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Q1511.

Who among the following  has been appointed as Chief of Expenditure Management Commission, recently ?

1)	C.Rangarajan	2)	Bimal Jalan
3)	Vijay Kelkar	4)	Raghuram Rajan
5)	None of these

Q1512.

Which public-sector bank has sought permission of the RBI to launch contact-less debit cards which would enable customers to carry out some transactions without entering the pin number ?

1)	SBI	2)	PNB
3)	Bank of India	4)	Cental Bank of India
5)	None of these

Q1513.

Recently, the Union Finance Ministry has approved 25 FDI proposals with total investment of 1546 crore rupees.The proposals were cleared by the Union Finance Ministry following the recommendations for the same by Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), a multi-department panel . Who is head of the panel ?

1)	Raghuram Rajan	2)	Arvind Mayaram
3)	Vijay Kelkar	4)	Urjit Patel
5)	None of these

Q1514.

According to a report released by international ratings firm Moody's , how much fund would be needed by the major public sector banks of India for the full implementation of Basel III norms by year 2019 ?

1)	Between Rs 1,00,000 crore to Rs 2,00,000 crore	2)	Between Rs 1,50,000 crore to Rs 2,20,000 crore
3)	Between Rs 1,55,000 crore to Rs 2,25,000 crore	4)	Between Rs 1,80,000 crore to Rs 2,50,000 crore
5)	None of these

Q1515.

Recently,the international ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P's) revised the rating outlooks on 11 Indian banks and financial institutions to stable from negative. However, the outlook was still kept negative for two banks. Which two banks are these ?

1)	Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) and Syndicate Bank	2)	Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) and PNB
3)	SBI and United Bank of India	4)	Syndicate Bank and UCO Bank
5)	None of these

Q1516.

What is the share split that was agreed by the central board of the State Bank of India (SBI) on 24 September 2014 ?

1)	1:5	2)	1:6
3)	1:10	4)	1:12
5)	None of these

Q1517.

Which two Union Territories of the Indian Union achieved a unique milestone of 100% banking coverage as revealed in a meeting of Finance Ministry on 1 October 2014 ?

1)	Delhi and Daman	2)	Puducherry and Chandigarh
3)	Andaman and Lakshadeep	4)	Puducherry and Daman
5)	None of these

Q1518.

The new Monetary Policy Framework Agreement, which aims to change the monetary policy formulation and will also focus on inflation targeting, is proposed to be signed by which date as announced by the Finance Ministry recently ?

1)	1 January 2015	2)	1 February 2015
3)	1 April 2015	4)	1 January 2016
5)	None of these

Q1519.

What is the new growth projection for India for 2014-15 as announced by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 7 October 2014 ?

1)	5.6%	2)	5.8%
3)	6.4%	4)	6.8%
5)	None of these

Q1520.

In the opinion of the RBI, which one of the following is / are a threat to the smooth functioning of Indian companies ?

1)	Rising input cost	2)	High interest rates
3)	Inflation only	4)	only I & II
5)	All A, B & C