Banking Awareness Questions for IBPS RRBs Exam 2017

Just a few months are left for IBPS RRBs Mains It is time to pace up your preparation of Banking Awareness for IBPS RRBs PO and Clerk Mains. These Banking questions will also help you in preparing for other upcoming banking recruitment examination.

Q1. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted “in-principle” approval to the ________ applicants to set up small finance banks under the “Guidelines for Licensing of Small Finance Banks?
(a) 11
(b) 12
(c) 13
(d) 10
(e) 15

Q2. The minimum paid-up equity capital for small finance banks shall be———-
(a) Rs. 100 crore
(b) Rs. 200 crore
(c) Rs. 300 crore
(d) Rs. 400 crore
(e) Rs. 500 crore

Q3. Reserve Bank of India has granted in-principle licence for small finance banks. The in-principle approval granted by RBI will be valid for a period of ________ months.
(a) 24 months
(b) 10 months
(c) 18 months
(d) 50 months
(e) 12 months

Q4. Where is the headquarter of AU Small Finance Bank?
(a) Jalandhar, Punjab
(b) Ahmedabad, Gujarat
(c) Guwahati, Assam
(d) Bengaluru, Karnataka
(e) Jaipur, Rajasthan

Q5. RBI was granted a licence to small Finance Banks for commencement of banking business under Section ______ of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
(a) Section 38(3)
(b) Section 22(1)
(c) Section 47(4)
(d) Section 12(2)
(e) Section 27(5)

Q6. Softbank has made its biggest investment in an Indian digital enterprise by sealing a funding round of Rs 9,000 crore ($1.4 billion) in mobile payments provider Paytm. Softbank is based in-
(a) Austria
(b) Japan
(c) Hong Kong
(d) China
(e) Russia

Q7. Which among the following banks has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India for selling life insurance products of LIC?
(a) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(b) Axis Bank
(c) ICICI Bank
(d) State Bank of India
(e) Karnataka Bank

Q8. HDFC Life has announced the launch of an artificial intelligence-based application ‘SPOK’ that can automatically read, understand, categorise, prioritise and respond to customer emails sent to the private insurer. Where is the corporate office of HDFC life?
(a) Nainital
(b) Jaipur
(c) Mumbai
(d) New Delhi
(e) Ahmedabad

Q9. Which bank has launched a new trading platform called “Selfie” for customers in association with Geojit?
(a) Federal Bank
(b) IDFC Bank
(c) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(d) HDFC Bank
(e) ICICI Bank

Q10. _____________ and IFFCO rolled out their first set of co-branded debit cards for farmers as part of a novel initiative to push digitalisation and cashless economy.
(a) SIDBI
(b) SBI
(c) PNB
(d) BOB
(e) NABARD

Q11. NPA is a loan or an advance where interest and/or installment of principal remain overdue for a period of more than ______ days in respect of a term loan.
(a) 100 days
(b) 30 days
(c) 90 days
(d) 60 days
(e) 120 days

Q12. NPA is a loan or an advance where?
(a) the instalment of principal or interest there on remains overdue for one crop season for long duration crops.
(b) the account remains ‘out of order’ in respect of an Overdraft/Cash Credit (OD/CC).
(c) the instalment of principal or interest there on remains overdue for two crop seasons for short duration crops.
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the above

Q13. The purpose of MUDRA is to provide funding to the non-corporate small business sector through various Last Mile Financial Institutions like-
(a) Banks
(b) NBFCs
(c) MFIs
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the above

Q14. MUDRA Bank, a Non Banking Finance Company as MUDRA Ltd has been set up as a subsidiary of…………?
(a) SIDBI
(b) IDBI
(c) RBI
(d) NABARD
(e) SBI

Q15. In which among the following year Asia’s first Export Processing Zone (EPZ) was set up?
(a) 1959
(b) 1971
(c) 1965
(d) 1956
(e) 1975

Banking Awareness Questions for IBPS RRBs Exam 2017 (Solutions)