Q1. In order to boost the credit growth, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has eased Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) requirement of commercial banks for _____.
A. One year
B. Two years
C. Three years
D. Five years
Answer: D
Q2. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will conduct the “Financial Literacy Week 2020” from February 10 to February 14, 2020. What is the theme of the week?
A. Know Your Customer
B. Customer Protection
C. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)
D. Farmers and how they benefit by being a part of the formal banking system
Answer: C
Q3. Which digital payment company of India has launched an all-in-one QR, point-of-sale (POS) device for merchants across India?
A. MobiKwik
B. Google Pay
C. Paytm
D. Amazon Pay
Answer: C
Q4. Under the comprehensive health insurance plan “Reliance Health Innity” launched by Reliance General Insurance Company Limited what is the minimum sum insured amount?
A. one lakh
B. two lakh
C. three lakh
D. four lakh
Answer: C
Q5. The Union Cabinet has approved amendments to the Banking Regulation Act to empower the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to have better control over _____.
A.Multi-State Cooperative banks
B. Payments Banks
C. Small Finance Banks
D. Both A and B
Answer: D
Q6. What is current Repo rate as per the 6 the Bi-monthly Monetary Policy announced by the RBI?
A. 5.25%
B. 5.15%
C. 5.40%
D. 4.90 %
Answer: B
Q7. Which of the following public sector banks has signed a pact with Credit Analysis and Research Limited (CARE) for accessing credit qualities of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME)?
A. Punjab National Bank
B. Bank of Baroda
C. Union Bank of India
D. Indian Bank
Answer:
Q8. RBI has bought _____ crore of long-term securities in fourth special open market operation and has sold Rs 2950 crore of short term bonds.
A. Rs 8000
B. Rs 5000
C. Rs 12000
D. Rs 10,000
Answer: D
Q9. Who among the following is appointed as the Managing Director of the State Bank of India (SBI)?
A. Mahender Kumar Garg
B. Dr. Ashima Goyal
C. Challa Sreenivasulu Setty
D. Dr. Ajit Kumar Saxena
Answer: C
Q10. For which urban cooperative bank account holders the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has restricted the cash withdrawals up to Rs. 35,000?
A. Apna Sahakari Co-Op Bank Ltd
B. Ahmedabad Mercantile Co-Op Bank
C. Sri Guru Raghavendra Sahakara Bank
D. Nutan Nagarik Sahakari Bank
Answer: C
Q11. The Second Five Year Plan laid more stress upon-
A. Agriculture
B. Industrialization
C. Removing poverty
D. Self-reliance
Answer: B
Q12. The steel plants at Durgapur, Bhilai, and Rourkela were established during the period of-
A. First Five Year Plan
B. Second Five Year Plan
C. Third Five Year Plan
D. Fourth Five Year PIan
Answer: B
Q13. Which of the following is/are a/ an indicator of the financial health of a country?
1. GDP
2. PPP
3. FDI in a year
A. Only 1
B. Only 2
C. Only 3
D. All 1, 2 & 3
Answer: D
Q14. A "closed economy" is an economy in which -
A. The money supply is fully controlled
B. Deficit financing takes place
C. Only exports take place
D. Neither exports nor imports take place
Answer: D
Q15. In which Plan was the growth rate target exceeded?
A. First
B. Fifth
C. Sixth
D. None of these
Answer: A
Q16. The 'Slack Season' in the Indian Economy is-
A. March - April
B. Sept - Dec
C. Jan - June
D. Feb – April
Answer: C
Q17. Which of the statements given is/are correct?
1. The nation-wide scheme of the National Child Labour Projects (NCLP) is run by the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
2. Gurupadswamy Committee dealt with the issues of child labor.
A. 1 only
B. only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: C
Q18. India's wage policy is based on -
A. Cost of living
B. Standard of living
C. Productivity
D. None of the above
Answer: A
Q19. Unemployment which occurs when workers move from one job to another job is known as -
A. Seasonal unemployment
B. Frictional unemployment
C. Cyclical unemployment
D. Technological unemployment
Answer: B
Q20. Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana aims at-
A. meeting rural needs like Primary education- health care, drinking water, housing, rural roads
B. Alleviating poverty micro-enterprises
C. Generating employment in rural areas
D. Strengthening the Panchayati Raj System in rural areas
Answer: A
Q21. DWCRA stands for-
A. Development and Welfare of Catchment Rural Areas
B. Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas
C. Direct Welfare of Children in Rural Areas
D. All of the above
Answer: B
Q22. Which one of the following is a revamp of the Integrated Rural Development Programme?
A. Jawahar Gram SamridYojana
B. Community-based Pro-poor Initiative
C. Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
D. National Social Assistance Programme
Answer: C
Q23. What is the main objective of the Antyodaya program?
A. Uplift the poor
B. Uplift the urban poor
C. Uplift the farmer
D. Uplift the landless labor
Answer: A
Q24. Which of the following schemes launched by the Govt. of India aims at enhancing the livelihood security of the people in rural areas by guaranteeing hundred days of employment in a financial year to a rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work?
A. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
B. Kutir Jyoti Scheme
C. ASHA
D. MNREGA
Answer: D
Q25. The strategic aim of IRDP is -
A.To reduce unemployment
B. To provide the required inputs for increasing agricultural productivity
C. To provide more opportunities for rural employment and credit facilities at concessional rate of interest
D. None of these
Answer: C
Q26. In India, the present trend of rapid urbanization is due to-
A. Lack of employment opportunities in rural areas
B. Influence of cinema and electronic media
C. Break up of the joint family system
D. Abolition of zamindari system
Answer: A
Q27. The peso is the currency of which country?
A. Jordan
B. Libya
C. Eretria
D. Philippines
Answer: B
Q28. A very rapid growth in prices in which money loses its value to the point where even better may be preferable is known as-
A. Inflation
B. Hyper-inflation
C. Deflation
D. Disinflation
Answer: B
Q29. Sariska National Park is located in which state?
A. Karnataka
B. West Bengal
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Rajasthan
Answer: D
Q30. The cause of inflation is-
A. Increase in the money supply
B. Fall in production
C. Increase in money supply and fall in production
D. The decrease in money supply and a fall in production
Answer: C