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IBPS GK Questions 2026

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.

IBPS GK Questions with Answers

Q3481.Government SchemesMedium

Which three groups will together form the JOSH Teams?

  1. A.ASHA workers, Anganwadi workers and ANMs
  2. B.Class-I Officers, MY Bharat Volunteers and NCC Cadets
  3. C.Panchayat members, NSS volunteers and Scouts
  4. D.District Collectors, Red Cross volunteers and NYKS workers
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Correct answer: B. Class-I Officers, MY Bharat Volunteers and NCC Cadets

This combination is the heart of the design, because it joins administrative leadership with the youth reach of the MY Bharat platform of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and the cadet network of the Ministry of Defence.

Q3482.Government SchemesMedium

In its first phase, the JOSH Teams initiative will be rolled out across how many districts and States?

  1. A.35 districts in 9 States
  2. B.45 districts in 10 States
  3. C.55 districts in 11 States
  4. D.75 districts in 15 States
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Correct answer: C. 55 districts in 11 States

The first phase of the squads has been planned on that scale, with the work concentrated at the block, ward and community level so that information about tuberculosis reaches people where they live and work rather than staying inside health facilities.

Q3483.Government SchemesEasy

What does JOSH stand for in the newly launched JOSH Teams for tuberculosis elimination?

  1. A.Joint Squad for Health
  2. B.Youth Organisation for Sanitation and Health
  3. C.Joint Outreach Scheme for Hospitals
  4. D.Jan Outreach Squad for Hygiene
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Correct answer: A. Joint Squad for Health

That is the expansion of the acronym used by the Union Health Ministry for the squads being launched at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, which bring Class-I Officers, MY Bharat Volunteers and NCC Cadets together for community work against tuberculosis.

Q3484.EconomyMedium

Under Article 7.1 of TEPA, how much foreign direct investment do the EFTA states aim to bring into India within ten years of the agreement entering into force?

  1. A.20 billion US dollars
  2. B.50 billion US dollars
  3. C.75 billion US dollars
  4. D.100 billion US dollars
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Correct answer: B. 50 billion US dollars

The article in question asks the EFTA states to aim at increasing foreign direct investment from their investors into India by that amount within ten years of the pact starting, and then by a further fifty billion dollars during the five years that follow.

Q3485.EconomyMedium

On which date did the India-EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) come into force?

  1. A.1 October 2024
  2. B.1 April 2025
  3. C.1 October 2025
  4. D.1 October 2026
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Correct answer: C. 1 October 2025

That is the day the partnership agreement between India and the four EFTA states entered into force, which is why leaders from all the member countries gathered in the Indian capital in early October to mark its completion of one year and to discuss the road ahead.

Q3486.EconomyEasy

Which four countries form the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), India's partner in the Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA)?

  1. A.Austria, Denmark, Finland and Sweden
  2. B.Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland
  3. C.Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Ireland
  4. D.Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Switzerland
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Correct answer: B. Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland

These are the four member states of the European Free Trade Association, and leaders of all four were in New Delhi to mark the first year of the agreement with India.

Q3488.Government SchemesEasy

Under which initiative were trees planted during the Swachhata Hi Seva 2026 campaign?

  1. A.Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam
  2. B.Kabaad se Kala
  3. C.Swachh Paathshala - Yuva for Swachhata
  4. D.Safai Mitra Suraksha evam Samman Shivir
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Correct answer: A. Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam

Environmental sustainability formed an important part of the drive, and tree plantation was carried out under this initiative, with the concluding plantation at NIFT Delhi on Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti.

Q3489.Government SchemesHard

Who led the concluding tree plantation activity of Swachhata Hi Seva 2026 at NIFT Delhi?

  1. A.The Union Minister of Textiles
  2. B.The Director General of NIFT
  3. C.Secretary (Textiles), Smt Neelam Shami Rao
  4. D.The Development Commissioner for Handlooms
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Correct answer: C. Secretary (Textiles), Smt Neelam Shami Rao

The release records that the final plantation activity took place at NIFT Delhi on Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti and was led by her, with senior officials of the ministry joining, under the Shramdaan call Ek Din, Ek Ghanta, Ek Saath.

Q3490.Government SchemesMedium

Over which period was the Swachhata Hi Seva 2026 campaign organised?

  1. A.From 15 August to 2 October 2026
  2. B.From 17 September to 2 October 2026
  3. C.From 1 September to 30 September 2026
  4. D.From 2 October to 31 October 2026
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Correct answer: B. From 17 September to 2 October 2026

The Ministry of Textiles says it took part in the campaign over exactly these dates, with its organisations, institutions and field formations joining in, and that the drive culminated on the closing date, which is observed as Swachh Bharat Diwas and as the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

Q3491.Reports & IndicesMedium

Which development is cited as strengthening the importance of environmental accounting in the new strategy document?

  1. A.Recognition of natural resource accounting in the System of National Accounts 2025
  2. B.The launch of a national carbon credit exchange
  3. C.A new chapter on green growth in the Economic Survey
  4. D.The merger of the National Statistical Office with the Central Statistics Office
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Correct answer: A. Recognition of natural resource accounting in the System of National Accounts 2025

The release says that developments under that system, particularly the way natural resource accounting is now recognised within the national accounting framework, strengthen the importance of environmental accounting, and that the subjects in the roadmap will help in understanding the links between natural resources, the economy and the environment while…

Q3492.Reports & IndicesHard

Which of the following was identified as an area of work under the earlier Strategy for Environmental-Economic Accounts in India 2022-2026?

  1. A.Material Flow Accounts
  2. B.Consumer Price Index accounts
  3. C.Balance of payments accounts
  4. D.Monetary aggregates
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Correct answer: A. Material Flow Accounts

The earlier roadmap, issued by the National Statistical Office under MoSPI, picked out Material Flow Accounts, Ocean Accounts, Energy Accounts and thematic accounts for biodiversity and urban areas as the areas to work on in that period.

Q3493.Reports & IndicesMedium

The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA), which India follows for its environment accounts, has been endorsed by which body?

  1. A.The United Nations Statistical Commission
  2. B.The World Bank
  3. C.The United Nations Environment Programme
  4. D.The International Monetary Fund
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Correct answer: A. The United Nations Statistical Commission

The release states plainly that MoSPI has been following the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting, which that commission has endorsed, and that the ministry took up work on various aspects of environment accounts from 2018.

Q3496.EconomyMedium

Which areas of collaboration were discussed with IBM Chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna?

  1. A.Artificial intelligence, cloud infrastructure and quantum computing
  2. B.Beauty and personal care manufacturing and sourcing
  3. C.Private equity investments in infrastructure
  4. D.Insurance and wealth management services
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Correct answer: A. Artificial intelligence, cloud infrastructure and quantum computing

The release says that in the meeting with IBM Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna, the discussion focused on strengthening the company's engagement in India and expanding collaboration in these emerging technologies.

Q3497.EconomyHard

India's vision of 'Insurance for All by 2047' came up in the Minister's meeting with the Non-Executive Chairman of which company?

  1. A.MetLife
  2. B.General Atlantic
  3. C.AIA Group
  4. D.Neuberger Berman
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Correct answer: C. AIA Group

The Minister met its Non-Executive Chairman, Mark Tucker, and the discussion turned on the group's engagement in India and the openings in the insurance and financial services sectors, expressly in the context of India's vision of Insurance for All by 2047.

Q3498.EconomyEasy

Which Union Minister held meetings with the heads of leading American companies in New York to invite investment into India?

  1. A.The Minister of Finance
  2. B.The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal
  3. C.The Minister of External Affairs
  4. D.The Minister of Electronics and Information Technology
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Correct answer: B. The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal

The release from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry records that he held a series of meetings with senior leaders of leading United States companies in New York during the week, to discuss ways of strengthening India-United States trade and to invite those companies to explore investment in India.

Q3499.InternationalMedium

Which workshop at the 153rd IPU Assembly introduced a reference framework for strengthening the parliamentary response to terrorism?

  1. A.A workshop attended by N. K. Premachandran
  2. B.A session of the IPU Committee on Health
  3. C.A field visit of the Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights
  4. D.The cultural programme of the Indian High Commission
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Correct answer: A. A workshop attended by N. K. Premachandran

He took part in the workshop on strengthening the parliamentary response to terrorism, where the IPU reference framework was introduced, and also in a separate workshop on critical minerals for shared prosperity and the strengthening of parliamentary oversight over them.

Q3500.InternationalHard

Which Indian MP took part in the panel discussion on the role of parliaments in securing peace in the age of military artificial intelligence?

  1. A.Kamaljeet Sehrawat
  2. B.N. K. Premachandran
  3. C.Dr Sasmit Patra
  4. D.Dr Sanjay Jaiswal
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Correct answer: C. Dr Sasmit Patra

He joined the panel discussion of the Standing Committee on Peace and International Security on the role of parliaments in securing peace in the age of military artificial intelligence, and he also took part in the work of the Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights, contributing to the drafting…