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.
In which year was the OPEC-India Energy Dialogue launched?
At the seventh meeting the OPEC Secretary General said that the OPEC-India Energy Dialogue is eleven years strong, having been launched in New Delhi in 2015.
Read the full explanation →The Eighth High-Level Meeting of the OPEC-India Energy Dialogue will be held in which city?
The release records that both sides agreed to hold the Eighth High-Level Meeting of the OPEC-India Energy Dialogue in Vienna, Austria, on a mutually convenient date.
Read the full explanation →Who co-chaired the Seventh High-Level Meeting of the OPEC-India Energy Dialogue along with OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais?
The meeting was co-chaired by Hardeep Singh Puri, India's Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, and by the OPEC Secretary General.
Read the full explanation →Who won the Best Direction award at the 72nd National Film Awards?
Randeep Hooda is wrong because he was praised for stepping behind the camera for the first time with Swatantrya Veer Savarkar, but the direction prize did not go to him.
Read the full explanation →Which film was named Best Feature Film at the 72nd National Film Awards?
The film was judged the Best Feature Film at the 72nd National Film Awards, and Yami Gautam won the Best Actress in a Leading Role award for the same film, which made it the evening's biggest winner.
Read the full explanation →Where was the 72nd National Film Awards ceremony held?
The 72nd National Film Awards were conferred there, in Gujarat, and it was the first time the ceremony had been taken out of the national capital.
Read the full explanation →Who received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award at the 72nd National Film Awards?
President Droupadi Murmu presented the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2024 to the veteran Kannada actor at the 72nd National Film Awards at Ekta Nagar, Kevadia, in Gujarat.
Read the full explanation →TRAI's Thirteenth Amendment of 2026 mandates special tariff vouchers of what kind?
Under the amendment, wherever an operator offers a voice-SMS-data special tariff voucher with a validity of 30 days or less, it must also offer a voice-and-SMS-only voucher of the same validity at an appropriately reduced price.
Read the full explanation →Which body released the Telecom Consumer Protection (Thirteenth Amendment) Regulations, 2026 on 22 September 2026?
TRAI, the sector's regulator, released the Thirteenth Amendment on 22 September 2026 after a draft issued on 7 April 2026 drew 1,132 responses and an open house discussion on 15 June 2026.
Read the full explanation →From 11 September 2024, which group was brought under AB PM-JAY irrespective of income, with the Ayushman Vay Vandana card?
On 11 September 2024 the Government extended AB PM-JAY to everyone aged 70 and above, regardless of income, covering about 6 crore senior citizens.
Read the full explanation →Beneficiary families under AB PM-JAY are identified on the basis of which database?
Rural families qualify under six deprivation criteria of the SECC 2011, such as households with only one kucha room, no adult member between 16 and 59, female-headed households without an adult male, households with a disabled member, SC/ST households and landless households dependent on casual manual labour.
Read the full explanation →What is the maximum annual cashless hospitalisation cover per family under AB PM-JAY?
AB PM-JAY provides cashless hospitalisation cover of up to ₹5 lakh per family per year, covering 1,961 procedures across 27 medical specialties at public and private empanelled hospitals.
Read the full explanation →Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) was launched on which date?
AB PM-JAY was launched on that date to move India towards universal health coverage, and the PIB backgrounder of 22 September 2026 marks its eighth anniversary.
Read the full explanation →By how much was the Staff Welfare Fund of Public Sector Banks enhanced in August 2024?
The Staff Welfare Fund is money that public sector banks set aside for the welfare of working and retired staff, covering health expenses, canteen subsidies, sports and cultural activities and educational help.
Read the full explanation →In which year were the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of every month declared holidays for Public Sector Banks?
In its appeal of 21 September 2026, the Ministry of Finance recalled that the Government, in the interest of bank employees, declared the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of every month as holidays for public sector banks in 2015.
Read the full explanation →Bank unions have called strikes in September–October 2026 mainly over which demand that remains pending?
The United Forum of Bank Unions and some other unions in public sector banks, supported by Regional Rural Banks, raised two principal demands: a five-day working week for banks and withdrawal of the Performance Linked Incentive scheme.
Read the full explanation →As stated at the World Patient Safety Day 2026 event, how many beneficiaries have received treatment under Ayushman Bharat?
The Union Health Minister said that many beneficiaries have accessed treatment under Ayushman Bharat, worth around Rs 1.6 lakh crore in all, and that eligible families receive cover of up to Rs 5 lakh a year for secondary and tertiary care.
Read the full explanation →The National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS) certification for health institutions was introduced in which year?
The Union Health Minister said the standards were brought in that year to create nationally recognised benchmarks for assessing the quality of healthcare institutions.
Read the full explanation →What is the theme of World Patient Safety Day 2026?
The theme draws attention to safe, coordinated and continuous care for people living with noncommunicable diseases, a group of conditions that need long-term management rather than one-time treatment.
Read the full explanation →Under which mission is India planning to add around 40 more Doppler Weather Radars?
The Minister said around forty more radars are planned under this mission, which would raise the national total to roughly eighty-one.
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