Month: March 2020

HDFC Bank [ We Understand Your World ] , Axis Bank [ Badhti Ka Naam Zindagi ] , Yes Bank [ Experience Our Expertise ] , UCO Bank [ Honours Your Trust ] , Bandhan Bank [ Aapka Bhala, Sabki Bhalai’ ] , Punjab National Bank [ The Name You Can Bank Upon ] , IDFC First Bank [ Always You First ] , Bank of Baroda [ India’s International Bank ] , Indian Overseas Bank [ Good People to Grow With ] , Central Bank of India [ Central to You Since 1911 ] , ICICI Bank [ Khayal Apka ]  

Banks with their taglines , Headquarters and CEO’s

HDFC Bank

Headquarters	Mumbai
Founded	1994
MD and CEO	Sashidhar Jagdishan
Tagline	We Understand Your World

AXIS Bank

Founded	1993 , Ahmedabad
Headquarters	Mumbai
MD and CEO	Amitabh Chaudhry
Tagline	Badhti Ka Naam Zindagi

YES Bank

The name of UTI Bank was changed to Axis Bank in 2007

Founded	2004
Headquarters	Mumbai
MD and CEO	Prashant Kumar
Tagline	Experience Our Expertise

UCO Bank

Headquarters	Kolkata
Founded	1943
Founder	Ghanshyam Das Birla
MD and CEO	Ashwani Kumar
Tagline	Honours Your Trust

ICICI Bank

Founded	1994 , Vadodara
Headquarters	Mumbai
MD and CEO	Sandeep Bakshi
Chairman	Girish Chandra Chaturvedi
Tagline	Hum Hai na and Khayal Apka

Punjab National Bank [ PNB ]

Headquarters	New Delhi
Founded	1894
Founder	Dyal Singh Majithia and Lala Lajpat Rai
MD and CEO	Atul Kumar Goel
Tagline	The Name You Can Bank Upon

State Bank of India [ SBI ]

SBI bank was established as the Bank of Calcutta in the year 1806 . The Imperial Bank of India was renamed as State Bank of India after nationalization in the year 1955

Headquarters	Mumbai
Chairman	Dinesh Kumar Khara
MD	Vinay M Tonse
Tagline	Pure Banking , Nothing Else

Industrial Development Bank of India [ IDBI ]

Headquarters	Mumbai
Founded	1964
MD and CEO	Rakesh Sharma
Tagline	Banking For All . Aao Sochein Bada Bank Aisa Dost Jaisa

Kotak Mahindra Bank

Headquarters	Mumbai
Founded	1985
Founder	Uday Kotka
MD and CEO	Ashok Vaswani
Tagline	Let’s Make Money Simple

Bank of Baroda

Headquarters	Vadodara
Founded	1908
Chairman	Hashmukh Ahhia
MD and CEO	Devdutt Chand
Tagline	India’s International Bank

Central Bank of India

The first Indian commercial bank which was wholly owned and managed by Indians
was established in 1911

Headquarters	Mumbai
Founded	1911
Founder	Pherozeshah Mehta and Sorabji Pockhanawala
MD and CEO	Matam Venkata Rao
Tagline	Central To You Since 1911

Bank of India

Headquarters	Mumbai
Founded	1906
Founder	Ramnarain Ruia
MD and CEO	Rajneesh Karnatak
Tagline	Relationships Beyond Banking

Indian Overseas Bank

Headquarters	Chennai
Founded	1937
Founder	M. Chidambaram Chettyar
MD and CEO	MD and CEO : Ajay Kumar Srivastava
Tagline	Good People to Grow With

Punjab & Sind Bank

Headquarters	New Delhi
Founded	1908
Founder	Vir Singh
MD and CEO	Swarup Kumar Saha
Tagline	Where Service is a Way of Life

Indian Bank

Headquarters	Chennai
Founded	1907
MD and CEO	Shanti Lal Jain
Tagline	Your Own Bank [ Apka Apna Bank ]

RBL Bank

Headquarters	Mumbai
Founded :	1943
MD and CEO	R Subramaniakumar
Tagline	Apno Ka Bank

Jammu & Kashmir Bank

Headquarters	Srinagar
Founded	I October 1938
MD and CEO	Baldev Prakash
Tagline	Serving to Empower

Bandhan Bank

Headquarters	Kolkata
Founded	2001
Founder , MD and CEO	Chandra Shekhar Ghosh
Chairman	Anup Kumar Sinha
Tagline	Aapka Bhala , Sabka Bhalai

IDFC First Bank

Headquarters	Mumbai
Founded	2015
MD and CEO	V Vaidyanathan
Tagline	Always You First

Q Which is the official emblem of Reserve Bank of India ?

Ans a palm tree and a tiger

Q How many Banks were nationalised in 1969 ?

Ans 14

Q How many Banks were nationalised in 1980 ?

Ans 6

Q The Reserve Bank of India was nationalised in which year ?

Ans 1949

Q Who was the first Indian Governor of RBI ?

Ans CD Deshmukh

Q Who was the first Governor of RBI ?

Ans Osborne Smith

Q When was headquarters of RBI located before shifting to Mumbai ?

Ans 1937

The Reserve Bank of India [ RBI ] was established on April 1 , 1935 in accordance with the provisions of the RBI Act , 1934 . The Central Office of the RBI was established in Kolkata but permanently moved to Mumbai in 1937

Q What was the initial capital of RBI ?

Ans 5 crore

Q. In which of the following years did the Reserve Bank of India adopt the rupee symbol?

Ans 2010

Q Which is the oldest Joint Stock Bank of the country founded in 1865 ?

Ans Allahabad Bank

Q On which date , Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi had announced demonetisation ?

Ans 8 November , 2016

Q In which year did rupee got its symbol ?

Ans 2010

Q The symbol of Indian rupee was designed by ?

Ans Udaya Kumar

Q The ‘Clean Note Policy’ was announced by the Reserve Bank of India in the year
__.
Ans 1999

Q The Reserve Bank of India also acted as the Central Bank for __ upto April, 1947.

Ans Burma

Q The first Regional Rural Bank was established in India in the year:

Ans 1975

Q The name of UTI Bank was changed to _____ in 2007 .

Ans Axis

Q Which is the oldest joint stock bank in India ?

Ans Allahabad Bank

Q When did the Imperial Bank of India named as SBI ?

Ans 1955

Q Who was SBI’s first woman Chairperson ?

Ans Arundhati Bhattacharya

Q Who was the first chairman of State Bank of India ?

Ans John Matthai

Q In which year IDBI Bank was established ?

Ans 1964

Q Which bank was established as the Bank of Calcutta in the year 1806 ?

Ans SBI

Q The first Indian commercial bank which was wholly owned and managed by Indians
was established in __.

Ans 1911

Q Which of the following statements about the Reserve Bank of India is INCORRECT?

1. In 1929, the Hilton Young Commission recommended the establishment of a central
bank to be called the ‘Reserve Bank of India’.

2 The Reserve Bank of India Act was enacted in 1934.

3 In 1931, the Indian Central Banking Enquiry Committee revived the issue of the
establishment of the Reserve Bank of India as the Central Bank for India.

4 The Reserve Bank of India commenced operations in 1935

Ans In 1926 , the Hilton Young Commission recommended the establishment of a central
bank to be called the ‘Reserve Bank of India’.