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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

Q1401.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

Which account allows a non-resident Indian to keep a term deposit in a permitted foreign currency, so that there is no exchange risk for the depositor?

  1. A.NRE account
  2. B.NRO account
  3. C.FCNR (B) account
  4. D.Escrow account
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Correct answer: C. FCNR (B) account

It is a term deposit held in a permitted foreign currency such as the US dollar, pound sterling, euro or yen, for a period of one to five years, and both principal and interest are repaid in that currency, so a change in the rupee rate does not affect the…

Q1402.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

A deposit that remains unclaimed for ten years is transferred to which fund?

  1. A.Consolidated Fund of India
  2. B.Depositor Education and Awareness Fund
  3. C.National Investment Fund
  4. D.Financial Inclusion Fund
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Correct answer: B. Depositor Education and Awareness Fund

Under the Banking Regulation Act as amended, a bank must transfer to this fund, maintained by the Reserve Bank of India, any deposit that has not been operated or claimed for ten years.

Q1403.Banking & Financial AwarenessEasy

In which type of deposit does the customer pay a fixed instalment every month for a chosen period?

  1. A.Fixed deposit
  2. B.Recurring deposit
  3. C.Current account
  4. D.Demand draft
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Correct answer: B. Recurring deposit

In a recurring deposit the customer promises to pay a fixed sum every month for a chosen period, and the bank pays interest at a rate close to that on a term deposit of the same maturity, the whole amount being returned with interest at the end.

Q1404.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

What is the maximum balance that may be held in a small account opened without any officially valid document?

  1. A.Rupees ten thousand
  2. B.Rupees twenty five thousand
  3. C.Rupees fifty thousand
  4. D.Rupees one lakh
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Correct answer: C. Rupees fifty thousand

A small account is opened for a person who has no officially valid document, on the strength of a self-attested photograph and a signature or thumb impression made before a bank officer.

Q1405.Banking & Financial AwarenessEasy

Deposits in a bank in India are insured by the DICGC up to what amount for each depositor in each bank?

  1. A.Rupees one lakh
  2. B.Rupees two lakh
  3. C.Rupees five lakh
  4. D.Rupees ten lakh
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Correct answer: C. Rupees five lakh

The Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of India set up in 1978, insures deposits in commercial banks, regional rural banks, local area banks, payments and small finance banks and cooperative banks.

Q1407.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

What is the chief feature of a Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account?

  1. A.It pays a higher rate of interest than other savings accounts
  2. B.It requires no minimum balance to be kept
  3. C.It can be opened only by senior citizens
  4. D.It allows an unlimited overdraft
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Correct answer: B. It requires no minimum balance to be kept

The Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account replaced the earlier no-frills account as the vehicle of financial inclusion.

Q1408.Banking & Financial AwarenessHard

Which of the following is NOT an officially valid document for completing KYC at a bank?

  1. A.Passport
  2. B.PAN card
  3. C.Voter identity card issued by the Election Commission
  4. D.Driving licence
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Correct answer: B. PAN card

The list of officially valid documents in the KYC rules is closed and contains the passport, the driving licence, proof of possession of an Aadhaar number, the voter identity card issued by the Election Commission, a job card issued under MGNREGA and signed by an officer of the state government…

Q1414.Banking & Financial AwarenessEasy

NABARD stands for:

  1. A.National Board for Agriculture and Rural Development
  2. B.National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
  3. C.National Bureau for Agrarian and Regional Development
  4. D.National Bank for Agrarian Reform and Development
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Correct answer: B. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development

NABARD was set up in 1982 on the recommendation of the committee headed by B Sivaraman, and its head office is at Mumbai.

Q1416.Banking & Financial AwarenessEasy

In banking, CASA stands for:

  1. A.Current Account and Savings Account
  2. B.Capital Asset and Security Account
  3. C.Cash and Savings Allocation
  4. D.Credit Account and Settlement Agreement
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Correct answer: A. Current Account and Savings Account

CASA is the combined balance a bank holds in the current accounts and the savings accounts of its customers. These are the cheapest deposits a bank can have, because a current account pays no interest at all and a savings account pays very little, unlike a fixed deposit.

Q1419.Banking & Financial AwarenessAsked in: RRB Group D · 4 Dec 2018, Shift 2Hard

To improve internal control of banks, Reserve Bank of India has asked all banks to do what till 30 April 2018?

  1. A.To connect SWIFT with its Basic Banking Solution (CBS)
  2. B.To connect RTGS with their Core Banking Solution (CBS)
  3. C.To connect NEFT with its Basic Banking Solution (CBS)
  4. D.To connect MICR to their Basic Banking Solution (CBS)
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Correct answer: A. To connect SWIFT with its Basic Banking Solution (CBS)

SWIFT is the international messaging network over which banks send payment and guarantee instructions across borders.

Q1420.Banking & Financial AwarenessAsked in: Delhi · 1 Aug 2021, Shift 3Medium

Which of the following is a qualitative tool used by RBI to control money supply?

  1. A.Bank Rate
  2. B.Moral Suasion
  3. C.Open Market Operations
  4. D.Cash Reserve Ratio
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Correct answer: B. Moral Suasion

The tools of the Reserve Bank are divided into quantitative tools, which change the total amount of credit in the system, and qualitative or selective tools, which change the direction in which that credit flows.