Bank Probationary Officers General Awareness

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Bank Probationary Officers General Awareness
1. A preliminary statement initially filed with SEBI without mentioning the price band and issue size is known asa) Red Herring Prospectus; b) Prospectus; c) Statement in lieu of prospectus; d) Initial Report
Ans a
2. Udayan Mukherji is a popular person in which of the following Television Channelsa) CNBC TV 18; b) NDTV Profits; c) Udaya TV; d) Gyan TV
Ans a
3. A plan for investment of a defined sum every month in a mutual fund is known asa) Recurring deposit; b) Cumulative investment plan; c) Systematic Investment Plan;d) Maturity Investment plans
Ans c
4. A negotiable instrument which is blank except the maker’s signature is known as a) Ambiguous instrument; b) Blank instrument; c) Inchoate Instrument; d) Not transferable instrument
Ans c
5. Which of the following is a new generation private sector bank?a) ICICI Bank; b) Karnataka Bank Ltd; c) Federal Bank Ltd; d) State Bank of India
Ans a
6. Which of the following is not a nationalized bank in India?a) Canara Bank; b) Dena Bank; c) Bank of Maharashtra; d) Karur Vysya Bank
Ans d
7. Which of the following markets deals in short term instruments?a) Money Market; b) Capital Market; c) Derivatives Market; d) Commodity Markets
Ans a
8. The Acronym ELSS refer toa) Earnings linked to Stocks and Securities; b) Equity Linked Savings Scheme: c) Earnings limited to Savings Schemes; d) Earning lots from Savings Schemes
Ans b
9. The name of the chairman of the Planning Commission isa) Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia; b) Dr Manmohan Singh; c) Kiran Majumdar; d) Ahutosh Gowririkar
Ans b
10. The first Indian Company to issue GDRs isa) Infosys; b) Reliance; c) TCS; d) Satyam
Ans b
11. The regulator for the insurance industry in India isa) Federation of Insurance Institutes; b) IRDA; c) RBI; d) SEBI
Ans b
12. The Regulator for the capital markets in India isa) SEBI; b) RBI; c) Finance Minister of India; d) Council of Central
Ans a
13. The process of ensuring the defects to be less than 3.4 per million, using statistical tools and techniques and cultural change is known asa) Six Sigma; b) ISO 9000; c) TQM; d) Financial Engineering
Ans a
14. The chief economist of ADB isa) Dr Manmohan Singh; b) Prof Amartya Sen; c) Ifzal Ali; d) Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Ans c
15. Disputes between developing and developed countries foundered in the WTO talks ever since Nov 2001 is referred to asa) Uruguay Round; b) Doha Round; c) HA NOI round; d) Seattle Round
Ans b
16. The period of the 11th Five Year Plan isa) 2005-2010; b) 2006-2011; c) 2007-2012; d) 2008-2013
Ans c
17. Which of these WTO rounds is referred to as WTO Millenium rounda) Uruguay Round; b) Doha Round; c) HA NOI round; d) Seattle Round
Ans d
18. Sub-Prime Crisis originated ina) USA; b) China; c) India; d) Hongkong
Ans a
19. Sub-Prime Crisis is also known as a) Banks lending below PLR; b) Mortgage Crisis; c) Banks lending to VIP customers turning defaulters
Ans b
20. The Managing Director of IMF isa) Gordon Brown; b) Dominique Strauss Kahn; c) Francesco Frangialli; d) Ifzal Ali
Ans b
21. The Chairman of SBI is a) O P Bhatt; b) K V Kamath; c) Suman Bery; d) Udau Kotak
Ans a
22. The acronym CFSR appointed by the Planning Commission stands fora) Committee on Financial Sector Reconstruction;b) Committee on Financial Sector Reformsc) Committee on Financial Sector Rejuvenationd) Committee on Financial Sector Resources
Ans b
23. The Chairman of the CFSR isa) Raghuram G Rajan; b) M B N Raoc) K V Kamath; d) O P Bhatt
Ans a
24. The Chairman of ICICI Bank isa) O P Bhatt; b) Suman Beryc) K V Kamath; d) Uday Kotak
Ans c
25.The CEO of Kotak Mahindra Bank isa) Uday Kotak; b) Vijay Kotakc) Ashok Kotak; d) Vinay Kotak
Ans a