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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

Q81.EconomyMedium

Which country reaffirmed support for India's bid to win European Union recognition for its ship-recycling yards?

  1. A.South Korea
  2. B.Cyprus
  3. C.Greece
  4. D.Malta
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Correct answer: B. Cyprus

Its Shipping Deputy Minister, Marina Hadjimanolis, met the Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, at Busan and repeated her country's backing for India's effort to secure European Union recognition for eligible Indian ship-recycling facilities.

Q82.Awards & HonoursMedium

Which award category has been introduced for the first time in National Startup Awards 6.0?

  1. A.Women-Led Startup of the Year
  2. B.North-East Startup Excellence
  3. C.Student Innovator or Aspiring Entrepreneur Award
  4. D.Rural Startup of the Year
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Correct answer: C. Student Innovator or Aspiring Entrepreneur Award

It has been added in this edition to build a habit of innovation among school and college students, and it is open to students across all 36 States and Union Territories, with a total prize pool of Rs 25 lakh spread over four sub-categories.

Q83.Awards & HonoursMedium

How many sectoral and special categories does National Startup Awards 6.0 carry?

  1. A.12 sectoral and 4 special
  2. B.15 sectoral and 3 special
  3. C.20 sectoral and 3 special
  4. D.24 sectoral and 2 special
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Correct answer: C. 20 sectoral and 3 special

The twenty sectoral categories span fields from agriculture and food systems to deep technology, clean energy, financial services, healthcare, logistics and tourism, while the three special categories are Women-Led Startups, startups from the North-Eastern Region, and the newly added Student Innovator or Aspiring Entrepreneur Award.

Q84.Awards & HonoursEasy

Which department has launched the 6th edition of the National Startup Awards?

  1. A.NITI Aayog
  2. B.Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
  3. C.Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
  4. D.Department of Science and Technology
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Correct answer: B. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade

The awards sit under that initiative and were first held in 2019, since when they have grown into its flagship recognition for young ventures.

Q85.Banking & FinanceMedium

Which officer conciliated the Bihar Gramin Bank disputes?

  1. A.The Banking Ombudsman, Patna
  2. B.The Assistant Labour Commissioner (Central), Patna
  3. C.The Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Bihar
  4. D.The Industrial Tribunal, Patna
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Correct answer: B. The Assistant Labour Commissioner (Central), Patna

The two disputes were resolved amicably through that officer conciliation efforts rather than through adjudication. The Banking Ombudsman handles customer complaints against banks and has no role in a dispute between a bank and its employees, so that option is wrong.

Q87.Banking & FinanceEasy

The two industrial settlements of October 2026 involved which bank?

  1. A.Bihar Gramin Bank
  2. B.Dakshin Bihar Gramin Bank
  3. C.Bihar State Co-operative Bank
  4. D.Central Bank of India
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Correct answer: A. Bihar Gramin Bank

Two disputes between its management and its employees organisations were settled on 22 and 23 October 2026 through the conciliation efforts of the Assistant Labour Commissioner (Central), Patna, working under the Office of the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) in the Ministry of Labour and Employment.

Q90.InternationalMedium

Who is the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) who shared the World Maritime Day roundtable platform with Sarbananda Sonowal?

  1. A.Kitack Lim
  2. B.Arsenio Dominguez
  3. C.Moon Seong-hyeok
  4. D.Nam Jaeheon
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Correct answer: B. Arsenio Dominguez

He was on the roundtable platform with the Indian Minister, who called IMO conventions an operational lighthouse for shipping at a time of geopolitical instability, piracy and disruption in the Red Sea, protecting seafarers, trade and supply chains.

Q94.Banking & FinanceEasy

Which two Reserve Bank of India facilities were inaugurated at Bhubaneswar on 25 October 2026?

  1. A.A currency printing press and a note sorting centre
  2. B.A data centre and a cyber security training institute
  3. C.A regional office and a banking ombudsman office
  4. D.A coin museum and a financial literacy centre
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Correct answer: B. A data centre and a cyber security training institute

The Prime Minister inaugurated exactly these two units of the Reserve Bank of India at Bhubaneswar, the capital of Odisha, and called the occasion an important one for the state and for the country.

Q95.Indian EconomyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2021, GKEasy

Which of the following is/are social security scheme(s) ?

1. Atal Pension Yojana

2. Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana

3. Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana

Select the correct answer using the code given below :

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

All three are social security schemes, launched together by the Government of India on 9 May 2015 to give pension and insurance cover to ordinary people, especially in the unorganised sector.

Q96.Science & TechnologyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2022, GKEasy

The terms 'Ethereum, Solana, Polkadot and Tether', sometimes mentioned in the news, refer to

  1. A.Cryptocurrencies
  2. B.Earth Observation Satellites
  3. C.Hypersonic Cruise Missiles
  4. D.Virtual Private Network service providers
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Correct answer: A. Cryptocurrencies

Ethereum, Solana, Polkadot and Tether are all names from the world of blockchain-based digital currencies. A cryptocurrency is a digital asset recorded on a blockchain, a shared ledger kept by many computers, and secured by cryptography rather than issued by a central bank.

Q98.EconomyHard

Who has been appointed the official Fund Manager for the Maritime Investment Fund component of the Maritime Development Fund?

  1. A.SBI Ventures Limited
  2. B.SMFCL itself
  3. C.The Securities and Exchange Board of India
  4. D.The Reserve Bank of India
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Correct answer: A. SBI Ventures Limited

The correct answer is SBI Ventures Limited, which has been appointed the official Fund Manager for the Maritime Investment Fund component and brings professional management to the fund.

Q100.EconomyEasy

Sagarmala Finance Corporation Limited (SMFCL) is described as India’s first dedicated Non Banking Financial Company in which sector?

  1. A.Railways
  2. B.Maritime
  3. C.Civil aviation
  4. D.Renewable energy
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Correct answer: B. Maritime

Inaugurating the corporate office of SMFCL in New Delhi, the Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways described the company as India's first dedicated Non Banking Financial Company in the maritime sector, set up to mobilise long term finance for port-led development, shipbuilding and coastal connectivity.