SBI & IBPS : Banking Awareness Questions

1. Which of the following is not a primary function of a Bank?  
  • (A) Granting Loans 
  • (B) Collecting Cheques/Drafts customers 
  • (C) Facilitating import of goods 
  • (D) Issuing Bank Drafts 
  • (E) Selling Gold/Silver Coins 
Ans: (C) 

2. Assume that Reserve Bank of India reduces the Bank Rate by 1%, what will be its impact?  
  • (A) Less liquidity in the market 
  • (B) More liquidity in the market 
  • (C) No change in the liquidity in the market 
  • (D) Mobilization of more deposits by commercial-banks 
  • (E) None of these 
Ans: (B) 


3. Many times we read the term ‘ECB’ in newspapers. What is the full form of ‘ECB’ ?  
  • (A) Essential Commercial Banking 
  • (B) European Credit Borrowing 
  • (C) External Credit For Business 
  • (D) External Commercial Borrowing 
  • (E) None of these 
Ans: (D) 

4. Monetary Policy as an arm of the economic policy is administered by–  
  • (A) Government of India 
  • (B) Reserve Bank of India 
  • (C) State Bank of India 
  • (D) Governments of the respective states 
  • (E) None of these 
Ans: (B) 

5. The Banking Ombudsman–  
  • (A) is in charge of bank loans for buses 
  • (B) fixes the rates of interest for loans 
  • (C) resolves complaints of customers 
  • (D) issues licences for new bank branches 
  • (E) is the head of all nationalised banks 
Ans: (C) 

6. Reserves which can act as a liquidity buffer for commercial banks during crisis times are–  
  • (A) CAR 
  • (B) CRR 
  • (C) CAR and CRR 
  • (D) CRR and SLR 
  • (E) SLR 
Ans: (E) 

7. For repayment of loan availed from Banks NBFC we come across a term known as EMI what does it stand for?  
  • (A) Equated Money Index 
  • (B) Easy Money Installment 
  • (C) Equated Monthly Installment 
  • (D) Equal Monthly Installment 
  • (E) Equal Minimum Installment 
Ans: (C) 

8. Many a times we read in the news paper about CASA deposits of banks. CASA deposits are.  
  • (A) Demand deposits 
  • (B) Term deposits 
  • (C) Hybrid deposits 
  • (D) Recurring deposits 
  • (E) Special schemes of banks 
Ans: (A) 

9. While investing in mutual funds we come across a term called NAV. What is the meaning of NAV?  
  • (A) Net Annual Value 
  • (B) Non Asset Value 
  • (C) Net Actual Value 
  • (D) Net Asset Value 
  • (E) Net Average Value 
Ans: (D) 

10. Which of the following is NOT classified as a commercial bank?  
  • (A) Public sector bank 
  • (B) Foreign bank 
  • (C) Private sector bank 
  • (D) Regional rural bank 
  • (E) Urban cooperative bank 
Ans: (E) 

11. Whose signature is found on a 50 rupee currency note in India?
  • (A) President of India 
  • (B) Governor, RBI 
  • (C) Finance Minister 
  • (D) Prime Minister of India 
  • (E) Secretary, Ministry of Finance 
Ans: (B) 

12. Which of the following institutions is involved mainly in granting Housing Loans?  
  • (A) RBI 
  • (B) SBI 
  • (C) IBA 
  • (D) ICICI 
  • (E) HDFC 
Ans: (E) 

13. Which of the following terms is not related to banking?  
  • (A) Repayment 
  • (B) Loan 
  • (C) NPA 
  • (D) Fasting 
  • (E) Deposit 
Ans: (D)

14. Almost all banks in our country have introduced facility for granting crop loans to farmers. 
  • (A) Term Loans 
  • (B) Kisan Credit Cards 
  • (C) Bank Guarantee 
  • (D) Foreign Exchange 
  • (E) Reverse Mortgage 
Ans: (B) 

15. Which of the following is not the name of a Banking Organisation?  
  • (A) HDFC 
  • (B) IDBI 
  • (C) YES 
  • (D) SEBI 
  • (E) ICICI 
Ans: (D)