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.
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…
Read the full explanation →In which Korean city did Sarbananda Sonowal open his visit and is he to attend the World Maritime Day ministerial roundtable?
Sarbananda Sonowal opened his four-day South Korea visit in Busan, which he called the hub of the Korean maritime industry, with an interaction with Indian professionals working in Korean shipbuilding, and the same city is to host the ministerial roundtable for World Maritime Day in which he will take part…
Read the full explanation →By which year does India aim to be among the world's top five shipbuilding nations?
India has set itself the goal of ranking among the world's top five shipbuilding nations by that year, and the four-day South Korea visit of Sarbananda Sonowal was pitched as a step towards it.
Read the full explanation →Which framework covers India-South Korea cooperation in shipbuilding, shipping and maritime logistics?
This is the cooperation framework that India and South Korea adopted in April, when South Korean President Lee Jae Myung paid a state visit to India, and it covers shipbuilding, shipping and maritime logistics.
Read the full explanation →Core inflation is :
Core inflation leaves out food and fuel, whose prices swing sharply with monsoons, harvests and world oil prices, so that it shows the steady, underlying trend of prices.
Read the full explanation →Gini Coefficient or Gini Ratio can be associated with which one of the following measurements in an economy?
The Gini coefficient is the standard single number used to show how unequally income or wealth is shared among the people of a country.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. Most of India's reserves is held in the form of foreign currency. 2. There is no cost of holding foreign currency as reserves by a nation. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Foreign currency assets make up the largest part of India's foreign exchange reserves, but holding them is never free, so statement 2 is false.
Read the full explanation →How can currency depreciation stimulate an increase in net exports ? 1. By reducing export costs 2. By reducing import prices Select the answer using the code given below :
When a currency depreciates, a country's goods become cheaper for foreign buyers, while imports become dearer at home, not cheaper.
Read the full explanation →Under which scheme were 13 crore people said to have become entrepreneurs for the first time?
The Prime Minister said that this scheme made 13 crore people entrepreneurs for the first time, as part of a wider point that a borrower with nothing to offer as security can now raise a cheap and easy loan to start work.
Read the full explanation →Who is the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India who attended the Bhubaneswar inauguration?
The Prime Minister named him as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India while greeting the guests on the dais at Bhubaneswar.
Read the full explanation →Which two Reserve Bank of India facilities were inaugurated at Bhubaneswar on 25 October 2026?
The Prime Minister inaugurated exactly these two units of the Reserve Bank of India at Bhubaneswar, the capital of Odisha, and called the occasion an important one for the state and for the country.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following was recommended by the session on Model Municipal Law at the National Urban Conclave 2026?
The session on Model Municipal Law recommended exactly that, together with stronger devolution of municipal functions, better coordination with parastatal agencies, more fiscal autonomy and own-source revenues, adequate technical staffing and a revision of the Model Municipal Law, 2003 through state-level consultations.
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