Banking & Financial Awareness October 2026 Quiz, FREE PDF

1. In October 2026, the RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee raised the repo rate by 25 bps to:

2. The RBI now expects average CPI inflation in FY27 to be:

3. The RBI raised the minimum daily CRR maintenance requirement from 90% to:

4. Under the revised norm, a bank’s average daily CRR balance over the fortnight must still be at least:

5. After the October 2026 hike, the SDF rate (floor) and MSF rate (ceiling) stand at:

6. Paytm Payments Bank was removed from the Second Schedule of which Act?

7. Under the revised leverage ratio framework, the minimum leverage ratio for D-SIBs is:

8. Currency in circulation (as on October 15) grew at what year-on-year rate, a five-year high?

9. How much was mobilised by Indian banks through FCNR(B) deposits under the RBI’s concessional swap window?

10. HDFC Bank’s net interest margin in Q2 FY27 was:

11. Axis Bank said it remained on track to meet its NIM guidance of:

12. Bank of Baroda raised its Baroda Repo Based Lending Rate (BRLR) by 25 bps to:

13. Existing external-benchmark-linked loans are typically repriced upward within:

14. Which bank, in the process of becoming a universal bank, reported 28.6% deposit growth to 1.70 trillion?

15. As of September 15, credit growth in the banking system stood at:

16. SEBI’s circular of October 7, 2026 on the Credit Risk-o-Meter for debt securities comes into force after:

17. In the Credit Risk-o-Meter, which colour represents the lowest credit risk?

18. SEBI’s relaxation allowing early pay-in (EPI) value to count towards margins on subsequent trades applies where the client has:

19. SEBI directed Avadhut Sathe Trading Academy and its founder to refund how much to participants?

20. PB Money, which received a SEBI Online Bond Platform Provider licence, is the investment platform of:

21. NPCI postponed the UPI Merchant Discount Rate (originally due October 15) to a date immediately after:

22. The RBI’s new Data Centre and Cybersecurity Training Institute, inaugurated by the PM, is located in:

23. Women account for roughly what share of PM MUDRA Yojana beneficiaries?

24. PhonePe’s ‘Tatkal NPS’ lets users open an NPS account with an initial contribution as low as:

25. AU Small Finance Bank crossed how many Microfinance & Financial Inclusion Business (MFIB) branches?

26. NBFCs account for what share of New-to-Credit consumer originations, per the FIDC-TransUnion CIBIL report?

27. Bank of Baroda holds what stake in its new BoB Pension Fund Management Company Ltd?

28. Citi ranks first among banks in India’s investment banking revenue pool with a share of about:

29. Small savings interest rates for October-December 2026 remained unchanged for which consecutive quarter?

30. Fairfax Financial is set to acquire a stake in IDBI Bank for about:

31. What aggregate share of IDBI Bank’s equity is to be sold to the strategic buyer?

32. After the deal, LIC’s residual stake in IDBI Bank will be:

33. IDBI Bank was placed under the RBI’s Prompt Corrective Action framework in:

34. The RBI-approved amalgamation of Emirates NBD’s Indian branches with RBL Bank takes effect from:

35. Emirates NBD acquired what stake in RBL Bank’s expanded share capital?

36. Brookfield agreed to acquire ESR India’s industrial and logistics portfolio for:

37. Ageas Federal Life’s first product at GIFT City is the:

38. ACKO’s AirPass pays 1,500 in cash for flight delays exceeding:

39. LIC launched Bima Platinum and Jeevan Raksha on the occasion of its:

40. Swiggy’s renewed cover for delivery partners provides accidental death cover of:

41. Anup Kumar Saha, approved by the RBI as Kotak Mahindra Bank’s MD & CEO, succeeds:

42. The Centre raised Dearness Allowance for central employees from 60% to:

43. The IMF raised India’s FY27 GDP growth forecast by 60 basis points to:

44. India’s retail (CPI) inflation in September 2026 was:

45. India’s wholesale price inflation in September 2026 was:

46. India’s overall unemployment rate (15+ years) in September 2026, per the PLFS, was:

47. Who won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences?

48. Which bank tops Bihar’s new 100-point bank performance assessment index with 74 points?

49. EDLI 2026 provides insurance benefits to EPF members of up to:

50. The RoDTEP scheme was extended up to: