Civil Services Prep

Prelims 2018 · Economy · Question 28

With reference to digital payments, consider the following statements:<br/>1. BHIM app allows the user to transfer money to anyone with a UPI-enabled bank account.<br/>2. While a chip-pin debit card has four factors of authentication, BHIM app has only two factors of authentication.<br/><br/>Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer

1 only

1. BHIM app allows transfer to anyone with a UPI-enabled bank account — Correct. BHIM is built on UPI and enables person-to-person transfer to bank accounts linked with UPI.

2. Chip-pin debit card has four factors of authentication, while BHIM app has only two — Incorrect. Under RBI usage, a chip-and-PIN card transaction is generally treated as two-factor authentication: (i) possession of the card and (ii) knowledge of the PIN. The statement claiming four factors for chip-pin debit card is factually wrong.

Therefore, only Statement 1 is correct.

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