Banking GK Questions 2026

Expansionary policy cuts interest rates and adds money to the system, which pushes capital out and weakens the rupee further, so it is not a step to defend the currency.

The Minister of State said the operational metro network had expanded from that figure in 2014 to more than 1,185 km across 26 cities, with work under way on a further 998 km, so three numbers travel together in this question and they are easy to mix up.

The theme guided the whole programme, which looked at improving access within cities, integrating transport infrastructure and using digital technologies to raise the quality of urban life, and the opening session carried the same title in its conclave form.

The two-day conference was inaugurated there by the Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs, Shri Tokhan Sahu, in the presence of the state's Housing and Urban Development Minister, and it was the first time the city had hosted this annual event, which is a detail worth noting.

The Council noted the success of this campaign at the district level in returning unclaimed financial assets, and guided ministries and regulators to make further efforts for timely refunds.

The Council took note of the strategy and expects its implementation to strengthen the resilience of the Indian financial sector, along with better protection of Critical Information Infrastructure and improved cyber security preparedness in Regional Rural Banks.

Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, chaired the 30th meeting of the FSDC in New Delhi, which fits the Council's design: the Finance Minister heads it and the heads of the financial sector regulators sit on it.

He won the bronze in the men's 400m T64 event, and the Prime Minister said the run on the track had brought another moment of pride for India.

She won the silver in the women's singles SH6 class, and the Prime Minister noted that moving from the bronze of the previous edition to a silver this time was a fine step forward for her.

The pair won the silver in that archery event, and it was described as India's first medal of any colour in the event at the Asian Para Games, which is what made the result historic.

The two archers won the men's recurve doubles gold at the Asian Para Games, and the Prime Minister said their performance had brought great pride to the nation.

Haney won the gold in that event and set a new world record in the same competition, an achievement the Prime Minister described as a proud moment for Indian para athletics.

Competing at the Asian Para Games for the first time, Sandeep Kumar won the gold in that sprint and set a new world record, and the medal was counted as India's 100th at these Games, which is why the Prime Minister described it as a proud milestone for the nation.

A delegation of around 100 Indian businesses and startups is accompanying the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry on this visit, and the Berlin engagements form part of continuing efforts to deepen the India-Germany Strategic Partnership in trade, investment, technology and industrial cooperation.

The roundtable was organised along with the German Council on Foreign Relations and the APA, and German chief executives and business leaders took part.

She and Shri Piyush Goyal held a bilateral meeting in Berlin on industrial collaboration and the potential of the India-European Union Free Trade Agreement, and they jointly inaugurated the India Centre at DGAP, which is meant to promote policy research and dialogue on India-Germany relations.

Speaking at the Chintan Shivir, he said the engineering sector was on track to surpass the export numbers of the previous financial year, that the medium and long-term growth outlook remained positive, and that engineering exports were expected to cross US$140 billion in the current financial year.

Commerce Secretary Shri Rajesh Agrawal said in his keynote address that India’s combined exports of goods and services grew by 14 per cent year-on-year to this level during April-September of 2026-27, which he cited as evidence that exports had stayed resilient despite global uncertainty.

The Chintan Shivir for the engineering sector was convened by the Department of Commerce along with EEPC India to chart a strategy for total engineering goods exports of US$250 billion by 2030, together with deeper market access through free trade agreements and the long-term availability of key raw materials.

The commercial-crops component of the National Food Security Mission covers cotton, jute and sugarcane, while coffee is a plantation crop handled by the Coffee Board.