General awareness- 2012 Practice Test 39 FOR IBPS PO EXAM

RELATED TO BANKING  AWARENESS

1. The First bank in India to be given as ISO certification is

A. Punjab national bank
B. Canara bank
C. State bank of India
D. Bank of India
E. None


2. The general bank of India was set up in
A. 1784
B. 1785
C. 1786
D. 1794
E. None


3. The first Indian bank to have been started solely with Indian capital is
A. Bank of India
B. Punjab national bank
C. State bank of India
D. Central bank
E. None


4. The east India company established bank of Bengal in
A. 1809
B. 1813
C. 1834
D. 1847
E. None


5. Bank of Bombay was established in
A. 1843
B. 1846
C. 1850
D. 1840
E. None


6. The first bank in northern India to get ISO 9002 certification for their selected branches is
A. Punjab national bank
B. Sind bank
C. State bank of Bikaner
D. Allahabad bank
E. None


7. Bank of madras was established in
A. 1840
B. 1843
C. 1846
D. 1850
E. None


8. In 1865 which bank was established exclusively by Indians?
A. Allahabad bank
B. Canara bank
C. Bank of maharashtra
D. Bank of baroda
E. None


9. The Headquarters of Punjab national bank established in 1894 was at
A. Bombay
B. Calcutta
C. Amritsar
D. Lahore
E. None


10. India’s second largest private sector bank and is now the largest scheduled commercial bank of India is
A. The Federal Bank Limited
B. Bank of India
C. Bank of baroda
D. Punjab national bank
E. None


11. Bank which started as private share holders bank ,mostly Europeans is
A. The Federal Bank Limited
B. Imperial Bank of India
C. Bank of India
D. Bank of madras
E. None


12. The Banking company Act ,1949 which was later changed to banking Regulation Act 1949 As per amending Act Of ..
A. 1960
B. 1965
C. 1970
D. 1975
E. None


13. In Which Year the Government Nationalised imperial Bank of India With extensive banking facilities on a large scale specially in Rural and semi-urban areas ?
A. 1955
B. 1960
C. 1971
D. 1973
E. None


14. Banking Regulation Act were enacted in
A. 1939
B. 1945
C. 1949
D. 1952
E. None


15. The subsidiaries of SBI was Nationalised in
A. 1959
B. 1969
C. 1979
D. 1980
E. None



16. Bank of India was founded in
A. 1907 in Madras
B. 1906 in Calcutta
C. 1907 in Calcutta
D. 1906 in Mumbai
E. None


17. Which of the following is the first Indian bank to open a branch outside India in London in 1946 and the first to open a branch in continental Europe at paris in 1974 ?
A. Bank of Maharashtra
B. Bank of Allahabad
C. Bank of India
D. Bank Of Punjab
E. None


18. The oldest public sector bank in India having branches all over India and serving the Customers for the last 132 years is
A. Allahabad bank
B. State bank of India
C. Bank of Baroda
D. Canara Bank
E. None


19. The first Indian Commercial Bank which was wholly owned and managed by Indians is
A. Bank of India
B. State Bank Of India
C. Central Bank Of India
D. Allahabad bank
E. None


20. The State Bank Of India serves 90 million customers through a network of
A. 5000 branches
B. 7000 branches
C. 9000 branches
D. 10,000 branches
E. None