General Knowledge and Current Events

What the official syllabus says

GPSC Preliminary Examination, General Studies, under the heading General knowledge and Current Events of Regional, National and International Importance:

General knowledge and Current Events of Regional, National and International Importance.

Topics in detail

The official heading is a single line, with no list under it. Keep about the last twelve to eighteen months of news, and link each item with the static topic it belongs to.

Regional (Gujarat)

• State government decisions, new policies and schemes; the state budget and Socio-Economic Review
• Appointments, awards and honours given to people from Gujarat
• Events, summits and festivals held in Gujarat; sports in Gujarat
• New districts, protected areas, heritage recognitions and infrastructure projects in the state

National

• Important Acts, bills and Supreme Court judgments; constitutional amendments
• Union budget, Economic Survey, RBI policy; new government schemes
• Science, space and defence developments; environment and disasters of the year
• National awards (Bharat Ratna, Padma, Jnanpith, gallantry, sports awards)
• Sports: major tournaments and Indian achievements

International

• Summits and meetings (G20, BRICS, SCO, UN, COP); India's bilateral visits and agreements
• International organisations' reports and indices, and India's rank
• Conflicts, elections and changes in major countries, in outline
• International awards (Nobel prizes) and days of the year

General knowledge

• Books and authors, important days, first in India and Gujarat, abbreviations
• National symbols; state symbols of Gujarat (animal: Asiatic lion, bird: greater flamingo, tree: banyan, flower: marigold)

Overlaps

Mains General Studies-II (C) is Current Events of Regional, National and International Importance.