The document lists various car companies and their home countries, including Toyota from Japan, Volkswagen from Germany, and General Motors and Ford from the USA. It also provides tables with lists of countries and their capitals and currencies. The final sections discuss important Indian regulators such as RBI, SEBI, and IRDAI and provide facts about banking in India such as the first bank to introduce internet banking (ICICI) and the largest public and private sector banks (SBI and HDFC respectively).
The document lists various car companies and their home countries, including Toyota from Japan, Volkswagen from Germany, and General Motors and Ford from the USA. It also provides tables with lists of countries and their capitals and currencies. The final sections discuss important Indian regulators such as RBI, SEBI, and IRDAI and provide facts about banking in India such as the first bank to introduce internet banking (ICICI) and the largest public and private sector banks (SBI and HDFC respectively).
The document lists various car companies and their home countries, including Toyota from Japan, Volkswagen from Germany, and General Motors and Ford from the USA. It also provides tables with lists of countries and their capitals and currencies. The final sections discuss important Indian regulators such as RBI, SEBI, and IRDAI and provide facts about banking in India such as the first bank to introduce internet banking (ICICI) and the largest public and private sector banks (SBI and HDFC respectively).
The document lists various car companies and their home countries, including Toyota from Japan, Volkswagen from Germany, and General Motors and Ford from the USA. It also provides tables with lists of countries and their capitals and currencies. The final sections discuss important Indian regulators such as RBI, SEBI, and IRDAI and provide facts about banking in India such as the first bank to introduce internet banking (ICICI) and the largest public and private sector banks (SBI and HDFC respectively).
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List of Important Regulators in India
• Money market: RBI
• Foreign exchange: RBI
• Capital market: SEBI
• Insurance companies: IRDAI
• Chit funds: respective state governments
• Cooperative banks and regional rural banks: NABARD
• Pension fund: PFRDA (Pension fund regulatory and development authority)
• Telecommunications: TRAI [Telecom regulatory authority of India]
Nov 6, 2023 Banking Awareness
• First bank to introduce internet banking in India: ICICI bank
• First bank to introduce mutual fund in India: State Bank of India
• First bank to introduce credit card in India: Central Bank of India
• Which cards are known as plastic money– Credit Cards, debit cards etc
• The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is known as– World Bank
• Minimum money transfer limit through RTGS: 2 Lakhs
Maximum money transfer limit through RTGS: No Limit
• Minimum & Maximum money transfer limit through NEFT: No Limit
• NABARD was established in- July, 1982
• Largest Public sector bank in India– SBI
• Largest Private sector bank in India– HDFC Bank
• First Indian bank to open branch outside India i.e. London in 1946: Bank of India
• First Bank to introduce ATM in India: HSBC in 1987, Mumbai
• SBI has the maximum number of overseas branches.
• First bank established in India: Bank of Hindustan in 1770
• First Indian bank got ISO: Canara Bank
• First India bank started solely with Indian capital investment is PNB.
• Founder of Punjab National Bank is Lala Lajpat Rai.
• RBI’s Too Big to fail list Banks: SBI, ICICI and HDFC
• 1st Payment Bank in India: Airtel payment Bank
• Payment Banks can’t issue Credit cards and can’t give loans.
• Rs. 1 Rupee Note bears the signature of Finance Secretary
• Fiscal Policy is the work of Finance Ministry
Nov 6, 2023 Important Geographical facts about India
• India covers 2.4% of the Earth’s surface. Total land area of India is 32,87,263 sq. km. • Kanchenjunga is the highest mountain peak of India. • Deccan Plateau is the largest plateau of India and the Ladakh Plateau is the highest plateau of India. • Andaman is the largest island of India and Majuli is the largest river island of the world located in Assam, India. • India has only one dessert which is the Thar dessert. It is located in the state of Rajasthan. • The longest Indian River is Ganga; its length is 2,640 km. • The world’s largest delta, (in West Bengal) Sundarbans, is made by Brahmaputra and Ganga. • Aravalli’s is the oldest mountain ranges of the India. • Agriculture in India More than 50 percent of the area of the country is under cultivation and about 64% of the Indian population is engaged in agriculture.
There are two major crop seasons in India, viz.:
(i) Rabi (ii) Kharif
Rabi: It is sown in October or December and harvested in April or May.
Major crops are: barely, wheat, peas, gram and mustard. Kharif: It is sown in June or July and harvested in September or October Major crops are: bajra, cotton, jowar, rice and jute.
• Forests: India is covered about *24.1%* by forest area (as per Forest Survey Report 2015). Madhya Pradesh has the largest Forest cover in India among all other states. • Gujarat has the longest coastline among all the states in India. • Bangladesh shares maximum boundary with India. • India is divided into 29 states, 6 union territories, 1 national capital territory. • Rajasthan is the largest state of India followed by Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, UP. • UP is the most populous state of India followed by Maharashtra, Bihar, and West Bengal.
World Geography Points
Boundary lines • Durand line: Pakistan and Afghanistan • Radcliffe line: India and Pakistan • McMahan line: China and India • 38th parallel: North and South Korea • 49th parallel: USA and Canada • Hindenburg Line: Germany and Poland • Maginot line: France and Germany
Nov 6, 2023 Atmosphere layers in that order from earth • Troposphere • Stratosphere (ozone layer in it) • Mesosphere or thermosphere • Ionosphere
Mountains-Locations
• Andes: South America
• Rockies: North America • Alps: Europe • Alaska: USA • Himalaya: Asia
Solar system
• Brightest star after sun: Sirius
• Planet with maximum satellites: Jupiter • Red planet: Mars • Blue planet: Earth • Brightest planet: Venus • Biggest planet: Jupiter
Some more information
• Atlantic Ocean between US and UK.
• Largest land locked country: Kazakhstan
• Africa has the greatest number of countries.
• The Nile has been determined to be the longest river in the world followed by the Amazon and the Yangtze.
• The South China Sea disputes involve namely Brunei, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, and Vietnam.
• The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia.
• Canada has the largest coastline among all the countries in the World.
