Current Affairs and General Knowledge
Current Affairs tests recent national and international developments, government schemes, appointments, space and defence missions, awards, and sports results. Because news dates quickly, prepare against the recruitment notification's cut-off date and prefer official sources: PIB, ministry releases, ISRO, RBI, and Supreme Court or Election Commission announcements.
Core rules
- Maintain a timeline of major events with date, place, and outcome.
- For schemes, record the sponsoring ministry, beneficiary group, and launch year.
- For space missions, note the launch vehicle, objective, and landing or orbit outcome.
- For appointments, verify the constitutional or statutory body that makes the appointment.
- For international meetings, note the host city and the presiding country.
- Do not rely on unverified "first" or "largest" claims; check the official release.
Worked example. A question asks which Indian mission achieved a soft landing near the Moon's south polar region. Chandrayaan-3, launched by ISRO in 2023, achieved the landing on 23 August 2023; its Vikram lander and Pragyan rover operated near the south polar region. The launch vehicle was LVM3-M4. This kind of fixed mission fact is safer than a rapidly changing ranking or appointment.
Traps. Similar-sounding schemes from different ministries are often swapped; capital cities and headquarters change with leadership; award categories are confused; "current" data in an old guide may be stale, so cross-check the cut-off date.