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.
On which date was the first appeal to buy khadi made from the Mann Ki Baat programme?
The correct answer is 3 October 2014, the day of the programme's opening episode, from which citizens were asked to buy at least one khadi product.
Read the full explanation →How many people were employed by the khadi and village industries sector, according to the figures given by KVIC for 2025-26?
KVIC chairman Manoj Goel said the sector supported employment on that scale in the 2025-26 financial year, in the same statement in which he placed its turnover above Rs 1.87 lakh crore.
Read the full explanation →The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) works under which Union ministry?
KVIC is the commission placed under that ministry, and its chairman Manoj Goel spoke in that capacity when he put the khadi and village industries sector's turnover above Rs 1.87 lakh crore with employment of more than 2.04 crore people.
Read the full explanation →What was the turnover of India's khadi and village industries sector in the 2025-26 financial year, as stated by KVIC?
The Khadi and Village Industries Commission said the sector's turnover crossed that mark in the 2025-26 financial year, and that the same year it gave work to more than 2.04 crore people.
Read the full explanation →Which trade agreement formed the backdrop to Piyush Goyal's talks in the Netherlands?
The minister's tour of the Port of Rotterdam was explicitly placed in the context of that agreement, which is expected to create significant new opportunities for Indian exporters; the world-class ports of the Netherlands, its logistics infrastructure and its connectivity with European markets can then help in handling larger trade…
Read the full explanation →Which portfolio does Piyush Goyal hold, as seen in his Netherlands engagements?
Piyush Goyal is the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, and in that capacity he began a visit to the Netherlands aimed at strengthening economic ties, exploring fresh avenues for trade and investment, and deepening engagement with the Indian community.
Read the full explanation →Which port, visited by Piyush Goyal, is Europe's largest and a gateway for Indian goods to the European market?
The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry toured it with its Chief Executive Officer, Boudewijn Siemons, on the first day of his visit to the Netherlands, and the port is described as the largest in Europe, a gateway for Indian goods entering the European market and a key hub for…
Read the full explanation →In which Korean city did Sarbananda Sonowal open his visit and is he to attend the World Maritime Day ministerial roundtable?
Sarbananda Sonowal opened his four-day South Korea visit in Busan, which he called the hub of the Korean maritime industry, with an interaction with Indian professionals working in Korean shipbuilding, and the same city is to host the ministerial roundtable for World Maritime Day in which he will take part…
Read the full explanation →By which year does India aim to be among the world's top five shipbuilding nations?
India has set itself the goal of ranking among the world's top five shipbuilding nations by that year, and the four-day South Korea visit of Sarbananda Sonowal was pitched as a step towards it.
Read the full explanation →Which framework covers India-South Korea cooperation in shipbuilding, shipping and maritime logistics?
This is the cooperation framework that India and South Korea adopted in April, when South Korean President Lee Jae Myung paid a state visit to India, and it covers shipbuilding, shipping and maritime logistics.
Read the full explanation →Core inflation is :
Core inflation leaves out food and fuel, whose prices swing sharply with monsoons, harvests and world oil prices, so that it shows the steady, underlying trend of prices.
Read the full explanation →Gini Coefficient or Gini Ratio can be associated with which one of the following measurements in an economy?
The Gini coefficient is the standard single number used to show how unequally income or wealth is shared among the people of a country.
Read the full explanation →Under which scheme were 13 crore people said to have become entrepreneurs for the first time?
The Prime Minister said that this scheme made 13 crore people entrepreneurs for the first time, as part of a wider point that a borrower with nothing to offer as security can now raise a cheap and easy loan to start work.
Read the full explanation →Who is the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India who attended the Bhubaneswar inauguration?
The Prime Minister named him as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India while greeting the guests on the dais at Bhubaneswar.
Read the full explanation →Which two Reserve Bank of India facilities were inaugurated at Bhubaneswar on 25 October 2026?
The Prime Minister inaugurated exactly these two units of the Reserve Bank of India at Bhubaneswar, the capital of Odisha, and called the occasion an important one for the state and for the country.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following was recommended by the session on Model Municipal Law at the National Urban Conclave 2026?
The session on Model Municipal Law recommended exactly that, together with stronger devolution of municipal functions, better coordination with parastatal agencies, more fiscal autonomy and own-source revenues, adequate technical staffing and a revision of the Model Municipal Law, 2003 through state-level consultations.
Read the full explanation →The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a memorandum of understanding at the National Urban Conclave 2026 with which Indian organisation?
The memorandum of understanding signed with JICA strengthens technical cooperation in promoting the circular use of treated used water, which is the same theme as the Used Water Marketplace opened under AMRUT 2.0 on that day.
Read the full explanation →How many Street Food Hubs under PM SVANidhi had their development formally commenced at the National Urban Conclave 2026?
On the second and concluding day of the conclave, the development of the eighteen selected Street Food Hubs under PM SVANidhi was formally commenced, and the release of the first tranche of funds marked the formal start of project implementation.
Read the full explanation →Under which mission was the Used Water Marketplace launched at the National Urban Conclave 2026?
The Used Water Marketplace opened on the concluding day of the conclave is a digital platform set up under AMRUT 2.0, and it connects urban local bodies with users and investors in the treated used water ecosystem.
Read the full explanation →Which frequency band is exempt from the licensing requirement for personal mobile radios in India?
Under the rules of 2018 on the use of low power and very low power short range radio frequency devices, personal mobile radios working within this narrow band are exempt from the requirement of a licence, subject to the conditions laid down.
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