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Which of the following is/are the specialized bank(s) of India?

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  1. Industrial Development Bank of India

  2. EXIM Bank

  3. Rural Credit Bank

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
The banking operations of the specialized banks serve only specific purposes. Specialized banks are established in order to finance specific type of economic activity. Following are the specialized banks of India:
a) Industrial Development Bank of India
b) EXIM Bank
c) Rural Credit Bank.

What is OTP in credit card transactions?

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  1. Odd Transaction Password

  2. Owner's Trading Passcode

  3. One Time Password

  4. One Time Pincode

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
C.
An OTP or one-time password or one-time pin, is a password that is valid for only one login session or transaction, on a computer system or other digital device. It avoids a number of shortcomings that were associated with traditional password-based authentications.The most important advantage of OTP is that it is not vulnerable to replay attacks. This implies that a intruder who records an OTP that was already used to conduct a transaction will not be able to abuse it, as it will be no longer valid.
Joint Stock Company opens a saving account.
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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
(i) Bank is a financial institution.
(ii) It helps a company. in solving the difficulties of money. 
(iii) It also provides number of services to the Joint Stock Company. 
(iv) Joint Stock Company mostly deals, with the Commercial Banks / Co-operative Bank. 
(v) The company receives number of cheques, demand drafts to be encashed and also number of cheques for payment. 
(vi) The Joint Stock Company takes help of banks for short term credit facilities and long term financial assistance.
(vii) For all this, it has to open a current account with the bank. 
(viii) To encourage saving habit among people, a bank allows depositors to open saving account. 
(ix) In such type of account, the depositor can withdraw money only two times in a week. 
(x) Trading or business concerns, firms or Joint Stock Company should not open saving account.

State with reasons whether the following statements are True or False.
In cash credit, customers account is credited by a bank with the sanctioned amount.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Cash credit is a facility given to current account holder of the bank, to withdraw money even when there is no credit balance. 

There is a limit fixed to the borrowing. The interest on this facility is charged on the running balance and not on the borrowing limit.

Bank is a ________ institution.
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  1. financial

  2. social

  3. cultural

  4. all of above

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Bank is a financial  institution. It accepts deposits from the lenders and gives loans tot he borrowers. Banks help to improve the financial stability of an economy.

Board resolution is not required to open the current account with a bank.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

As a Company is a separate legal entity, the board resolution is required in addition to the other documents for opening a bank account.

Stop payment letter is usually made to prevent the misuse of the cheque when the cheque is _______.
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  1. lost

  2. issued

  3. credit

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Stop payment letter is usually made to prevent the misuse of the cheque when the cheque is lost. A customer who issued the cheque can write a stop payment letter. This stop payment letter is used to issue in order to stop the misuse of the lost cheque.

State the following statement is True or False:
Pay-in-slip is commonly called as a deposit-slip.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Pay-in-slip is also called as a deposit slip. When a person deposits cheque or cash into a bank account, pay-in=slip is filled in. It has the details viz account number, amount, date, etc. Depositor need not be account holder.

_________ account is suitable for salaried people.
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  1. Current

  2. Saving

  3. Over draft

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Salary Account opened with a bank is a form of savings account. It is generally as 'Zero balance' account. It encourages savings among salaried people.

Current account is opened by business entities who have numerous transactions.
Overdraft is a facility given by the bank to the account-holders (basically current account holders).

Process by which physical certificates of an investor are converted to an equivalent number of securities in an electronic format and credited in the Investors A/c held through depository participant is called  __________.

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  1. Remat

  2. Demat

  3. both (A) and (B)

  4. only A

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Dematerialisation or Demat in short is the process through which an investors physical share certificate gets converted to electronic format which is maintained in an account with the Depository Participant.