GENERAL KNOWLEDGE SESSION -1

Session Objectives Introduction to General Knowledge Details of General Knowledge Sources & method of preparation My Contacts Dear Faculty, The core objective of this session is to make the students absolutely familiar with the subject called General Knowledge. The above mentioned objectives are the targeted areas that must be covered in this session to meet the main goal.

Details of General Knowledge Static General Knowledge Current General Knowledge Business General Knowledge To define General Knowledge is just impossible because of its undefined nature, but still we can define and understand General Knowledge on the basis of last year’s examinations experiences. General Knowledge can be classified into three broad categories: 1. Static General Knowledge 2. Current General Knowledge 3. Business General Knowledge

Static General Knowledge History Geography Polity Sports Science Culture Miscellaneous a. Abbreviations b. Awards c. International Organizations d. Important days e. Books & Authors f. Miscellaneous

Current General Knowledge Events Places Personalities

Business General Knowledge Static Business General Knowledge Basic Economics Indian economy since independence Current Business General Knowledge a. CEO’s , MD’s, CMD’s, Chairmen of various important organizations Brands & Punch lines Mergers & Acquisitions Current Economic Data e. Current business events

Sources of Preparation-Static General Knowledge General Knowledge Material provided by the organization,viz.GK Fundabook Pearson’s Concise GK manual by Edgar Thorpe & Showick Thorpe (latest edition) Please also understand that all the class exercises, FLTs and Mocks are also sources of preparing General Knowledge.

Sources of preparation-Current General Knowledge Read a good national daily (The Hindu/ The Times of India /Hindustan Times) Magazines; Pratiyogita Darpan,Competition Success Review Watch a news channel preferably NDTV 24X7 Please also understand that all the class exercises, FLTs and Mocks are also sources of preparing General Knowledge.

Sources of preparation-Business General Knowledge Read a good Business Newspaper viz. The Economic Times/Business Standard/The Financial Express Magazines; Business World Watch a good Business news channel; CNBC Profit/NDTV Profit/ET Now Please also understand that all the class exercises, FLTs and Mocks are also sources of preparing General Knowledge.

How to study and retain the information? Focus on the vague areas of GK and NOT on the known areas of GK Read the information untill it becomes clear to you Write the information in your own words Discuss the learnt data frequently in a quizzical manner amongst your friends

My Contacts Debashish.mukherjee@careerlauncher.com

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