General Knowledge and Current Affairs
What the domain tests
General Knowledge and Current Affairs checks static facts about India and Madhya Pradesh plus events from roughly the last twelve months: appointments, awards, sports, schemes, summits, defence exercises, books, days and obituaries. MP-specific schemes and institutions appear often.
Core rules and concepts
- Tie every current event to a static anchor: scheme to state, award to field, appointment to office.
- For MP, revise state schemes, budget announcements, the governor and chief minister, the High Court, major festivals and public institutions.
- For national current affairs, group by polity, economy, science, defence, sports and culture.
- Practise elimination: remove options that mix a state with a scheme or a person with the wrong office.
Worked example
Question: Ladli Behna Yojana is associated with which state? Options: Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh. Reason: the scheme is a Madhya Pradesh women's financial-assistance programme announced in 2023. The name alone is not enough; link the scheme to its launching state. Answer: Madhya Pradesh.
Traps that cost marks
- Confusing a centrally sponsored scheme with a state scheme.
- Using stale award or appointment data after a new announcement.
- Missing the word NOT in a question.
- Mixing similar names, such as two women's welfare schemes from different states.
- Ignoring MP-specific current affairs because national news feels more prominent.