SBI PO Mains 2026 Banking Awareness & Current Affairs, FREE PDF & Quiz

1. What is the correct Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) rate as per the mid-2026 RBI snapshot?

2. Unified Payments Interface (UPI) completed 10 years in 2026. On what date was UPI originally launched?

3. What was the approximate value of UPI transactions in FY 2025-26?

4. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) was launched on which date?

5. What is the approximate share of women account holders under PMJDY?

6. When did RBI first publish the Financial Inclusion Index?

7. Who is the current Governor of the Reserve Bank of India?

8. When was the Reserve Bank of India nationalised?

9. Who was the first Governor of the Reserve Bank of India?

10. In which year was NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development) established?

11. What is the current maximum per-transaction limit for IMPS (Immediate Payment Service) set by NPCI?

12. What is the minimum amount required to initiate an RTGS (Real Time Gross Settlement) transaction?

13. What does NEFT stand for?

14. RuPay, India’s domestic card payment network, was developed by which organisation?

15. For a first-time UPI registration, NPCI’s fraud-prevention design caps transactions at what amount for the first 24 hours?

16. Under Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AePS), which organisation is the operator?

17. Which RBI tool, introduced in April 2022, now acts as the floor of the liquidity adjustment facility corridor in place of the reverse repo rate?

18. Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) refers to:

19. Which body of the RBI is primarily responsible for setting the policy repo rate in India?

20. Under Basel III norms as applicable in India, what is the minimum Capital to Risk-weighted Assets Ratio (CRAR), including the Capital Conservation Buffer?

21. In which year was the Banking Regulation Act enacted in India?

22. The Negotiable Instruments Act, which governs cheques, promissory notes and bills of exchange in India, was enacted in which year?

23. Open Market Operations (OMO) conducted by RBI involve:

24. Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) was established in which year?

25. National Housing Bank (NHB), the apex institution for housing finance, was established in which year?

26. In which year was the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) enacted in India?

27. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), which provides a time-bound resolution process for stressed assets, was enacted in which year?

28. The concept of Payments Banks in India was recommended by a committee headed by:

29. What is the standard maturity tenure of a Public Provident Fund (PPF) account in India?

30. Under the Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, an account for a girl child can be opened up to what maximum age?

31. Sovereign Gold Bonds (SGBs) in India are issued by:

32. What is the tenure of the RBI Floating Rate Savings Bonds?

33. A Recurring Deposit (RD) account is best described as:

34. Under PMJDY, what is the maximum overdraft facility available on a Basic Savings Bank Deposit account?

35. RBI’s CBDC pilot is being run in which two broad categories?

36. Under the PSL framework, what is the overall sub-target for agriculture lending?

37. Under the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana, which of the following is NOT one of the original loan categories?

38. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, which formulates global banking regulatory standards, is headquartered in:

39. A CIBIL score is typically considered ‘good’ or favourable for loan approval when it is above:

40. The State Bank of India was formed in 1955 primarily by nationalising which earlier bank?

41. ‘Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate (MCLR)’ was replaced/supplemented for retail and MSME loans from October 2019 by which external benchmark-linked system?

42. What was the previous base year of the Wholesale Price Index before the 2026 revision?

43. Which office is responsible for compiling and releasing the Wholesale Price Index?

44. What was the year-on-year Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growth recorded for May 2026?

45. As per the May 2026 IIP data, what was the manufacturing sector’s growth rate?

46. Which ministry releases the Index of Industrial Production (IIP)?

47. How much wind capacity was added in the financial year preceding FY 2025-26?

48. What was India’s wind capacity in March 2014, for comparison with the 2026 figure?

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

50. How many services sub-sectors are covered under the India-UK CETA?

51. Who is India’s CETA partner country referred to in the 2026 trade agreement?

52. What is the duration of the ‘Nasha Mukt Yuva’ campaign?

53. What was the youth participation target set at the launch of the campaign?

54. What does NAKSHA, the urban land survey programme, stand for?

55. NAKSHA operates under which umbrella programme?

56. What is the geographical coverage of NAKSHA across States/UTs?

57. What literacy rate did Sikkim report at the time of the fully literate declaration?

58. What does ULLAS stand for?

59. What does BHAVYA, the industrial parks scheme, stand for?

60. What is the approved outlay for the BHAVYA scheme?

61. What is the implementation period for the BHAVYA scheme?

62. What is the length of the Ganga Expressway?

63. What is the approximate project cost of the Ganga Expressway?

64. On what date was Phase I of Noida International Airport inaugurated?

65. What is the initial passenger capacity of Noida International Airport (Phase I)?

66. On what date did Phase I of Census 2027 (Houselisting and Housing Census) begin?

67. Census 2027 introduced which new citizen-facing facility?

68. What is the length of the Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor?

69. On what date was the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026 introduced in the Lok Sabha?

70. On what date did the Rajya Sabha pass the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026?

71. Including the Chief Justice of India, what is the total sanctioned strength of the Supreme Court after the 2026 amendment?

72. How many Central Acts are covered under the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026?

73. How many provisions were decriminalised under the Jan Vishwas (Amendment) Bill, 2026?

74. On what date did Anurag Jain assume charge as CEO of NITI Aayog?

75. To which IAS batch does Anurag Jain, the new CEO of NITI Aayog, belong?

76. What was Anurag Jain’s immediately preceding senior post before becoming CEO of NITI Aayog?

77. What is the duration of Vivek Aggarwal’s term as FATF Vice-President?

78. On what date did Air Marshal Tejpal Singh assume the appointment of Deputy Chief of the Air Staff?

79. What is Air Marshal Tejpal Singh’s approximate flying experience?

80. What is Vikram Misri’s extended tenure end date as Foreign Secretary?

81. On what date did Vikram Misri originally assume charge as Foreign Secretary?

82. Which city hosted the 16th India-Japan Annual Summit?

83. What major document was adopted at the 16th India-Japan Annual Summit?

84. Which city hosted the 3rd Australia-India Annual Leaders’ Summit?

85. Which bilateral framework was reaffirmed at the 3rd Australia-India Annual Leaders’ Summit?

86. What target was set for concluding the India-Canada CEPA negotiations during Carney’s visit?

87. What was the approximate uranium quantity covered under the Cameco-DAE agreement?

88. Which city hosted the 11th Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting?

89. What edition of the G7 Summit was held in 2026?

90. On what dates was the 52nd G7 Summit held?

91. Which countries are members of the G7 grouping?

92. Which country held the BRICS chairship for 2026?

93. On what date was the 2026 UN Security Council non-permanent member election held?

94. On what date was the Agni-4 ballistic missile test conducted in 2026?

95. Where was the August 2026 Agni-4 test conducted?

96. What edition of Exercise MAITREE was conducted in 2026?

97. On what dates was Exercise MAITREE-XV held in 2026?

98. Exercise LAMITIYE is a joint military exercise between India and which country?

99. On what date was NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched?

100. From which site was the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched?