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.
The Iguazu Falls lie on the border of which two countries?
The Iguazu river falls in a horseshoe of hundreds of separate cascades just above its junction with the Parana, and the two countries have national parks on either side of the fall.
Read the full explanation →Which lake is the lowest water body on the land surface of the earth?
It lies in the Jordan rift valley between Israel and Jordan, more than four hundred metres below sea level, and its extreme salinity, caused by heavy evaporation with no outlet, lets a swimmer float easily.
Read the full explanation →Lake Victoria in Africa is the source of which river?
The White Nile leaves Lake Victoria at Jinja in Uganda and flows north through Lake Kyoga and Lake Albert to meet the Blue Nile at Khartoum, where the Nile proper begins.
Read the full explanation →Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world, lies on the border of which two countries?
Lake Titicaca lies on the Altiplano of the Andes at about 3,810 metres above sea level and carries regular boat traffic, which is why it is called the highest navigable lake in the world.
Read the full explanation →Which of the five Great Lakes of North America lies entirely within the United States?
Of the five lakes remembered by the word HOMES, Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior, only Michigan lies wholly in the United States; the international boundary with Canada runs through the other four.
Read the full explanation →The Niagara Falls lie between which two of the Great Lakes?
The Niagara river carries the water of Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, and on the way it crosses the Niagara escarpment, a band of hard dolomite, which produces the Horseshoe, American and Bridal Veil falls on the border of Canada and the United States.
Read the full explanation →The Victoria Falls are situated on which river?
The falls lie on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, where the Zambezi drops into a basalt gorge; the local name Mosi-oa-Tunya means the smoke that thunders, and the missionary explorer David Livingstone named them after Queen Victoria in 1855.
Read the full explanation →Angel Falls, the highest waterfall in the world, is located in which country?
Angel Falls, called Salto Angel in Spanish, drops about 979 metres from the Auyan Tepui, one of the flat topped table mountains of the Guiana highlands, and is fed by the Churun river, a tributary of the Caroni.
Read the full explanation →Which is the largest lake in the world by surface area?
It is a landlocked salt lake bordered by Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Azerbaijan, the remnant of the ancient Tethys sea, and is called a sea only by custom.
Read the full explanation →Which is the deepest lake in the world?
It lies in a rift valley in southern Siberia, reaches a depth of about 1,642 metres and holds more fresh water by volume than any other lake, roughly a fifth of the unfrozen surface fresh water of the earth.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is a most likely consequence of implementing the 'Unified Payments Interface (UPI)' ?
UPI moves money straight from one bank account to another through a phone, so there is no need to load money into a separate wallet first.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements :
1. In terms of short-term credit delivery to the agriculture sector, District Central Cooperative Banks (DCCBs) deliver more credit in comparison to Scheduled Commercial Banks and Regional Rural Banks.
2. One of the most important functions of DCCBs is to provide funds to the Primary Agricultural Credit Societies.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
DCCBs are the middle tier that funds the Primary Agricultural Credit Societies, but the commercial banks, not the DCCBs, give the largest share of short-term farm credit.
Read the full explanation →Kaumarabhritya, the subject of KAUMARACON 2026, is the branch of Ayurveda that deals with which field?
Kaumarabhritya is Ayurvedic paediatrics, and the conference named after it was devoted to advancing child healthcare through Ayurveda. The sessions covered Ayurvedic paediatric education, regulatory frameworks, traditional practices and scope for collaboration between countries, and a round-table examined policy, education and research in the discipline.
Read the full explanation →An Academic Chair in Ayurveda is to be set up under an international MoU signed by AIIA Goa with which university?
The international agreement was signed between AIIA Goa and that university, which is located at Fairfield in the state of Iowa, and it provides for an Academic Chair in Ayurveda in the university’s Department of Physiology and Health.
Read the full explanation →On its 10th Foundation Day, the All India Institute of Ayurveda signed Memorandums of Understanding with which two organisations?
Both agreements were signed at the Foundation Day ceremony to strengthen cooperation between institutions and the sharing of knowledge in Ayurveda.
Read the full explanation →Which foundation day was marked by the All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi, as KAUMARACON 2026 concluded?
The All India Institute of Ayurveda in New Delhi celebrated ten years of work in Ayurveda teaching, research, clinical care and international collaboration, and the day fell on the concluding day of KAUMARACON 2026, the three-day international conference on Kaumarabhritya organised by the institute.
Read the full explanation →Which organisation partnered the Central Bureau of Narcotics in the awareness programmes at Jawad and Garoth?
The programme at the CM Rise Government School in Jawad was organised in association with the Brahma Kumaris of Neemuch, and the office of the District Opium Officer at Garoth also worked with the same organisation for the session at the Sanskar Valley Higher Secondary School.
Read the full explanation →The Central Bureau of Narcotics functions under which Union ministry?
The Bureau is usually associated in the public mind with enforcement against narcotics, so option A looks tempting, but the home ministry is not the parent of this particular organisation.
Read the full explanation →The Central Bureau of Narcotics held its drug awareness programmes in Madhya Pradesh under which mission?
The sessions promoted prevention of drug use, a healthy way of living and the wider goal of a drug free country.
Read the full explanation →How many artisans have benefited from the Shilp Samagam Melas held since 2022?
The correct answer is 975 artisans, who have taken part across the thirteen fairs organised since the Ministry began the series.
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