Banking Awareness Questions for NABARD Prelims Exam 2017

Just a few days are left for NABARD Prelims Exam It is time to pace up your preparation of Banking Awareness for NABARD and IBPS Exam, These Banking questions will also help you in preparing for other upcoming banking recruitment examination.

Q1. The origin of the State Bank of India goes back to the first decade of the nineteenth century with the establishment of the Bank of Calcutta in Calcutta on-

(a) 05th October 1956

(b) 05th July 1859

(c) 07th August 1884

(d) 02nd April 1921

(e) 02nd June 1806

Q2. The Bank of Bombay (15 April 1840) and the Bank of Madras (1 July 1843) followed the Bank of Bengal. These three banks remained at the apex of modern banking in India till their amalgamation as the Imperial Bank of India on 27 January-

(a) 1961

(b) 1956

(c) 1949

(d) 1921

(e) 1934

Q3. With the merger in April 2017, State Bank of India has entered the league of ‘Top 50 Global Banks’ with a balance sheet size of-

(a) Rs. 54 trillion

(b) Rs. 32 trillion

(c) Rs. 41 trillion

(d) Rs. 67 trillion

(e) Rs. 52 trillion

Q4. SBI was earlier placed at 54th rank globally but after the merging, it moved to _______ position making it in the top 50 leading banks globally.

(a) 42nd

(b) 44th

(c) 47th

(d) 51st

(e) 40th

Q5. What is the tagline of State Bank of India (SBI) after the merger?

(a) Banker to every Indian

(b) The Name you can Bank Upon

(c) A Faithful & Friendly Financial Partner

(d) Experience Next Generation Banking

(e) A Tradition of Trust

Q6. Where is the headquarter of SBI?

(a) Mumbai

(b) Chennai

(c) Kolkata

(d) New Delhi

(e) Pune

Q7. After the merger of Associates of SBI, the total customer base of the bank reaches _____ crore. 

(a) 41 crore

(b) 37 crore

(c) 34 crore

(d) 47 crore

(e) 53 crore

Q8. Name the person, who is present Chairman of State Bank of India (SBI)?

(a) B Sriram 

(b) Rajnish Kumar 

(c) Arundhati Bhattacharya

(d) Dinesh Kumar Khara 

(e) PK Gupta 

Q9. After the merger of Associates of SBI, nearly _________ ATMs across the country.

(a) 63,000 ATMs

(b) 47,000 ATMs

(c) 51,000 ATMs

(d) 59,000 ATMs

(e) 42,000 ATMs

Q10. Which among the following Bank is not merged with State Bank of India (SBI) in April 2017?

(a) State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur (SBBJ)

(b) State Bank of Mysore (SBM)

(c) State Bank of Travancore (SBT)

(d) State Bank of Patiala (SBP)

(e) State Bank of Indore (SBI)

Banking Awareness Questions for NABARD Prelims Exam 2017 (Solutions)

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