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.
Nationals of how many countries can use India's e-Visa facility?
The e-Visa is processed through electronic travel authorisation and is presently available to nationals of 172 countries.
Read the full explanation →Which Indian visa category has been renamed the Visitor Visa?
The erstwhile Tourist Visa is now called the Visitor Visa, a change made because the category permits a far wider set of purposes than conventional tourism.
Read the full explanation →After the latest rationalisation, how many main visa categories does India have?
On 27 August 2026 the Ministry of Home Affairs reduced the main visa categories from 13 to nine, and the sub-categories from 49 to 23.
Read the full explanation →Which town was ranked first in the new Swachh River Front Town category of Swachh Survekshan 2025-26?
This edition of the survey introduced awards for river front towns, coastal towns and Himalayan cities for the first time, and in the Swachh River Front Town category the order was Rewa of Madhya Pradesh, Bilaspur of Chhattisgarh and Varanasi of Uttar Pradesh.
Read the full explanation →How many cities were covered by Swachh Survekshan 2025-26?
The survey has widened sharply over a decade: it assessed 73 cities when it began in 2016 and covers 4,751 cities in this round, which is its tenth edition.
Read the full explanation →Which city was ranked first among the Clean Cities of the Super Swachh League in Swachh Survekshan 2025-26?
In the Super Swachh League the top three Clean Cities were Navi Mumbai of Maharashtra, Surat of Gujarat and Vijayawada of Andhra Pradesh, in that order, so Navi Mumbai heads the list.
Read the full explanation →Who presented the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025-26 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi?
President Droupadi Murmu honoured the cleanest cities of the country at the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025-26, held at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.
Read the full explanation →How many States and Union Territories are represented in the Theme Pavilion of Bharat Parv 2026?
The Theme Pavilion, described as a major attraction of the festival, features participation from that many States and Union Territories along with Incredible India and Central Cottage Industries, and it showcases more than 100 One District One Product items besides handicrafts, textiles, paintings and agricultural produce.
Read the full explanation →Bharat Parv 2026 is being organised by which Union ministry?
The correct answer is the Ministry of Tourism, which organises Bharat Parv 2026 in partnership with Gujarat Tourism and with the support of the States and Union Territories.
Read the full explanation →Under which theme is Bharat Parv 2026 being organised at Ekta Nagar?
The Ministry of Tourism is holding Bharat Parv 2026 at Ekta Nagar in Gujarat under this unifying theme, in partnership with Gujarat Tourism and with the support of the States and Union Territories, and the festival is designed to foster cultural exchange and national integration.
Read the full explanation →How many branches does Tamilnad Mercantile Bank operate, as stated at its 105th Foundation Day?
This network figure was cited by the Vice President at Thoothukudi as a measure of how far the bank has travelled from its beginning in 1921 as Nadar Bank Limited.
Read the full explanation →Who attended the 105th Foundation Day celebrations of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank at Thoothukudi as chief guest?
The correct answer is the Vice President of India, C. P. Radhakrishnan, who graced the 105th Foundation Day celebrations of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank at Thoothukudi and called upon the bank to aspire to rank among India’s leading private sector banks.
Read the full explanation →Tamilnad Mercantile Bank, which marked its 105th Foundation Day in November 2026, was originally established under which name?
The Vice President recalled at the 105th Foundation Day celebrations that the institution now known as Tamilnad Mercantile Bank came into being in 1921 under that name, and praised its growth from a modest beginning into a major banking institution.
Read the full explanation →The 4G Saturation Project reported here is run by which Union ministry?
The Department of Telecommunications, which runs the 4G Saturation Project, sits in this ministry, and the announcement on rural connectivity was issued in its name.
Read the full explanation →The 4G Saturation Project of the Department of Telecommunications was designed to cover how many previously unconnected villages?
That was the design target of the 4G Saturation Project, which aims to bring reliable mobile communication to remote and underserved habitations that had no fourth generation signal at all.
Read the full explanation →How many Indian villages were without 4G connectivity in 2026, according to the Department of Telecommunications?
The Department of Telecommunications reported that the number of villages without 4G connectivity has come down to this figure in 2026.
Read the full explanation →Which plan of action did the first BIMSTEC Health Ministers Meeting adopt?
Along with the unanimously adopted Joint Ministerial Statement, this plan was accepted at Colombo and gives the grouping a structured roadmap for cooperation in disease surveillance, pandemic preparedness, digital health, traditional medicine, the One Health approach and the development of a health workforce.
Read the full explanation →India announced that it will host the BIMSTEC Centre of Excellence in Traditional Medicine at which institution?
At Colombo the Union Health Minister announced India’s commitment to hosting the BIMSTEC Centre of Excellence in Traditional Medicine at this institute, and the Joint Ministerial Statement welcomed the initiative.
Read the full explanation →The first BIMSTEC Health Ministers Meeting was held in which city?
The first meeting of the health ministers of the BIMSTEC countries took place in Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital, on 11 November 2026, and Sri Lanka’s Minister of Health and Mass Media, Nalinda Jayatissa, chaired the proceedings.
Read the full explanation →The show cause notice issued by NHAI in this case proposes debarment of the agency and its owners and directors for what period?
Considering the gravity of the incident at the Bijwasan Fee Plaza, the authority issued a show cause notice proposing that the agency and also its owners and directors be barred from participating in future NHAI tenders for a year.
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