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Question No. 1 to 5 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
This is a plastic card with an embedded microchip that can be for a variety of purposes. They are loaded with data,
provide tamper-proof storage of user and account identity. The transactions carried out through these cards are highly
secure as they require PIN/OTP/biometric data for authentication.
One of these cards relays a message to the cardholder's bank to withdraw funds from the cardholder's designated bank
account and thereby widely used for electronic payments. You can't withdraw more than the amount present in your
account with this card. Another card similar to it provides your overdraft facility to a certain limit. Apart from these,
these plastic cards are also used in transportation. This is a virtual wallet on which you can load fare thereby facilitates
you with seamless travel. Due to the ease of transactions they provide, worldwide people are now using these cards.
Reason (R): Insurable interest means some pecuniary interest in the subject matter of the insurance contract.
a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c. A is true but R is false.
d. A is false but R is true.
10. Assertion (A): Fire Insurance policy doesn't have any surrender value.
Reason (R): No amount is paid in case of fire insurance to the insured if he surrenders the policy as there is no loss to
compensate.
a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c. A is true but R is false.
d. A is false but R is true.
11. State True or False:
a. A fire insurance policy can be taken for any amount.
a. True
b. False
b. The Insurable Interest in fire insurance should be at the time of insurance and at the time of damage.
a. True
b. False
12. Fill in the blanks:
a. ________ means storage and preservation of commodities or goods in a warehouse.
b. If the insurance contract is terminated before time, the amount received is called ________.
13. Match the following:
(a) This principle suggest that it is the right of an insurance to call upon other liable insurance to (i) Sum
contribute for the loss of payment assured
(b) This principle states that it is the duty of the insured to take reasonable steps to minimise the loss to (ii) Cause
the insured property Proxima
(c) The insurer is liable to compensate for the loss only if the proximate cause is covered under the (iii)
policy Contribution
(d) This is the amount for which the insurance policy is taken (iv) Mitigation
Solution
Explanation: Security
6. (b) Primary function
Explanation: Simultaneity
9. (d) A is false but R is true.
Explanation: The insured must have an insurable interest in the subject matter of the insurance as per the principle of
Insurable Interest.
10. (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Explanation: Since insurance is not a contract of making a profit, that's why the amount is paid only when there is loss
and nothing is paid if the insured surrenders the policy before happening of the event.
11. State True or False:
a. (b) False
Explanation: False. The policy amount cannot be more than the value of the subject matter.
b. (a) True
Explanation: True
12. Fill in the blanks:
a. Warehousing
b. Surrender value
13. (a) - (iii), (b) - (iv), (c) - (ii), (d) - (i)
14. At the time of getting insurance, the insurable interest should be presented in the life insurance.
15. It is known as the 'Hull Insurance'.
16. i. Utmost good faith: It is the duty of the insured to disclose all the material facts relating to the risk to be covered. A
material fact refers to the fact which would influence the mind of the prudent underwriter in deciding whether to
accept a risk for insurance and on what terms.
ii. Indemnity: The purpose of indemnity is to restore the insured person to approximately the same financial position
that existed prior to the loss. The important word here is 'approximately' the same and the reason for this is to prevent
Advantages:
i. E-banking provides services 24 hours, 365 days a year to the customers of the bank.
ii. Customers can make some of the permitted transactions from office or house or while travelling via mobile phones.
iii. It develops a sense of financial discipline by recording each and every transaction.
iv. Greater customer satisfaction by offering unlimited access to the bank, not limited by the walls of the branch and less
risk as well as greater security to the customer as they can avoid travelling with cash.
19. i. RTGS.
Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS): Real-Time Gross Settlement is a funds transfer system where the transfer of
funds or money takes place from one bank account (say, bank X) to another bank account (say, Bank Y) on a Real-
Time and on "Gross Time" basis. Settlement in 'Real Time' means payment transaction is not subjected to any
waiting period. The transactions are settled as soon as they are processed. The gross settlement means the transaction
is settled on one to one basis without bunching or netting with any other transaction. Once processed, payments are
final and irrevocable. RTGS systems are managed and run by the central banks of country.
ii. E-banking is a method through which customers can perform their financial transactions online. Benefits of e-
Banking to Customers are :
a. e-banking provides facilitates 24 hours a day x 365 days a year services to the customers of the bank.
b. Customers can make some of the permitted transactions from office or house or while traveling even through the
mobile telephone.
c. Recording of each and every transaction develops a sense of financial discipline.
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20. A life insurance policy is a protection against the uncertainty of life that is death. It provides protection to the family a
premature death of an individual. The various types of life insurance policies are as follows:
i. Term insurance policy: This policy is a pure risk cover with the insured amount to be paid only if the policyholder
dies during the period of policy time. The intention of this policy is to protect the policy holder's family in case of
death.
ii. Endowment policy: In this policy, the term policy is defined for a specified period like 15, 20, or 25 years. The
insurance company pays the claim to the family of the assured on the event of his death within the policy term or on
the event of the assured serving the policy term.
iii. Whole life policy: In this policy, the insurance company collects premiums for the insured for the whole life or till
the time of his retirement and pays a claim to the family of the insured only after his death.
iv. Money-back policy: Money back policy provides money on occasions when the policyholder needs it for his personal
reasons. The occasions may be marriage, education, etc. The money will be paid back to the policyholder in a