

MCQOPTIONS
This section includes 57 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Payment Banks and Payment Systems knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
1. |
How many branches of Payment banks must be in the unbanked rural area? |
A. | 25% |
B. | 50% |
C. | 35% |
D. | 75% |
Answer» B. 50% | |
2. |
Which is India s first Payment bank? |
A. | PayTM Payments Bank |
B. | JIO Payments Bank |
C. | Airtel Payments Bank |
D. | Fino Payments Bank |
Answer» D. Fino Payments Bank | |
3. |
Which of these accounts can be opened in a Payment Bank? |
A. | Savings Account |
B. | Current Account |
C. | Both a and b |
D. | None |
Answer» D. None | |
4. |
Who headed the committee to evaluate the license applications for Payment banks? |
A. | C Rangarajan |
B. | Usha Thorat |
C. | Nachiket Mor |
D. | B S Mehta |
Answer» D. B S Mehta | |
5. |
Which of these cannot be issued by a Payment bank? |
A. | ATM card |
B. | Debit card |
C. | Credit card |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» D. All of the above | |
6. |
How much percentage of its funds can be held by payments banks in current and time deposit with Scheduled Commercial Bank? |
A. | 25% |
B. | 40% |
C. | 50% |
D. | 75% |
Answer» B. 40% | |
7. |
What is the deposit limit on saving accounts in the Payment banks? |
A. | Rs 1 lakh |
B. | Rs 50000 |
C. | Rs 5 lakhs |
D. | Rs 10 lakhs |
Answer» B. Rs 50000 | |
8. |
How many payments banks have actually started operations since RBI has granted the in-principle approval? |
A. | 11 |
B. | 10 |
C. | 9 |
D. | 6 |
Answer» E. | |
9. |
How many Payment banks were approved by RBI in 2015? |
A. | 7 |
B. | 11 |
C. | 41 |
D. | 9 |
Answer» C. 41 | |
10. |
Under what section of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 the payments banks are licensed? |
A. | 22 |
B. | 2 |
C. | 19 |
D. | 11 |
Answer» B. 2 | |
11. |
How many applicants had been granted in-principle approval by RBI to start payments banks? |
A. | 11 |
B. | 10 |
C. | 9 |
D. | 6 |
Answer» B. 10 | |
12. |
A payments bank will be recognized as Systematically Importatant when the net worth of the bank reaches _____ |
A. | Rs 350 crore |
B. | Rs 500 crore |
C. | Rs 550 crore |
D. | Rs 800 crore |
Answer» C. Rs 550 crore | |
13. |
For first five years how much paid-up equity capital needs to be maintained by promoters in payments bank? |
A. | 20% |
B. | 30% |
C. | 40% |
D. | 60% |
Answer» D. 60% | |
14. |
Payments Bank are required to invest minimum _____ per cent of its demand deposit balances in Government securities/Treasury Bills with maturity up to one year. |
A. | 25 % |
B. | 50 % |
C. | 75 % |
D. | 100 % |
Answer» D. 100 % | |
15. |
What is the minimum paid-up equity capital of the payments bank? |
A. | Rs 100 crore |
B. | Rs 200 crore |
C. | Rs 500 crore |
D. | Rs 800 crore |
Answer» B. Rs 200 crore | |
16. |
The payments bank will be required to use the words ________ in its name in order to differentiate it from other banks. |
A. | Payments |
B. | Payments Bank |
C. | Payments Branch |
D. | P Banks |
Answer» C. Payments Branch | |
17. |
A payments bank is licensed under ______ of Banking Regulation Act, 1949. |
A. | Section 6 |
B. | Section 21 |
C. | Section 22 |
D. | Section 32 |
Answer» D. Section 32 | |
18. |
What is the maximum balance that any account of payments bank can hold? |
A. | Rs 2,50,000 |
B. | Rs 1,50,000 |
C. | Rs 1,00,000 |
D. | Rs 50,000 |
Answer» D. Rs 50,000 | |
19. |
Which of the following activities cannot be undertaken by a Payments Bank? |
A. | Accept Deposits |
B. | Payment of Utility Bills |
C. | Lending Money |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» D. None of the above | |
20. |
A Payments Bank is licensed under which Act? |
A. | Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 |
B. | Banking Regulation Act, 1949 |
C. | Companies Act, 1956 |
D. | Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 |
Answer» C. Companies Act, 1956 | |
21. |
How much percentage of its funds is required to be invested by payments banks in government securities or T-bills with maturity up to 1 year? |
A. | 25% |
B. | 40% |
C. | 50% |
D. | 75% |
Answer» E. | |
22. |
Which of these entities surrendered their Payments Bank license? |
A. | Cholamandalam Distribution Services |
B. | Sun Pharmaceuticals |
C. | Tech Mahindra |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» E. | |
23. |
What is the minimum capital required to set up payments bank? |
A. | Rs 100 crore |
B. | Rs 75 crore |
C. | Rs 50 crore |
D. | Rs 25 crore |
Answer» B. Rs 75 crore | |
24. |
Which committee mooted the idea of payments banks? |
A. | Bimal Jalan Committee |
B. | Nachiket Mor Committee |
C. | P J Nayak Committee |
D. | YV Reddy Committee |
Answer» C. P J Nayak Committee | |
25. |
What is the maximum amount of balance can be maintained an individual in payments bank? |
A. | 150000 |
B. | 100000 |
C. | 50000 |
D. | 25000 |
Answer» C. 50000 | |
26. |
Which among the following activities are not permitted to payments banks? |
A. | Remittance services |
B. | Issuing ATM cards |
C. | Issuing credit cards |
D. | Accepting demand deposits |
Answer» D. Accepting demand deposits | |
27. |
Customers can open a saving account in Payment Bank with deposits up to Rs ___ ? |
A. | 50,000 |
B. | 1,00,000 |
C. | 75,000 |
D. | 2,00,000 |
Answer» C. 75,000 | |
28. |
The Voting Rights in Payment Banks will be regulated by ___ ? |
A. | Banking Regulation Act, 1949 |
B. | Companies Act, 2013 |
C. | RBI Act, 1934 |
D. | Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 |
Answer» B. Companies Act, 2013 | |
29. |
The Voting Right of any shareholder in Payment Banks is capped at __ ? |
A. | 15 % |
B. | 18 % |
C. | 12 % |
D. | 10 % |
Answer» E. | |
30. |
In Payment Banks, the stake of the promoters for the first fiver years should remain at least __ ? |
A. | 25 % |
B. | 40 % |
C. | 50 % |
D. | 60 % |
Answer» C. 50 % | |
31. |
Which of the following Committee recommended to form a new category of Bank Called Payment Banks ? |
A. | Gadgil Committee |
B. | M L Dhantwala Committee |
C. | Nachiket Mor Committee |
D. | P J Nayak Committee |
Answer» D. P J Nayak Committee | |
32. |
Minimum Capital Requirement for Payment Bank is ___ ? |
A. | 100 Cr |
B. | 50 Cr |
C. | 500 Cr |
D. | 1000 Cr |
Answer» B. 50 Cr | |
33. |
Consider the following statements |
A. | 1,2,3 |
B. | 2,3 |
C. | 1,3,4 |
D. | All |
Answer» E. | |
34. |
Which of the following statements is/are correct about Payments Bank? |
A. | Only 1 |
B. | Only 2 |
C. | Both |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» D. None of the above | |
35. |
Every Payment Banks are required to invest ___ % of its demand deposit balance into government securities. |
A. | 75 % |
B. | 50 % |
C. | 60 % |
D. | 40 % |
Answer» B. 50 % | |
36. |
Which of the following statements is/are correct about Payment bank? |
A. | Only 1 |
B. | Only 2 |
C. | Both |
D. | None |
Answer» B. Only 2 | |
37. |
Headquarter of India Post Payment Bank is ___ ? |
A. | New Delhi |
B. | Mumbai |
C. | Kolkata |
D. | Hyderabad |
Answer» B. Mumbai | |
38. |
Jiyo Payment Bank is Joint Venture Between the Reliance Industries and State Bank of India with Stake of ___ ? |
A. | 60 : 40 |
B. | 50 : 50 |
C. | 75 : 25 |
D. | 70 : 30 |
Answer» E. | |
39. |
Who among the following appointed as MD and CEO of Paytm Payment Bank ? ( October 2018 ) |
A. | Vivek Bhandari |
B. | Satish Kumar Gupta |
C. | Mahendra Kumar Chauhan |
D. | Suresh Sethi |
Answer» C. Mahendra Kumar Chauhan | |
40. |
Which among the following was the first entity to Receive Payment Bank Licence ? |
A. | Aditya Birla Payment Bank |
B. | Airtel Payment Bank |
C. | Fino Payment Bank |
D. | Paytm Payment Bank |
Answer» C. Fino Payment Bank | |
41. |
___ % Branches of Payment Bank must be in unbanked rural area ? |
A. | 30 % |
B. | 40 % |
C. | 25 % |
D. | 15 % |
Answer» D. 15 % | |
42. |
Payment Bank can sell financial products like mutual fund units and insurance policies. |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» B. False | |
43. |
Which of the following facility cannot be provided by Payment Banks ? |
A. | Saving Account |
B. | Current Account |
C. | Credit Cards |
D. | Debit Cards |
Answer» D. Debit Cards | |
44. |
Which of these payments system is not managed by NPCI? |
A. | NACH |
B. | BHIM |
C. | NEFT |
D. | CTS |
Answer» D. CTS | |
45. |
In 2015, RBI gave in-principle licence to eleven entities to launch payment banks. The licence was valid for __ months ? |
A. | 12 Months |
B. | 24 Months |
C. | 18 Months |
D. | 36 Months |
Answer» D. 36 Months | |
46. |
The promoter s minimum initial contribution to the paid-up equity capital of payments bank shall at least be ____ per cent for the first five years from the commencement of its business. |
A. | 20% |
B. | 30% |
C. | 40% |
D. | 50% |
Answer» D. 50% | |
47. |
Any shareholder s voting rights in Payments bank are capped at 10 per cent. This limit can be raised to ___ % |
A. | 15% |
B. | 20% |
C. | 26% |
D. | 40% |
Answer» D. 40% | |
48. |
Which of the following undertakes the Oversight function of the payment and settlement systems in India? |
A. | NPCI |
B. | RBI |
C. | GOI |
D. | IBA |
Answer» C. GOI | |
49. |
What is the maximum amount of loan can be extended by payments banks? |
A. | 25000 |
B. | 50000 |
C. | 100000 |
D. | No lending power |
Answer» E. | |
50. |
There are how many core promoter banks of NPCI ? |
A. | 5 |
B. | 12 |
C. | 10 |
D. | 56 |
Answer» D. 56 | |