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Banking and Cash Transactions

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This collection covers essential concepts related to banking and cash transactions. It includes questions on outstanding cheques, petty cash, bank reconciliations, and negotiable instruments. These topics are highly relevant for accounting exams and test practical financial knowledge.

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Banking and Cash Transactions Questions

Multiple choice

A saving bank customer of Modern Bank issues a cheque of Rs. 1500 in favour of M/s Swastic Enterprises on order. The cheque is paid by the bank on presentation through clearing with endorsement from the payee as ‘Svastika Enterprises’. The endorsement is also confirmed by the collecting bank. The drawer claims that the payment has not been made in due course and claims refund of the amount.

  1. This is a payment on the guarantee by the collecting bank due to which paying bank’s position is safe.

  2. The cheque is of a small amount, so the bank should refund the money.

  3. If the customer is valuable, the customer’s request should be accepted.

  4. Endorsement is irregular due to which the paying bank is not protected under the provisions of Section 85 of NI Act.

  5. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Section 85 in The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881: Where a cheque payable to order purports to be endorsed by or on behalf of the payee, the drawee is discharged by payment in due course. Where a cheque is originally expressed to be payable to bearer, the drawee is discharged by payment in due course to the bearer thereof, notwithstanding any endorsement whether in full or in blank appearing thereon, and notwithstanding that any such endorsement purports to restrict or exclude further negotiation.

Multiple choice

Bank can be held liable for conversion in which of the following circumstances?

  1. Payment of a bearer cheque to a person other than payee without endorsement by the payee

  2. Collection of a cheque belonging to one X for another X, who opened the account with proper introduction.

  3. Collection of a cheque of large amount for a customer having poor financial background, without enquiring the source of the cheque.

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Banks were advised to follow certain customer identification procedure for opening of accounts and monitoring transactions of a suspicious nature for the purpose of reporting it to appropriate authority. Thus, while collecting cheques of large amount, it is mandatory for the banks to keep a check on the transactions (including history of the transactions).

Multiple choice

On the request of its customer, a Commercial Bank’s branch transferred the account to its another branch. A cheque was presented on the first (transferor) branch which it returned with the reason ‘refer to drawer’. Customer claimed damages from the bank.

  1. Bank is liable to the customer for not having returned the cheques with a proper reason.

  2. Bank is liable to the customer for having returned the cheques if the balance in the other branch was adequate, where the account was transferred.

  3. Bank is not liable to the customer as the cheque could not have been paid otherwise.

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The answer 'refer to drawer' often adopted by bankers would mean anything from shortage of time, to death or insolvency of the drawer and could also include insufficiency of funds. It could include serving of a garnishee order and could be milder form of refusal than 'no funds' or 'no arrangements'. At times it may not really reflect the financial position of the drawer and could only mean 'we are not paying, just ask the drawer why'. Thus, bank is liable to the customer for not having returned the cheques with a proper reason.

Multiple choice

A cheque is a dated January 12, 2016 and presented for payment by the payee on April 13, 2016. The paying bank returns the cheque stating that it is stale. Which among the following is not correct in this connection?

  1. The term ‘stale’ is defined in NI Act Section 138.

  2. The cheque becomes stale after 3 months from date of its issue.

  3. The term ‘stale’ is used as a matter of practice.

  4. A stale cheque can be revalidated with fresh validity up to 3 months.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Section 138 of NI Act deals with dishonour of cheque due to insufficiency of funds in the account.

Multiple choice

Bank B makes payment of the following cheques. For which of these will the bank not get protection?

  1. A cheque with one endorsement as forged endorsement

  2. A bearer cheque bearing an endorsement in favour of X while payment is received by Y without endorsement from X

  3. A cheque the amount of which has been filled by the payee and was left blank by the drawer

  4. A cheque having amount in words as Rupees five thousand while amount in figures was left blank
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

If the amount is written in words only and NOT in figures, then NO payment will be made because it would be inchoate. This means that a person writes a check with the following: Figures: _________ (Left Blank) Words: Rupees Five Thousand Only No payment would be made (Section 20 NI Act)

Multiple choice

Which among the following is a false statement?

  1. Signature of the payee or endorsee for negotiation of the cheque is called endorsement.

  2. Endorsement can be only on the note itself.

  3. A cheque can be endorsed for any number of times

  4. Endorsement is possible on bill of exchange, promissory note and cheque.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The endorsements of the note need not be on the note itself. A note is also endorsed if a separate sheet of paper containing the signature and any words of endorsement is attached to the note, called an allonge.

Multiple choice

Which of the following instruments has three parties, i.e. drawer, payee and drawee, to the instrument?

  1. Bill of exchange and cheque

  2. Bill of exchange and promissory note

  3. Promissory note and cheque

  4. Promissory note and demand draft
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

‘Cheque’ is an instrument which contains an unconditional order, drawn on a banker, directing to pay a certain sum of money to the person whose name is specified in the instrument. ‘Bill of Exchange’ is a document containing an unconditional order, directing a person, to pay a certain amount to a specified person. A cheque is a type of bill of exchange, used for the purpose of making payment to any person.

There are three parties involved in the case: Drawer: The maker or issuer of the cheque. Drawee: The bank which makes payment of the cheque. Payee: The person who gets the payment of the cheque or whose name is mentioned on the cheque.

Multiple choice

Spend now and pay later stands for

  1. ATM card

  2. credit card

  3. debit card

  4. electronic purse
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

A credit card is a payment card issued to users (cardholders) as a method of payment. It allows the cardholder to pay for goods and services based on the holder's promise to pay for them. Thus, a user can spend at the moment and can pay later for the same.

Multiple choice

X is maintaining an SB account with Popular Bank and the bank wrongly credited an amount of Rs. 12500 to his account. This was entered in his pass book also. Later on when the mistake came to bank’s notice, it debited the customer’s account but did not inform the customer. Meanwhile, the customer issued a cheque on the basis of this balance, which was dishonoured by the bank.

  1. Customer can ask for damages for return of his cheque although amount was recoverable from him, had the cheque been paid.

  2. Customer cannot ask for damages as bank has only rectified the mistake.

  3. It was customer’s duty to check the pass book for bringing the error to bank’s notice. Hence, customer cannot claim any damages.

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

According to the given case, the consumer should receive compensation for the upset and inconvenience caused to him by the financial business's mistake.

Multiple choice

Z, your customer, keeps his cheque book carelessly in his briefcase. The office peon steals a cheque leaf and very cleverly forges Z’s signatures which appear exactly similar to the signatures on record of the bank and obtains the payment of the cheque. Z claims the money back from the bank. Which of these options is true in the given scenario?

  1. Bank is liable for the payment.

  2. Z, being negligent, is liable for the loss. Hence, his claim is not tenable.

  3. As signatures appear similar to the signatures on record, the bank is protected u/s 89 of NI Act.

  4. Bank and Z are equally negligent and equally liable.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A bank is supposed to keep your money safe. Yet there are a number of instances of fraudulent withdrawal of money from bank accounts. While in some cases, such fraud takes place with the connivance of the bank staff, in others, the negligence of the bank staff results in clearance of forged cheques. Whatever may be the cause, the law is clear — the bank has to take responsibility for its action in clearing a forged cheque and refund the amount illegally withdrawn from the customer's account.

Multiple choice

You will hear a recording about money. At the end of the recording, the last word or group of words has been replaced by a beep. Select the correct option to complete the recording.

  1. notes

  2. accounts

  3. drafts

  4. paper
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The text is about the development of paper money. The Chinese used paper money, and bankers in Spain and Italy used bills of exchange. The Swedes are thought to be the first to use paper money in Europe. So, the missing word is: notes.

Multiple choice

Sir, would you like to have anything else?

  1. Nothing more please. Just bring me the cheque.

  2. Bring me the cheque, will you?

  3. No. Brought me the cheque.

  4. It is a no. Brought me the cheque.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Option (2) is a rude reply. 'Brought' cannot be used here as it is in the past tense.