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Banking & Financial Awareness Quiz – Set 99 – Miscellaneous

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Banking & Financial Awareness Questions

  1. The branches of selected banks authorized by the RBI to stock rupee notes and coins for the circulation in the economy is known as________ 
    A) Blue Chip
    B) Front Office
    C) Currency Chest
    D) Holding Company
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    Option C
    Explanation:
    Currency Chest is a bank branch authorised by RBI to hold the money for distribution of money to other bank branches. It acts as an extended arm of RBI for the circulation of currency in the economy.
  2. RBI has issued minimum standards for setting up of a new Currency Chests where the Chest Balance Limit should be atleast Rs __________
    A) Rs 10 billion
    B) Rs 20 billion
    C) Rs 5 billion
    D) Rs 12 billion
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    Option A
    Explanation:
    The Reserve Bank of India has decided to have the following minimum standards for setting up of a new Currency Chests with Chest Balance Limit of Rs 10 billion.
  3. Under the recommendation of which Committee RBI has issued minimum standards for setting up of a new Currency Chests?
    A) Bimal Jalan Committee
    B) Y. V. Reddy Committee
    C) D.K. Mohanty Committee
    D) D. Subbarao Committee
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    Option C
    Explanation: 
    This has been done on the recommendation of Shri D.K. Mohanty Committee. The committee had recommended the opening of large Currency Chests (CCs) with modern facilities and Chest Balance Limit (CBL) of at least ₹ 10 billion.
  4. As per the RBI’s minimum standards for setting up of a new Currency Chests, the minimum area of the strong room/ vault to store banknotes should be__________
    A) 1000 sq. ft.
    B) 1500 sq. ft.
    C) 2000 sq. ft.
    D) 1800 sq. ft.
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    Option B
    Explanation: 
    Minimum area of the strong room/ vault: 1500 sq. ft.
    For those situated in hilly/inaccessible places area of the strong room/ vault: at least 600 sq. ft.
  5. What should be the minimum processing capacity of the Currency Chests according to the latest notification of the RBI?
    A) 5,50,000 pieces banknotes/day
    B) 4,40,000 pieces banknotes/day
    C) 2,20,000 pieces banknotes/day
    D) 6,60,000 pieces banknotes/day
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    Option D
    Explanation:
    Processing capacity of 6,60,000 pieces of banknotes per day. For those situated in the hilly/ inaccessible places, capacity of 2,10,000 pieces of banknotes per day
  6. RBI has notified that the CBL of Currency Chest should be of at least Rs 10 billion. What does CBL stands for?
    A) Chest Balance Limit
    B) Chest Bank Limit
    C) Currency Balance Limit
    D) Currency Bank Limit
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    Option A
  7. In order to spread awareness about the benefits of listing on BSE Startups platform, BSE has inked pact with which bank?
    A) Syndicate Bank
    B) HDFC Bank
    C) ICICI Bank
    D) SBI
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    Option B
  8. India has topped all the countries in the world as highest remittance receiving nation in 2018 according to World Bank’s Migration and Development Report. The total remittance received by India in 2018 was___________
    A) USD 79 billion
    B) USD 67 billion
    C) USD 82 billion
    D) USD 63 billion
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    Option A
    Explanation:
    India has retained its spot as the world’s top remittance receiving nation with Indian diaspora sending back USD 79 billion to India in 2018. This is according to the World Bank’s Migration and Development Report.
  9. Emirates Islamic has become the first Islamic Bank to launch Banking Service via Whatsapp. The headquarter of the bank is located at_______
    A) Sharjah
    B) Abu Dhabi
    C) Dubai
    D) Al Ain
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    Option C
    Explanation: 
    Emirates Islamic a bank in Dubai, UAE has announced the launch of Chat Banking services for customers via WhatsApp. With this, it will become the world’s first Islamic Bank to launch Banking Service via Whatsapp. 
  10. What was the volume of priority sector lending certificates (PSLCs) in the financial year 2018-19?
    A) Rs 2.4 trillion
    B) Rs 1.9 trillion
    C) Rs 4.2 trillion
    D) Rs 3.3 trillion
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    Option D
    Explanation:
    The volume of priority sector lending certificates (PSLCs) increased to Rs 3.3 trillion in FY19. The volume of PSLC in FY18 was Rs 1.9 trillion and in FY17 was Rs 50,000 crore.

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