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Banking Terminology

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Which of the following is the Capital Market Regulator?

  1. RBI

  2. IRDA

  3. NSE

  4. SEBI

  5. BSE


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Option 4 is correct.

Payment of a cheque cannot be made on a cash counter of bank if the cheque is

  1. bearer

  2. cross

  3. order

  4. All of the above

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B

NEFT stands for

  1. Non-Electonic Fund Transfer

  2. National electronic funds transfer

  3. National Electronic Finance Transfer

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

NEFT enables funds transfer from one bank to another but works a bit differently than RTGS since the settlement takes place in batches rather than individually, making NEFT slower than RTGS

Which of the following is not an example of 'near-money'?

  1. Bill of exchange

  2. Bonds and debentures

  3. Equity shares of Ranbaxy company limited

  4. Treasury bills of the Government of India


Correct Option: C

What is bank draft?

  1. Letter from a bank

  2. Cheque which a bank draws itself

  3. Instruction to a banker to collect a customer's debt

  4. Instruction not to honour a stop payment

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Option 2 is correct.

The principal liability of a Joint Stock Bank relates to

  1. it's investment abroad

  2. it's investment at home

  3. repayment of it's customer's deposits

  4. it's requirements to make special deposits when requested


Correct Option: C

All of the following are the liabilities of Commercial Banks, except

  1. security holdings

  2. treasury deposit at banks

  3. demand deposits and time deposits

  4. borrowings from Central Bank

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Security holdings

A 'stale' cheque is the one that is

  1. over six months old

  2. over three months old

  3. cancelled by the drawer

  4. written on an account which is overdrawn

  5. convening an overdue payment


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 A stale cheque is the one that is six months old.

What is the full form of 'P.O.S.'?

  1. Price on sale

  2. Power of sale

  3. Point of sale

  4. Pick on sale

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

'P.O.S.' is point of sale where credit or debit cards are swiped.

NDS is

  1. Negotiated Dealing System

  2. Negotiated Digital System

  3. New Digital System

  4. New Dealing system


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Negotiated Dealing System (NDS) is an electronic platform used by Reserve Bank of India for facilitating dealing in Government Securities and Money Market Instruments.

‘Fiat Money’ is that which is

  1. accepted by overseas banks only

  2. decreed as money by the government

  3. backed by gold or silver

  4. accepted temporarily in lieu of gold

  5. None of these.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 Option (4) is correct.

INFINET stands for

  1. Indian Financial Network

  2. Internal Financial Network

  3. International Financial Network

  4. Indian Financial New Electronic Transfer

  5. Indian Non-Financial Network


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The answer is correct. The Indian Financial Network is a closed user group among the banks and corporates and other financial institutions, which works like a backbone in the country for all the financial institutions.

This is a wrong answer.

‘Not Negotiable’ written on a cheque crossing means

  1. the cheque cannot be paid to any one but the payee

  2. the cheque is not presented by anyone other than the payee

  3. an honest person receiving a stolen cheque is liable to repay the rightful owner

  4. the cheque must be paid into a bank

  5. none of these


Correct Option: B

Which of the following instruments cannot be endorsed in favour of a third party?

  1. A fixed deposit receipt

  2. A bank draft

  3. A promissory note

  4. Bill of exchange

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Fixed deposit is not governed by Negotiable Instruments Act which deals with endorsement. Fixed deposit is payable to the depositor only either on maturity or on premature payment. As such, fixed deposit receipt cannot be endorsed in favour of a third party.

The money market in our country consists of two sectors viz - the organised sector and the unorganised sector. Which of the following do not fall under the organised sector?

  1. Reserve Bank of India, State Bank of India and Commercial Banks

  2. Life Insurance Corporation of India and Geneal Insurance Corporation

  3. Unit Trust of India

  4. Indigenous bankers

  5. Regional Rural Banks


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct answer - They belong to unorganised sector and are not governed by any set of guidelines

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