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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

Q822.Banking & Financial AwarenessHard

Small savings schemes in India are notified under which Act?

  1. A.Banking Regulation Act, 1949
  2. B.Government Savings Promotion Act, 1873
  3. C.Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
  4. D.Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007
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Correct answer: B. Government Savings Promotion Act, 1873

This is the parent law under which the Public Provident Fund, National Savings Certificate, Sukanya Samriddhi, Senior Citizens' Savings and Kisan Vikas Patra schemes are notified, and it was called the Government Savings Banks Act, 1873 until the Finance Act of 2018 renamed it.

Q825.Banking & Financial AwarenessEasy

What is the maximum amount that can be deposited in a PPF account in one financial year?

  1. A.50,000 rupees
  2. B.1,00,000 rupees
  3. C.1,50,000 rupees
  4. D.2,00,000 rupees
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Correct answer: C. 1,50,000 rupees

The Public Provident Fund Scheme allows a minimum of five hundred rupees and a maximum of one and a half lakh rupees in a financial year, the same ceiling that applies to the Sukanya Samriddhi Account and matching the limit of the deduction under section 80C. Option A, fifty thousand…

Q827.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

The Ghosh Committee of 1992 reported on which subject relating to banks?

  1. A.Frauds and malpractices in banks
  2. B.Money market reform
  3. C.Weak public sector banks
  4. D.Agricultural credit
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Correct answer: A. Frauds and malpractices in banks

The committee chaired by A. Ghosh reported in 1992 on frauds and malpractices in banks and recommended systems of internal control, a separate vigilance machinery and rules for the prevention and early detection of fraud.

Q828.Banking & Financial AwarenessHard

The P. J. Nayak Committee of 2014 examined which question?

  1. A.Governance of the boards of banks
  2. B.Microfinance institutions
  3. C.Resolution of stressed loans
  4. D.Financing of infrastructure
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Correct answer: A. Governance of the boards of banks

The committee to review governance of boards of banks in India, chaired by P. J. Nayak, reported in 2014 that public sector banks were handicapped by the manner of appointment of their directors and by the government's dual role as owner and policy maker, and it proposed transferring the government's…

Q829.Banking & Financial AwarenessHard

The Tandon Committee of 1974 laid down norms for which of the following?

  1. A.Working capital finance to industry
  2. B.Priority sector lending targets
  3. C.Capital adequacy of banks
  4. D.Customer service in banks
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Correct answer: A. Working capital finance to industry

The study group chaired by P. L. Tandon reported in 1974 on the norms for bank lending for working capital, fixing acceptable levels of inventory and receivables for each industry and setting out methods of lending that limited how much of a borrower's working capital gap a bank would finance…

Q830.Banking & Financial AwarenessEasy

The Malhotra Committee of 1993 dealt with reform of which sector?

  1. A.Insurance
  2. B.Mutual funds
  3. C.Commodity markets
  4. D.Cooperative banks
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Correct answer: A. Insurance

The committee chaired by R. N. Malhotra, a former Governor of the Reserve Bank, reported in 1993 on the reform of the insurance sector; it recommended opening the sector to private companies and the creation of an independent regulator, from which the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority was set up…

Q831.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

The setting up of NABARD was recommended by which committee?

  1. A.Narasimham Working Group
  2. B.CRAFICARD, chaired by B. Sivaraman
  3. C.Khusro Committee
  4. D.Gadgil Study Group
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Correct answer: B. CRAFICARD, chaired by B. Sivaraman

The Committee to Review Arrangements for Institutional Credit for Agriculture and Rural Development, known by the short name CRAFICARD, recommended a single apex institution for rural and agricultural credit, and NABARD was established in July 1982.

Q832.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

The Monetary Policy Committee and flexible inflation targeting in India followed the report of which committee?

  1. A.Urjit Patel Committee
  2. B.Bimal Jalan Committee
  3. C.Deepak Mohanty Committee
  4. D.Tandon Committee
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Correct answer: A. Urjit Patel Committee

The expert committee of 2014 chaired by Urjit Patel was asked to revise and strengthen the monetary policy framework; it recommended that consumer price inflation be made the nominal anchor, that a numerical inflation target be adopted, and that policy decisions be taken by a committee rather than by one…

Q833.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

Payments banks and small finance banks in India followed the recommendations of which committee?

  1. A.P. J. Nayak Committee
  2. B.Nachiket Mor Committee
  3. C.Khan Working Group
  4. D.Vaghul Committee
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Correct answer: B. Nachiket Mor Committee

The committee on comprehensive financial services for small businesses and low-income households, chaired by Nachiket Mor, reported in 2014 and proposed differentiated banking licences; from its work the Reserve Bank issued guidelines for payments banks, which may accept deposits but not lend, and for small finance banks, which lend mainly…

Q834.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

Which committee reported on capital account convertibility in India?

  1. A.Tarapore Committee
  2. B.Verma Committee
  3. C.Ghosh Committee
  4. D.Goiporia Committee
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Correct answer: A. Tarapore Committee

The committee chaired by S. S. Tarapore reported in 1997 and again in 2006 on capital account convertibility, that is the freedom to convert the rupee for capital transactions, and it set out preconditions such as fiscal consolidation, a low rate of inflation, a strengthened banking system and a low…

Q835.Banking & Financial AwarenessEasy

The Narasimham Committee of 1991 is associated with which subject?

  1. A.Reform of the banking and financial system
  2. B.Reform of the insurance sector
  3. C.Capital account convertibility
  4. D.Deepening of digital payments
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Correct answer: A. Reform of the banking and financial system

The Committee on the Financial System of 1991, chaired by M. Narasimham, came at the start of liberalisation and recommended lower statutory liquidity and cash reserve ratios, prudential norms for income recognition and provisioning, the classification of assets as standard, sub-standard, doubtful and loss, a capital adequacy requirement and a…

Q836.Banking & Financial AwarenessEasy

The establishment of the Reserve Bank of India was recommended by which commission?

  1. A.Hilton Young Commission
  2. B.Narasimham Committee
  3. C.Chakravarty Committee
  4. D.Malhotra Committee
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Correct answer: A. Hilton Young Commission

The Royal Commission on Indian Currency and Finance, known after its chairman as the Hilton Young Commission, reported in 1926 and recommended a central bank for India; the recommendation was carried out by the Reserve Bank of India Act of 1934, and the Reserve Bank began its operations on 1…

Q838.Computer AwarenessEasy

Which of the following software is used mainly for 3D modelling, rendering and animation and is free and open source?

  1. A.Audacity
  2. B.Inkscape
  3. C.Blender
  4. D.CorelDRAW
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Correct answer: C. Blender

Blender is a free and open-source suite in which an artist builds three dimensional models, applies materials and lighting, animates them along a timeline and then renders the frames into a finished image or film; it also carries sculpting, simulation and video editing tools.

Q840.Computer AwarenessMedium

What does a MIDI file store?

  1. A.Recorded sound waves of a performance
  2. B.Instructions telling an instrument what to play
  3. C.A compressed video stream
  4. D.A vector drawing of a musical score
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Correct answer: B. Instructions telling an instrument what to play

MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, a standard of the early nineteen eighties by which synthesisers, keyboards and computers exchange messages about which note begins, how hard it is struck, how long it lasts and which instrument voice should sound.