BANK EXAMS GENERAL AWARENESS 1. On 25 th August 2017, Reserve Bank of India issued Rs.200 denomination bank note in... 1) Mahatma Gandhi (old) series 2) Indira Gandhi (New) Series 3) Abdul Kalam(New) Series 4) Jawahar Lal Nehru (New) Series 5) Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series 2. New Rs.200 denomination bears the signature of... 1) Viral Acharya 2) N.S. Viswanathan 3) B.P. Kanungo 4) Urjit R. Patel 5) R. Gandhi 3. Rs.200 bank note has Motif of... on the reverse, depicting the country's cultural heritage 1) Hampi Vijayanagara 2) Charminiar 3) Sanchi Stupa 4) Amaravathi Buddhist Stupa 5) Konark Temple 4. Base colour of the Rs.200 bank note is... 1) Magenta 2) Bright Yellow 3) Stone grey 4) Blue - Green 5) Fluorescent Blue 5. The obverse side (Front) features of Rs.200 bank note given. The wrong feature is... 1) See through register with denominational numeral 200 2) Latent image with denominational numeral 200 3) Denominational numeral 200 in Devnagari script 4) Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at the centre 5) All of above are the features appear on the Obverse side of Rs.200 bank note 6. The obverse side (Front) features of Rs.200 bank note given. The correct feature appearing is... 1) Guarantee Clause, Governor's signature with Promise Clause and RBI emblem towards right of Mahatma Gandhi portrait 2) Ashoka Pillar emblem on the right 3) Mahatma Gandhi portrait and electrotype (200) watermarks 4) Number panel with numerals growing from small to big on the top left side and bottom right side 5) All of above are the features appear on the Obverse side of Rs.200 bank note 7. Windowed security thread with colour shift feature is given in Rs.200 bank note.colour of the thread changes from green to... when the note is tilted R-16-9-17 1) Red 2) Grey 3) Blue 4) Black 5) Brown
8. RBI given few features on the obverse side (Front) of Rs.200 bank note for the benefit of visually impaired. Which among the following is not one among them? 1) Intaglio or raised printing of Mahatma Gandhi portrait, Ashoka Pillar emblem 2) Raised Identification mark H with micro text Rs.200 3) Small hole in the center of note 4) four angular bleed lines with two circles in between the lines both on the right and left sides 5) All of above are the features introduced for the benefit of the visually impaired 9. Dimension of the Rs.200 bank note is... 1) 66 mm 16 mm 2) 166 mm 146 mm 3) 66 mm 166 mm 4) 66 mm 146 mm 5) 6 mm 146 mm 10. The back side features of Rs.200 bank note given. The correct feature appearing is... 1) Year of printing of the note on the left 2) Swachh Bharat logo with slogan 3) Language panel 4) Denominational numeral 200 in Devnagari script 5) All of above 11. On 10 th August 2017, RBI announced to transfer... surplus to the government for the year ended June 30, 2017. 1) Rs.20,659 crore 2) Rs.40,659 crore 3) Rs.10,659 crore 4) Rs.70,659 crore 5) Rs.30,659 crore 12. An average cost of printing one new note of Rs.500 denomination is in the range of Rs.2.87 to Rs.3.09, and Rs.3.54 to Rs.3.77 for... as per the statement given by government of India on 10 th August 2017. 1) Rs.2,000 2) Rs.100 3) Rs.1000 4) Rs.20 5) Rs.200 13. 'I Do What I Do' book written by... 1) Ranga Rajan 2) Y.V. Reddy 3) Urjith Patel 4) Raghuram Rajan 5) S.S. Mundra 14. RBI on 4 th September 2017 inserted which bank in the list of too big to fail lenders, referred as D - SIB (Domestic Systemically Important Bank)? 1) Union bank of India 2) United bank of India 3) HDFC Bank 4) Yes Bank 5) Bank of Baroda 15. D- SIBs are subjected to higher levels of supervision so as to prevent disruption in financial services in the event of any failure. Which two banks were classified as D - SIBs in 2015? 1) SBI and YES bank 2) Bank of Baroda and SBI 3) SBI and Punjab National Bank 4) SBI and ICICI 5) Union Bank of India and Allahabad Bank
16. Additional Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) requirements applicable to D - SIBs will be applicable from April 1 st, 2016 in a phased manner and would become fully effective from... 1) 2019, April 1 st 2) 2018, April 1 st 3) 2020, April 1 st 4) 2025, April 1 st 5) 2017, April 1 st 17. HDFC Bank falls in bucket 1 and an additional CET- 1 requirement of... will be applicable for it from April 1 st, 2018. 1) 0.40% 2) 0.20% 3) 0.15% 4) 0.25% 5) 0.50% 18. Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT), an arm of the Reserve Bank of India, is developing a model platform for block chain technology. Where is the head office of IDRBT? 1) Mumbai 2) Kolkata 3) Pune 4) Hyderabad 5) Chennai 19. 13 th IDRBT Banking Technology Excellence Awards declared. Which among the following bank received the Award for Use of Technology for Financial Inclusion among Large Banks? 1) SBI 2) ICICI 3) Kotak Mahindra Bank 4) Union Bank of India 5) UCO bank 20. In the IDRBT Banking Technology Excellence Awards, Best Bank Award for Use of Technology for Fraud Prevention among Large Banks awarded to... 1) Canara Bank 2) Corporation Bank 3) ICICI 4) HDFC 5) Vijaya Bank 21. IDRBT was established in... 1) 1989 2) 2001 3) 2010 4) 1996 5) 2005 22. Punch line of IDRBT is... 1) Explore, Enable, Excel 2) With You all the way 3) Yoga Kshemam Wahamyaham 4) One Nation, One Tax, One Market 5) For all your needs 23. Who is the Director of IDRBT? 1) Ajay Tyagi 2) T.S. Vijayan 3) A.S. Ramasastri 4) Ujith Patel 5) Hemant Contractor 24. Which bank recently launched project Ananya - a two year transformation project aimed at improving services to customers? 1) SBI 2) IDBI 3) Syndicate Bank 4) UCO Bank 5) ICICI
25. Which state government launched the Elevate 100 scheme to identify and nurture the innovative startups in the state? 1) Uttar Pradesh 2) Madhya Pradesh 3) Karnataka 4) Maharashtra 5) Punjab 26. 17 th Meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) was held in New Delhi under the Chairmanship of the... 1) Arun Jaitley 2) Piyush Goel 3) Rajnath Singh 4) Nirmala Sitha Raman 5) Nitin Gadkari 27. Reserve Bank of India appointed committee on Household Finance, chaired by... suggested that banks link their home loan rates to the RBI's repo rate, 1) Rajiv Kumar 2) Dr.V. Kama koti 3) Tarun Ramadorai 4) Kasturi Rangan 5) M.B. Sha 28. Which among the following launched a new website 'PlanYourGoal.com' to help users plan their investments according to their future financial goals? 1) SBI Life 2) Kotak Mahindra Bank 3) ICICI Prudential 4) HDFC Small Cap Fund 5) Infrastructure Development Finance Company 29. On 2 nd August 2017, RBI announced it's... bimonthly policy review. 1) second 2) first 3) fourth 4) sixth 5) third 30. RBI reduced the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 25 basis points to... 1) 6.25% 2) 6.50% 3) 6.00% 4) 5.75% 5) 6.75% 31. The Reverse Repo rate declared by RBI on 2 nd August 2017 is... 1) 5.25% 2) 6.50% 3) 6.00% 4) 5.50% 5) 5.75% 32. Marginal standing facility rate and the Bank Rate adjusted to... by RBI 1) 5.50% 2) 6.50% 3) 6.25% 4) 4.50% 5) 5.75% 33. Which bank announced a software upgrade to create a single Point of Sale (PoS) machine which will accept payments through Unified Payments Interface (UPI), BharatQR, SMS Pay and the bank's mobile wallet, in addition to the traditional mode of swiping cards? 1) Andhra Bank 2) Indian Overseas Bank 3) HDFC Bank 4) Axis Bank 5) Yes Bank
34. Which bank launched mobile banking app 'Mera i Mobile' for rural customers allow them to access banking services as well as information on Agriculture services? 1) SBI 2) Canara Bank 3) ICICI 4) Axis Bank 5) Corporation bank 35. Which state government received a loan assistance of Rs.1,349.55 crore from NABARD for creation of rural infrastructure in the state under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF)? 1) Goa 2) Uttarakhand 3) Rajasthan 4) Punjab 5) Telengana 36. DBS Bank got approval from the RBI to operate a Wholly Owned Subsidiary (WOS) in India. Where is the head quarter of DBS bank? 1) USA 2) UK 3) Ireland 4) Singapor 5) Mauritius 37. RBI imposed a monetary penalty of Rs.3 crores on Union Bank of India for non - compliance with Know Your Customer (KYC) norms on 1 st August 2017. The UBI is headquartered at... 1) Delhi 2) Hyderabad 3) Mumbai 4) Pune 5) Chennai 38. S.Ganesh Kumar recently appointed as the Executive Director of... 1) SBI 2) SIDBI 3) ICICI 4) RBI 5) Allahabad Bank 39. Star Mahotsav, the mass contact programme conducted by... 1) Central Bank of India 2) Dena Bank 3) UCO Bank 4) Bank of India 5) Andhra Bank 40. Directors or authorised signatories of deregistered companies trying to siphon off money from the firms bank accounts can face imprisonment up to... 1) 4 years 2) 3 years 3) 7 years 4) 10 years 5) 2 years 41. Shriram Capital and... begins negotiations for an all - stock merger that could create a Rs.60,000 cr financial powerhouse. 1) Karur Vysya Bank Limited 2) Axis Bank 3) ICICI Bank 4) IDFC Bank 5) Corporation Bank ANSWERS 1-5; 2-4; 3-3; 4-2; 5-5; 6-5; 7-3; 8-3; 9-4; 10-5; 11-5; 12-1; 13-4; 14-3; 15-4; 16-1; 17-3; 18-4; 19-1; 20-4; 21-4; 22-1; 23-3; 24-3; 25-3; 26-1; 27-3; 28-3; 29-5; 30-3; 31-5; 32-3; 33-3; 34-3; 35-3; 36-4; 37-3; 38-4; 39-4; 40-4; 41-4. Writer: Veeraswamy A.