The static part of banking awareness is mostly banking and the economy; history and geography get a smaller share than in SSC exams. The test names say so: General/Economy/Banking Awareness including RBI circulars in IBPS PO, General Awareness/ Economy/ Banking Knowledge in SBI PO, and General/Financial Awareness in the clerk exams. Questions keep returning to the RBI and its functions, monetary policy tools such as the repo rate, CRR and SLR, types of banks and accounts, NPAs, KYC, priority sector lending, payment systems such as UPI, NEFT and RTGS, regulators such as SEBI, IRDAI and PFRDA, development institutions such as NABARD and SIDBI, the Budget and the Economic Survey. RBI Grade B and NABARD Grade A go further, with full papers on Economic and Social Issues, and NABARD on Agriculture and Rural Development: agronomy, irrigation, animal husbandry, climate change and rural development schemes. Some static GK still appears: headquarters and heads of banks, currencies and capitals, and important days. This page gathers GK24's topic-wise GK notes for banking exams, in English and Hindi, in short facts and tables. Read one topic at a sitting, then take its topic quiz to see what you remember.
Which stroke is swum by the first swimmer in a 4 x 100 metre medley relay?
The medley relay order is backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle, and the reason the sequence differs from the individual medley is practical.
Read the full explanation →In the individual medley, in which order are the four strokes swum?
One swimmer covers all four strokes in that fixed sequence over 200 or 400 metres, and freestyle is always last.
Read the full explanation →How many lanes are marked in a pool used for Olympic swimming competition?
A pool built to the long course standard is marked into ten lanes of 2.5 metres each across its 25 metre width.
Read the full explanation →What is the length of an Olympic-size (long course) swimming pool?
An Olympic-size or long course pool measures 50 metres in length and 25 metres in width, and all Olympic pool races are swum in it, so a 100 metre race means two lengths and the 1500 metre freestyle means thirty.
Read the full explanation →Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas, notified in 2024, is observed on 25 June to remember
The Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notification in 2024 declaring 25 June as Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas, to pay tribute to those who suffered during the Emergency, which was proclaimed on 25 June 1975 and withdrawn on 21 March 1977.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following days was NOT declared after 2014?
National Startup Day is observed on 16 January because on that date in 2016
The initiative offers recognised startups tax benefits, easier compliance and funding support, and it is run by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade.
Read the full explanation →Vibhajan Vibhishika Smriti Diwas, or Partition Horrors Remembrance Day, is observed on
The day was announced in 2021 to remember the suffering, violence and displacement that accompanied the Partition of 1947, and it falls on the eve of Independence Day.
Read the full explanation →National Space Day, observed on 23 August, commemorates
With it India became the fourth country to land on the Moon and the first to land in that polar region, and the landing site was named Shiv Shakti Point.
Read the full explanation →Veer Bal Diwas, declared in 2022, is observed on 26 December in memory of
The day was announced in 2022 on the Prakash Parv of Guru Gobind Singh and named Veer Bal Diwas, the day of the brave children.
Read the full explanation →Janjatiya Gaurav Divas is observed on 15 November, the birth anniversary of
The day was approved in 2021 as Janjatiya Gaurav Divas, the day of tribal pride.
Read the full explanation →Parakram Diwas, declared in 2021, is observed on 23 January in honour of
The day was declared in 2021, the year of his 125th birth anniversary, and is named Parakram Diwas, the day of valour, after the Azad Hind Fauj he led.
Read the full explanation →Constitution Day, observed on 26 November, marks which event?
The day was declared Constitution Day in 2015, during the 125th birth anniversary year of Dr B. R. Ambedkar; the same date had earlier been observed as National Law Day.
Read the full explanation →The United Nations General Assembly adopted the resolution declaring 21 June as the International Day of Yoga in which year?
The proposal was placed before the General Assembly in an address on 27 September 2014, and the Assembly adopted the resolution on 11 December 2014 with a record number of co-sponsoring countries.
Read the full explanation →Good Governance Day, or Sushasan Diwas, declared in 2014, is observed on
The Government began observing the day in 2014 to stress accountability and the delivery of services in administration.
Read the full explanation →Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, or National Unity Day, is observed on 31 October to mark the birth anniversary of
The day was declared in 2014 and is marked by the Run for Unity; the Statue of Unity at Kevadia in Gujarat, 182 metres tall and the tallest statue in the world when it was built, was unveiled on this date in 2018.
Read the full explanation →Ashvaghosha, a poet who composed a biography of the Buddha, the Buddhacharita, lived in the court of which ruler?
Ashvaghosha, a Sanskrit poet and Buddhist thinker, is placed at the court of the Kushana ruler Kanishka in the first and second centuries of the common era, and he also wrote the Saundarananda and is associated with the fourth Buddhist council held in Kashmir under Kanishka.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following books is not written by Kalidas?
His play takes up the later life of Rama, after the events of the Ramayana.
Read the full explanation →Urvashi, the verse play that won the Jnanpith Award for 1972, was written by
Dinkar is the poet of Rashmirathi, a retelling of the Mahabharata from Karna's side, and of Kurukshetra and Parashuram ki Pratiksha, and he is often called a poet of rebellion.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first recipient of the Jnanpith Award?
The award was instituted by the Bharatiya Jnanpith in 1961 and is the senior literary honour given for a body of work in any of the languages recognised by the Constitution.
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