[STC-Salt Lake] Model Questions for candidates appearing for TO / JMGS I

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Title: TEST PAPER FOR CANDIDATES APPEARING FOR TO / JMGS I - 2004

 

 

Model Questions for candidates appearing for TO / JMGS I

 

 

 

1)    Name the focussed Business Groups created after restructuring: -

        a)    National Banking Group        b)    Corporate Banking Group

        c)    International Banking Group       d) Associates and Subsidiaries.

          e)      None of the above.     f)      All of the above

 

2)    Ist policy of ?SBI Life Insurance ltd.? has been named as:

        a)    Quantum                                 b)    Magnum

        c)    Jeevan Mitra                          d)    Sanjeevan

 

3)      Amount mobilised under IMD issued by the bank was:

        a)    $5,497 millions                       b)    $ 6,232 millions

        c)    $ 4,221 millions                      d)    $ 4,829 millions

 

 4)          What action is taken if one of the customers tenders a forged note?

        a)    He is caught and confined in a room till the police arrives

        b)    The note is returned with the remark ?forged note" 

        c)    The  note is  impounded after recording his statement which is forwarded to police for investigation 

d)         The note is impounded  and the customer is sent away

 

5).          The relationship between the hirers of a bank locker and the Bank is that of  

        a)    Debtor-Creditor                     b)    Bailor-bailee           

        c)    Licensor-licensee                   d)    Principal-agent

 

6)    Which section of the Negotiable Instruments Act,1881 permits institution of criminal proceedings against persons who have issued cheques that have bounced ?  

        a)    Sec. 144                                  b)    Sec. 28          

        c)    Sec. 138                                  d)    Sec. 50

 

7)    A contract of Insurance is a contract of

        a)    Indemnity                               b)    Pledge           

        c)    Guarantee                              d)    Hypothecation

 

8)     In a cheque presented for payment, the amount stated in words and figures differs. What would you do ?  

        a)    Pay the amount stated in words 

        b)    Pay the amount stated in figures

        c)    Pay the lower of the two amounts 

        d)    Return the cheque with the reason - amount in words and figures differ.

 

9) Restriction on number of partners in a firm is imposed by ?  

        a)    Indian Companies Act 1956 b)    Indian Partnership Act 1932 

        c)    Indian Contract Act 1872     d)    None of these

 

10) The  provisions  of Consumers  Protection  Act, 1986 are applicable to the services rendered by the Banks to whom?  

        a)    To the customers of the bank only

        b)    To the  customers and the users of services irrespective of whether the service is gratis, or for a consideration

        c)    To the customers and any user of Bank's services against consideration

 

11) Which of the following statement is not correct

        a)    Nomination can be made by illiterate depositor

        b)    Nomination can be made on joint Accounts also    

        c)    One person should be nominated

        d)    Two persons can be nominated in the Joint Accounts

 

12) The certificate to commence business is to be called for, for perusal and return for opening of an account of:

        a)    Public Limited Company        b)    Club & Association

c)          Private Limited Company                    d) None.

 

13) The Negotiable Instruments Act allows 3 days of grace on:

        a)    Cheques                                  b)    Usance Bills of Exchange

        c)    Promissory Note                                   d) None.         

 

14) When a cheque in which the drawer?s signatures is forged is paid    the paying banker is :

        a)    Protected if it was paid in good faith and without negligence

        b)    Not entitled to debit the customer's account    

        c)    Protected if the forgery could not be detected even after exercise of reasonable care

 

15) The mechanism by which income and interest expenditure is shared between Central Office and branches is called:

        a)    Interest receivable/payable to Central Office

        b)    Funds management

        c)    Transfer Price Mechanism

        d)    Income sharing

 

16)    The GENDA reports are to be checked by:

        a)    System Administrator           b)    Accountant

        c)    Branch Manager                    d)    User Control Officer

 

17) Deposits of deceased persons lying in the current account earn interest at what rate?

        a)    Savings Bank interest rate   b)    Not payable at all

        c)    Prevailing time deposit rate d)    10% per annum

 

18)  If the original as well as the duplicate of a draft are presented through clearing the same day, by two different banks, giving the certificate ? payees account credited?, which is to be paid?

        a)    Both should be returned 

        b)    Original to be paid & duplicate returned

        c)    Duplicate to be paid and original to be returned

        d)    None of these

 

19)  To which head, deposits accepted under the Kisan Mitra Jama Yojana are credited to?

        a)    Current account                     b)    Special Term Deposit A/c

        c)    Term Deposit A/c                  d)    Profit & loss A/c

 

20)   In case the nominee predeceases the account holder, the nomination :-

        a)    Stands cancelled

        b)    The legal heirs of the nominee have the right to claim the amount

        c)    Legal representation is required

 

21)   The day?s chest transfer at the branch is credited to/debited to

        a)    Currency Transaction Account    b)           Branch Cash Balance Account

        c)    Government General Account     d)           None of these

 

22) Police escort charges incurred in connection with currency      remittance will be

        a)    Paid by debit to Charges Account

        b)    Paid by debit to Currency Transaction Account

        c)    Paid by debit to Charges and then recovered from Reserve Bank of India

        d)    Paid by debit to Suspense Account

 

23) What is the minimum and maximum amount for which Savings Bank Cheque can be drawn

        a)    Rs. 50 and no limit                 b)    Rs. 5 and Rs. 2500

        c)    Rs.50 and Rs. 5000/-                            d) No such restriction

 

24)    Corporate Liquid Term Deposit scheme can be issued for the period of

        a)    15 days to 1 year                   b)    15 days to 2 years

        c)    15 days to 3 years.                d)    15 days to 5 years.

 

25) Minimum and maximum period for opening Money Box Deposit Account is

        a)    12 Months & 60 Months        b)    12 Months & 120 Months

        c)    24 Months & 120 Months      d)    6 Months & 60  Months

 

26)  As per Nayak Committee recommendations working capital to be sanctioned by a Bank should be computed on the basis of:-

        a)    A minimum of 25% of estimated sales

        b)    A minimum of 20% of projected  annual turnover

        c)    A maximum of 20% of  projected  annual turnover sales

        d)    A maximum of 25% of  actual turnover of previous year

 

27)  Circle Credit committee has following members under the new credit process:

        a)    CGM,GM(Com), GM (D&PB) & Circle Finance Officer

        b)    CGM,GM(Com), Circle  Credit Officer& Circle Finance Officer

        c)    CGM,GM(Com), GM (D&PB) & Circle Credit Officer

        d)    CGM, Circle Credit Officer, Circle Finance Officer & Circle Dev. Officer

 

28) 90 days delinquency  norms for classification of NPAs are effective from

        a)    31.3.2003          b) 31.3.2004            c)    31.3.2005d) 31.3.2006

 

29)    A non-performing asset remains as a sub-standard asset for a period of

        a)    For more than 2 years          b)    For more than 3 years

        c)    For not exceeding 18 months               d) None

 

30)   For conversion of crop loan into term loan a request from farmer borrower has to be made in________

        a)    AB 6                    b)    AB 3                   c)    AB 7d)           None of the above

 

31) The scale of finance for crop lawns are fixed by ________

        a)    Local Head Office                  b)    Regional Office

        c)    Lead Bank                               d)    Distt.level Technical Committee

 

32) Rabi season starts from

        a)    December to May                  b)    October to March

        c)    May to October                      d)    April to September

 

33)   The amount of recovery in respect of a loan written off by  debit to LHO is credited to

        a)    Charges Account                   b)    Br.Clg. Gen A/c - LHO

        c)    Sundry Deposit A/c               d)    Protested bill A/c

 

34)   Interest on Crop Loan should be applied________

        a)    May and November               b)    April and September

        c)    on due dates                          d)    Half-yearly

 

35)  As per RBI guidelines a term loan is not repayable before:

        (a) 12 months                               (b) 36 months

        c)    60 months                               d)    24 months       

 

36) The maximum subsidy available per family under SGSY for SC/ST beneficiary is:

        a)    4000/-               b)    5000/-               c)    10000/-         d)    7500/-

 

37) Name the chairman of ?Committee on Financial System? for  giving recommendations to have proper system for Income Recognition and Asset Classification & Provisioning ?

        a)    M.N.Goiporia     b)    Dr.C.Rangrajan       c)                    M.Narashimham

 

38) A provision is made on secured portion of Doubtful Asset  which is NPA for the last 3 years.

        a)    20%                   b)    30%                   c)    50%               d)    10%

 

39) Self-Help group should not consist more than____persons

        a)    20                      b)    10                      c)    30                      d)    25

 

40) Under FCNB scheme who absorbs the exchange Risk involved

        a)    The AD                                    c)    GOI

        b)    RBI                                          d)    The depositor   

 

41) The amount of overdraft permissible in Saving Bank Account to NRI under NRE Scheme is

        a)    Rs. 100000                             c)    Rs.20000

        b)    Rs. 50000                               d)    Rs. Not permissible

 

42) Mr. Oswal who has been selected to go abroad on business visit. He is eligible for how much foreign exchange?

        a)    USD 5,000                               c)    USD 25,000

        b)    USD 10,000                            d)    USD 20,000

 

43)An air-hostess employed by Air India often on duty on flights involving destinations like London, New York, Tokyo, etc., She is entitled to open only:

        a)    An ordinary non-resident account

        b)    A non-resident (external) account

        c)    Only an account in Indian rupees like any other resident in India

 

44) Debt Equity Ratio means :

        a)    Long term debt plus bank borrowing to shareholders? funds

        b)    Long term debt to equity

        c)    Long term debt plus bank borrowing to paid up capital

        d)    None of these

 

45) Hypothecation advances granted to partnership undertakings should be registered with:

        a)    The Registrar of Companies

        b)    The Registrar of Assurance

        c)    The Registrar of Firms

        d)    Such advances do not require any registration

 

46) Who  has been appointed as the new Governor of Reserve Bank of India ?

        a)    Dr. C.Rangarajan                  b) Dr.Y.V.Reddy. 

        c)    Jaswant Singh                        d)    Bimal Jalan

 

47) A  complaint  received from a customer is required to be settled finally within  a maximum period of

        a)    20 days                                   b)    15 days

        c)    21 days                                   d)    45 days

 

48) Branches having a strength  of 100 or more are required to hold customer service committee meting at :

        a)    yearly intervals                      b)    half-yearly intervals

        c)    monthly intervals                   d)    quarterly intervals

 

49) Banking Ombudsman can award  compensation to cover the loss suffered by the complainant, up to a maximum of Rs.

        a)    1 lac                                         b)    5 lacs

        c)    2 lacs                                       d)    10 lacs

 

50) Who verifies the thumb impression of a depositor on Saving Bank withdrawal form:

        a)    the Passing Officer                b)    the Branch Officer

        c)    the Head Cashier                   d)    the Accountant

 

51)  The paid up capital of State Bank of India as on 31/03/2004 is

a) 1000 crore       b) 750 crore                 c) 529.30crore                d) None

 

52)            Under the Universal Computerization Project , A category branch is

a)  Where requirement of nodes is 6 or more

b)  Where requirement of nodes is 2 to 5.

c)   Where requirement of nodes is 1

d)  None.

 

53) Maximum cash that can be withdrawn from an ATM of SBI in a day is

a) Rs.40000/         b) Rs.25000/                  c) Rs.15000/             d) No limit

 

54) What is the capital adequacy ratio of SBI as on 31/03/04?

a) 13.50%              b) 12.25%                      c) 10.25%                 d) 13.53%

 

55) What is the net profit of SBI as on 31/03/04?

a) Rs.3105 cr.        b)Rs. 3521 cr.             c) Rs.3681 cr.          d) Rs.3420 cr

 

56) Who is heading banks Corporate Banking Group?

a) Shri A.K.Purwar     b) Shri C.Bhattacharya    c) Shri A.Kene. d) None

 

57) Who is holding maximum shares of SBI?

a) RBI                     b) Central Govt.           c) General public        d) IDBI

 

58) As per banks policy guidelines for 2004-05, the gross NPAs are to be brought down to

a) 6.50%                    b) 5.00%                      c) 9.80%                    d) 2.00%

 

59) A single window operator can receive Govt. challans up to

a) Rs.5000               b) Rs.10000            c) Rs.3000                 d) Rs.15000

 

60) A minor is eligible to open a savings bank account if he can maintain a uniform signature and has completed

        a)    18 years of age                      b)    10 years of age

        c)    21 years of age                      d)    12 years of age

 

61) What is the remuneration received at the whole bank level for conducting the Government transactions?

        a)    11.22 paise per Rs.100         b)   9.80 paise per Rs. 100

        c)    10.40 paise per Rs. 100        d)    11.80 paise per Rs. 100

 

62) Paper sealing system is applicable to:

        a)    All notes below the denomination of Rs.100/-

        b)    All notes irrespective of denomination

        c)    Notes of Rs. 10 denomination and below

 

63) A remittance from one Currency Chest to a currency chest of another Bank is effected

        a)    By debit to Link Branch         b)    By debit to Reserve Bank of India

        c)    No entries need be passed          d)           None of these

 

64) What is the present SBAR?

    a) 11%                 b) 10.25%              c) 10.50%                   d) 9.50%

 

65)  Interest on delayed collection of cheque is paid by debit to

    a) Interest a/c         b) SB interest /ac                c) Charges a/c     d) None

 

66) Interest is not payable to Central office on cash balance

 TRUE / FALSE

 

67) Which is the last circle to be added in SBI?

a) Uttaranchal            b) Kerala                   c) Zarkhand                  d) None

 

68) Under Education loan up to what amount security is not to be insisted?

       a) Rs.15.00 lac          b) Rs.7.50 lac            c) Rs.4.00 lac                d) None

 

69) Maximum repayment period by way of EMI for housing loan to borrowers up to 45 years of age is

       a) 15 years              b) 10 years                c) 25 years                    d) 20years

 

70) Incentive under transfer price mechanism for issuing of each ATM card is

        a) Rs.100/              b) Rs.750                   c) Rs.250                       d) Rs.500

 

71) What is the new efficiency parameter included in the P form?

        a) Capital Adequacy Ratio        b) Current Ratio          c) Transaction cost   

 

72) What is the network system that connects partitions in bankmaster setup?

         a) SBI connect           b) LAN                  c) WAN                d) None

 

73) The term customer is defined under

       a) RBI Act           b) BR Act                     c) N.I.Act             d) None

 

74) Expand USROMD

 

75) Cash retention limit of teller is

        a) Rs.1.50 lac      b) Rs.2.00 lac                 c) Rs.5.00 lac       d) None

 

 

 

  Key for the objective questions

 

1)  f      2) d     3) a      4) c     5) c     6) c     7) a     8) a    9) a     10) c   

 

11) d    12) a    13) b   14) b   15) c   16) c   17) a    18) b    19) b   20) a    

 

21) a    22) c     23) a   24) c   25)b    26) b   27) c    28) b    29) c   30) c 

 

31) d    32) b    33) a    34) c    35) b   36) c   37) c   38) b   39) a   40) a   

 

41) b    42) c    43) c    44) b     45) d     46) b  47) c  48) c    49) d    50) a   

 

51) c   52) a     53) c     54) d   55) c   56) b    57) a    58) b    59) b   60) b   

 

61) d     62) a   63) c    64) b    65) c    66) False  67) b    68) c   69) d    70) a

 

71) c    72) b    73) d    74) Utility Services Rental & Other Misc.Dep  75) b.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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