General Knowledge and Current Affairs (Rajasthan and India)
This domain checks whether you can recall stable constitutional and geographical facts about Rajasthan and India and pair them with dated events from roughly the past twelve months. The questions are factual and single-answer, so marks come from precision rather than opinion.
Static anchors to know cold
- Rajasthan Legislative Assembly: 200 elected seats; Lok Sabha 25 seats; Rajya Sabha 10 seats.
- Rajasthan High Court: principal seat at Jodhpur, bench at Jaipur; set up in 1949.
- The Governor is appointed by the President under Article 155 and holds office during the President's pleasure (Article 156); the Chief Minister heads the real executive (Article 164).
- Rajasthan Day is 30 March, marking the 1949 formation of Greater Rajasthan; the present boundaries date from the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (1 November). After the 2024 reorganisation the state has 41 districts and 7 divisions, so verify the current list before the exam.
The current-affairs slice
Work from one monthly compilation and store each item as a one-line hook: who, where, when. Priority areas are state schemes and their launch dates, budget headlines, awards, appointments, sports winners and summits hosted by India.
Worked example
Question: Who appoints the Governor of Rajasthan? Reasoning: the Governor is a constitutional nominee, not an elected officer, and Article 155 vests the appointment in the President. The Chief Minister does not make this appointment and the Chief Justice of the High Court has no role in it. Answer: the President.
Traps
Quoting 25 for Rajya Sabha seats (that is the Lok Sabha figure); calling Jaipur the principal seat of the High Court (it is a bench); using a district count that predates the 2024 notification; answering current-affairs items from an older year's memory.