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Banking GK Questions 2026

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.

Banking GK Questions with Answers

Q6222.Sports GKHard

The three positions fired in the 50 metre rifle three positions event are

  1. A.Prone, sitting and standing
  2. B.Prone, standing and kneeling
  3. C.Standing, sitting and kneeling
  4. D.Prone, crouching and standing
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Correct answer: B. Prone, standing and kneeling

The 50 metre rifle three positions event requires the shooter to fire the same rifle from three different body positions, lying flat on the stomach which is called prone, upright on both feet which is standing, and resting on one knee with a roll under the ankle which is kneeling.

Q6223.Sports GKMedium

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won a silver medal at the Athens Olympic Games of 2004 in which event?

  1. A.Skeet
  2. B.Trap
  3. C.Double trap
  4. D.10 metre air pistol
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Correct answer: C. Double trap

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, an army officer, won the silver medal in the men's double trap shotgun event at Athens in 2004, and that was India's first individual silver medal at the Olympic Games; he was later honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and the Padma Shri. Option A is…

Q6224.Sports GKMedium

The term 'half nelson' belongs to which sport?

  1. A.Boxing
  2. B.Wrestling
  3. C.Shooting
  4. D.Judo
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Correct answer: B. Wrestling

The half nelson is a wrestling hold in which one arm is passed under the opponent's armpit from behind and the hand is placed on the back of the neck, giving the wrestler leverage to turn the opponent over and work towards a pin; using both arms in this way…

Q6225.Sports GKEasy

Which Indian boxer was the first to win an Olympic medal?

  1. A.Mary Kom
  2. B.Vijender Singh
  3. C.Lovlina Borgohain
  4. D.Nikhat Zareen
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Correct answer: B. Vijender Singh

Vijender Singh of Bhiwani in Haryana won the bronze medal in the middleweight category at the Beijing Olympic Games of 2008, becoming the first boxer from India ever to win an Olympic medal, and he later received the Arjuna and Padma Shri honours.

Q6227.Sports GKMedium

The Marquess of Queensberry rules of 1867 form the basis of the modern rules of

  1. A.Wrestling
  2. B.Boxing
  3. C.Shooting
  4. D.Weightlifting
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Correct answer: B. Boxing

The code published in 1867 under the patronage of John Douglas, the ninth Marquess of Queensberry, turned bare-knuckle prize fighting into a regulated sport: it made padded gloves compulsory, fixed the round at three minutes with a minute of rest, introduced the ten-second count for a downed boxer and forbade…

Q6229.Sports GKEasy

Abhinav Bindra won India's first individual Olympic gold medal in which event?

  1. A.25 metre rapid fire pistol
  2. B.Double trap
  3. C.10 metre air rifle
  4. D.50 metre rifle three positions
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Correct answer: C. 10 metre air rifle

Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in the men's 10 metre air rifle event at the Beijing Olympic Games of 2008, and it remains the first individual gold medal ever won by India at the Olympics; the only earlier golds had been won by the men's hockey team.

Q6230.Sports GKEasy

Who was the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Olympic medal?

  1. A.Vinesh Phogat
  2. B.Geeta Phogat
  3. C.Sakshi Malik
  4. D.Babita Kumari
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Correct answer: C. Sakshi Malik

Sakshi Malik of Rohtak in Haryana won the bronze medal in the 58 kilogram freestyle category at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games of 2016, coming back from behind in the last seconds of her repechage bout, and she thus became the first Indian woman wrestler to stand on an…

Q6232.Sports GKEasy

Independent India's first individual Olympic medal was won in wrestling by

  1. A.Sushil Kumar
  2. B.Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav
  3. C.Guru Hanuman
  4. D.Yogeshwar Dutt
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Correct answer: B. Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav

Jadhav, a wrestler from Satara in Maharashtra, won the bronze medal in freestyle bantamweight wrestling at the Helsinki Olympic Games of 1952, and that was the first Olympic medal won by an individual athlete of independent India, all earlier medals having come to the men's hockey team.

Q6233.Important Days & DatesHard

National Doctors' Day in India is observed on 1 July in memory of

  1. A.Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy
  2. B.Dr Jivraj Mehta
  3. C.Dr Rajendra Prasad
  4. D.Dr Hargobind Khorana
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Correct answer: A. Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy

Bidhan Chandra Roy was born on 1 July 1882 and died on the same date in 1962, and since both fall on one day India keeps 1 July as National Doctors' Day; he was a distinguished physician, served as Chief Minister of West Bengal and was awarded the Bharat Ratna.

Q6234.Important Days & DatesMedium

International Tiger Day is observed on

  1. A.29 July
  2. B.12 August
  3. C.3 March
  4. D.4 October
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Correct answer: A. 29 July

International Tiger Day was agreed at the tiger summit held at Saint Petersburg in Russia in 2010, where the countries that still have wild tigers pledged to work towards doubling their numbers, and it has been observed on this date since then.

Q6235.Important Days & DatesHard

World Blood Donor Day, observed on 14 June, marks the birth anniversary of the scientist who discovered

  1. A.Insulin
  2. B.The ABO blood groups
  3. C.Penicillin
  4. D.The hepatitis B virus
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Correct answer: B. The ABO blood groups

The day falls on the birth anniversary of Karl Landsteiner, born on 14 June 1868, who classified human blood into the groups A, B and O and thus made safe transfusion possible; he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for this work.

Q6236.Important Days & DatesMedium

International Nurses Day, observed on 12 May, marks the birth anniversary of

  1. A.Mother Teresa
  2. B.Florence Nightingale
  3. C.Marie Curie
  4. D.Elizabeth Blackwell
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Correct answer: B. Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale was born on 12 May 1820 and became famous for organising nursing care for wounded soldiers in the Crimean War, where her rounds at night earned her the name the Lady with the Lamp; she later founded the first professional school of nursing, and the highest international honour…

Q6237.Important Days & DatesEasy

World No Tobacco Day is observed on

  1. A.31 May
  2. B.31 March
  3. C.26 June
  4. D.10 October
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Correct answer: A. 31 May

The World Health Organization began this observance in 1988 to draw attention to the health harm caused by tobacco in every form and to the industry's marketing, and each year it carries a theme, often aimed at young people.

Q6238.Important Days & DatesMedium

World Water Day is observed on

  1. A.22 March
  2. B.23 March
  3. C.2 February
  4. D.8 June
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Correct answer: A. 22 March

World Water Day was recommended by the Earth Summit held at Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and has been observed since 1993 to draw attention to fresh water, its scarcity and the target of water and sanitation for all.

Q6239.Important Days & DatesEasy

The International Day of Yoga is observed on

  1. A.21 March
  2. B.21 June
  3. C.1 July
  4. D.12 May
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Correct answer: B. 21 June

India proposed the day at the United Nations General Assembly, which adopted the resolution in December 2014, and the first observance was held in 2015; the date was chosen because 21 June is the summer solstice, the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere.

Q6240.Important Days & DatesEasy

World AIDS Day is observed every year on

  1. A.1 December
  2. B.3 December
  3. C.10 December
  4. D.14 November
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Correct answer: A. 1 December

World AIDS Day has been observed on the first of December since 1988 and was the first global health day of its kind, its symbol being the red ribbon; the theme changes every year and the day is used to press for testing, treatment and an end to stigma.

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