General Awareness and Current Affairs
What this domain tests
General Awareness and Current Affairs in the JK Police SI paper mixes national and international events of the last 12–18 months with static facts that are permanently examinable - Indian polity, awards, sports, defence exercises, schemes, days and reports - plus J&K appointments and institutions.
Core areas
- Appointments and offices. President, Prime Minister, Chief Justice of India, RBI Governor, Union Ministers; in J&K, the Lieutenant Governor (the UT's constitutional head, appointed by the President) and the Chief Secretary.
- Schemes and flagship programmes. Know the ministry and the beneficiary group, not just the slogan.
- Awards. Bharat Ratna, Padma series, Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna (renamed in 2021), Dronacharya, Jnanpith, Sahitya Akademi.
- Reports and indices. Human Development Report (UNDP), Global Hunger Index (Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe), Ease of Doing Business (World Bank, discontinued in 2021), World Economic Outlook (IMF).
- Sports, defence exercises, summits. Exercise names and partner countries, G20/BRICS/SCO host cities.
Worked example
Who is the constitutional head of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir? Reasoning: after the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 took effect on 31 October 2019, the state became a Union Territory; the post of Governor lapsed and a Lieutenant Governor was appointed. Options naming a Governor or a Chief Minister are eliminated by the post-2019 structure.
Traps that cost marks
- First versus current holder - read the wording twice.
- Similar-sounding schemes (for example PM-KISAN versus the Kisan Credit Card).
- Confusing the publishing body of an index.
- Award categories: a sports award question will not accept a literary award name.