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RBI GK Questions 2026

The static part of RBI exams is mostly economics and finance. The Grade B advertisement lists the syllabus of Paper-I, Economic and Social Issues: growth and development, national income, poverty and employment, sustainable development, the Indian economy since the reforms of 1991, money and financial markets, the role of banks and the Reserve Bank, public finance, agriculture, industry and services, the balance of payments, the IMF, the World Bank and the WTO, and India's social structure. Paper-III, General Finance and Management, adds the functions of the RBI, the banking system, SIDBI, EXIM Bank, NABARD, NHB and NaBFID, financial markets, financial inclusion, the Union Budget and inflation. These topics also feed the General Awareness tests of Grade B Phase-I and the Assistant Main, alongside static facts such as the heads and headquarters of institutions. This page holds GK24's topic-wise GK notes for RBI exams, written as short facts and tables so that a topic can be revised in one sitting, in English and Hindi. Read a topic, then solve its quiz and previous-year questions on this site to check what you retained. For the descriptive part of ESI, turn each note into a one-page answer outline.

RBI GK Questions with Answers

Q561.Banking & Financial AwarenessHard

Which of the following is NOT taken into account in computing an individual's credit score?

  1. A.Repayment history on loans and credit cards
  2. B.Credit utilisation ratio on revolving credit
  3. C.The borrower's monthly income and savings balance
  4. D.The number of recent credit enquiries
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Correct answer: C. The borrower's monthly income and savings balance

A credit score is built only from credit behaviour reported by lenders, so income, the balance in a savings account, the deposits held with a bank, and matters such as caste or religion are not part of it; a lender looks at income separately when it assesses whether a borrower…

Q562.Banking & Financial AwarenessHard

As directed by the Reserve Bank, how many free full credit reports must each credit information company give an individual in a calendar year?

  1. A.None; every report is charged
  2. B.One
  3. C.Two
  4. D.Four
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Correct answer: B. One

The Reserve Bank has directed every credit information company to provide one free full credit report to an individual once in each calendar year, on request, so that a borrower can check the record and have an error corrected before applying for a loan.

Q567.Banking & Financial AwarenessEasy

The CIBIL score is a three-digit number lying in which range?

  1. A.0 to 100
  2. B.100 to 900
  3. C.300 to 900
  4. D.300 to 850
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Correct answer: C. 300 to 900

TransUnion CIBIL computes its score for individual borrowers on a scale from 300 at the lowest to 900 at the highest, and a few months of credit history are needed before any score can be generated; a person who has never borrowed is shown with a no history marker rather…

Q569.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

Credit information companies in India are regulated under which Act?

  1. A.The SEBI Act, 1992
  2. B.The Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005
  3. C.The Banking Regulation Act, 1949
  4. D.The Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
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Correct answer: B. The Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005

This Act created the framework for credit bureaus, requiring them to register with the Reserve Bank of India, obliging banks and other credit institutions to become members and to furnish data, and giving borrowers the right to see and correct their own records.

Q570.Banking & Financial AwarenessEasy

Credit rating agencies in India are registered with and regulated by:

  1. A.The Reserve Bank of India
  2. B.The Securities and Exchange Board of India
  3. C.IRDAI
  4. D.The Ministry of Finance directly
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Correct answer: B. The Securities and Exchange Board of India

Credit rating agencies rate securities offered to the public, so they fall within the securities market and work under the SEBI (Credit Rating Agencies) Regulations of 1999, framed under the SEBI Act of 1992; no agency may rate a public issue of debt without registration with SEBI.

Q571.Indian EconomyMedium

Which body became the national reinsurer of India after the general insurance subsidiaries were detached from it in 2000?

  1. A.Life Insurance Corporation of India
  2. B.General Insurance Corporation of India
  3. C.New India Assurance
  4. D.Export Credit Guarantee Corporation
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Correct answer: B. General Insurance Corporation of India

It was created under the General Insurance Business Nationalisation Act of 1972 as a holding company with four subsidiaries, namely National Insurance, New India Assurance, Oriental Insurance and United India Insurance.

Q572.Indian EconomyEasy

Under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, what share of the sum insured does a farmer pay as premium for a kharif crop?

  1. A.1.5 per cent
  2. B.2 per cent
  3. C.5 per cent
  4. D.10 per cent
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Correct answer: B. 2 per cent

The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, launched in 2016, fixes the farmer share of the premium at two per cent of the sum insured for kharif food and oilseed crops, with the rest of the actuarial premium shared by the central and state governments.

Q573.Indian EconomyHard

The Insurance Amendment Act of 2021 raised the ceiling on foreign direct investment in an Indian insurance company to

  1. A.26 per cent
  2. B.49 per cent
  3. C.74 per cent
  4. D.100 per cent
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Correct answer: C. 74 per cent

The Insurance Amendment Act of 2021 amended the Insurance Act of 1938 to raise the permissible foreign direct investment in an Indian insurance company to seventy-four per cent, subject to conditions designed to keep management and control in Indian hands.

Q574.Indian EconomyMedium

Which organisation administers the Employees Pension Scheme of 1995 and is not regulated by the pension regulator?

  1. A.Employees Provident Fund Organisation
  2. B.Life Insurance Corporation of India
  3. C.National Pension System Trust
  4. D.General Insurance Corporation of India
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Correct answer: A. Employees Provident Fund Organisation

It functions under the Ministry of Labour and Employment and administers three schemes under the Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act of 1952: the Employees Provident Fund Scheme of 1952, the Employees Pension Scheme of 1995 and the Employees Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme of 1976.

Q575.Indian EconomyHard

Which principle of insurance states that the insured can recover no more than the actual loss suffered, and does not apply to life insurance?

  1. A.Utmost good faith
  2. B.Indemnity
  3. C.Subrogation
  4. D.Insurable interest
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Correct answer: B. Indemnity

The principle of indemnity means a general insurance claim restores the insured to the position held before the loss but never pays more than the loss actually suffered, which is why a motor or fire claim is settled on the value of the damage.

Q577.Indian EconomyMedium

Which of the following is correct about Tier I and Tier II accounts under the National Pension System?

  1. A.Tier I is voluntary and Tier II is compulsory
  2. B.Tier I is the pension account with restricted withdrawal and Tier II is a voluntary savings account
  3. C.Both accounts allow free withdrawal at any time
  4. D.Tier II can be opened without a Tier I account
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Correct answer: B. Tier I is the pension account with restricted withdrawal and Tier II is a voluntary savings account

Under the National Pension System a subscriber holds a Permanent Retirement Account Number and a Tier I account, which is the pension account proper and permits only restricted withdrawal before retirement, and may additionally open a Tier II account, which is a voluntary savings account from which money can be…

Q578.Indian EconomyMedium

The National Pension System was made compulsory for central government employees joining service on or after

  1. A.1 April 2000
  2. B.1 January 2004
  3. C.1 May 2009
  4. D.1 February 2014
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Correct answer: B. 1 January 2004

The National Pension System, a defined contribution arrangement, applies compulsorily to central government employees who joined service on or after 1 January 2004, with the armed forces excluded; employees recruited before that date remain under the older defined benefit pension.