General Knowledge and Current Affairs
What the domain tests
General Knowledge and Current Affairs checks whether a cadre can place road-sector work inside Ethiopia’s constitutional, policy, and regional context. Questions target government institutions, citizenship, major national programmes, and stable international facts, not unverified social-media claims.
Core rules and concepts
- Ethiopia is a federal parliamentary republic under the 1995 FDRE Constitution, with federal and regional levels of government.
- The federal legislature is bicameral: the House of Peoples’ Representatives and the House of Federation.
- The executive is led by the Prime Minister; the judiciary interprets laws independently.
- The African Union is headquartered in Addis Ababa; IGAD and the UN are also central to regional affairs.
- Road policy connects to national development, decentralization, and SDGs such as infrastructure and sustainable cities.
- For current affairs, prefer the official gazette, ministry releases, and reputable outlets; distinguish a proposal from a law.
Worked example. A question asks which federal body approves the national budget. The answer is the House of Peoples’ Representatives, because it is the directly elected lower house with budget-approval power; the House of Federation focuses on constitutional and federal issues. Reasoning: identify the institution’s constitutional function before choosing.
Traps that cost marks
Confusing party positions with state institutions; using outdated regional names; treating a draft policy as enforceable law; and selecting a headline claim without checking the official source.