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Banking and financial Awareness Previous Year Questions

Q 21. The abbreviation EMV stands for

(a) European Marginal Vat
(b) Expected Monetary Value
(c) Essential Monthly Voucher
(d) Europay, MasterCard and Visa
(e) None of these
Ans: (d)

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Q 22. Which of the following types of mutual funds is not marked with BROWN color ?

(a) Diversified funds
(b) Income funds
(c) Sectoral funds
(d) Index funds
(e) Large-cap funds
Ans: (b)

Q 23. As per recent reports many countries are planning to introduce “Tobin Tax”, the idea of which was given by a Nobel Prize winner economist James Tobin in 1978, Tobin Tax, if implemented will be levied on which of the following?

(a) On the interest income of corporates earned through major investments
(b) All cash transactions
(c) Services availed specifically by an elite group of people
(d) Foreign Exchange Transactions
(e) None of these
Ans: (d)

Q 24. As per the findings of the World Bank, which of the following recent development in rural areas, has doubled the income of rural households, raised literacy rate by 10 % and appreciated land prices by upto 80 % ?

(a) Relief packages to the farmers
(b) Construction of all weather roads
(c) Recharging of water bodies
(d) Rainwater harvesting
(e) None of these
Ans: (b)

Q 25. What does SAPTA stand for:

(a) South Asian Preferential Trade Agreement
(b) South Asian Post Trade Agreement
(c) SAARC Preferential Trade Agreement
(d) SAARC Post Trade Agreement
(e) None of these
Ans: (a)

Q 26. The present Foreign Trade policy of India will continue till-

(a) December 2012
(b) March 2013
(c) March 2014
(d) June 2013
(e) December 2014
Ans: (b)

Q 27. Which of the following is a receipt listed in India and traded in rupees declaring ownership of shares of a foreign company?

(a) Indian Depository Receipt
(b) European Depository Receipt
(c) Global Depository Receipt
(d) American Depository Receipt
(e) Luxemburg Depository Receipt
Ans: (a)

Q 28. Exporters and importers in India are required to know ‘FEMA’ rules. What does the letter ‘M’ denote in the term ‘FEMA’?

(a) Money
(b) Material
(c) Mega
(d) Management
(e) Micro
Ans: (d)

Q 29. Which of the following is a receipt listed in India and traded in rupees declaring ownership of shares of a foreign company?

(a) Indian Depository Receipt
(b) European Depository Receipt
(c) Global Depository Receipt
(d) American Depository Receipt
(e) Luxemburg Depository Receipt
Ans: (a)

Q 30. Which among the following Companies in India has a tieup with the Japanese Financial Nomura for insurance market?

(a) ICICI Bank
(b) UCO Bank
(c) Kotak Finance
(d) Life Insurance Corporation of India
(e) None of the above
Ans: (d)

Q 31. RuPay is an Indian domestic card scheme conceived and launched by

(a) National Payments Corporation of India
(b) Industrial Finance Corporation of India
(c) National Minorities Development & Finance Corporation
(d) National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation
(e) None of these
Ans: (a)

Q 32. Which of the following is not insured by the DICGC ?

(a) All Indian commercial Banks
(b) Foreign Banks branches functioning in India
(c) Local Area Banks
(d) Cooperative Banks
(e) Primary cooperative societies
Ans: (e)

Q 33. Which of the following was/ were not the subsidiary company of the General Insurance Corporation of India?

(a) National Insurance Company Limited
(b) Life Insurance Corporation
(c) New India Assurance Company Limited
(d) Orienta1 Insurance Company Limited
(e) United India Insurance Company Limited
Ans: (b)

Q 34. Bulls and Bears are terms used in

(a) Bullion markets
(b) Vegetable markets
(c) Stock Exchange
(d) Commodity Markets
(e) None of these
Ans: (c)

Q 35. The Finance Minister of India recently decided to review the position of ‘Bad Debts’ in priority sector. Which of the following is/are the reason owing to which FM took this decision?

(a) Bad Debt in agriculture is still rising substantially every year despite special treatment to it.
(b) Bad Debt in other areas of priority sector is almost nil now. (c) Govt is planning to disburse another instalment of ‘1,60,000 crore, which will bring ‘Bad Debts’ almost at ‘Nil level’ and no special treatment will be needed in next fiscal year.

(a) Only (a)
(b) Only (b)
(c) Only (c)
(d) Both

(a) and (b)
(e) All (a),
(b) and (c)
Ans: (a)

Q 36. As per estimates of the Planning Commission of India, the target growth rate of 12th Five Year Plan is set at

(a) 7 to 8%
(b) 8.0% to 8.5%
(c) 9% to 9.5%
(d) 10% to 10.5%
(e) 11%
Ans: (c)

Q 37. When the rate of inflation increases

(a) purchasing power of money increases
(b) purchasing power of money decreases
(c) value of money increases
(d) purchasing power of money remains unaffected
(e) amount of money in circulation decreases
Ans: (b)

Q 38. When there is a difference between all receipts and expenditure of the Govt. of India, both capital and revenue, it is called __________ .

(a) Revenue Deficit
(b) Budgetary Deficit
(c) Zero Budgeting
(d) Trade Gap
(e) Balance of payment problem
Ans: (a)

Q 39. The committee on review of National Small Saving Fund was headed by __________ .

(a) Dr. C. Rangarajan
(b) Mr. U. K. Sinha
(c) Dr. Y. V. Reddy
(d) Mrs.Shyamala Gopinath
(e) Dr. Usha Thorat
Ans: (d)

Q 40. Increased interest rates, as is existing in the economy at present will __________.

(a) Lead to higher GDP growth
(b) Lead to lower GDP growth
(c) Mean higher cost of raw materials
(d) Mean lower cost of raw materials
(e) Mean higher wage bill
Ans: (a)

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