Financial Institutions

Financial Institutions and Banks their year of establishment

Serial No.  Institutions  Year of Enactment  Year of Establishment
1 Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI) 1948 1948
State Finance Corporations (SFCs) 1951 *
3 State Bank of  India (SBI) 1955
4 Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India ( ICICI) 1955
5 Unit Trust of India (UTI) 1963 1964
6 National Bank for Agriculture and Development (NABARD) 1981 July 12, 1982

Wikipedia

7 Export -Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank) : a finance institution in India, established in 1982 under Export-Import Bank of India Act 1981

 

1981 1982

Wikipedia

8 Shipping Credit and Investment Company of India   1986
9 Power Finance Corporation ( Power Finance Corporation Ltd. is an Indian financial institution under the ownership of Ministry of Power, Government of India. Established in 1986, it is the financial backbone of Indian Power Sector.   1986
10 Indian Railway Finance Corporation ( Indian Railway Finance Corporation is under the ownership of Indian Railways, Ministry of Railways, Government of India. )   1986
11 National Housing Bank ( NHB) 1988
12 Tourism Finance Corporation of India (TFCI) 1989
13 Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) 1990
  • At present time there are 18 SFCs are operating in our country. The First SFC was set up in Punjab State in the year 1953. Out of 18, 17 were established under State Finance Corporation Act 1951 and 1 Tamil Nadu Industrial Corporation Ltd.  was established in 1949  incorporated as  a government company  under the Companies Act 1913.

Most Tedious Question of UGC NET JRF Commerce ( Where you select not correct answer but most appropriate option)

  1. Match the following items of List-I with the items of List-II and indicate the code of correct matching.
          List-I (Name of Bank) List-II (Year of Establishment)
    (a)  IFCI (i)   1981
    (b)  SIDBI (ii)  1982
    (c)  NABARD (iii) 1948
    (d)  EXIM Bank (iv) 1990

    Codes:
    (a)  (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iv)
    (b)  (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)
    (c)  (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)
    (d)  (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)
    [UGC NET JRF Commerce – 2017 Jan Paper III]

  2. Arrange the following financial institutions in ascending order of their year of establishment:
    (i) National Housing Bank
    (ii) Export-Import Bank of India
    (iii) NABARD
    (iv) Unit Trust of India
    Choose the correct option from those below:
    (a) ii) → iv) → iii) → i)
    (b) iv) → ii) → i) → iii)
    (c) iv) → ii) → iii) → i)
    (d) iv) → iii) → ii) → i)
    [UGC NET JRF Commerce -2019 December]
  3. Match between List-1 (Names of Bank) and List-2 (year of establishment) in order to find the correct match using the codes given below the lists:
    List-1 List-2
    (i)  SBI  (1) 1990
     (ii)  SIDBI (2) 1955
    (iii)  NABARD (3) 1981
    (iv)  Exim-Bank (4) 1982

    Codes

    (i)              (ii)        (iii)      (iv)

    (a)                  (2)            (1)        (3)       (4)

    (b)                  (1)            (2)        (4)       (3)

    (c)                   (2)            (3)        (4)       (1)

    (d)                  (2)            (1)        (4)       (3)

     [West Bengal SET 2020 January]

  4. Match the following items of List-I with the items of List-II and indicate the code of correct matching.
          List-I List-II
    (a)  SIDBI (i)   State Level Institutions
    (b)  GIC (with Subsidiaries) (ii)  Investment Institutions
    (c)  DFCs (iii) Specicilized Financial Institutions
    (d)  Exim Bank (iv) Development Bank ( National)

    Codes:
    (a)  (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iv)
    (b)  (a)-(iv), (b)-(ii), (c)-(i), (d)-(iii)
    (c)  (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)
    (d)  (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)

  5. Which Year National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABAD) was establish?
    (a) July, 1982
    (b) July, 1969
    (c) June, 1951
    (d) June, 1961

Answer Key

1 (d) ; 2 (c) ; 3 (d) ; 4 (b) ; 5 (a)



Non- Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs)

Important Questions for UGC NET JRF Commerce

  1. The Asset Finance Company is a —————
    (a) Banking Finance Institution
    (b) Banking Finance Intermediary
    (c) Non-Banking Finance Institution
    (d) Non-Banking Finance Intermediary
  2. Non-Banking Financial Companies can be classified as:
    (i) Asset Finance Company (AFC)
    (ii) Investment Company (IC)
    (iii) Loan Company (LC)
    (iv) Foreign Trade Company (FTC)
    Choose the correct options given below:
    (a) (i), (ii) and (iii) only
    (b) (ii), (iii) and (iv) only
    (c) (i), (iii) and (iv) only
    (d) (i), (ii) and (iv) only
    [UGC NET JRF Commerce – 2019 December]
  3. Which among the followings are correct statements with regard to NBFC in India?
    (A) All NBFCs should be registered with RBI
    (B) NBFC cannot accept demand deposits
    (C) NBFCs do not form part of the payment and settlement system and cannot issue cheques drawn on itself.
    (D) Deposit insurance facility of Deposit Insurance and credit Guarantee Corporation is not available to depositors of NBFCs
    Choose the correct options given below:
    (a) (A), (B) and (C) only
    (b) (A), (B), (C) and (D) only
    (c) (A), (B) and (D) only
    (d) (A), (D) only
    [UGC NET JRF Commerce – 2020 October]
  4. Which type of activities/ business are not permitted for NBFC in India?
    (i) Agriculture activity
    (ii) Purchase or sale of any goods like cloth, leather
    (iii) Leasing business
    (iv) Chit-fund business
    (v) Construction of immovable property
    Choose the correct options given below:
    (a) (i), (ii) and (iii) only                                        (b) (ii), (iii) and (iv) only
    (c) (i), (iii) and (v) only                                        (d) (i), (ii) and (v) only
  5. Which of the following type of activity is not permissible for NBFC in India?
    (a) Loans and advances
    (b) Acquisition of shares
    (c) Leasing business
    (d) Construction of immovable property
  6. Match the following items of List-I with the items of List-II and indicate the code of correct matching.
          List-I (Type of NBFCs) List-II (Principle business )
    (a)  Residuary Non-banking Company (i)   Financing of physical assets
    (b)  Assets Finance Company (ii)  Acquisition of securities
    (c)  Investment Company (iii) Factoring
    (d)  NBFCs – Factors (iv) Receiving Deposit

    Codes:
    (a)  (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iv)
    (b)  (a)-(iv), (b)-(i), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iii)
    (c)  (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)
    (d)  (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)

  7. Which of the following  NBFCs are primarily engage in  business of financing physical assets?
    (a) Investment Company
    (b) Assets Finance Company
    (c) Infrastructure Finance Company
    (d) Loan Company
  8. Which Regulatory body regulates and supervises NBFCs?
    (a) Finance Ministry
    (b) SEBI
    (c) RBI
    (d) Respective state government
  9. A Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) is a company incorporated  under the _______.
    (a) RBI Act 1934
    (b) Companies Act, 1956 or 2013
    (c) NBFC Act 1956
    (d) Banking Companies Act 1949
  10. For a company to register as a NBFC it should have a minimum net owned fund of _____.
    (a) Rs 5 crore
    (b) Rs 2 crores
    (c) Rs 20 crores
    (d) Rs 10 crores
  11. A non-banking institution that has a principal business of receiving deposits under any scheme or arrangement in one lump sum or in installments by way of contributions is known as?
    (a) Principal non-banking company
    (b) Non-banking – Loan Company
    (c) Non-banking – Bank
    (d) Residuary non-banking company

Answer Key

1 (c) ; 2 (a) ; 3 (b) ; 4 (d) ; 5 (d) 6 (b) ; 7 (b) ; 8(c) ; 9 (b) ; 10 (b) ; 11 (d)



Mutual Funds

  1. Which of the following are not models used for evaluating the performance of Mutual Funds?
    I. Sharpe Model
    II. Miller Model
    III. Lintner Model
    IV. Jenson Model
    V. Treynor Model
    Codes:
    (a) I, II, III
    (b) I, IV, V
    (c) I, II
    (d) II, III
    UGC-NET JRF Commerce Paper III (September 2016)
  2. In case Mutual Funds invest in the securities whose price variations suggest the general price movement, it is called
    (a) Hedge Fund
    (b) Index Fund
    (c) Growth Fund
    (d) Balanced Fund
    UGC-NET JRF Management  Paper III (January 2017)
  3. Match between types of mutual funds in List-I and their respective features in List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
    List-I List-II
    (1) Open-ended Fund (i) Maximises short-term return to investment.
    (2) Income Fund (ii) Can sell unlimited number of units
    (3) Close-ended Fund (iii) The units are not redeemable at their NAV
    (4) Growth Fund (iv) Maximises long-term return to investors
    Codes: (1) (2) (3) (4)
    (a) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
    (b) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
    (c) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
    (d) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
    WB SET Commerce Paper II 2020
  4. Which funds do not have a fixed date of redemption?
    (a) Open ended funds
    (b) Close ended funds
    (c) Diversified funds
    (d) Non-diversified funds
    WB SET Commerce Paper II 2018
  5. The concept of Mutual Funds was started with Unit Schemes of Unit Trust of India during_____
    (a) 1964
    (b) 1982
    (c) 2002
    (d) 1974
    PhD Commerce Entrance Pondicherry University  2018

 

Answer Key

1 (d) ; 2 (b) ; 3 (d) ; 4 (a) ; 5 (a)