Banking Awareness Quiz - 1-7 January 2015

1. ________ Bank became the second Indian bank after 'Yes Bank' & the first commercial               state-owned bank to issue green bonds worth $350 million. 

    (a) HDFC                                        (b) SBI

    (c) AXIS                                         (d) IDBI

    (e) None of the above

        

2. Green bonds are issued by:

   (a) World bank

   (b) Corporations

   (c) Government agencies & Municipalities

   (d) All of the above

   (e) None of the above

      

3. Lakshmi Vilas Bank has recently introduced its co-branded credit card in association with ______.

   (a) PNB Card

   (b) OBC Card

   (c) SBI Card

   (d) YES Card

   (e) None of the above

     

4. ________ Bank has recently opened an international banking unit at the International Financial Services Center in Ahmadabad.

    (a) ICICI                                       (b) Federal

    (c) YES                                         (d) AXIS

    (e) None of the above
     

5. ___________ became the new chairman of BIS(Bank of International Settlement).
    (a) Harun R. Khan                              (b) Urjit R. Patel
    (c) R. Gandhi                                      (d)Raghuram Rajan
    (e) S.S. Mundra
    

6. To help NRI customers in the gulf to carry out their remittances instantly & more                       conveniently, a leading UAE-based bank has announced partnership deal with ________.
    (a) Punjab National Bank                           (b) State Bank of India
    (c) Oriental Bank of Commerce                 (d) Punjab & Sind Bank
    (e) None of the above  
     

7. Headquartered of BIS is located at_______________.
    (a) Switzerland                             (b) America
    (c) Germany                                 (d) Paris
    (e) None of the above
     

8. The Asian Development Bank __________ recently announced a five-year, $16 billion                 partnership.
  (a) China                                                (b) Dubai
  (c) Japan                                                (d) Canada
  (e) None of the above
    

9. Axis Bank recently opened a representative office in  ____________.
    (a) Singapore                                 (b) Hong Kong
    (c) Dhaka                                       (e) Shanghai
    (e) None of the above
     

10. __________ Bank has signed a pact with the London Stock Exchange (LSE).
      (a) Canara                                     (b) Dena
      (c) Yes                                          (d) Andhra
      (e) None of the above
       

11. Subir Gokarn was recently appointed as an Executive Director on the board of _________.
      (a) World Bank                                           (b) BIS
      (c) WTO                                                     (d) IMF
      (e) None of the above
       

12. The Reserve Bank of India has recently imposed Rs 1-crore penalty on _____________.
      (a) IDBI                                                          (b) Bandhan Bank
      (c) Dhanlaxmi Bank                                       (d) Lakshmi Vilas Bank
      (e) None of the above
        

13. The newly launched ____________ Bank has been included in the second schedule list. 
      (a) Andhra                                          (b) HDFC
      (c) Yes                                                (d) Bandhan
      (e) None of the above
          

14. Royal Enfield, the two wheeler arm of Eicher Motors, plans to set up its third plant in  ________.
     (a) West Bengal                                                 (b) Gujarat
     (c) Tamil Nadu                                                  (d) UP
     (e) None of the above
         

15. In India, RBI started this scheme in ____________.
     (a) 1856                                        (b) 1890
     (c) 1745                                        (d) 1995
     (e) None of the above
         

        

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