Static GK in IBPS exams means banking awareness first. The awareness tests of PO, Clerk and RRB Mains name banking, economy, financial and digital awareness, and the questions that return every year are about the RBI and its functions, the monetary policy tools (repo, SDF, MSF, CRR, SLR), types of banks and accounts, NPAs, Basel norms, priority sector lending, payment systems such as UPI, NEFT, RTGS and IMPS, deposit insurance, financial inclusion schemes, and the regulators SEBI, IRDAI and PFRDA and institutions such as NABARD and SIDBI. Headquarters and taglines of banks, capitals and currencies, national parks, dams and important days appear too, though with a smaller share than in SSC. This page holds GK24's topic-wise GK notes for banking exams, written as short facts and tables so that a topic can be revised in one sitting, with the terms and abbreviations that IBPS papers use. Read a topic, then solve its previous-year questions and quiz on this site to check what you retained, and come back to the notes for the facts you missed.
Which commodity recorded the highest percentage growth in rail freight loading in September 2026?
The correct answer is food grain, whose loading grew 25 per cent during September 2026, the steepest rise among the commodity groups listed by the Ministry of Railways.
Read the full explanation →How much freight did Indian Railways load in September 2026?
The Ministry of Railways reported that loading in September 2026 reached 135.35 million tonnes, which was 6.14 per cent higher than the same month a year earlier.
Read the full explanation →Under the Sevottam Scheme, how many officers have been trained over the last five financial years, according to the September 2026 CPGRAMS report for States and UTs?
The 50th CPGRAMS report on States and Union Territories states that 1,312 training courses were completed under the Sevottam Scheme over the last five financial years, training roughly 43,738 officers in grievance handling and service delivery.
Read the full explanation →Which State recorded the highest number of public grievance disposals in September 2026 under CPGRAMS?
The 50th CPGRAMS report on States and Union Territories records that Uttar Pradesh closed the largest number of cases in September 2026 at 45,970, far ahead of every other State.
Read the full explanation →How many grievances were redressed by Central Ministries and Departments in September 2026, as per the 53rd CPGRAMS monthly report?
The 53rd monthly CPGRAMS report brought out by DARPG for September 2026 puts the number of grievances closed by Central Ministries and Departments at 2,38,579 for the month.
Read the full explanation →If the Cash Reserve Ratio is lowered by the RBI, supply of money in the economy will :
A lower CRR means banks must park less money with the RBI, so they have more to lend, and lending creates more money.
Read the full explanation →Suppose an Indian citizen makes an investment abroad and earns a positive return on her investment. Which of the following is correct?
Her return is earned outside India, so it is not in India's GDP, but it is earned by an Indian resident, so it counts in India's national income.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements about Ways and Means Advances (WMA) : 1. WMA is a provision in which the Reserve Bank of India provides long-term loans to the State Governments/UT Governments and Central Government. 2. WMA is a provision in which the Reserve Bank of India provides short-term loans to the State Governments/UT Governments and Central Government. 3. WMA was introduced in 1997. 4. Interest rate charged by the RBI on WMA is the same as the bank rate. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Ways and Means Advances are short-term loans from the RBI, and the scheme began in 1997. Governments often spend before their receipts arrive.
Read the full explanation →The capacity building programme on urban service delivery at Mussoorie is organised by NCGG under which department?
The National Centre for Good Governance works under this department and organises the Capacity Building Programme on Urban Service Delivery for Civil Servants of Multiple Countries, held at Mussoorie from 12 to 23 October 2026.
Read the full explanation →BHASHINI-enabled language technologies have been integrated across how many government platforms?
BHASHINI, which serves as India's Language Digital Public Infrastructure, has had its language technologies built into that many government platforms, and these include more than 800 government websites, so option D names only the websites and not the full count of platforms.
Read the full explanation →Which BHASHINI platform provided real-time English to Spanish translation at the NCGG programme in Mussoorie?
During the ice-breaking session of the capacity building programme on urban service delivery, the Digital India BHASHINI Division deployed Shrutlekh to translate speech as it was spoken, working in both directions between English and Spanish so that delegates from Spanish-speaking countries could take part without a language barrier.
Read the full explanation →According to the Prime Minister's address, what was India's growth rate in the April-June quarter this year?
Speaking at the forum, the Prime Minister said India's growth rate in the April-June quarter of this year stood at that level, and he described the growth as resting on a strong base.
Read the full explanation →India became the first G20 nation to source 40 per cent of its installed electricity capacity from non-fossil fuels. When did it reach this mark?
Under the Paris Agreement, India committed in 2015 to meeting 40 per cent of its installed electricity capacity from non-fossil sources by 2030, and the Prime Minister told the forum that the country touched that level in November 2021 itself, nine years ahead of the deadline, becoming the first G20…
Read the full explanation →In which city was the Bloomberg New Economy Forum held when it came to India for the first time?
The Bloomberg New Economy Forum, which gathers business leaders, policymakers and delegates from many countries for discussions on the economy, technology, energy and global affairs, was held in India for the first time, and the Prime Minister addressed the gathering in the national capital.
Read the full explanation →In khadi spinning, one hank of yarn is equal to how much in length?
A hank is the unit in which a khadi spinner's work is measured, and one hank equals 840 yards of yarn in length and one pound by weight.
Read the full explanation →The Khadi and Village Industries Commission is a statutory body set up under an Act of which year?
KVIC is a statutory body established under the Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act of that year, and the Act is what gives the commission its mandate to plan, promote, facilitate, organise and assist village industries.
Read the full explanation →What were the sales of khadi and village industry products in 2025-26?
Sales of khadi and village industry products in 2025-26 reached this level, the highest ever recorded for the sector, with the count taken up to May 2026.
Read the full explanation →In the term 'Ashtalakshmi', used for India's North East, 'ashta' refers to which of the following?
The North East is described as the country's Ashtalakshmi, the eightfold form of prosperity, with each of its eight states standing for one form of that wealth.
Read the full explanation →How many students have taken part in the Ashtalakshmi Darshan Programme in the past year?
That is the participation figure the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region gave for the Ashtalakshmi Darshan Programme over the past year, and it is the number an examiner is most likely to lift from this news.
Read the full explanation →Which Union ministry runs the Ashtalakshmi Darshan Programme?
Ashtalakshmi Darshan is that ministry's own youth-contact initiative: it brings students from states outside the region into the eight north-eastern states so that they meet the region's culture, institutions and development work directly.
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