General Knowledge and Current Affairs
General Knowledge and Current Affairs in the CG Police Constable paper rewards recall of a fixed pool of facts plus the Chhattisgarh news cycle of roughly the past year. Questions are one-line and factual, not comprehension exercises.
Where the questions come from
- Static GK: states and capitals, national symbols, firsts, awards, sports venues, books and authors, important days.
- Chhattisgarh current affairs: state schemes, budget announcements, appointments, awards, sports achievements.
- National and international: summits, indices, new appointments, defence exercises.
Building a fact bank
Keep one page per theme and date every entry. For Chhattisgarh, follow the state government's own announcements and the budget speech, because scheme names and beneficiary figures are frequent question material. Anchor hard facts on dates: Chhattisgarh was carved out of Madhya Pradesh under the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000, becoming a state on 1 November 2000. The same year created Uttarakhand (9 November) and Jharkhand (15 November).
Worked example
Question: Chhattisgarh was formed by reorganising which state, and in which year? Reasoning: the name refers to the thirty-six forts (chhattis-garh) of the region, which was part of Madhya Pradesh until 2000. Three states were created in 2000, and Chhattisgarh was the first of the three by date. Answer: Madhya Pradesh, 2000.
Traps
- Mixing firsts: the first Chief Minister (Ajit Jogi) with the first Governor.
- Quoting an old scheme name that has since been renamed or merged.
- Treating a state festival such as Hareli or Pola as a national observance.
- Trusting a rumour-based current affairs PDF instead of the official release.