Quiz 281 : Financial Awareness : for Banking Examinations

1.Which among the following sector in Indian industry has attracted maximum Private Equity between January 2008 and November 2009 ?
(A)Textiles
(B)Miningr
(C)Power
(D)Gas & Water Supply
(E)Services

2.Which among the following states in North East India is running its 'Power Sector Enhancement Investment Program' in which investment worth $764 million would be made by 2014 and for which Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $200 million recently?
(A)Assam
(B)Meghalaya
(C)Arunachal Pradesh
(D)Manipur
(E)Nagaland

3.In which of the following industry CASA ratio is used?
(A)Merchandise Trade
(B)Banking & Finance
(C)Software Industry
(D)Travel & Tourism
(E)None of them

4.European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co (EADS), which manufactures civil and military aircraft, communications systems, missiles, space rockets and satellites, has recently commenced research operations in India, which is its second research center in Asia after Singapore. Where is
located?
(A)Hyderabad
(B)Bangalore
(C)Kochi
(D)Lucknow
(E)Pune

5.Who among the following is the chairman of Public Private Partnership Appraisal Committee in India?
(A)Ashok Chawla
(B)SK Jain
(C)Pranab Mukherjee
(D)Usha Thorat
(E)None of them,

6.Husk Power Systems (HPS), a rural electrification company which makes electricity out of Paddy Husk is providing electricity to 50 villages in which of the following states in India?
(A)Chhattisgarh
(B)Andhra Pradesh
(C)Bihar
(D)Chhattisgarh
(E)None of them

7.What is India's national average of Per capita energy consumption?
(A)613 kWh
(B)503 kWh
(C)215 kWh
(D)851 kWh
(E)920 kWh

8.As per the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM Act), 2003, the RBI does not participate in which of the following activities with effect from April 1, 2006?
(A)Open market Operations
(B)Printing new currency notes
(C)Increasing interest rates
(D)Primary issuance of Government securities
(E)Selling of Currency

9.Which among the following is a function of SCARDB?
(A)Financial assistance to warehousing
(B)Refinancing agricultural credit
(C)Interstate sale of agricultural products
(D)Land Development
(E)None of them

10.The minimum support prices (MSP) for major agricultural products are fixed by the government, each year, after taking into account the recommendations of which of the following organizations?
(A)Planning Commission of India
(B)Finance Commission of India
(C)Farmer's Commission of India
(D)Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices
(E)None of them

11.Which among the following ratio correctly denotes the Insurance Penetration?
(A)Premium Underwritten : Population
(B)Premium Underwritten : GDP
(C)Insured Population : Total Population
(D)Premium Underwritten : Policy Holders
(E)None of them

12.Which among the following is a opposite activity of hedging in share / currency /future markets?
(A)arbitrage
(B)speculation
(C)spread
(D)short
(E)tall

13.Which among the following correctly categorizes Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligation?
(A)A market operation
(B)A money market instrument
(C)A clearing system
(D)A Scheme of Reserve Bank of India
(E)A policy initiative of Government of India

14.In context with the insurance industry which among the following is a correct term for per capita premium ?
(A)Insurance Penetration
(B)Insurance Density
(C)Insurance Intensity
(D)Insurance Reach
(E)Insurance Depth

15.In the latest rankings by National Geographic , what slot has Kerala occupied in the best destinations of the world?
(A)11th
(B)23rd
(C)29th
(D)35th
(E)7th

16.Which among the following is not correctly matched?
(A)Ikon - Ford
(B)Spark - Honda
(C)Dzire - Maruti
(D)Innova - Toyota
(E)i10 - Hyndai

17.What is India's rank Global Retail Theft Barometer survey for 2009?
(A)First
(B)Second
(C)Third
(D)Fourth
(E)Fifth

18.At which of the following places State bank of India launched its first "Cash Factory" in March 2009?
(A)Mumbai
(B)Lucknow
(C)Bangalore
(D)New Delhi
(E)Baroda

19.Who among the following are eligible to invest in new issues of shares / convertible debentures of Indian companies under direct investment schemes such as 24% scheme / 40% scheme / 100% scheme?
(A)Indian Residents Only
(B)NRIs Only
(C)NRIs and PIO's
(D)Indian Residents ,NRIs and PIO's
(E)Indian Residents and Foreign nationals

20.Which among the following is a correct combination ?
(A)Reverse Repo auctions - for injection of liquidity, Repo auctions - for absorption of liquidity
(B)Liquidity Adjustment Facility - for absorption of liquidity, Repo auctions - for injection of liquidity
(C)Reverse Repo auctions - for absorption of liquidity, Repo auctions - for injection of liquidity
(D)Reverse Repo auctions - for absorption of liquidity, Liquidity Adjustment Facility - for injection of liquidity
(E)None of them