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.
Who among the following is the author of the famous novel, City of Joy?
The French writer Dominique Lapierre wrote The City of Joy, published in 1985.
Read the full explanation →Sudha Singh, who won the gold medal in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the Asian Games of 2010, comes from which state?
Sudha Singh belongs to the Raebareli district of Uttar Pradesh and won the gold medal in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the Asian Games held at Guangzhou in 2010, going on to represent India at the Olympic Games; she is the best known woman distance runner the state has produced.
Read the full explanation →Mohammed Shahid, the hockey player who won an Olympic gold medal with India at Moscow in 1980, belonged to which city of Uttar Pradesh?
Mohammed Shahid, celebrated for his dribbling and close stick work, came from Varanasi, was a member of the Indian hockey team that won the Olympic gold at Moscow in 1980, and received the Padma Shri in 1986 after the Arjuna Award earlier in the decade.
Read the full explanation →In which years was the Formula One Indian Grand Prix held in India?
The Indian Grand Prix was run for three seasons at the Buddh International Circuit at Greater Noida, beginning with the 2011 race won by Sebastian Vettel, after which the event was taken off the Formula One calendar.
Read the full explanation →The Yash Bharti Samman is an award given by which government?
The Yash Bharti Samman, instituted in 1994, is the highest civilian honour of Uttar Pradesh and has been conferred on writers, artists, musicians, sportspersons and others for distinguished achievement, with a cash award.
Read the full explanation →Which is the highest sports award of the Government of Uttar Pradesh given to women sportspersons?
Uttar Pradesh gives its highest sporting honour under two names, the Laxman Award for men and the Rani Laxmi Bai Award for women, the latter named after the queen of Jhansi, a city of the state; both carry a cash prize and a citation.
Read the full explanation →The K. D. Singh Babu Stadium at Lucknow is named after a famous player of which sport?
Kunwar Digvijay Singh, called K. D. Singh Babu, came from Barabanki in Uttar Pradesh, won Olympic gold with the Indian hockey team at London in 1948 and at Helsinki in 1952, where he was the captain, and the Lucknow stadium carries his name.
Read the full explanation →The Buddh International Circuit, which hosted the Formula One Indian Grand Prix, is in which district of Uttar Pradesh?
The circuit was built at Greater Noida, which lies in the Gautam Buddh Nagar district next to Delhi, and it held the Indian Grand Prix in 2011, 2012 and 2013, the first of them won by Sebastian Vettel.
Read the full explanation →The Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium is located in which city?
The Ekana stadium, named after Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee, stands at Gomti Nagar in Lucknow and is the largest and newest cricket ground of the state, used for international matches and for league cricket.
Read the full explanation →The Green Park cricket stadium, the oldest international cricket ground of Uttar Pradesh, is situated in
Green Park stands on the bank of the Ganga at Kanpur and has staged Test cricket since 1952, which makes it the oldest international ground in the state and also the home ground of the state cricket association.
Read the full explanation →The highest sporting honour of India, earlier called the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, was renamed in 2021 after whom?
In 2021 the award for the most outstanding sporting performance was renamed the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, so his name now attaches to two national honours, this one and the older Dhyan Chand Award for lifetime achievement.
Read the full explanation →National Sports Day is observed in India on which date?
The day marks the birth anniversary of Major Dhyan Chand, who was born on 29 August 1905 in Uttar Pradesh, and the national sports awards are conferred by the President on this day every year.
Read the full explanation →Major Dhyan Chand, the hockey player known as the wizard, was born in which city of Uttar Pradesh?
Dhyan Chand was born there on 29 August 1905, joined the army and rose to the rank of Major, and became the centre forward of the Indian teams that won three successive Olympic hockey gold medals.
Read the full explanation →On which date was the first appeal to buy khadi made from the Mann Ki Baat programme?
The correct answer is 3 October 2014, the day of the programme's opening episode, from which citizens were asked to buy at least one khadi product.
Read the full explanation →How many people were employed by the khadi and village industries sector, according to the figures given by KVIC for 2025-26?
KVIC chairman Manoj Goel said the sector supported employment on that scale in the 2025-26 financial year, in the same statement in which he placed its turnover above Rs 1.87 lakh crore.
Read the full explanation →The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) works under which Union ministry?
KVIC is the commission placed under that ministry, and its chairman Manoj Goel spoke in that capacity when he put the khadi and village industries sector's turnover above Rs 1.87 lakh crore with employment of more than 2.04 crore people.
Read the full explanation →What was the turnover of India's khadi and village industries sector in the 2025-26 financial year, as stated by KVIC?
The Khadi and Village Industries Commission said the sector's turnover crossed that mark in the 2025-26 financial year, and that the same year it gave work to more than 2.04 crore people.
Read the full explanation →Which trade agreement formed the backdrop to Piyush Goyal's talks in the Netherlands?
The minister's tour of the Port of Rotterdam was explicitly placed in the context of that agreement, which is expected to create significant new opportunities for Indian exporters; the world-class ports of the Netherlands, its logistics infrastructure and its connectivity with European markets can then help in handling larger trade…
Read the full explanation →Which portfolio does Piyush Goyal hold, as seen in his Netherlands engagements?
Piyush Goyal is the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, and in that capacity he began a visit to the Netherlands aimed at strengthening economic ties, exploring fresh avenues for trade and investment, and deepening engagement with the Indian community.
Read the full explanation →Which port, visited by Piyush Goyal, is Europe's largest and a gateway for Indian goods to the European market?
The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry toured it with its Chief Executive Officer, Boudewijn Siemons, on the first day of his visit to the Netherlands, and the port is described as the largest in Europe, a gateway for Indian goods entering the European market and a key hub for…
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