to open branch outside India (London in 1946) was________.

a) Syndicate Bank

b) Allahabad Bank

c) Central Bank of India

d) Bank of India

e) None of these

Q.24) Which is the first commercial bank which was managed by Indians?

a) State Bank of India

b) Syndicate Bank

c) Canara Bank

d) Bank of India

e) Central Bank of India

Q.25) Which of the following bank was established in 1786?

a) General Bank of India

b) Bank of India

c) Bank of Bengal

d) Canara Bank

e) Bank of Baroda

Q.26) Under which of the following act controls Banking Activities in India?

a) Regional Rural Banks Act, 1976

b) State Bank of India Act, 1955

c) Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

d) RBI Act, 1934

e) Banking Regulation Act, 1949

Q.27) First Bank to introduce Internet Banking was ______.

a) Punjab National Bank

b) Central Bank of India

c) Allahabad Bank

d) ICICI Bank

e) Andhra Bank

Q.28) Which of the following banks was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1919?

a) Bank of Maharashtra

b) Bank of Baroda

c) State Bank of Saurashtra

d) Union Bank of India

e) None of these

Q.29) Second Time Nationalization of more than 5 banks were conducted in which year?

a) 1975

b) 1980

c) 1985

d) 1979

e) 1987

Q.30) Name the bank that was founded by Freedom Fighter Dr.Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya.

a) Punjab National Bank

b) Central Bank of India

c) Allahabad Bank

d) Union Bank of India

e) Andhra Bank


Answers for the IBPS PO Prelims Exam 2019 – TARGET STUDY PLANNER – Banking Awareness – Day 2 can be checked below.


1 c)

2 c)

3 b)

4 d)

5 e)

6 c)

7 a)

8 c)

9 b)

10 c)

11 b)

12 e)

13 b)

14 c)

15 a)

16 a)

17 b)

18 d)

19 c)

20 c)

21 b)

22 c)

23 d)

24 e)

25 a)

26 e)

27 d)

28 d)

29 b)

30 e)


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