Grip over General Knowledge and General Awareness is very important for writing competitive exams.
Most people get confused between the two, which we are trying to clarify here with the help of examples.
Competitive tests in India for various government jobs have numerous syllabi unique to the job profile for which one has applied.
However, all of exams concentrates on General Knowledge And General Awareness in their assessments.
Therefore, it’s very-very important to recognize the importance of these two sections if one wants get selected.
So, we have tried here to give you a basic distinction among General Knowledge And General Awareness.
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
General knowledge is the acquisition of information or knowledge through experience or education
It is the knowledge about a wide variety of subjects instead of detailed know-how of a particular subject.
It excludes the extraordinarily specialised knowledge obtained through masters or phd in that particular subject.
General information additionally means knowledge of incidents occurred in past.
Hence, ancient, medieval and modern history are also part of it and are asked in competitive examinations.
To make the understanding process smooth researchers or the organisers of the exams have categorised the subjects included in it under several parts. viz.
- Geography
- History
- Ancient
- Medieval
- Modern
- Science
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Biology
- Mathematics
- Indian Polity
- Art & Culture
- Sports
- Other misc. topics include:
- Space and missiles technology
- Computer
- Elections
- Prime Ministers of India
- Famous Places
- States of India
- Roads and Highways of India etc.
Visit our homepage and under our General Knowledge section you can find 100s of questions related to static GK part.
General Knowledge & General Awareness competitive exams
(Contd…)GENERAL AWARENESS
General Awareness includes broad information about a particular state of affairs or development happening around.
It basically includes knowledge about events happening currently.
Current affairs is the term mostly used in for many competitive exams or we can say in each and every exam, job interview, debate etc.
General Awareness Includes:
- National & international affairs
- Sports events and personalities in news
- Persons/famous personalities in news
- Places in the news because of some current events
- Economy, finance, banking related information etc.
Examples:
General Knowledge:
- When was the battle of plassey fought?
- Which planet has maximum moons?
- When is the next cricket world cup and where?
General Awareness:
- Which country is worst affected by Corona virus?
- CAA/NRA is related to?
- Who is governor of RBi?
All competitive tests in India use the phrases General Knowledge and General Awareness interchangeably.
To have good grasp over such subjects one can refer the links we has pasted above and can practice static general knowledge questions.
For more such information one can refer other competitive exams website like mrunal.org.
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