Central exam · Banking
IBPS SO preparation
IBPS Specialist Officer · conducted by Institute of Banking Personnel Selection
Below are the general studies and general awareness subjects that IBPS SO draws on, each broken into topics you can open as interactive knowledge maps — so you see how people, events and ideas connect instead of memorising them in isolation.
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Banking & Financial Awareness
Subject overviewBanking concepts, regulators and schemes asked in bank and insurance exams.
Indian Economy
Subject overviewGrowth, money, budgets, planning and reforms of the Indian economy.
- Economy of India
- Reserve Bank of India
- Monetary policy
- Inflation
- Gross domestic product
- Goods and Services Tax (India)
- Union budget of India
- Five-Year Plans of India
- NITI Aayog
- Green Revolution in India
- Economic liberalisation in India
- Securities and Exchange Board of India
- Balance of payments
- Foreign direct investment
- Poverty in India
International Relations
Subject overviewIndia's foreign policy and the international groupings and institutions it works with.
Indian Polity & Constitution
Subject overviewThe Constitution, institutions and governance of India.
- Constitution of India
- Preamble to the Constitution of India
- Fundamental rights in India
- Directive Principles of State Policy
- Fundamental Duties (India)
- Parliament of India
- Lok Sabha
- Rajya Sabha
- President of India
- Prime Minister of India
- Supreme Court of India
- Governor (India)
- Election Commission of India
- Comptroller and Auditor General of India
- Panchayati raj in India
- Basic structure doctrine
- Emergency (India)
- Amendment of the Constitution of India