Banking Financial Awareness · Commerce Accountancy

Credit, Debt, and Finance

1,382 Questions

This topic covers essential concepts of credit, debt, and finance including bankruptcy, debt recovery, and financial acts. These questions are frequently asked in banking and IBPS exams. Test your knowledge of financial terminology and loan classifications.

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Credit, Debt, and Finance Questions

Multiple choice
  1. time-barred and hence, irrecoverable

  2. time barred, but recoverable

  3. not time-barred

  4. None of these

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

Option (1) is correct: Debt collectors have a limited number of years to collect their debts. They can sue for the debt in that particular time, which is 3 years. After that, debts become time-barred debts and they are irrecoverable.

Multiple choice
  1. Government directs the channel of flow of funds to identified sectors of the economy

  2. The Board of director issues to directions to the branch managers of the banks to follow a certain credit policy

  3. Credit given in geographical direction to ensure proper flow of funds geographically

  4. Directions given by political leaders to give loans to their close relatives

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

Directed credit refers to government policies that require banks to lend a specific portion of their funds to priority sectors, such as agriculture or small-scale industries.

Multiple choice
  1. Credit

  2. Deficit financing

  3. Member of countries

  4. Borrowings

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

The IMF's capital is primarily derived from quota subscriptions paid by its member countries, which reflect their relative size in the global economy.

Multiple choice
  1. banks lending below PLR

  2. mortgage crisis

  3. banks lending to VIP customers turning defaulters

  4. none of these

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

The subprime crisis is widely known as the mortgage crisis because it was triggered by the widespread default on subprime mortgages in the United States.

Multiple choice
  1. Political Cause

  2. Technical Cause

  3. Natural Cause

  4. Human Cause

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

Right answer Becasue it is a human cause, since if a customer or debtor is insolvent, he cannot pay the amount due which results in bad debts or loss for the business.

Multiple choice
  1. Personal Loans;

  2. Home Loans;

  3. Consumer Loans;

  4. All the above

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

EMI (Equated Monthly Installment) is a common repayment method used across various loan types, including personal, home, and consumer loans, to spread the principal and interest over a fixed period.

Multiple choice
  1. certificate, promising payment of specified payment at a fixed rate after a specified period

  2. certificate for investment in shares

  3. certificate for bonus shares

  4. dividend warrant

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

A debenture is a debt instrument used by companies to borrow money at a fixed interest rate. It is essentially a loan certificate issued by the company to the investor.

Multiple choice
  1. Colleague

  2. Contemporary

  3. Bankrupt

  4. Domicile

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

(1) Colleague = a person working in the same institution (2) Contemporary = persons living at the same time (3) Bankrupt = the one who cannot pay off his debts (4) Domicile = a place of permanent residence

Multiple choice
  1. accumulated interest payable is converted into equity shares

  2. interest is not paid when the company is running on a loss

  3. interest is payable and keeps on accumulating, if not paid

  4. equity shares may be exchanged at the option of the debentures holders

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

Convertible debentures provide the holder with the option to convert their debt instrument into equity shares of the company after a specified period.

Multiple choice
  1. Bank overdraft

  2. Redeemable debentures

  3. Provisions for doubtful debts

  4. Accounts payable

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

Redeemable debentures are long-term liabilities, not current liabilities, as they are typically repayable over a period exceeding one year. Bank overdrafts, provisions for doubtful debts, and accounts payable are all standard current liabilities.

Multiple choice
  1. high safety of a long-term debt

  2. highest safety of medium-term debt

  3. highest safety of short-term debt

  4. highest safety of long-term debt

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer