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.
Coal India Limited was established on which date?
The miner marked its 51st Foundation Day on 1 November 2026, which places its establishment exactly fifty-one years earlier, and it has now stepped into its 52nd year of service.
Read the full explanation →What was Coal India's highest-ever monthly coal production, recorded in October 2026?
In October 2026 Coal India mined more coal in a month than ever before, and the figure stood at 67.2 MT.
Read the full explanation →How many Geological Reports and Geological Memorandums were handed over during his tenure as National Mission Head-II?
As National Mission Head-II, Ganvir planned and monitored multidisciplinary field programmes and nationwide mineral exploration, and the Ministry credits that period with the handover of 359 Geological Reports and 377 Geological Memorandums, along with a five-fold jump in investigations for critical and strategic minerals.
Read the full explanation →In which year did Dinesh V. Ganvir join the Geological Survey of India?
Ganvir joined the Geological Survey of India on 1 July 1994, after completing his postgraduate degree in geology from RTMNU University in Nagpur, and his service of more than 32 years follows from that date.
Read the full explanation →The Geological Survey of India is an attached office of which Union ministry?
The Geological Survey of India is described as an attached office of the Ministry of Mines, Government of India, and it is in that ministry’s mandate that the new Director General placed his priorities: integrated geoscientific investigation, advanced mineral prospectivity mapping and the generation of auction-ready mineral blocks.
Read the full explanation →Who has assumed charge as the 55th Director General of the Geological Survey of India?
He has assumed charge as the 55th Director General of the Geological Survey of India, which works as an attached office of the Ministry of Mines, bringing more than three decades of experience in geological investigation, mineral exploration, engineering geology and institutional leadership.
Read the full explanation →Who is the Chairman of the Central Board of Trustees of the EPF?
Mansukh Mandaviya, who holds the Labour and Employment portfolio along with Youth Affairs and Sports, presided over the Foundation Day function in his capacity as Chairman of the Central Board of Trustees of the EPF.
Read the full explanation →What was EPFO’s average claim settlement time in October 2026?
The Foundation Day function showcased the effect of the technological overhaul carried out through the CITES 2.01 platform, and the sharpest measure of it was the fall in the average time taken to settle a claim, which stood at 2.57 days in October 2026.
Read the full explanation →Inoperative EPF accounts with balances up to which amount will now be settled automatically?
Under the scheme launched on the Foundation Day, subscribers holding Aadhaar-verified inoperative EPF accounts with balances up to one thousand rupees need not file an individual claim at all; EPFO will begin settlement on its own after the prescribed identity and bank-account verification and transfer the dues to the rightful…
Read the full explanation →Which Foundation Day did the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation celebrate on 1 November 2026?
EPFO observed its 74th Foundation Day at the Dr. Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi, marking a journey of seventy-four years from a statutory provident fund body, founded on a commitment of 1952, to one of the leading social security institutions in the country.
Read the full explanation →The medal winners of the World Transplant Games 2025, who were honoured at the National Organ Transplant Games, had competed in which city?
During the programme at Talkatora Stadium the Vice-President felicitated the medal winners of the World Transplant Games 2025, which were held at Dresden in Germany, and he also released the Zindagi Dobara calendar.
Read the full explanation →Which body, working under the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, was among the organisers of the National Organ Transplant Games 2026?
The Games were put together by the Renal Care Foundation, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and NOTTO, which functions under the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and the Vice-President congratulated all three for the initiative.
Read the full explanation →How many transplant recipients and donors held the Tadasana posture together to set a world record at the National Organ Transplant Games?
At the Games a record attempt was made in which 570 transplant recipients and organ donors held the Tadasana posture at the same time, and the World Book of Records, New Delhi, gave the organisers a certificate for the largest gathering of transplant recipients and donors doing that posture.
Read the full explanation →At which venue were the National Organ Transplant Games 2026 inaugurated?
The Vice-President of India, Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan, opened the National Organ Transplant Games 2026 at Talkatora Stadium in the capital, where transplant recipients, living donors and the families of donors who had died came together.
Read the full explanation →Who is the Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying visiting Sikkim?
He is the minister visiting the Gangtok and Mangan districts of Sikkim on 2 and 3 November 2026 to review fisheries development, launch the Standard Operating Procedure for organic fish farming, inaugurate projects worth Rs 375 lakh under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana and meet fish farmers.
Read the full explanation →Organic fisheries clusters under PMMSY have been notified in which two states?
Among the fisheries production and processing clusters notified under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana, the organic fisheries clusters are in these two states, which is also why a Standard Operating Procedure for organic fish farming is being launched during the ministerial visit to Sikkim.
Read the full explanation →How many fisheries production and processing clusters have been notified across the country under PMMSY?
Under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana, this many fisheries production and processing clusters have been notified across the country, and among them are organic fisheries clusters in Sikkim and Meghalaya.
Read the full explanation →Projects worth how much are to be inaugurated under PMMSY during the Union Minister’s visit to Sikkim?
Projects of this value are to be inaugurated under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana during the visit of the Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying to the Gangtok and Mangan districts of Sikkim on 2 and 3 November 2026.
Read the full explanation →Which state’s athletes were praised for adding to the honour of the Tricolour while its farmers were credited with strengthening food security?
The foundation day message for Haryana said that the athletes of the state are enhancing the pride of the Tricolour while its farmers are strengthening the food security of the country, and it praised the people of the state for showing talent and determination through hard work in agriculture, sport…
Read the full explanation →Which state was described in its foundation day message as a land of proud heritage and striking natural beauty with heritage sites of world renown?
Its foundation day message called the state a land of glorious heritage, rich culture and stunning natural beauty, and said its world renowned heritage sites make its historical identity grander, before going on to note contributions in agriculture, industry, tourism, education, infrastructure and innovation.
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