GK Syllabus, Tips and Books( For All Bank Exams, SBI CLERK,

NABARD)
This subject though called General Awareness, but isn't really one subject. Rather a collaboration of 3
subjects in all i.e..

Banking

Current Affairs

Static GK

Yes 3 subjects in all!

We will talk about all the 3 subjects in details below. But before that, we have a question for you.
WHY DO WE NEED TO DO GK FOR BANK EXAMS?GENERAL AWARENESS TO
COVER ???
We are sure you all must have had this question in your mind out of anger and exasperation while
spending hours trying to mug up names, places, nuclear power plants, etc.:):)
Now coming to the 3 subjects:
I) BANKING;
Topics covered:
1) Indian Banking Industry:
- History
- Role Of Banking
- Types Of Banks
- Functions Of Banks
2) RBI and Monetary Policy
- Main Functions
- Instruments
- RTGS
- MSF
-Types Of Money
- BASEL Comittees
- Credit Rating Agencies
- Anti money Laundering
- Devaluation
- International Financial Institutions
3) Money Market in India
- Money Market Concepts

- FERA and FEMA

- FDI and FII
- Types Of Negotiable Instruments
- Types Of Cheques
4) Capital Market in India
- Primary Market
- Secondary Market
- Derivatives Market
- Over The Counter Market
5) Public Finance
- Concept of Budget
- Financial and Railway Budget
- Bills
- Schemes and policies implemented by Govt..
- Revenue Of Central Govt..
- Taxes On Income And Expenditure
- Revenue Deficit
- Finance Commissions
6) National Income
-Source Of Income
-Types Of Goods
-Some Macro Economic Indicators

7) Inflation
8) Economic Planning
Now dont you all get bogged down by the length of the syllabus, nobody expects you to do a thesis on
the above mentioned topics, you should have a basic idea about them, mainly from the point of view
of the interviews.
II) GK and Static:
For this subject, be regular with reading the newspaper, learn 3 months of Gk prior to any exam.

Refer to the following topics for the exam

1. CAPITALS of countries
2. CURRENCY of countries
3. IMPORTANT DATES-4.SPORTS FOOTBALL,HOCKEY etc recent events & SPORTS awards too
5. Important books & authors
6. IMPORTANT hydro power dams , atomic power plant s, important national parks
7. Minster & portfolio & constutiencs
8. Population census
9. Awards -films , national , BAFTA, GRAMMY, OSCAR, etc
10. Persons in news -DEATH , most famous ,popular recent only
11. Recent modi visits to other countries
12. Recent Indian deals with other countries
13. Important dances & festivals of Indian states
14. International Head Quartes & world organisation
15. Important president & pm elected from various countries
16. Important about banks like payment banks , small banks & licence system

17. Science & technology , like defence & navy , Airforce , missiles
18. Business news -- like which company largest , biggest most successful in market, top companies as
per fortune
19. Recent central Govt schemes
20. Recent appointments -- foreign secretary , financial secretary , RAW, IB , etc..
21. Important stock exchanges & financial institutions
22. Important recent places popular in world
23. Recent summits & places
24. Most influential people , richest , top companies- by times , fortune etc
25. Important Bird sanctuaries
26. Important themes of events like world women day , ebola etc
27. latest invention & discoveries in India & world & places & miss world , miss universe etc..
28. National news, International News
29. Important project started by modi -digital India , make in India , pmjdy , etc
30. Recent schemes started by banks -- child accounts , pockets , card less atms , contact atms etcc