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Jaya Suvarna passed away recently. He A. Mobility

was the former chairman of which bank? B. Minutes
C. Mega
A. Bharat Cooperative Bank Ltd
D. Means
B. Maharashtra State Co-operative
E. Modern
Bank Ltd.
C. Bardoli Nagrik Sahakari Bank Ltd.
Government has appointed whom among
D. Bhuj Mercantile Co-operative Bank
the following economists as members of
Ltd
the six-member rate-setting Monetary
E. Godhra City Co-op Bank Limited
Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve
Bank of India (RBI)?
Thrissur based CSB Bank partnered with
A. Ashima Goyal
IIFL Finance for which of the following
B. Jayanth R. Varma
loan origination?
C. All of these
A. House D. N Muraliram
B. Automobile E. Both A & B
C. Start-up
D. Agriculture
Which of the following bank has launched
E. Gold
the SmartHub Merchant Solutions 3.0 for
SMEs?
The Reserve Bank of India mandated all
A. State Bank of India
lending institutions to implement the
B. ICICI Bank
waiver of interest on interest for loans up
C. HDFC Bank
to _________.
D. Axis Bank
A. ₹ 10 Lakhs E. Canara Bank
B. ₹ 50 Lakhs
C. ₹ 1 Crore In July 2020, which of the following bank
D. ₹ 2 Crores has joined the Network for Greening the
E. ₹ 5 Crores Financial System?
A. Reserve Bank of India
The Manila-based Asian Development B. Asian Development Bank
Bank sanctioned a loan of how much C. Asian Infrastructure Investment
amount to Meghalaya to upgrade the Bank
state's power distribution network? D. New Development Bank
E. Swiss National Bank
A. $ 132.5 million
B. $ 132.6 million
Recently, Insurance regulator IRDAI gave
C. $ 132.7 million
its nod for the merger of HDFC ERGO
D. $ 132.8 million
Health Insurance with HDFC ERGO
E. $ 132.9 million
General Insurance. IRDAI's Headquarters
is located at?
Karnataka Bank recently launched its
first 'Tap and Go' debit cum prepaid and A. New Delhi
inter-operable RuPay NCMC card. What B. Mumbai
is 'M' in NCMC short for? C. Chennai
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D. Kolkata D. HDFC Bank

E. Hyderabad E. Punjab National Bank

Which of the following bank has been put Who has been appointed as the brand
in the ‘red flag’ list, a system used for ambassador for Equitas Small Finance
monitoring foreign portfolio investor Bank?
(FPI) limits?
A. Harmanpreet Kaur
A. ICICI Bank B. Smriti Mandhana
B. Punjab National Bank C. Shikha Pandey
C. Canara Bank D. Rajeshwari Gayakwad
D. HDFC Bank E. Richa Ghosh
E. Yes Bank
Which of the following bank has launched
Recently, the RBI imposed a penalty of Rs the “EVA” savings account for women?
1 crore on Punjab National Bank for
A. Equitas Small Finance Bank
contravention of which of the following
B. Paytm Payments Bank
statute?
C. Canara Bank
A. The Banking Regulation Act, 1949 D. Airtel Payments Bank
B. The Foreign Exchange E. Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
Management Act, 1999
C. The Reserve Bank of India Act, ‘Nowcast’, an estimate based on high-
1934 frequency data was recently published by
D. The Negotiable Instruments Act, which of the following?
1881 A. Ministry of Statistics and
E. The Payment and Settlement Programme Implementation
Systems Act, 2007 B. Ministry of Finance
C. Reserve Bank of India
D. Moody’s
Which of the following was the first
E. Both (2) & (4)
foreign bank in India to obtain a banking
license from RBI to operate as a wholly-
Chennai-based Lakshmi Vilas Bank was
owned subsidiary?
recently placed under moratorium. The
A. Deutsche Bank RBI drafted a scheme of amalgamation
B. SBM Bank for LVB with which of the following bank?
C. DBS Bank A. State Bank of India
D. Standard Chartered Bank B. SBM Bank
E. Royal Bank of Scotland C. South Indian Bank
D. Canara Bank
E. DBS Bank
Which of the following bank has launched
the "Mooh Band Rakho" campaign?
What is the name of the product of
A. ICICI Bank Natural Support Consultancy Services
B. Equitas Small Finance Bank Private Limited, one of the start-ups
C. State Bank of India
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selected by RBI as a part of its regulatory B. Assam

sandbox programme? C. Meghalaya
A. eRupaya D. Mizoram
B. PaySe E. Madhya Pradesh
C. ePay
D. PhonePayse Name the bank that recently launched
E. PaiSay CASA Campaign to mobilize more than
4,10,000 CASA with an accretion of Rs
What is the maximum amount of loan 650cr of business ?
that can be availed under the debt A. State Bank of India
schemes of MFs using the ICICI bank’s B. Bank of Baroda
Insta Loans against Mutual Funds facility C. Punjab National Bank
which it launched in partnership with D. Punjab and Sind Bank
Computer Age Management Services? E. Karnataka Bank
A. ₹ 50,000
B. ₹ 20 Lakh Who has been awarded ‘Central Banker
C. ₹ 50 Lakh of the year 2020’ for the Asia Pacific
D. ₹ 2 Crore Region?
E. ₹ 1 Crore A. Dr. Urjit Patel
B. Shaktikanta Das
Which of the following bank launched a C. Viral Acharya
co-branded prepaid card with Neokred D. Dr. Y V Reddy
for cashless payments? E. Dr. D Subbarao
A. ICICI Bank
B. HDFC Bank Which among the following NBFC has
C. State bank of India recently tied up with Bajaj Allianz
D. Yes Bank General Insurance to provide insurance
E. Bank of Baroda on gold Jewellery?
A. Power Finance Corporation Limited
In November 2020, which of the B. Muthoot Finance Limited
following organisation signed a loan C. Mahindra Financial Services
agreement for $ 500 million to improve Limited
the public transport system in the D. Shriram City Union Finance Limited
National Capital Region? E. Aditya Birla Finance Limited
A. Asian Development Bank
B. Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction Name India’s largest private non-life
C. The Government of India insurer, which recently got approval from
D. New Development Bank IRDAI to acquire the General Insurance
E. None of the above business of Bharti AXA?
A. Kotak Mahindra
Which of the following of the state B. Aditya Birla SunLife
government was the third party in the C. ICICI Lombard
signing of the $120 million loan D. TATA AIA Life Insurance
agreement among the Govt of India and E. Exide Life
World Bank?
A. Manipur
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Which of the following recently launched B. Indian Bank

‘SMS Pay’ on POS Terminals for C. RBL Bank
Merchants to accept remote payments in D. Axis Bank
partnership with Worldline? E. Yes Bank
A. Paytm Payments Bank
B. State Bank of Mauritius (SBM) Which small finance bank introduced a 3-
C. Indian Overseas Bank in-1 account on Dec 10?
D. Yes Bank A. Ujjivan SFB
E. ICICI Bank B. Janalakshmi SFB
C. Capital Small SFB
The government of India and the Asian D. Suryodaya SFB
Development Bank signed a loan E. Equitas SFB
agreement worth how much amount for
developing the power distribution sector Name the bank which tied up with
in the state? OrbitRemit to facilitate money transfer
A. $ 103 million from New Zealand to India?
B. $ 113 million A. South Indian Bank
C. $ 123 million B. Punjab National Bank
D. $ 133 million C. Punjab & Sind Bank
E. $ 143 million D. Catholic Syrian Bank
E. Federal Bank
NPCI and JCB partnered with which of
the following bank to launch the dual The Asian Development Bank (ADB)
interface featured card that supports approved a loan of how much amount to
both contact & contactless transactions? improve primary health care in India’s
A. ICICI Bank urban areas?
B. HDFC Bank A. $ 100 million
C. SBM Bank B. $ 200 million
D. Bank of Baroda C. $ 300 million
E. SBI D. $ 400 million
E. $ 500 million
'Future of Regional Cooperation in Asia
and the Pacific’ is a book launched by The Reserve Bank of India announced
which of the following organisation? that RTGS made available 24*7 from
A. International Monetary Fund December 14. What is 'G' in RTGS stand
B. World Bank for?
C. Asian Development Bank A. Government
D. New Development Bank B. Gross
E. Asian Infrastructure and C. Grant
Investment Bank D. Global
E. Goods
With which bank did ICICI Prudential
make a bancassurance partnership RBI has decided to set up ABPC in Jaipur.
recently? What does it stand for?
A. Augmented Banknote Payment Centre
A. Saraswat bank
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B. Automatic Banknote Processing Who among the following was appointed

Centre by HDFC bank as its Chief Risk Officer in
C. Automated Banknote Payment Centre December 2020?
D. Automated Banknote Processing A. Sanmoy Chakrabarti
Centre B. Jimmy Tata
E. Assisted Banknote Processing Centre C. Sashidhar Jagdishan
D. Sumit Gupta
Exim Bank in December 2020, extended a E. Anil Kishora
$448 million LOC to which of the
following? RBI approved re-appointment of Uday
A. Mozambique Kotak as MD & CEO of Kotak Mahindra
B. IDEAS scheme Bank. Who was re-appointed as the
C. Malawi bank's joint MD?
D. Nicaragua A. Prakash Apte
E. Uzbekistan B. Dipak Gupta
C. Farida Khambata
Which of the following banks launched a D. Gaurang Shah
premium credit card on Mastercard E. Paul Parambi
World Elite platform for High-Net-
Worth-Individuals in December 2020? Aceware fintech in association with ICICI
A. YES bank launched micro ATM service in which of
B. Canara bank the following states?
C. Indian bank A. Tamil Nadu
D. HDFC B. Maharashtra
E. SBI C. Kerala
D. Karnataka
Which of the following banks provided a E. Madhya Pradesh
2.7 million rupee grant to Haqdarshak, a
tech social enterprise? In December 2020, Ewire Softech
A. ICICI launched a prepaid card in partnership
B. DBS Bank India with which of the following banks?
C. Standard Chartered A. DBS bank
D. HDFC B. Canara bank
E. Bank of China C. YES bank
D. SBI bank
Which of the following banks launched E. Kotak Mahindra bank
"FX 4 U" for forex remittance via Internet
Banking ? Name India’s premier housing finance
A. Indian Bank company that recently signed a
B. Axis Bank Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
C. HDFC Bank with the Indian Green Building Council
D. ICICI Bank (IGBC) to promote green buildings?
E. Canara Bank A. IDFC Ltd
B. HDFC Ltd
C. SIDBI
D. NHB
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E. SBI Ltd B. Axis

C. SBI
Name the bank that launched ATM on D. PNB
Wheels — the country's first mobile ATM E. Canara
in 2002?
A. HDFC bank ADB and the Indian government signed a
B. Canara Bank $ 50 million loan to boost digital
C. ICICI Bank platforms for public finance reforms in
D. SBI Bank which of the following state?
E. Central Bank of India
A. Meghalaya
Which of the following banks introduced B. Tamil Nadu
e-credit card recently? C. Bihar
D. West Bengal
A. Canara Bank E. Haryana
B. PNB
C. SBI SBM Bank India in partnership with Finin
D. ICICI launched Hyper-personalized
E. Axis Bank SmartBanking platform under which the
bank issues _________ instantly.
Which of the following banks introduced
a digital lending platform to provide A. A Savings Account
paperless loans for retail customers? B. A Current Account
C. A Demat Account
A. Axis Bank D. A Fixed Deposit Account
B. Bank of Baroda E. A Recurring Deposit Account
C. Punjab National Bank
D. Canara Bank Which of the following has been
E. ICICI Bank designated as the implementing agency
for digitalizing the SHGs under the MoU
Where is the headquarters of AU Small signed to extend concessional refinance
Finance Bank, which recently partnered facility with NABARD?
with ICICI Prudential Life to offer life
insurance solutions? A. Government of Karnataka
B. Reserve Bank of India
A. Mumbai C. State Bank of India
B. Kolkata D. Ministry of Finance
C. Pune E. All of the above
D. Jaipur
E. Vadodara RBI has recently proposed to enhance the
limit for contactless card transactions
Which of the following banks bought a from Rs 2000 to Rs __________ from Jan 1,
stake in Myclassboard Educational 2021.
Solutions Pvt Ltd?
A. 12,000
A. ICICI B. 7,000
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C. 2,500 Which bank has recently launched the

D. 10,000 loan management solution called 'LenS-
E. 5,000 The Lending Solution’?

RBI has recently allowed regional rural A. Yes Bank

banks access to which of the following B. Punjab National Bank
options for better liquidity management? C. Karnataka Bank
D. Federal Bank
A. liquidity adjustment facility E. Jana Bank
B. marginal standing facility
C. call/notice money market Which of the following bank recently
D. Only A and C launched 'iMobile Pay': Country's First
E. All A, B and C App That Provides Payments And
Banking Services For All?
DBS Bank India recently announced that
it got how much amount (in crores) as A. SBI
capital support from its parent bank for B. IDBI
the Laxmi Vilas Bank merger? C. HSBC
D. ICICI
A. Rs 4,500 E. Axis
B. Rs 2,500
C. Rs 5,500 Which of the following sections under the
D. Rs 7,500 Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 defines
E. Rs 1,500 NBFC?

Asian Development Bank has approved a A. 34a

$190 mn loan for upgradation of which B. 27b
city's power distribution system? C. 45l
D. 12c
A. Noida E. None of the above
B. Bengaluru
C. Mumbai SBI has recently signed a MoU with
D. Hyderabad _____________________ Stock exchange to
E. Chennai promote green finance.

RBI has mandated for which Bank to stop A. Luxembourg

from new digital launches and sourcing B. New York
of new credit card customers? C. Tokyo
D. Bombay
A. SBI E. Amsterdam
B. Axis Bank
C. HDFC 'RBI Kehta Hai' to evaluate the impact of
D. ICICI Bank the multi-media public awareness
E. Yes Bank campaign. In how many languages was it
launched?
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A. 10 The payments feature that is set to be

B. 5 rolled out by WhatsApp will be featured
C. 14 in how many Indian languages?
D. 23
E. 35 A. 3
B. 17
According to the recent co-lending model C. 15
guidelines NBFCs are required to D. 10
maintain how many shares of the E. 11
individual loans on their books?
Govt provided Rs 670-crore support to
A. 5% RRBs to meet regulatory capital. RRBs
B. 10% are required to meet a CRAR of how
C. 15% much per cent on an ongoing basis?
D. 20%
E. 25% A. 9
B. 4
Which of the following bank launched C. 6
'The Employee Assistance Programme' to D. 7
promote the emotional well-being of its E. 3
employees?
Which of the following bank has launched
A. Bank of India a co-branded forex card with Vistara that
B. Bank of Maharashtra can load up to 16 currencies?
C. Corporation Bank
D. State Bank of India A. HDFC Bank
E. Bank of Baroda B. Indian Bank
C. Yes Bank
'Mine' launched by ICICI bank exclusively D. Axis Bank
for Millenials is a __________. E. ICICI Bank

A. Savings Account Who has been appointed as the chairman

B. Current Account of the State Bank of India?
C. Term Deposit
D. Recurring Deposit A. Dinesh Khara
E. All of the above B. Uday Kotak
C. Rajnish Kumar
Which of the following small finance bank D. Ashwani Kumar
signed a corporate bank agreement with E. Hardeep Singh
CARE Health Insurance Company?
Name the bank which will acquire shares
A. Jana Small Finance Bank in MeitY’s CSC e-Governance Services
B. Ujjivan Small Finance Bank India Ltd for Rs 36.38 crore?
C. AU Small Finance Bank
D. Equitas Small Finance Bank A. State Bank of India
E. Fincare Small Finance Bank B. ICICI Bank
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C. Axis Bank
D. HDFC Bank
E. HSBC Bank
Which of the following organisation
recently extended a loan of Rs 4,767
crore to the Mumbai Metropolitan
Region Development Authority?
Recently, the New Development Bank
formerly known as BRICS Bank has
approved infrastructure projects worth
$741mn. in India. Which of the following
country is not a member of the New
Development Bank at the time of its
establishment?

A. Asian Development Bank A. Brazil

B. New Development Bank B. Russia
C. Asian Infrastructure Bank C. India
D. Deutsche Bank D. China
E. None of these E. Singapore

FM launched 'MSME Prerana', an online The Export-Import Bank of India has

business mentoring programme for extended a Line of Credit of $400mn soft
MSMEs by? loan to which of the following nation to
finance a connectivity project?
A. Indian Bank
B. State Bank of India A. Sri Lanka
C. Bank of India B. Maldives
D. Bank of Baroda C. Mozambique
E. Punjab National Bank D. Bangladesh
E. None of the above
Which of the following has become the
1st Indian bank to introduce a debit card Which of the following bank in
facility for customers availing Loan collaboration with Google Pay and Visa
Against Security from Bank? has launched the ACE Credit Card?

A. HDFC Bank A. Au Small Finance Bank Ltd.

B. State Bank of India B. Axis Bank Ltd.
C. ICICI Bank C. HDFC Bank Ltd
D. Canara Bank D. ICICI Bank Ltd.
E. Punjab National Bank E. RBL Bank Ltd.

J Venkatramu has been appointed the Recently, RBI discontinued the system-
MD and CEO of India Post Payments based automatic caution-listing of
Bank (IPPB). IPPB was launched in which exporters. The Caution/De-caution
of the following year? Listing of exporters was automated in
which of the following year?
A. 2014
B. 2015 A. 2013
C. 2017 B. 2014
D. 2018 C. 2015
E. 2019 D. 2016
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E. 2017 customers. Where is the headquarters of

IDBI Bank situated?
Which of the following Central Bank has A. Chennai
won the 2020 Central bank of the year B. Mysore
award? C. Kolkata
D. Mumbai
A. Bank of England E. Delhi
B. Swiss National Bank
C. European Central bank Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of
D. Federal Reserve Commerce Life Insurance has launched a
E. Bank of Ghana new Unit Linked insurance plan titled
_________.
Which of the following bank has signed
an MoU with Ministry of Housing and A. Invest 4G
Urban Affairs & SIDBI for payment of B. Invest for Life
subsidy to street vendors under Centre's C. Click2Invest
SVANidhi Scheme? D. Mera Life Plan
E. Saral Life Plan
A. Canara Bank
B. Bank of India Which of the following bank has entered
C. Indian Bank into an MoU with Mahindra & Mahindra
D. State Bank of India for Tractor Finance?
E. ICICI Bank
A. Indian Bank
Tata Motors has collaborated with which B. Bank of India
bank for financing of its passenger C. Canara Bank
vehicles? D. Bank of Baroda
E. Punjab National Bank
A. Yes Bank
B. Axis Bank Which of the following bank has tied up
C. State Bank of India with Toyota Kirloskar Motor to enable
D. HDFC Bank finance options for the automaker's
E. Canara Bank customers and dealers?

Which of the following bank's CEO A. State Bank of India

Rajkiran Rai has been appointed as Indian B. Union Bank of India
Banks' Association chairman? C. Bank of India
D. Bank of Baroda
A. Federal bank E. Indian Bank
B. Karur Vysya Bank
C. Laxmi Vilas Bank According to the recent guideline by RBI,
D. ICICI Bank Housing Finance Companies should have
E. Union Bank of India to deploy how much per cent of their net
assets for providing finance for housing?
DBI Bank Limited announced the launch
of banking services on WhatsApp for its A. 99%
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B. 49% The State bank of India signed a loan

C. 51% agreement of united loan with JBIC for
D. 60% how much amount?
E. 55%
A. $ 1 billion
What is the deadline set by the Reserve B. $ 1 million
Bank of India for firms to shift to one or C. $ 2 billion
more interoperable QR codes? D. $ 2 million
E. $ 20 million
A. December 31, 2020
B. November 30, 2020 Which bank has tied up with Visa to
C. March 31, 2021 launch instant payouts for FinTechs to
D. January 1, 2021 empower real-time push payments
E. April 30, 2021 powered by Visa Direct and enable
instantaneous payouts through cards?
Recently, the Reserve Bank of India made
six sectors eligible for the deployment of A. Axis Bank
funds availed under on tap TLTRO. Which B. HDFC
of the following is NOT one of them? C. RBL Bank
D. ICICI Bank
A. Agriculture agri-infrastructure E. HSBC
B. Secured retail
C. Education IndusInd Bank has gone live as a FIP
D. Pharmaceuticals under the new ‘Account Aggregator
E. Healthcare Framework’ of the Reserve Bank of India,
making it the first bank in the country to
S Krishnan, who was appointed as the MD do so. What does 'I' stand for in 'FIP’?
& CEO of Punjab & Sind bank replaced
who among the following? A. Identification
B. Immediate
A. Murali Ramakrishnan C. Initiative
B. V. G. Mathew D. Information
C. Vikas Dubey E. Indian
D. S Harishankar
E. L V Prabhakar An Internal Working Group panel of RBI
has suggested that minimum initial
Which of the following bank in October capital requirement for licensing new
2020, raised Rs 5,000 cr by issuing Basel- banks to be enhanced from ₹500 cr to
III compliant bonds? __________ cr

A. State Bank of India A. ₹2,000

B. Bank of Baroda B. ₹1,500
C. ICIC Bank C. ₹1,200
D. HDFC Bank D. ₹1,000
E. Axis Bank E. ₹750
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Which among the following one tied-up Which of the following Luxury
with PNB MetLife India Insurance, for its automobile manufacturer got access to
customers availing the Pradhan Mantri SBI's HNI customer?
Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana?
A. Cadillac
A. IPPB B. Lexus
B. SBI C. Jagur
C. IDBI D. BMW
D. LIC E. Mercedes-Benz
E. HDFC

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