General Knowledge and Current Affairs
General Knowledge and Current Affairs tests the candidate’s grasp of Nepal’s constitutional order, geography, public institutions, and selected national and international developments. Questions are factual or applied: identify a constitutional body, interpret a federal provision, or match an event with its significance. The section rewards precise recall and the ability to place a fact in the right framework.
Core map
- Constitution of Nepal 2072: federal democratic republic; 7 provinces, 77 districts and 753 local units; fundamental rights and directive principles.
- State organs: Legislature, Executive and Judiciary; constitutional bodies include PSC, Election Commission, CIAA and NHRC.
- Geography: Mountain, Hill and Terai belts; major rivers; protected areas; climate variation.
- Current affairs: census, budget, SDGs, UN, SAARC and disaster/climate issues. Know founding years and mandates: UN 1945, SAARC 1985, WTO 1995.
Worked example
Question: How many local units are there in Nepal’s federal structure? Reasoning: the 2015 Constitution created 7 provinces and 77 districts, with 753 local units - 6 metropolitan cities, 11 sub-metropolitan cities, 276 municipalities and 460 rural municipalities. The answer is 753 local units. Do not confuse this with 77 districts.
Traps
Mixing B.S. and A.D. dates; treating a department as a constitutional body; confusing province numbers with district counts; recalling the old unitary structure; choosing a familiar fact that does not answer the exact question.