Indian Rupee Quiz Questions

1)  When did the first issue of rupiya come out?
A) 16th century
B) 17th century
C) 19th century
D) 16 AD
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2)  What is the ISO code of Indian rupee?
A) IR
B) INR
C) NR
D) R
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3)  Who issued the the first rupiya?
A) Shaman Shah
B) Suri Shah
C) Sher Shaman Shah
D) Sher Shah Suri
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4)  How many paise are there in one rupee?
A) 100
B) 20
C) 12
D) 1/100
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5)  When was the first series of coins with the rupee symbol launched?
A) 8 July 2012
B) 8 July 2001
C) 8 July 2011
D) 8 July 2000
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6)  What is the bank that manages the currency of India?
A) Federal Reserve Bank
B) Reserve Bank of India
C) Federal Bank of India
D) Central Bank of India
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7)  What bank is the official printer of Indian rupee?
A) Federal Reserve Bank
B) Central Bank of India
C) Reserve Bank of India
D) Federal Bank of India
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8)  Who continued the issuance of rupee after Sher Shah Suri?
A) Roman Empire
B) Mughal Empire
C) Moghul
D) none of the above
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9)  Who was the designer of the Indian rupee?
A) Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam
B) Sher Suri Shah
C) Udaya Suri Dharmalingam
D) Suri Dharmalingam
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10)  Who was the prime minister that mentioned silver coins as rupyarupa in his writing?
A) Shar Shah
B) Chanakya
C) Kumar
D) Udaya
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11)  What is the weight of the first rupiyas issued by Sher Shah Suri?
A) 160 grains
B) 178 grains
C) 100 grains
D) 500 grains
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12)  Which of the following is one of the earliest issues of paper rupees?
A) Bank of India
B) Bank of Hindu
C) Bank of Hindustan
D) Moghul Bank
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13)  When did Indian rupee replace the Danish Indian rupee?
A) 1950
B) 1845
C) 1840
D) 1855
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14)  How many anna(s) are there in 1 rupee during the British rule?
A) 17
B) 16
C) 15
D) 11
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15)  When was the rupee decimalised and divided into 100 naye paise?
A) 1957
B) 1955
C) 1958
D) 1952
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16)  What was issued by the Indian government as a replacement for the Indian rupee for circulation outside the country?
A) Persian Rupee
B) Indian Rupee
C) Rupee
D) Gulf Rupee
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17)  What currency is pegged at par with the Indian rupee?
A) Bhutanese ngultrum
B) Gulf Rupee
C) Hindhu Rupee
D) Persian Rupee
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18)  What is the country that recently added the Indian Rupee as a legal tender to be used in 2014?
A) Bhutan
B) Persia
C) Zimbabwe
D) Mesopotamia
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19)  When was a single coinage for the EIC introduced?
A) 1840
B) 1835
C) 1945
D) 1844
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20)  Who was the monarch that can be seen on Indian coins that was introduced in 1862?
A) Elizabeth II
B) King Henry IV
C) King William V
D) Queen Victoria
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