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NABARD GK Questions 2026

The static part of NABARD's awareness tests is economics, rural society and agriculture more than history or sports. The Grade A syllabus for Economic & Social Issues covers the nature of the Indian economy, reforms, inflation, poverty and its measurement, population policy, rural credit, industrial policy, banking reforms, international institutions, social structure, education, social justice and human development. The Agriculture & Rural Development syllabus covers agronomy, soils and irrigation, farm engineering, horticulture, animal husbandry, fisheries, forestry, extension, ecology and climate change, agricultural finance and marketing, and rural development programmes and Panchayati Raj. This page holds GK24's topic-wise GK notes for NABARD. Each note is written as short facts and tables, so a topic can be revised in one sitting. The Indian Economy notes serve most of ESI. The Indian Polity notes cover Panchayati Raj and social justice. The Geography notes cover soils, irrigation, climate and forests, and the Environment and Ecology notes cover climate change and its international bodies. The Computer notes serve the Computer Knowledge test, and Static GK helps with General Awareness. Agronomy, animal husbandry and fisheries go beyond general GK, so use the advertisement's ARD list as a checklist for them. Read a note, then take its quiz on this site to check what you retained.

NABARD GK Questions with Answers

Q301.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

Which indicator is used to measure asset quality under the revised Prompt Corrective Action framework?

  1. A.Gross non-performing assets ratio
  2. B.Net non-performing assets ratio
  3. C.Slippage ratio
  4. D.Provision coverage ratio
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Correct answer: B. Net non-performing assets ratio

Under the revised framework the three indicators are the capital to risk weighted assets ratio or the Common Equity Tier 1 ratio for capital, the net non-performing assets ratio for asset quality, and the Tier 1 leverage ratio for leverage.

Q302.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

Which of the following is NOT covered by the Prompt Corrective Action framework for scheduled commercial banks?

  1. A.Public sector banks
  2. B.Private sector banks
  3. C.Regional rural banks
  4. D.Foreign banks operating through branches in India
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Correct answer: C. Regional rural banks

The revised framework applies to all scheduled commercial banks but expressly leaves out three categories: small finance banks, payments banks and regional rural banks.

Q303.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

As per the Reserve Bank's 2025 list of Domestic Systemically Important Banks, which bank is placed in bucket 4?

  1. A.HDFC Bank
  2. B.ICICI Bank
  3. C.State Bank of India
  4. D.Punjab National Bank
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Correct answer: C. State Bank of India

In the 2025 list State Bank of India sits in bucket 4 and must hold an extra Common Equity Tier 1 cushion of 0.80 per cent of its risk weighted assets, over and above the normal minimum and the capital conservation buffer.

Q306.Banking & Financial AwarenessEasy

In which year did the Reserve Bank of India issue the framework for dealing with Domestic Systemically Important Banks?

  1. A.2011
  2. B.2014
  3. C.2017
  4. D.2021
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Correct answer: B. 2014

The Reserve Bank of India issued the D-SIB framework on 22 July 2014, setting out how banks would be picked for the sample, how their systemic importance score would be computed from size, interconnectedness, substitutability and complexity, and how much additional Common Equity Tier 1 capital each bucket would attract.

Q307.Indian EconomyHard

The committee that reviewed India's special economic zone policy in 2018 and proposed turning the zones into employment and economic enclaves was headed by

  1. A.Bimal Jalan
  2. B.Baba Kalyani
  3. C.Arvind Subramanian
  4. D.Bibek Debroy
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Correct answer: B. Baba Kalyani

The committee headed by the industrialist Baba Kalyani submitted its report on the special economic zone policy in 2018, arguing that the zones should be judged by the economic activity and employment they create rather than by exports alone, and recommending a new framework of employment and economic enclaves serving…

Q308.Indian EconomyHard

Under the goods and services tax, supplies of goods and services to a unit in a special economic zone are

  1. A.taxed at the highest slab
  2. B.zero-rated
  3. C.exempt, with no credit of input tax
  4. D.outside the goods and services tax altogether
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Correct answer: B. zero-rated

A supply to a developer or a unit of a special economic zone for authorised operations is a zero-rated supply, so the supplier either pays the tax and claims a refund or supplies under a letter of undertaking without paying it, and in either case the credit of the tax…

Q309.Indian EconomyMedium

A unit in a special economic zone is required to be a

  1. A.net foreign exchange earner over a block of five years
  2. B.wholly export oriented unit selling nothing in India
  3. C.unit employing only local workers
  4. D.unit paying no tax of any kind
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Correct answer: A. net foreign exchange earner over a block of five years

The central obligation of a zone unit is a positive net foreign exchange earning, that is the value of its exports must exceed the value of its imports, measured over a block of five years counted from the date the unit begins production, and not year by year.

Q310.Indian EconomyHard

Approval for setting up a special economic zone is granted by the Board of Approval, which is chaired by the

  1. A.Secretary, Department of Commerce
  2. B.Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
  3. C.Chief Secretary of the state concerned
  4. D.Revenue Secretary, Ministry of Finance
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Correct answer: A. Secretary, Department of Commerce

Under the Act of 2005 proposals for a zone go to the Board of Approval in the Department of Commerce, which the Commerce Secretary chairs and on which the revenue, finance and other departments are represented; below it each notified zone has a Development Commissioner and a Unit Approval Committee…

Q311.Indian EconomyMedium

The Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India chiefly provides exporters with

  1. A.insurance against the risk of not being paid by overseas buyers
  2. B.long-term loans for setting up factories
  3. C.subsidies on the price of exported goods
  4. D.warehousing facilities at ports
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Correct answer: A. insurance against the risk of not being paid by overseas buyers

The Export Credit Guarantee Corporation, founded in 1957 and first called the Export Risks Insurance Corporation, insures an Indian exporter against the commercial risk of a buyer failing to pay and the political risk of war, exchange restrictions or a ban in the buyer's country, and it also guarantees the…

Q312.Indian EconomyMedium

The Export-Import Bank of India began its operations in which year?

  1. A.1964
  2. B.1982
  3. C.1991
  4. D.2000
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Correct answer: B. 1982

The Export-Import Bank of India was set up in 1982 under the Export-Import Bank of India Act of 1981, as the country's apex institution for financing and promoting foreign trade; it lends to exporters, finances overseas buyers of Indian goods and operates the lines of credit extended by the Government…

Q313.Indian EconomyEasy

The Directorate General of Foreign Trade functions under which ministry?

  1. A.Ministry of Finance
  2. B.Ministry of Commerce and Industry
  3. C.Ministry of External Affairs
  4. D.Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
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Correct answer: B. Ministry of Commerce and Industry

The Directorate General of Foreign Trade works under the Department of Commerce in that ministry; it issues the importer-exporter code without which no one can trade across the border, administers the Foreign Trade Policy, and exercises powers under the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act of 1992.

Q315.Indian EconomyMedium

For the purposes of trade operations, duties and tariffs, a special economic zone is treated as

  1. A.part of the domestic tariff area
  2. B.foreign territory
  3. C.a union territory
  4. D.a bonded warehouse of the state government
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Correct answer: B. foreign territory

The law deems a special economic zone to be outside the customs territory of India for trade operations, duties and tariffs, which is why a supply from the rest of the country into the zone is an export and a sale from the zone into the rest of the country…

Q318.Government SchemesMedium

Which three indicators were used to identify the Aspirational Agricultural Districts under the scheme?

  1. A.Low productivity, low cropping intensity and low agricultural credit disbursement
  2. B.Rainfall, soil quality and farm size
  3. C.Population density, literacy and road length
  4. D.Market arrivals, export share and warehouse capacity
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Correct answer: A. Low productivity, low cropping intensity and low agricultural credit disbursement

These three measures were used to pick the districts, after which the share of net cropped area and of operational holdings in each State and Union Territory was also considered so that the spread remained fair, with at least one district per State.

Q320.Government SchemesMedium

Who heads the National Executive Committee of the Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana?

  1. A.The Prime Minister
  2. B.The Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
  3. C.The Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
  4. D.The Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog
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Correct answer: B. The Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

The scheme runs on a three-tier structure. At the district level, the District Dhan Dhaanya Krishi Yojana Samiti, headed by the District Collector or District Magistrate, prepares and implements the District Action Plan.