Saturday 12 November 2016

Currency Quiz 1 - Know more about Indian Currency

The demonetization of 500 and 1000 rupee banknotes was a step taken by the Government of India on 8 November 2016, ceasing the acceptance of all 500 and 1000 rupee notes as a form of legal tender in India from 9 November 2016.
Here is a set of questions to test and improve your knowledge on Indian currency.


1. The word 'Rupee' was derived from
Sanskrit
Hindi
Urdu
Tamil

2. The signature of which RBI Governor was the first to appear on the currency notes of the Indian rupee?
James Braid Taylor
Osborne Smith
C. D. Deshmukh
Benegal Rama Rau

3. Which emperor released the first rupee, 'rupiya'?
Akbar
Sher Shah Suri
Aurangazeb
Shahjahan

4. The Currency Note Press and India Security Press, where Indian currency and government stamp papers are printed respectively, are located at
Nashik
Dewas
Salboni
Hoshangabad

5. The Danish Indian rupee was the currency of Danish India. In which year it was replaced with Indian Rupee?
1857
1847
1845
1947

6. The first paper currency issued by RBI was of the denomination
10
100
50
5

7. In which year the rupee was decimalised?
1947
1957
1948
1952

8. Which one of the following currencies is pegged at par with Indian rupee?
ngultrum
yen
yuan
krone

9. Which country in 2014 added Indian rupee as a legal tender?
Myanmar
Bangladesh
Zimbabwe
UAE

10. How many languages do the currency notes have its denominations written?
17
18
20
14



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4 Responses to "Currency Quiz 1 - Know more about Indian Currency"

  1. Same choices for question number 3

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    1. Oh! sorry for that. The choices updated. Thanks for your feedback

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  2. 10th question options are incorrect

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    1. There are 17 languages including the 15 on reveres
      plus English and Hindi. Visit the following page for confirmation
      https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/ic_languagepanel.aspx

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