General Knowledge and Current Affairs
The General Knowledge and Current Affairs part of the UPSSSC Mukhya Sevika paper checks static facts about India and Uttar Pradesh alongside developments from roughly the past year. Questions are short and factual, so precision about numbers, names and places matters more than long analysis.
Uttar Pradesh static core
- 75 districts grouped into 18 divisions; capital Lucknow; bicameral legislature with a 403-member Vidhan Sabha and a 100-member Vidhan Parishad.
- The High Court is at Prayagraj, established in 1866 and the oldest in India, with a separate Lucknow bench.
- UP touches Nepal and eight states: Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar.
- State symbols: barasingha (animal), sarus crane (bird), Ashoka (tree), palash (flower).
- Dudhwa National Park in Lakhimpur Kheri and the Hastinapur sanctuary are the usual wildlife references.
National core
Constitutional articles and bodies, flagship central schemes, awards, sports events, books and authors, and the year's science and space missions.
Worked example
Which state does not share a border with Uttar Pradesh: Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, or Uttarakhand? Reasoning: recite the eight-state list. Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand all appear on it; Odisha does not, because Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh block it from reaching UP. Answer: Odisha.
Traps that cost marks
Confusing the 18 divisions with the 75 districts; naming Lucknow as the principal seat of the High Court instead of a bench; quoting stale scheme names, ministry names or award winners from two years earlier. Since ICDS schemes change names often, verify any scheme fact against the current financial year before answering.