Banking Awareness Quiz (RTGS, NEFT and Miscellaneous)

1. RTGS stands for

(a) Real Time Gross Settlement

(b) Real type General scheme 

(c) Real Type gross settlement system 

(d) Real time Gross system 

(e) None of these

2. Real time gross settlement system means a payment system in which

(a) Both processing and final settlement of funds transfer instructions can take place continuously

(b) Final transaction takes place at the end of the day   

(c) Final payment is physically effected within 24 hrs.   

(d) Final settlement of funds take place at 3 PM daily

(e) None of these

3. Reserve bank of India, in regard to RTGS, has decided that

(a) There would be accessible to all retail customers. 

(b) There would be no floor ceiling for routing transactions through RTGS  

(c) Settlement of transactions of the clearing corporations of India and the stock market would be conducted through RTGS.  

(d) All of the above          

(e) None of these

4. The society for world-wide inter-bank financial telecommunication (SWIFT)

(a) was registered as a company in Belguim

(b) is a bank-owned non-profit co-operative society  

(c) became operational in May 1977   

(d) all of the above          

(e) none of these

5. How many banks in India have joined the international telecommunication network of SWIFT?

(a) 249

(b) 46

(c) 28

(d) 19

(e) 27

6. The commercial banking system in India comprises of

(a) Scheduled and non-scheduled banks

(b) Nationalised banks and private sector banks

(c) Regional rural banks, cooperative banks

(d) Land development banks

(e) None

7. Scheduled bank refers to a bank

(a) Authoriesd by central government to transaction government business

(b) Registered with ministry of finance, Govt. of India

(c) Which is included in the second schedule to the RBI act, 1934

(d) Incorporated as a cooperative society

(e) None

8. Enumerate the main functions of a banker as per banking regulations act. 1949?

(a) Accepting deposit of money

(b) Advancing of loans

(c) Issuance of letters of credits

(d) All

(e) None

9. The SecuritisationAnd Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interests Act (SARFAESI Act) at present, is not applicable to

(a) Public Sector Banks

(b) Financial Institutes of the Govt.

(c) Private Banks

(d) Non Banking Financial Companies

(e) Small & Cooperative Banks 

10. "Sub Prime lending" is a term applied to the loans made to

(a) Those borrows who do not have a good credit history

(b) Those who wish top take loan against the mortgage of tangible assets

(c) Those who have a good credit history and are know to bank since 10 years

(d) Those borrowers who are most preferred customers of the bank

(e) None of these

Answers:
1.   a
2.   a
3.   d
4.   b
5.   b
6.   a
7.   c
8.   d
9.   d

10. a