General Knowledge and Current Affairs
Overview
The General Knowledge and Current Affairs section checks whether you can connect Nepal's geography, history, constitution, economy and recent public events to factual answers. Questions are usually direct, but the options are designed to catch half-remembered facts.
Core facts to anchor
- Nepal is a federal democratic republic with 7 provinces, 77 districts and 753 local levels: 6 metropolitan cities, 11 sub-metropolitan cities, 276 municipalities and 460 rural municipalities.
- Ecological belts run south to north: Terai, Chure/Bhabar, Hill and Himal. Mount Everest (Sagarmatha) is 8,848.86 m, jointly announced by Nepal and China in 2020.
- Modern Nepal's unification is tied to Prithvi Narayan Shah and the Gorkha campaign; the republic was declared in 2008, and the Constitution of Nepal was promulgated in 2015.
- Economic questions often touch remittance, tourism, hydropower and the annual budget; current-affairs questions may ask about appointments, sports, summits or disasters.
Worked example
Question: How many local levels does Nepal have, and how is that number composed? Reasoning: Start from the constitutional structure. Metropolitan cities = 6; sub-metropolitan = 11; municipalities = 276; rural municipalities = 460. Add: 6 + 11 = 17; 17 + 276 = 293; 293 + 460 = 753. The answer is 753. If an option says 753 but lists 275 municipalities, the total is internally inconsistent, so recheck.
Traps
- Mixing old province names with current ones.
- Confusing Nepal Police with the Armed Police Force, or the Nepal Army with either.
- Mixing Bikram Sambat and Gregorian dates, especially for the constitution, republic and budgets.
- Choosing a fact that was true at an earlier census or election.