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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

Q3741.EconomyMedium

Who chaired the first meeting of the Development Council for Textile Industry?

  1. A.The Union Minister of Textiles
  2. B.The Secretary, Ministry of Textiles
  3. C.The Chairman of the Cotton Corporation of India
  4. D.The Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog
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Correct answer: B. The Secretary, Ministry of Textiles

The council met for the first time at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi under her chairpersonship, and in her address she stressed that textiles and apparel are among the largest employment generators and export earners for the country and called for a whole-of-value-chain approach to production, innovation and global market…

Q3742.Summits & ConferencesMedium

The IndOBIS portal, discussed at a workshop alongside the curtain raiser, supports research under which mission?

  1. A.Deep Ocean Mission
  2. B.National Mission on Himalayan Studies
  3. C.National Supercomputing Mission
  4. D.Blue Revolution Mission
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Correct answer: A. Deep Ocean Mission

IndOBIS, which stands for the Indian Ocean Biodiversity Information System, was developed to augment the biodiversity research being carried out under that mission, and its stakeholder engagement workshop ran as a parallel event to the ESTIC curtain raiser at the Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology in Kochi.

Q3743.Summits & ConferencesMedium

Where and when will ESTIC 2026 be held?

  1. A.Kochi, from 10 to 12 September 2026
  2. B.Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, from 27 to 29 October 2026
  3. C.Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, from 6 to 8 October 2026
  4. D.Hyderabad, from 27 to 29 November 2026
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Correct answer: B. Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, from 27 to 29 October 2026

The curtain raiser at Kochi informed its audience of the programmes the Ministry of Earth Sciences will run at the conclave on those dates, with a keynote by Dr Kilaparti Ramakrishna of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, invited talks by ocean science experts and a panel discussion on bridging knowledge…

Q3744.Summits & ConferencesMedium

What is the full form of ESTIC, whose ocean theme curtain raiser was held at Kochi?

  1. A.Earth Sciences and Technology Innovation Congress
  2. B.Emerging Science, Technology and Innovation Conclave
  3. C.Engineering Sciences and Technology Industry Conference
  4. D.Exploration of Seas, Technology and Innovation Convention
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Correct answer: B. Emerging Science, Technology and Innovation Conclave

The curtain raiser for its ocean theme was hosted by the Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology at Kochi, an attached office of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, and the theme being previewed was Ocean Sciences and Maritime Technologies.

Q3745.InternationalMedium

Who declared the 153rd IPU Assembly open at its inaugural ceremony?

  1. A.The Speaker of the Parliament of Tanzania
  2. B.The President of the United Republic of Tanzania
  3. C.The Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
  4. D.The Speaker of the House of Representatives of Australia
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Correct answer: B. The President of the United Republic of Tanzania

The Parliament of Tanzania organised the formal inaugural ceremony of the assembly, she addressed the gathering and she declared the 153rd Assembly open.

Q3746.InternationalEasy

Who led the Indian parliamentary delegation to the 153rd IPU Assembly?

  1. A.The Speaker of the Lok Sabha
  2. B.The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
  3. C.The Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
  4. D.The Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
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Correct answer: C. The Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha

He headed the delegation at the assembly and attended the inaugural ceremony along with members of Parliament Aparajita Sarangi, Anurag Singh Thakur, N. K. Premachandran and Dr Sasmit Patra, and he also led the bilateral meetings with the Speakers of the Australian House of Representatives and the Tanzanian Parliament.

Q3748.Science & TechnologyHard

What minimum mass was estimated for the central black hole of OJ 287 in the study?

  1. A.3.89 million solar masses
  2. B.3.89 billion solar masses
  3. C.18 billion solar masses
  4. D.106 million solar masses
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Correct answer: B. 3.89 billion solar masses

Using eight optical spectra recorded at Steward Observatory in the United States during low-brightness phases of the object in October and November 2017, the team estimated the central black hole to weigh no less than that, reading the figure from the width of the oxygen emission line.

Q3750.Science & TechnologyMedium

Which Indian institute coordinated the decade-long optical study of the blazar OJ 287?

  1. A.Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru
  2. B.Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, Nainital
  3. C.Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune
  4. D.Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
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Correct answer: B. Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, Nainital

The multi-institutional campaign on the blazar OJ 287 was coordinated by scientists of this institute, which is an autonomous body of the Department of Science and Technology, and the study was led by Dr Alok C. Gupta of the same institute.

Q3752.DefenceMedium

The upgraded Slipway-4 at Hindustan Shipyard Limited now allows the yard to build and launch ships of what maximum size?

  1. A.Up to 25,000 DWT
  2. B.Up to 35,000 DWT
  3. C.Up to 45,000 DWT
  4. D.Up to 60,000 DWT
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Correct answer: C. Up to 45,000 DWT

Slipway-4 at Hindustan Shipyard Limited was extended and strengthened so that the yard could take on larger hulls, and the Defence Minister inaugurated the upgraded slipway on the same day he launched Surya and laid the keel of FSS-5.

Q3754.EconomyMedium

SAIL has signed a memorandum of understanding for the joint development of two coal blocks in West Bengal with which company?

  1. A.Coal India Limited
  2. B.Bharat Coking Coal Limited
  3. C.NMDC Limited
  4. D.Damodar Valley Corporation
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Correct answer: B. Bharat Coking Coal Limited

The agreement covers the joint development and operation of two blocks in West Bengal, the Indikatta Ramnagore coal block held by SAIL and the East of Damagoria or Kalyaneshwari block held by BCCL.

Q3757.EconomyEasy

Who will chair the Steel Industry Safety Council announced by the Ministry of Steel?

  1. A.The Union Minister of Steel
  2. B.The Chairman of SAIL
  3. C.The Secretary, Ministry of Steel
  4. D.The Chairman of NMDC
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Correct answer: C. The Secretary, Ministry of Steel

The Steel Industry Safety Council is being created as an apex body for the whole steel industry, with the mandate of strengthening safety standards, preventing accidents and building a safety culture, and the Secretary of the ministry will head it.

Q3758.Government SchemesMedium

Under VB-G RAM G, through which plan will works be taken up, and who approves it?

  1. A.District Development Plan, approved by the Zila Parishad
  2. B.Viksit Gram Panchayat Plan, approved by the Gram Sabha
  3. C.Block Action Plan, approved by the Block Samiti
  4. D.State Rural Plan, approved by the State Legislature
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Correct answer: B. Viksit Gram Panchayat Plan, approved by the Gram Sabha

Every work under the new framework is to begin from the bottom up through a decentralised planning exercise, and the plan must be cleared by the Gram Sabha before a work can start.

Q3760.Government SchemesMedium

Which pillar of the new VB-G RAM G Schedule carries the highest number of permissible works?

  1. A.Water Security
  2. B.Core Rural Infrastructure
  3. C.Livelihood-related Infrastructure
  4. D.Disaster Preparedness
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Correct answer: A. Water Security

It covers check dams, gully plugs, underground dykes, recharge shafts, injection wells, the revival of rivers and nallahs, the reclaiming of waterlogged land, drip irrigation, sprinklers, rooftop rainwater harvesting and even ice-stupas and artificial glaciers.