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SBI GK Questions 2026

The static part of the awareness test in SBI exams is banking and economy knowledge, which is why the PO Mains test is named General Awareness/ Economy/ Banking Knowledge and the Clerk Mains test General/ Financial Awareness. The sample questions in the Bank's booklet ask which institution introduced Know Your Customer norms, which sector drives State incomes, who led Operation Flood and what monetary policy is concerned with, and the real papers follow that line. The topics that recur are the RBI and its functions, monetary policy tools such as the repo rate, CRR and SLR, types of banks and accounts, NPAs, priority sector lending, KYC and anti-money-laundering rules, payment systems like UPI, NEFT and RTGS, banking terms and abbreviations, financial regulators such as SEBI, IRDAI and PFRDA, development institutions such as NABARD and SIDBI, the Union Budget and the Economic Survey, GDP, inflation and national income, and government schemes for financial inclusion, insurance and pensions. A few questions ask plain static GK: headquarters and heads, currencies and capitals, and dates in banking history. 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. Read a topic, then solve its quiz and the SBI previous-year questions on this site to see what you retained.

SBI GK Questions with Answers

Q181.Indian EconomyAsked in: Uttar Pradesh · UPPSC GIC Lecturer Economics 2021Easy

Mutual Funds are regulated in India by which of the following institutions?

  1. A.RBI
  2. B.SEBI
  3. C.BSE
  4. D.NSE
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Correct answer: B. SEBI

Mutual funds in India are registered with and regulated by the Securities and Exchange Board of India under the SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996, which lay down the three-tier structure of sponsor, trustees and asset management company, the scheme categories, the cap on the expense ratio and the disclosures a…

Q182.Indian EconomyAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2016, GS Paper IMedium

With reference to 'Financial Stability and Development Council', consider the following statements : 1. It is an organ of NITI Aayog. 2. It is headed by the Union Finance Minister. 3. It monitors macroprudential supervision of the economy. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A.1 and 2 only
  2. B.3 only
  3. C.2 and 3 only
  4. D.1, 2 and 3
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Correct answer: C. 2 and 3 only

The Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) is chaired by the Union Finance Minister and oversees macroprudential supervision, but it has nothing to do with NITI Aayog.

Q183.Indian EconomyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2024, Paper IMedium

Consider the following statements regarding instruments of Monetary Policy: 1. The Central Bank can increase the money supply by increasing the bank rate 2. The Central Bank can increase the money supply by purchasing securities from the public 3. The Central Bank can decrease the money supply by increasing the cash reserve ratio Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A.2 only
  2. B.2 and 3 only
  3. C.1 and 3 only
  4. D.1, 2 and 3
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Correct answer: B. 2 and 3 only

Buying securities puts money into the economy and raising the cash reserve ratio takes it out, but raising the bank rate reduces money supply instead of increasing it.

Q184.Banking & FinanceMedium

Under the campaign, bank camps will hold awareness sessions on unclaimed financial assets under which name?

  1. A.Aapki Poonji, Aapka Adhikar
  2. B.Dhan Suraksha Abhiyan
  3. C.Jan Nivesh Jagrukta
  4. D.Bachat Bima Sashaktikaran
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Correct answer: A. Aapki Poonji, Aapka Adhikar

The camps will run awareness sessions on financial inclusion schemes, on digital frauds and on this drive, which concerns financial assets lying unclaimed with banks and other institutions.

Q185.Banking & FinanceMedium

Which department is organising the nationwide saturation campaign of financial inclusion schemes?

  1. A.Department of Expenditure
  2. B.Department of Economic Affairs
  3. C.Department of Financial Services
  4. D.Department of Revenue
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Correct answer: C. Department of Financial Services

DFS is the department of the Ministry of Finance that handles banks, insurance and pension schemes, so the financial inclusion drive sits with it, and its Joint Secretary for financial inclusion chaired the preparatory meeting with the senior management of banks and the State Level Bankers Committee.

Q186.Banking & FinanceEasy

The saturation campaign of financial inclusion schemes announced by the Ministry of Finance will run during which period?

  1. A.2 October 2026 to 31 October 2026
  2. B.21 October 2026 to 31 December 2026
  3. C.1 November 2026 to 31 March 2027
  4. D.21 October 2026 to 26 January 2027
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Correct answer: B. 21 October 2026 to 31 December 2026

The Department of Financial Services fixed this window for the countrywide drive, which reaches every gram panchayat and urban local body and asks banks to hold camps through the period.

Q187.Indian EconomyAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2020, GS Paper IMedium

With reference to the Indian economy, consider the following statements:

1. 'Commercial Paper' is a short-term unsecured promissory note.

2. 'Certificate of Deposit' is a long-term instrument issued by the Reserve Bank of India to a corporation.

3. 'Call Money' is a short-term finance used for interbank transactions.

4. 'Zero-Coupon Bonds' are the interest bearing short-term bonds issued by the Scheduled Commercial Banks to corporations.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A.1 and 2 only
  2. B.4 only
  3. C.1 and 3 only
  4. D.2, 3 and 4 only
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Correct answer: C. 1 and 3 only

Commercial paper and call money are correctly described; the statements on certificates of deposit and zero-coupon bonds are wrong. Commercial paper is an unsecured promissory note issued by companies to raise short-term funds, usually for 7 days to one year.

Q188.Indian EconomyEasy

The Securities and Exchange Board of India was given statutory powers by which law?

  1. A.The Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956
  2. B.The Companies Act, 1956
  3. C.The SEBI Act, 1992
  4. D.The Depositories Act, 1996
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Correct answer: C. The SEBI Act, 1992

SEBI was set up in 1988 as a non-statutory body and was given statutory status and powers by the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992, after which it became the regulator of the securities market, with its head office in Mumbai; appeals from its orders lie to the…

Q190.Indian EconomyMedium

Which is regarded as the first stock exchange of the world?

  1. A.London Stock Exchange
  2. B.New York Stock Exchange
  3. C.Amsterdam Stock Exchange
  4. D.Paris Bourse
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Correct answer: C. Amsterdam Stock Exchange

It was established in 1602 by the Dutch East India Company, whose shares were traded there continuously, and it is therefore counted as the world's first stock exchange; the exchange is now part of Euronext.

Q194.Indian EconomyEasy

The FTSE 100, popularly called the Footsie, is the index of which stock exchange?

  1. A.London Stock Exchange
  2. B.Euronext Paris
  3. C.SIX Swiss Exchange
  4. D.Toronto Stock Exchange
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Correct answer: A. London Stock Exchange

The FTSE 100 began in 1984 and records the share prices of the hundred largest companies by market capitalisation listed in London; the name comes from the Financial Times and the Stock Exchange, which set up the index jointly, and it is read as the Footsie.

Q196.Indian EconomyEasy

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is the benchmark index of the stock market of which country?

  1. A.United Kingdom
  2. B.United States
  3. C.Germany
  4. D.Japan
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Correct answer: B. United States

The Dow Jones Industrial Average tracks 30 large American companies and is quoted for the New York Stock Exchange; it was created by Charles Dow in 1896 and is the oldest index of share prices still in use, the broader American benchmark being the S&P 500 and the technology-heavy one…

Q197.Indian EconomyMedium

What is the base year of the BSE SENSEX, and its base value?

  1. A.1978-79, base value 100
  2. B.1980-81, base value 100
  3. C.1991-92, base value 1000
  4. D.1995-96, base value 1000
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Correct answer: A. 1978-79, base value 100

The Sensex was launched in 1986 and its series was worked back to the base year 1978-79, for which the index value is taken as 100, so that a Sensex reading shows how many times the market has grown since that base.

Q198.Indian EconomyEasy

How many companies make up the BSE SENSEX?

  1. A.20
  2. B.30
  3. C.50
  4. D.100
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Correct answer: B. 30

The SENSEX, short for Sensitive Index, is composed of 30 large, well established and actively traded companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange, and since 2003 it has been calculated on the free-float market capitalisation method, which counts only the shares actually available for trading.

Q199.Indian EconomyEasy

Which is the oldest stock exchange in Asia?

  1. A.National Stock Exchange
  2. B.Bombay Stock Exchange
  3. C.Tokyo Stock Exchange
  4. D.Hong Kong Stock Exchange
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Correct answer: B. Bombay Stock Exchange

It was established in 1875 as the Native Share and Stock Brokers Association and functions from Dalal Street in Mumbai, which makes it the oldest stock exchange in Asia; it was also the first exchange in India to receive permanent recognition from the Government under the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act…