Important information on Nationalised Banks

1. The oldest Joint Stock Bank of India
Ans. Allahabad Bank

2. The bank founded by Freedom Fighter Dr.Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Ans. Andhra Bank

3. First bank to open a branch outside India
Ans. Bank of India, London, 1946

4. The first bank to be given an ISO 9002 certificate for one of its branches
Ans. Canara Bank

5. The Postal Dept has issued a commemorative stamp in the name of this bank celebrating 100 years in 2011
Ans.Central Bank of India

6. First Indian Bank to be wholly owned by Indians
Ans. Central Bank of India

7. The bank formed on the efforts of Lala Lajpat Rai
Ans. Punjab National Bank

8. The only merger of nationalised banks took place between
Ans. Punjab National Bank and New Bank of India in 1993

9. The bank whose brand equity is "Pygmy Deposit Scheme"
Ans. Syndicate Bank

10. The bank which was conceived by Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla
Ans. UCO Bank

11. The bank which was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1919
Ans. Union Bank of India

12. The largest among nationalised banks
Ans. Punjab National Bank

13. The bank established in the year 1913 as Bank of Mysore Ltd. at the instance of           the banking committee headed by the great Engineer States man, Late Dr. Sir M.Visvesvaraya
Ans. State  Bank of  Mysore