General awareness- 2012 Practice Test 45 FOR Bank Exam (Ibps )

1. Which of the following institutions is co-sponsored by IDS?
A. National stock exchange of India
B. Over the counter exchange of India
C. Discount and finance houses of India ltd
D. All of the above
E. None


2. The industrial finance corporation of India was the first development banks established in India in The year
A. 1948
B. 1952
C. 1965
D. 1974
E. None


3. When did the industrial financial corporation of India (IFCI)was converted into a joint stock company to enable it to function with more flexibility ?
A. 1985
B. 1990
C. 1993
D. 1989
E. None


4. Under project finance IFCI are provided assistance in different ways. Which of the following is not one of them ?
A. Underwriting of equity ,preference and debenture
B. Guaranteeing the deferred payments in respect of machinery imported from aboard or purchased in India
C. Underwriting of loans raised in foreign currency from foreign financial institutions
D. Subscribing to equity ,preference and debenture issues
E. None


5. ICICI was set up as a joint Stock company in
A. 1955
B. 1960
C. 1965
D. 1970
E. None


6. The public- cum right issue of capital by ICICI was in
A. 1991
B. 1993
C. 1996
D. 2000
E. None


7. Recently which financial institutions has granted assistance for technology upgradation and modernisation of balancing equipment out of world bank’s lines of credit ?
A. Allahabad bank
B. ICICI bank
C. Central bank
D. Bank of India
E. None


8. The industrial reconstruction corporation of India LTD was Setup in
A. 1971
B. 1976
C. 1979
D. 1980
E. None


9. The industrial reconstruction corporation of India was renamed as industrial Reconstruction Bank Of India by an Act of parliament with effect from march 20,
A. 1980
B. 1983
C. 1985
D. 1989
E. None


10. The industrial Reconstruction bank of India itself was renamed as Industrial Investment Bank of India in March
A. 1990
B. 1997
C. 1999
D. 2000
E. None