Practice Economy and Banking and Finance Current Affairs Questions and Answers

• Consider the following statement/s about a global organization: Statement : 1. The United Nations was established in 1945. Statement : 2. The World Health ...
• Where is the global headquarters of the Goldman Sachs investment banking firm?
• Which institution regulates the microfinance institutions (MFIs) in India?
• Which committee recommended the introduction of the concept of "Priority Sector Lending" in India?
• Which financial institution in India operates the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), aimed at providing loans to micro enterprises?
• Which committee recommended the introduction of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) in India?
• Which Indian bank became the first to open an all-digital branch, where no human beings are employed for regular operations?
• Under which act did the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) introduce the 'Marginal Cost of Funds Based Lending Rate' (MCLR) system to determine lending rates?
• Who issues the Sovereign Gold Bonds (SGBs) in India?
• Which financial institution in India regulates and supervises the Primary Dealers (PDs) in government securities?
• Which financial institution in India is responsible for regulating and supervising the functioning of insurance companies?
• Which act empowered the RBI to issue 'Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs)' licenses in India?
• Which of the following is not the work of RBI?
• __________ include fees received for credit-related or lending related services like credit processing fees, late payment or default charges and early rede...
• ________ include fees or commission received for arranging or entering into financial lease contracts. This also includes fees received directly or deducte...
• Consider the following statement about Monetary Policy Committee (MPC): 1. The first such MPC was constituted on September 29, 2016. 2. Governor of the Res...
• The quorum for the meeting of the monetary policy committee (MPC) is ____ members.
• ___________ include outright purchase/sale of government securities by the Reserve Bank for injection/absorption of durable liquidity in the banking system...
• Which of the following is a monetary policy tool which allows banks to borrow money through repurchase agreements that is primerily used by the Reserve Ban...
• In Which of the following year, the RBI Act, 1934 was amended to provide a statutory basis for the implementation of the flexible inflation targeting frame...
• Consider the following statement about Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs): 1. It refers to primary cooperative banks located in urban areas only. 2. These ban...
• The first known mutual aid society in India was ________.
• Government of Bombay passed the first State Cooperative Societies Act in which of the following year?
• Which of the following bank renamed and nationalised as the State Bank of India in 1955?
• Who among the following was the first female chairperson of State Bank of India?
• The inaugural officeholder of the chairperson of State Bank of India was?
• Who among the following National leader was not a PNB's founder?
• Which of the following is the first Indian bank to have been started solely with Indian capital that survives to the present?
• Where is the headquarter of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC Bank)?
• All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA) is the oldest and largest national trade union of bank employees in India, was founded in?
• In which of the following year the Union Bank was registered as a limited company?
• Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank were amalgamated into Union Bank of India in which of the following year?
• Consider the following statement about National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT): 1. It is a quasi-judicial body. 2. It adjudicates issues relating to Indian co...
• National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) was established by the government of India in which of the following year?
• Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) works under the administrative domain of which ministry?
• Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) was given statutory powers on which of the following year?
• Which is a specialised division of RBI through which it prints and mints Indian currency notes (INR)?
• Reserve Bank of India was set up based on the recommendations of which commission?v
• Which of the following was the first country to impose the Goods and Services Tax (GST)?
• Goods and Services Tax in India is modeled after which of the following country?