General Knowledge and Current Affairs
What this domain tests
General Knowledge and Current Affairs for the Telangana High Court Examiner paper is Telangana-first: state formation, symbols, geography, schemes and institutions, mixed with national appointments, awards, sport and international events of roughly the last 12–18 months.
Core facts to lock in
- Telangana became the 29th state on 2 June 2014 under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 (assent 1 March 2014; appointed day 2 June 2014).
- First Chief Minister: K. Chandrashekar Rao; first Governor: E.S.L. Narasimhan; Hyderabad remained the joint capital.
- State symbols: animal spotted deer (jinka), bird Indian roller (palapitta), tree jammi chettu, flower tangedu.
- Major rivers: Godavari, Krishna, Musi, Manjira.
- Flagship schemes: Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation on the Godavari, Mission Bhagiratha (piped drinking water), Mission Kakatiya (tank restoration), Rythu Bandhu, Kalyana Lakshmi.
- National: President, Vice-President, Chief Justice of India, RBI Governor, recent G20/BRICS/SCO summits, and Indian winners at the Olympics, Asian Games and national awards.
Worked example
Question: on which date did Telangana come into existence? Reasoning: the Reorganisation Act fixed an appointed day; that day is 2 June 2014, not the date of assent (1 March 2014) and not the date of the Bill. Answer: 2 June 2014.
Traps that cost marks
- Mixing Andhra Pradesh schemes with Telangana schemes that carry similar names.
- Quoting a stale district count: the 2016 reorganisation produced 33, and later notifications changed it, so learn the current figure from the latest gazette.
- Confusing the statehood date with the day the Telangana High Court began functioning (1 January 2019).
- Answering current-affairs questions from memory when the appointment or award has since changed.