Banking and Insurance Questions and Answers





1. Which bank is known as banker’s bank?
a) RBI
b) SBI
c) PNB
d) NABARD

Answer: a

2. A banking system where business is carried on by a bank through a network of branches spread throughout the country is known as ………
a) Unit banking
b) Branch banking
c) chain banking
d) group banking

Answer: b

3. ………… refers to a system of banking in which two or more independent banks are brought under the control of a holding company
a) Group banking
b) chain banking
c) deposit banking
d) investment banking

Answer: a

4. ………… Banking is a system where banks combine both the deposit banking and invest banking functions
a) Chain banking
b) deposit banking
c) investment banking
d) mixed banking

Answer: d

5. India's first women's bank The Bharatiya Mahila Bank was inaugurated in which city ?
a) Kolkata
b) Delhi
c) Mumbai
d) Chennai

Answer: c

6. Current deposit is also known as ………
a) Savings deposit
b) demand deposit
c) time deposit
d) recurring deposit

Answer: b

7. …………… is a credit facility granted by commercial banks to current account holders
a) Cash credit
b) overdraft
c) discounting of bills of exchange
d) demand loans

Answer: b

8. which deposits are repayable after the expiry of the fixed period ?
a) demand deposit
b) time deposit
c) savings deposit
d) recurring deposit

Answer: b

9. The process of ………… begins with banks lending money out of primary deposit.
a) credit creation
b) cash credit
c) debit creation
d) over draft

Answer: a

10. CRR refers to …………
a) Cash Reserve Ratio
b) Credit Reserve Ratio
c) Common Reserve Ratio
d) None of these

Answer: a

11. NBFIs refers to ………
a) Non Banking Financial Industries
b) Non Banking Financial Institution
c) Net Banking Financial Industries
d) Net Banking Financial Institutions

Answer: b

12. DIGC refers to …………
a) Deposit Industrial Guarantee Corporation
b) Development Insurance Guarantee Corporation
c) Development Industrial Guarantee Corporation
d) Deposit Insurance Guarantee Corporation

Answer: d

13. SLR refers to …………
a) Statutory Liquidity Ratio
b) Stability Liquidity Ratio
c) Safety Liquidity Ratio
d) None of these

Answer: a

14. EFT stands for ……
a) Electronic Fund Transmission
b) Electronic Fund Transfer
c) Electronic Feature Transfer
d) None of these

Answer: b

15. Which bank was introduced first ATM machine in India?
a) RBI
b) HSBC
c) PNB
d) ICICI bank

Answer: b

16. CDM refers to …………
a) Cash Development Method
b) Credit Development Method
c) Cash Deposit Machine
d) Cash Development Machine

Answer: c

17. ECS refers to ……………
a) Easy Cash Service
b) Electronic Clearing Service
c) Electronic cash service
d) Easy Clearing Service

Answer: b

18. NEFT refers to …………
a) National Economic Funds Transfer
b) National Economic Fund Transfer
c) National Electronic Fee Transfer
d) none of these

Answer: a

19. IFSC stands for …………
a) Indian Financial System Code
b) International Financial System Code
c) Indian Fund Service Code
d) None of these

Answer: a

20. RTGS stands for ……………
a) Real Time Gross Settlement
b) Real Term Gross Settlement
c) Real Time Goal Settlement
d) Real Term Goal Settlement

Answer: a

21. SWIFT stands for ……………
a) Society for Worldwide Internet Financial Telecommunications
b) Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications
c) Solution for Worldwide Internet Financial Telecommunications
d) Solution for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications

Answer: b

22. CBS stands for ……
a) Code Banking Solutions
b) Core Banking Solutions
c) common Banking Solutions
d) Credit Banking Solutions

Answer: b

23. CTS refers to ………
a) Cheque Truncation System
b) Cheque Transaction System
c) Cheque Truncation Solution
d) Cheque Transaction Solution

Answer: a

24. Credit Information Bureau India Limited is India’s first credit rating agency which was incorporated in the year……
a) 1988
b) 2000
c) 2005
d) 1995

Answer: b

25. KYC refers to …………
a) Know Your Customer
b) Know Your Credit
c) Know Your City
d) Know Your Company

Answer: a

26. Delivery of financial services at affordable costs to the disadvantaged Low income segments of the society known as ………
a) Credit creation
b) financial exclusion
c) Financial Inclusion
d) consumer credit

Answer: c

27. RBI ACT was comes in to existence ……
a) 1934
b) 1935
c) 1948
d) 1945

Answer: a

28. Banking Regulation Act was comes into existence ………
a) 1940
b) 1934
c) 1956
d) 1949

Answer: d

29. A cheque bears a date earlier than the date on which it is presented to the bank it is called ………………
a) post-dated cheque
b) ante-dated cheque
c) outstation cheque
d) local cheque

Answer: b

30. A cheque bears a date which is yet to come it is called as …………
a) post-dated cheque
b) ante-dated cheque
c) crossed cheque
d) self cheque

Answer: a

31. If a cheque presented for payment after three months from the date of the cheque is known as …………
a) self cheque
b) mutilated cheque
c) local cheque
d) stale cheque

Answer: d

32. If a cheque is torn into two or more pieces and presented for payment it is called ……………
a) mutilated cheque
b) stale cheque
c) local cheque
d) self cheque

Answer: a

33. cancellation of cheque is known as ……………
a) crossing
b) opening of crossing
c) double crossing
d) general crossing

Answer: b

34. MICR refers to ………………
a) Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
b) Magnetic Information Character Recognition
c) Magnetic Ink Code Recognition
d) Magnetic Icon Character recognition

Answer: a

35. The person who seeks protection against a risk and to whom the insurance policy is issued is known as …………
a) insurer
b) customer
c) insured
d) creditor

Answer: c

36. Which principle means that make good or compensate the loss?
a) principle of contribution
b) principle of subrogation
c) principle of indemnity
d) principle of insurable interest

Answer: c

37. Uberrimae fidei means that ………………
a) principle of utmost good faith
b) principle of insurable interest
c) principle of indemnity
d) principle of subrogation

Answer: a

38. IRDA stands for …………
a) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
b) Industrial Development and development Authority
c) Insurance Restructuring and Development Authority
d) Insurance Refinancing and Development Authority

Answer: a

39. IRDA Act was passed in the year
a) 1948
b) 2000
c) 1999
d) 1956

Answer: c

40. Hull insurance related in the case of ………
a) building
b) life
c) machine
d) ship

Answer: d

41. In the case of life insurance HLV refers to …………
a) Home Legal Value
b) Human Life Value
c) Human Legal Value
d) House Length Value

Answer: b

42. ……… of a life policy means transferring the rights of the insured in respect of the policy to another one
a) Nomination
b) Consideration
c) Assignment
d) Agreement

Answer: c

43. Both assignment and nomination are possible in the case of ………… insurance policies
a) life
b) fire
c) marine
d) vehicle

Answer: a

44. ………… is the price paid by the insured for the risk undertaken by the insurer
a) Wages
b) premium
c) salary
d) compensation

Answer: b

45. …………… schemes are intended to insure a group of individual together
a) Insurance
b) wages
c) salary
d) group insurance

Answer: d

46. Group insurance provides insurance cover to a number of persons under a single policy called
a) master policy
b) single policy
c) group policy
d) marine policy

Answer: a

47. ……… means voluntary termination of the contract of life insurance by the policy holder
a) Key man insurance policy
b) surrender of policy
c) master policy
d) group insurance policy

Answer: b

48. In the case of group insurance the amount of premium is depends upon …………
a) Types of insurance
b) amount of premium
c) Terms of insurance
d) period of insurance

Answer: b

49. Marine Insurance Act comes into existence on ………………
a) 1963
b) 1988
c) 1948
d) 1976

Answer: a

50. In the case of marine insurance Hull means that …………
a) sinking of ship
b) loss of cargo
c) body of the ship
d) None of these

Answer: c

51. ……… denotes the act of throwing overboard a part of the ship’s cargo in order to reduce the weight of the vessel
a) Barratry
b) Jettison
c) assignment
d) seizure

Answer: b

52. Insurance Act was comes into existence on …………
a) 1956
b) 1948
c) 1938
d) 1988

Answer: c

53. Reinstatement policy is related in the case of which policy
a) Life insurance policy
b) Marine insurance policy
c) Group insurance policy
d) Fire insurance policy

Answer: d

54. A reinstatement policy is intended to cover damages or losses in respect of ………………
a) Fixed Assets
b) Vehicle
c) Ship
d) Life

Answer: a

55. Payment of compensation in the case of reinstatement policy is in the form of ………
a) Cash
b) Replacement
c) Cash or In kind
d) In Kind

Answer: b

56. Which policy is taken to cover loss on those goods which are lying in different places and the stock value will be continuously fluctuating ?
a) comprehensive policy
b) Floating policy
c) Declaration policy
d) average policy

Answer: b

57. In the case of motor insurance policy Form A is commonly known as ………
a) Act policy
b) package policy
c) Act and Package policy
d) liability policy

Answer: a

58. In the case of motor insurance policy Form B is commonly known as ………
a) Liability policy
b) Act policy
c) Package policy
d) Act and Package policy

Answer: c

59. When a particular property is insured with two insurers it is called …………..
a) property insurance
b) double insurance
c) single insurance
d) particular insurance

Answer: b

60. Personal accident insurance is highly attractive for ……………………
a) Individuals
b) Partners
c) Industrialists and businessmen
d) senior citizens

Answer: c

61. Which insurance covers the financial loss arising out of poor health condition or due to permanent disability
a) accident insurance
b) health insurance
c) life insurance
d) burglary insurance

Answer: b

62. ……… means selling of insurance policies and products through banking firms
a) Assurance
b) bancassurance
c) insurance
d) policy

Answer: b

63. Life Insurance Corporation of India was formed in the year …………
a) 1948
b) 1964
c) 1956
d) 1988

Answer: c

64. The General Insurance Corporation of India was formed in the year …………
a) 1973
b) 1948
c) 1956
d) 1984

Answer: a

65. Which risk may result in loss or gain ?
a) particular risk
b) pure risk
c) speculative risk
d) fundamental risk

Answer: c

66. General Insurance Corporation of India Act was formed in …………
a) 1973
b) 1963
c) 1972
d) 1962

Answer: c

67. ……… Risk are arises due to changes in the economic policies of the government.
a) speculative risk
b) particular risk
c) dynamic risk
d) financial risk

Answer: c

68. Risk which arises if there is no change in the economic policies of the government is
a) dynamic risk
b) static risk
c) particular risk
d) financial risk

Answer: b

69. In which types of risk origin and consequences of risk affect a large number of people
a) particular risk
b) static risk
c) fundamental risk
d) particular risk

Answer: c

70. Where a monetary loss is likely occur such risks are described as …………
a) monetary risk
b) financial risk
c) particular risk
d) fundamental risk

Answer: b

71. Principle of insurable interest means …………
a) Utmost good faith
b) subrogation
c) monetary interest
d) indemnity

Answer: c

72. The principle of subrogation is an extension of which principle ?
a) principle of indemnity
b) principle of utmost good faith
c) principle of insurable interest
d) principle of insurance

Answer: a

73. When a deposit of money is received by the banker, the banker becomes the …………?
a) creditor
b) debtor
c) receiver
d) customer

Answer: b

74. When a deposit of money is received by the banker, the customer becomes the ………… ?
a) debtor
b) creditor
c) customer
d) lender

Answer: b

75. The primary relationship between banker and customer is ……………
a) Giver and receiver
b) debtor and creditor
c) insurer
d) insured

Answer: b

76. A ……… is a person to whom the management of a particular property is entrusted for the exclusive benefit of a third party
a) customer
b) beneficiary
c) trustee
d) agent

Answer: c

77. Bankers Book Evidence Act was comes into existence ………
a) 1881
b) 1892
c) 1890
d) 1891

Answer: d

78. ………… is the right of a creditor to retain possession of the property belonging to the debtor until certain demands of the person in possession are satisfied.
a) Lien
b) Returning
c) Surrender
d) None of these

Answer: a

79. FDR stands for …………
a) Fixed Delivery Receipt
b) Fixed Deposit Receipt
c) Final Deposit Receipt
d) Final Delivery Receipt

Answer: b

80. In which year Negotiable Instrument Act was passed ………?
a) 1981
b) 1956
c) 1881
d) 1984

Answer: c