General Knowledge and Current Affairs
What this domain tests
General Knowledge and Current Affairs checks broad awareness of India and Karnataka: static facts, institutions, schemes, culture, sports, awards, and events from the last year. For the Constable paper, accuracy matters more than odd trivia; learn the state first, then national linkages.
Core areas
- Karnataka: 31 districts, capital Bengaluru, state symbols, guarantee schemes such as Gruha Jyothi, Gruha Lakshmi, Shakti and Yuva Nidhi, major irrigation and transport projects.
- Karnataka history link: Mysore State was reorganised in 1956 and renamed Karnataka in 1973; know the unification movement and Kannada identity.
- India: Constitution and institutions, defence exercises, space missions, awards, sports winners, summits and appointments.
- Current affairs: read official state and central releases; note the date of an appointment or scheme because older facts become traps.
Worked example
Question: Which is a Karnataka guarantee scheme? (A) PM-KISAN (B) Gruha Jyothi (C) MGNREGA (D) Ayushman Bharat. Reason: Gruha Jyothi is a state household electricity guarantee; PM-KISAN, MGNREGA and Ayushman Bharat are central schemes. Answer B.
Traps that cost marks
Do not mix central and state schemes; do not choose an old office-holder after a replacement; do not confuse similar names such as Shakti with a central women's scheme. If a current fact is uncertain, eliminate by source and date rather than guessing.