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Re: RBI Exam GK
As you are looking for important notes for GK section of RBI Grade B Exam, so here I am giving important questions related to RBI that are asked in Exam: RBI Grade B Witten Exam GK Important Questions 1. When did Reserve Bank of India (RBI) formed? Answer: 1935 april 1 2. When did Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Nationalised ? Answer: 1949 3. Where was the first Headquarters of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) ? Answer: Kolkata 4. When did the Headquarters of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) moved to Mumbai ? Answer: 1937 5. Who was the First Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor ? Answer: Sir Osborne Smith 6. Who was the first Indian RBI Governor ? Answer: C.D.Deshmukh 7. Which Commission recommended the formation of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) ? Answer: Hilton Young Commission (Royal commission) 8. Which is the central bank in India ? Answer: RBI 9. Which bank is known as Banker's Bank ? Answer: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) 10. Who is the present Governor of RBI ? Answer: Dr. Raghuram Rajan 11. Who introduced the Banking Ombudsman Scheme ? Answer: Reserve Bank of India 12. What's the purpose of demat account ? Demat account is a safe and convenient means of holding securities just like a bank account is for funds. Today, practically 99.9% settlement (of shares) takes place on demat mode only. Thus, it is advisable to have a Beneficiary Owner (BO) account to trade at the exchanges. 13. How does the Reserve Bank estimate the demand for banknotes? The Reserve Bank estimates the demand for banknotes on the basis of the growth rate of the economy, the replacement demand and reserve stock requirements by using statistical models/techniques. RBI Governors List Sir Osborne Smith (01-04-1935 to 30-06-1937) Sir James Taylor (01-07-1937 to 17-02-1943) Sir C D Deshmukh (11-08-1943 to 30-06-1949) Sir Benegal Rama Rau (01-07-1949 to 14-01-1957) K G Ambegaonkar (14-01-1957 to 28-02-1957) H V R Iengar (01-03-1957 to 28-02-1962) P C Bhattacharya (01-03-1962 to 30-06-1967) L K Jha (01-07-1967 to 03-05-1970) B N Adarkar (04-05-1970 to 15-06-1970) S Jagannathan (16-06-1970 to 19-05-1975) N C Sen Gupta (19-05-1975 to 19-08-1975) K R Puri (20-08-1975 to 02-05-1977) M Narasimham (02-05-1977 to 30-11-1977) Dr. I G Patel (01-12-1977 to 15-09-1982) Dr. Manmohan Singh (16-09-1982 to 14-01-1985) A Ghosh (15-01-1985 to 04-02-1985) R N Malhotra (04-02-1985 to 22-12-1990) S Venkitaramanan(22-12-1990 to 21-12-1992) Dr. C Rangarajan (22-12-1992 to 21-11-1997) Dr. Bimal Jalan (22-11-1997 to 06-09-2003) Dr. Y V Reddy (06-09-2003 to 05-09-2008) Dr. D. Subbarao (05-09-2008 to 04-09-2013) Dr Raghuram Rajan (004-09-2013 to 04-09-2016) Dr Urjit R. Patel (04-09-2016 to till today) (Q.1) Hundred Rupee currency note in India, bears the signature of: President of India Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Finance Minister Cabinet Finance Secretary (Q.2) What is the currency of Kazakhstan? Tenge Lira Shekel Riyal (Q.3) Which among the following public sector banks does NOT have its headquarters in Karnataka? Corporation Bank Syndicate Bank Indian Overseas Bank Canara Bank (Q.4) ‘International Literacy Day’ is observed on which date every year? 5th September 6th September 7th September 8th September (Q.5) In context of Indian capital markets, what does abbreviation ‘IPO’ stand for? Initial Public Offer Initial Profit Offer Initial Public Opportunity Initial Profit Opportunity (Q.6) Which among the following pairs of County-Capital is INCORRECT? Portugal – Rome Belgium – Brussels Poland – Warsaw Greece – Athens (Q.7) Which among the following is the nearest definition of ‘financial inclusion’? delivery offinancial services at affordable costs to sections of disadvantaged and low-income segments of society providing housing and education at affordable costs to sections of disadvantaged and low-income segments of society providing basic nutritional food at affordable costs to sections of disadvantaged and low-income segments of society All of the above (Q.8) Tehri Dam, which is the tallest dam in India is built on which river? River Mahanadi River Bhagirathi River Alaknanda River Nandakini (Q.9) National Housing Bank (NHB), a wholly owned subsidiary of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has its headquarters at: New Delhi Mumbai Hyderabad Chennai (Q.10) Process by which the monetary authority of a country controls the supply of money, often targeting an inflation rate or interest rate to ensure price stability and general trust in the currency is referred to as: Open Market Operations Annual Budget Convertibility Policy Monetary Policy General Awareness Questions Maputo is the capital of S.s ahluwalia constituency Keibul Lamjao national park- state Andymurry – which sport Ngultrum is currency of Who changed my interest rates author Sankat mochan -country Given the name of the typhoon occurred in China and asked the country( I couldn’t recall it’s Question related to reverse repo SIDBI Head quarter Foreign share holdiñg limit raised from 5% to—- Highest Sex ratio – state 2011 census India: UAE related question answer is UAE What is mobikwik World hepatitis day theme India- Boeing (country) TVSN prasad committee related to pellet guns Mhow stadium is named after Agricultural loan limit raised to Federal bank branch HQ I India National insurance Ltd HQ Sum for recapitalization of 13 PSB s Question related to a committee head in IRDAI Mission Indradhanush related to Commitee head to examine new financial year – Shankar acharya Capital complex heritage site- state Maitree exercise b/w NDTL abbreviation Contingents at Rio Olympics name but answer was China) ICJ HQ Post payments bank initial corpus Host country – 2016 Kabbaddi world cup Mission bhagiratha – state Green highways – state Fintech and digital – committee- sudersan send Lakhwar dam- yamuna- which state Courage and commitment author Niti aàyog atal tinkering lab initiative statement of intent with- Intel India Water metro- state |