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Banking Awareness for IBPS Exam 2017
Just a few days are left for IBPS Clerk Mains. It is time to pace up your preparation of Banking Awareness for IBPS SO and Clerk Mains. These questions related to Banking Awareness will also help you in preparing for other upcoming banking recruitment examination.
Q1. In which of the following types of banking, there is a direct execution of transaction between a bank and its consumers?
(a) Retail Banking
(b) Universal Banking
(c) Virtual Banking
(d) Unit Banking
(e) None of the given options is true
Q2. Maximum loan amount to individuals against physical security shares can be _____
(a) 20 lakh
(b) 15 lakh
(c) 25 lakh
(d) 50 lakh
(e) 10 lakh
Q3. The process by which the central bank of a country controls the supply of money in the economy by exercising its control over interest rates in order to maintain price stability and achieve high economic growth is known as:
(a) Economic Policy
(b) Monetary Policy
(c) Fiscal Policy
(d) Credit Policy
(e) Budgetary Policy
Q4. Loans granted by a bank to an exporter popularly known as ‘Export credit’ is guaranteed, in case of default,by which of the following
(a) EXIM Bank
(b) Ministry of International Trade, GOA
(c) ECGC
(d) DICGC
(e) None of the given options is true
Q5. Who amongst the following is the regulator in the financial system of the country?
(a) OIC
(b) SEBI
(c) CRISIL
(d) TRAN
(e) CERC
Q6. Which Bank has launched instant credit cards enabling its savings account customers to get a credit card instantly, in a completely digital and paperless manner recently?
(a) State Bank of India
(b) ICICI Bank
(c) Axis Bank
(d) Bank of Baroda
(e) HDFC Bank
Q7. Private sector lender IDFC Bank has partnered with digital payments company Zeta, to launch ‘IDFC Bank Benefits’. It is a payment solution for corporates that digitizes employee spends and claims, making the process simple, real-time and paperless. Where is the head office of IDFC Bank?
(a) Chennai
(b) New Delhi
(c) Jaipur
(d) Kolkata
(e) Mumbai
Q8. Syndicate Bank has pared its marginal cost of funds based lending rate (MCLR) by 5-10 basis points in certain maturity buckets recently. Where is the headquarter of Syndicate Bank?
(a) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
(b) Jaipur, Rajasthan
(c) Kolkata, west Bengal
(d) Manipal, Karnataka
(e) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Q9. India signed a loan agreement with Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) for financing of USD 329 million for Gujarat Rural Roads Project. AIIB based in-?
(a) Japan
(b) China
(c) Germany
(d) France
(e) USA
Q10. Private sector lender Axis Bank reduced interest rate on savings bank accounts by 50 basis points to 3.5 per cent for deposits up to-
(a) Rs 1 lakh
(b) Rs 80 lakh
(c) Rs 20 lakh
(d) Rs 50 lakh