GK Syllabus, Tips and Books for Bank exams

General Knowledge and Current affairs are important sections while preparing for the Bank Exams. Preparation in Gk is quintessential not only from the scoring point of view but a Banker needs to be aware of the economic environment around the world. All the new projects, developments, industries etc, needs to be funded and the fund comes from the Bank. Hence, a Banker needs to know to have a fair deal of GK to be in a position to actually decide if the deal is going to be a profitable one or has chances to turn into a bad debtor. There would be so many graduates who make an attempt in the Bank Exams. Such candidates must know the basics of Banking. The Gk might come in handy some time when you become a banker. You must stay updated though, even after cracking the Bank exam. Tips to prepare for GK: Read News Paper regularly for a stipulated duration every day.rnWatch the news channels regularly, watch talks shows, documentaries, fact based films on NDTV, ABP News, and Times now etc.rnSubscribe to the useful magazines/books, Manorama, India Today is widely used by most aspirants.rnSubscribe to daily current affairs Quiz and mock tests online.rnMake optimum use of the internet, Google, YouTube and Wikipedia are a good source of information.rnBanking related GK: The topics that are covered under the umbrella of Banking are: Indian Banking Industry, RBI and Monetary PolicyrnMoney Market in IndiarnCapital Market in IndiarnPublic FinancernNational Income, Inflation, and Economic PlanningrnQuestions about RBI, its governor, recent rate hikesrnLatest technologies used in BankingrnNames of Banks chairman/MDrnImportant Financial OrganizationsrnFrequently used terminology like NEFT, RTGS, Repo, NPA etcrn5 Year Plans, recent developments in Banking sector, Mergers, Indian Economy, Policy decisions Gk and Static GK: The topics to prepare for GK and static knowledge for the exams are given below: Indian and World GeographyrnPhysical GeographyrnIndian and World HistoryrnInternational OrganizationsrnScience & TechnologyrnAwards and honorsrnIndian Politics & EconomyrnConstitutionrnCurrent AffairsrnMiscellaneous GKrnCurrent AffairsrnImportant hydro power dams, atomic power plants, important national parksrnMinister and Portfolio & ConstituenciesrnPopulations censusrnAwards - films, National, BAFTA, Grammy, Oscar etcrnPersons in news – Death, most popularrnPM visits to other nations, most recent dealsrnImportant dances & festivalsrnInternational Head Quarters & World OrganizationrnImportant President & PM elected from various countriesrnBusiness NewsrnRecent Central Government schemesrnImportant Stock Exchanges & Financial InstitutionsrnPopular places in the worldrnMost influential, riches people, top companies by Times & Fortune etcrnImportant themes of events like International Women’s’ DayrnNational “& International NewsrnMiss World, Miss UniversernImportant project started by PM like Digital India, Make in India etcrnRecent Schemes started by banks – Child Accounts, Pockets, Card less ATMs, Contact ATMs etc rnTake Current Affairs Mock Test Online Books to referrn--------------rnLucent’s General Knowledge BookrnManorama Yea BookrnBooks by Dhankar and Arihant. rnWebsites & study materials to referrn----------------------------------- Current Affairs Books PDF Toprankers.comrnGk today