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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

Q802.EconomyMedium

What equity stake does JSW Projects currently hold in BMM Ispat Limited?

  1. A.26.00 per cent
  2. B.51.00 per cent
  3. C.58.47 per cent
  4. D.74.90 per cent
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Correct answer: C. 58.47 per cent

JSW Projects Limited, an unlisted company of the JSW Group based in Mumbai, holds that share of the equity in BMM Ispat Limited at present, and the proposed combination is meant to convert this majority interest into full ownership by amalgamating BMM into JSW Steel Limited.

Q803.EconomyEasy

Which regulator approved the proposed combination amalgamating BMM Ispat into JSW Steel?

  1. A.Securities and Exchange Board of India
  2. B.Competition Commission of India
  3. C.Reserve Bank of India
  4. D.Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India
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Correct answer: B. Competition Commission of India

It is the statutory authority that examines proposed combinations, meaning mergers, amalgamations and acquisitions above the prescribed thresholds, to see whether they would cause an appreciable adverse effect on competition in India, and it cleared this internal restructuring of the JSW Group along with three other combinations the same day.

Q804.Banking & FinanceMedium

By when must the bankers committees submit their action-taken report to the Department of Financial Services?

  1. A.5 October 2026
  2. B.9 October 2026
  3. C.24 September 2026
  4. D.30 October 2026
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Correct answer: B. 9 October 2026

The directions ask convenors of State Level Bankers Committees and Union Territory Level Bankers Committees to share the Scheduled Caste beneficiary information with the Commission regularly and to send an action-taken report to the Department of Financial Services by that date, setting out how far the data is available and…

Q805.Banking & FinanceMedium

Under which constitutional provision is the National Commission for Scheduled Castes required to evaluate the socio-economic development of Scheduled Castes?

  1. A.Article 338(5)(c)
  2. B.Article 330
  3. C.Article 341
  4. D.Article 342
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Correct answer: A. Article 338(5)(c)

The Commission told the Department of Financial Services that the absence of Scheduled Caste beneficiary figures in bankers committee reports was hindering the constitutional mandate this clause gives it, namely to evaluate the progress of socio-economic development of the Scheduled Castes.

Q806.Banking & FinanceEasy

Which department has directed bankers committees to report Scheduled Caste beneficiary data scheme-wise and bank-wise?

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

It is the department of the Finance Ministry that deals with banks, insurance and the financial inclusion schemes, and it is the body that issued the directions to convenors of State Level Bankers Committees and their Union Territory counterparts after the National Commission for Scheduled Castes raised the gap.

Q808.EconomyMedium

On which date did the UK-India Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) enter into force?

  1. A.29 September 2026
  2. B.1 April 2026
  3. C.15 July 2026
  4. D.15 August 2026
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Correct answer: C. 15 July 2026

The joint statement records that the two sides reflected on a strengthened relationship, particularly in the light of the launch of Vision 2035, and underlined the importance of driving the implementation of the UK-India Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, which entered into force on 15 July 2026.

Q810.EconomyHard

Notified entertainment precincts for live events were discussed under which set of rules?

  1. A.The Environment Protection Rules
  2. B.The Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000
  3. C.The Cinematograph Rules
  4. D.The Public Premises Rules
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Correct answer: B. The Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000

Notifying entertainment precincts under these rules was taken up as one of the next-generation reforms, along with a single national music licence carrying notified tariffs to replace overlapping demands from multiple rights societies, and relaxation of the caps on foreign remittances for payments to international artists.

Q811.EconomyMedium

On which platform has the Single Window Clearances Portal for the live events industry been built?

  1. A.India Cine Hub portal
  2. B.National Single Window System
  3. C.iGOT Karmayogi platform
  4. D.Bharat Events Portal
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Correct answer: A. India Cine Hub portal

The meeting reviewed how the single window clearances facility for the live event industry on this platform is being implemented, and States and Union Territories were asked to designate Nodal Officers, nominate authorised officers from departments, integrate departmental and local licensing systems with it, route the complete licence lifecycle through…

Q812.EconomyEasy

By what percentage did India’s live events sector grow over the past year, as stated at the 5th LEDC meeting?

  1. A.22 per cent
  2. B.44 per cent
  3. C.56 per cent
  4. D.18 per cent
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Correct answer: B. 44 per cent

The Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting gave this figure while addressing the fifth meeting of the Live Events Development Cell, adding that around thirty-four thousand events were held across the country and that the sector now supports more than one crore livelihoods.

Q814.EconomyMedium

Which areas of collaboration were discussed with IBM Chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna?

  1. A.Artificial intelligence, cloud infrastructure and quantum computing
  2. B.Beauty and personal care manufacturing and sourcing
  3. C.Private equity investments in infrastructure
  4. D.Insurance and wealth management services
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Correct answer: A. Artificial intelligence, cloud infrastructure and quantum computing

The release says that in the meeting with IBM Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna, the discussion focused on strengthening the company's engagement in India and expanding collaboration in these emerging technologies.

Q815.EconomyHard

India's vision of 'Insurance for All by 2047' came up in the Minister's meeting with the Non-Executive Chairman of which company?

  1. A.MetLife
  2. B.General Atlantic
  3. C.AIA Group
  4. D.Neuberger Berman
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Correct answer: C. AIA Group

The Minister met its Non-Executive Chairman, Mark Tucker, and the discussion turned on the group's engagement in India and the openings in the insurance and financial services sectors, expressly in the context of India's vision of Insurance for All by 2047.

Q816.EconomyEasy

Which Union Minister held meetings with the heads of leading American companies in New York to invite investment into India?

  1. A.The Minister of Finance
  2. B.The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal
  3. C.The Minister of External Affairs
  4. D.The Minister of Electronics and Information Technology
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Correct answer: B. The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal

The release from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry records that he held a series of meetings with senior leaders of leading United States companies in New York during the week, to discuss ways of strengthening India-United States trade and to invite those companies to explore investment in India.

Q817.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

Interest rates on small savings schemes in India are notified:

  1. A.every month by the Reserve Bank of India
  2. B.every quarter by the Ministry of Finance
  3. C.once a year in the Union Budget
  4. D.every quarter by the Department of Posts
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Correct answer: B. every quarter by the Ministry of Finance

The Department of Economic Affairs in the Ministry of Finance notifies the rates at the start of every quarter, and since the Shyamala Gopinath Committee reported in 2010 the rates are linked to the yields on government securities of comparable maturity, with a spread for some schemes.

Q818.Banking & Financial AwarenessHard

Collections under the small savings schemes are credited to which fund?

  1. A.Consolidated Fund of India
  2. B.National Small Savings Fund
  3. C.Contingency Fund of India
  4. D.National Investment Fund
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Correct answer: B. National Small Savings Fund

The fund was created in 1999 in the Public Account of India, all small savings collections flow into it, and the Centre and the States draw loans from it, which is why small savings are treated as a source of government borrowing.

Q819.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

Which small savings scheme is designed so that the amount invested doubles over the notified period?

  1. A.National Savings Certificate
  2. B.Kisan Vikas Patra
  3. C.Public Provident Fund
  4. D.Post Office Monthly Income Scheme
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Correct answer: B. Kisan Vikas Patra

The Kisan Vikas Patra is sold as a certificate that doubles the amount invested over a period notified by the government, and that period moves up or down as the interest rate is revised.

Q820.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

What is the maturity period of a National Savings Certificate of the VIII Issue?

  1. A.3 years
  2. B.5 years
  3. C.7 years
  4. D.10 years
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Correct answer: B. 5 years

The eighth issue of the National Savings Certificate is a five-year certificate on which interest is compounded annually and paid along with the principal when it matures, and deposits in it qualify for deduction under section 80C. Option A, three years, is wrong; three years is one of the terms…