General Knowledge and Current Affairs
General Knowledge and Current Affairs tests awareness of Sri Lanka's constitutional, geographic and administrative facts and of major public ICT developments. It rewards stable knowledge and careful reading, not memorised headlines.
Core rules
- Sri Lanka is an island in the Indian Ocean. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is the legislative capital; Colombo is the commercial capital. There are 9 provinces and 25 districts.
- The Constitution establishes a unitary state with a President, Parliament and judiciary. The President is elected; Parliament has 225 members.
- Official languages are Sinhala and Tamil; English is the link language. The currency is the Sri Lankan rupee.
- For ICT current affairs, track official sources: digital government services, data protection implementation, cybersecurity advisories and national digital economy initiatives.
Worked example
A question says a proposed law was 'presented to Parliament'. Reasoning: a Bill becomes an Act after parliamentary passage and presidential assent; the executive proposes policy, the legislature enacts, and courts interpret. Do not label a ministerial announcement as law. The stage matters more than the headline.
Traps
Do not confuse the capital with the commercial capital; do not treat a policy statement as an enacted law; do not rely on outdated current-affairs notes; and do not mix up UN, Commonwealth or regional memberships. Verify names and dates.