Types of Banks (Part - 1): Banking Awareness Quiz
Central Bank, Commercial Banks, Development Banks, Nationalized vs.
Public Sector Banks
1. RBI was
established (April 1, 1935) under which Act?
A) Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
B) Reserve Bank of India Act, 1926
C) Banking Regulation Act, 1949
2. Who was
the first Indian governor of RBI?
A) Osborne Smith
B) C.D.Desmukh
C) James Taylor
D) Bimal Jalan
3. In which
year RBI was nationalized?
A) 1955
B) 1949
C) 1947
D) 1980
4. Who
among the following is not incumbent (as of March 21, 2017) Deputy Governor of
RBI?
A) Shri N. S. Vishwanathan
B) R.Gandhi
C) S.S.Mundra
D) K.C.Chakraborty
5. RBI
recently proposed a new post in the rank of Deputy Governor (along with the 4
Deputy Governors). Which one is that post?
A) Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
B) Chief Operating Officer (COO)
C) Chief Finance Officer (CFO)
D) CEO and Managing Director (CMD)
6. Which
one of the following rates is not decided by RBI?
A) Repo rate
B) Base rate
C) Bank rate
D) Marginal Standing Facility (MSF)
rate
7. Which of
the following bank is generally not considered as Commercial bank?
A) Public Sector Bank
B) Private Sector Bank
C) Development Bank
D) Foreign Bank
8. Which of
the followings are Development Banks of India -
A) Industrial Finance Corporation of
India (IFCI)
B) State Finance Corporations (SFCs)
C) Small Industries Development Bank
of India (SIDBI)
D) All of the above
9. Which
banks are Public Sector Banks of India -
A) More than 50 % stake held by government
B) 50 % stake held by government
C) Less than 50 % stake held by
government
D) None of these
10. RBI
performs supervisory functions over banking sector, under which Act -
A) Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881
B) Banking Regulation Act, 1949
C) Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
D) Companies Act, 1956
11. Which
of the following banks is not nationalized in 1969?
A) Indian Overseas Bank
B) United Bank of India
C) Oriental Bank of Commerce
D) Dena Bank
12.
Initially SBI had 8 Associate banks. Currently SBI has 5 Associate
banks. Which of the followings is true -
A) State Bank of Jaipur and State
Bank of Bikaner merged
B) State Bank of Saurashtra merged
with SBI
C) State Bank of Indore merged with
SBI
D) All are true
13. Which
of the following is not considered as Nationalized Bank?
A) State Bank of India
B) Punjab National Bank
C) Dena Bank
D) Bank of Baroda
14. Name
the chairman and headquarter of Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) -
A) Arundhati Bhattacharya, Mumbai
B) Usha Ananthasubhramanian, Mumbai
C) Usha Ananthasubhramanian, New Delhi
D) Chanda Kochchar, New Delhi
15. Who is
the chairman of United Bank of India (UBI)?
A) P.Srinivas
B) Arun Tiwari
C) Arun Kaul
D) Kishore Kumar Sansi
16.
'Trusted Family Bank' - is the tagline of -
A) Dena Bank
B) Corporation Bank
C) Central Bank of India
D) Oriental Bank of Commerce
17.
Headquarter of Punjab National Bank -
A) Punjab
B) New Delhi
C) Mumbai
D) Kolkata
18. Who is
the chairman of Bandhan Bank?
A) Vikram Limaye
B) V.G.Mathew
C) Dr. Ashok Lahiri
D) Rana Kapoor
19. Where
is the headquarter of Federal Bank?
A) Kochi
B) Mumbai
C) New Delhi
D) Bengaluru
20. Which
private sector bank was earlier known as UTI Bank?
A) Axis Bank
B) ICICI Bank
C) HDFC Bank
D) Yes Bank
