GA Questions Asked in SBI Clerk Mains 2025, General Awareness Questions

The General Awareness section of the SBI Clerk Mains 2025 exam presented a balanced mix of recent current affairs, banking awareness, government schemes, and international indices.

The instructor in the video highlights that the paper wasn't extremely easy or unusually tough — instead, it sat comfortably in the moderate zone. Candidates who regularly follow news and monthly current affairs were able to attempt most questions.

Here is a structured, easy-to-understand reconstruction of all the questions discussed in the video.

Memory-Based GA Questions Asked in SBI Clerk Mains 2025

Below is the organised list of questions as recalled and explained in the video:

Banking & Financial Awareness

1. Who is the promoter of CDSL? Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
2. RBI FDI Data 2024-25?
3. FDI inflow for FY 2024–25
4. A question came from India’s record FDI, reported around USD 81.04 billion.
5. • ELSS Lock-in Period: The ELSS (Equity Linked Savings Scheme) lock-in is 3 years.
6. • RBI Fully Funded Institutions
7. The exam asked which institutes are fully funded by RBI, not subsidiaries.  - NIBM, IGIDR, IDRB 
8. RBI Inflation survey how many cities? 19 cities
9. 2010 Department of Financial Council Headed by?
10. Major banks in India to handle forex services?

Books & Autobiographies

1.  Nation in the Making” – Autobiography

Written by Surendranath Banerjee.

Environment & Wildlife Questions

1. Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary – Location? Located in Uttarakhand.

(This was often misheard as “Tungnath,” but the likely correct name is Kedarnath.)

Rankings & Reports

1. Human Development Index (HDI) – Released by whom? Released by UNDP.
2. India’s Rank in HDI 2024? India ranked 130 out of 193 countries.
3. Top Country in HDI? Iceland.
4. Patola GI Tag?

Government Schemes & Ministries

1. Ministry of Jal Shakti – Purpose
2. A question from Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana also appeared.
3. India–EU Marine Plastic Agreement (May) – Total project cost
4. PMKSY Outlay?
5. Kisan Credit Card Scheme 2 Lakh interest subvention: Related questions?
6. PM Krishi Sichai Yojana Investment?
7. Senior Citizen Saving Scheme Related question?
8. Investor Awareness: Investor Didi (IEPFA)
9. A question came from IEPFA and the Investor Didi initiative, aimed at promoting financial literacy.

Important Days

1. International Day of Sign Languages Observed on 23 September.
2. National Teacher’s Day starting year?

Indian States & Current Leaders

1. CM of Odisha – Mohan Charan Majhi A direct question on this current appointment.

Sports Awareness

1. SSF World Cup 2027 – Location To be hosted in the Republic of Korea.
2. ICC & WMS Collaboration - ICC collaborated with Google for women’s cricket outreach programs.
3. Five-wicket taker baller in five balls? Camper-Ireland

Defence & Space

1. • Defence Exercise – Pneumatic Event
2. A question was asked about a defence exercise (possibly Indo-Mongolia or similar), referred to as “Pneumatic Event” in the video.
3. • Satellite Network Contract - A contract was awarded to: Digantara and Starlink
4. DRDO Quanum Related question?

ISRO / IN-SPACe Related Question

1. Either a full form or role of IN-SPACe was asked.

International News

1. UN-Habitat Headquarters
2. Located in Nairobi, Kenya.
3. Mark Carni, which country PM? Canada

Other Questions

1. IICT is based in which state? Maharashtra
2. India’s first-ever polar research Vessel?
3. India’s first indigenous diving support vessel? INS Vistar
4. Mount Makkalu- Nepal
5. Sharda Sinha is related to which field?
6. Hindustan Shipyard formed what?
7. Cryptocurrency used for tourism? Bhutan
8. Shooting Gold Medal Related question?
9. Cotton Import Duty removal last date? 31 Dec 2025
10. Swasth Nari Shashakt Parivar related questions?
11. Super Swachh League-3-10 lakh related question?

GA Trend Observed in SBI Clerk Mains 2025

According to the instructor:

• Mix of static + current

• Dominance of recent news (especially economic and environmental)

• Some conceptual depth in RBI, FDI, and global indices

• Candidates reported both sides: some got simple questions, others felt some statement-based questions were deep and tricky.

• If you read monthly PDFs and practiced GA quizzes consistently, this exam was highly manageable.