This article tells you about the most important topics aspirants must focus for cracking MPPSC Exam. Candidates preparing for Madhya Pradesh State Civil Service Examination must have deep and thorough knowledge of these topics. 1. I. CURRENT AFFAIRS
Current affairs plays the vital role in Preliminary Examination. Aspirants must read newspapers daily. There are many magazines which one should read either weekly or monthly. Apsirants must maintain copy for current affairs and revise it on regular basis. This type of questions also asked For example - On which date, President of the USA, Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel? (a) 6th January , 2018 (b) 6th November , 2017 (c) 6th October, 2017 (d) 6th December, 2017 What should you read to cover Current Affairs?
• Summits - make a chart of all Summits which took place and those which are going to take place. When you prepare a chart Add questions in it like When?, Where?, Organization?, First, latest and upcoming meeting date and place, important decisions of Summits etc., it will help you to prepare well for your exams.
• Ranking of India - you must be aware of different popular rankings and India's Rank in it such as according to World Bank, IMF Reports etc. Also you must know who creates these reports, for example- Ease of doing business index report is created by?
• International Appointments - aspirants must know about all the recent one year appointments specially related to India i.e. appointment of a person who is related to India or belongs to India.
• Awards - all famous national and international awards must been known. You must make list of awards and each award should be mentioned with subheadings like start date, why it is given, first award was given to, recently this award is given to, prize money (if any) etc...
• President/ Prime Minister Visits - if any President or Prime Minister or or higher authority visits our country, you must have a detailed information of their visit. Also if our President or Prime Minister or higher authority visits any other nation you must know when this visit took place, why, what was the motto, what MoU signed etc...
• Newly Elected President or Prime Minister - you must have the list of newly elected President and Prime Minister of different countries, their parties, its capital and its currency.
• New Government policies, Yojanas example Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, Mudra Yojana, PMKVY etc.
II. National Current Affairs Most important topics under this are • Appointments • Election • Awards
III. State Current Affairs • Awards (in Madhya Pradesh). • Art and Culture current affairs. • Sports are very important (sports personalities of Madhya Pradesh). • Appointments in Madhya Pradesh. • Cheif Minister visits to any Summit or any other country. • Madhya Pradesh Ranking with respect to India in any Field. • Election of Madhya Pradesh • Cabinet members • New Yojanas
For example- How many women were elected in Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 2013? (a) 20 (b) 22 (c) 25 (d) 28 2. ACTS For example- How many Sections are there Under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes [Prevention of Atrocities] Act, 1989 ? (a) 18 (b) 22 (c) 23 (d) 27 Under which one of the following Sections of the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 has protection of action taken in good faith been provided ? (a) Section 16 A (b) Section 15 A (c) Section 16 B (d) Section 14 A Which statement is true in relation to the Protection of Human Rights Act ? (a) The Act came into force on 23rd September, 1993 (b) The Act came into force on 28th September, 1993 (c) The Act came into force on 23rd September, 1995 (d) The Act came into force on 28th September, 1995 3. Madhya Pradesh GK (i) Geography
Most important thing in Geography is Maps and Mapping. While studying Geography one must always have Atlas and physical, political maps to point out and remember places, borders, rivers, hills, plateaus etc.
For example- Kanha National Park is famous for (a) Lions (b) Cows (c) Elephants (d) Tigers Which one of the following places of Madhya Pradesh is on or nearest to 80o east longitude? (a) Jabalpur (b) Rewa (c) Panna (d) Katni
• Borders- border sharing between countries, states, districts must be known. Largest border, smallest border, no. of states sharing borders etc questions are asked.
For example- Which one of the following districts of Madhya Pradesh touches the State boundaries of Gujarat and Rajasthan? (a) Jhabua (b) Alirajpur (c) Ratlam (d) Mandsaur
• Rivers- its origin, its path, which city is situated, its tributaries, famous falls etc.
For example- Which one of the following rivers does not join river Chambal? (a) Kshipra (b) Kali Sindh (c) Betwa (d) Parvati
• Plateaus • Hills- highest peaks etc.
For example- Dhoopgarh, the highest peak of Madhya Pradesh, is located at (a) Satpura Range (b) Mahadeo Range (c) Maikal Range (d) Vindhyayan Range (ii) Art and Culture
• Famous Personalities of Madhya Pradesh • Academics,Institutions,Training Centers(such as KALIDAS, NARORA TRAINING ACADEMY)- when(year), where(place), who formed(person name), inaugurated by(person name) etc...
For example- In which year was Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education established? (a) 1952 (b) 1957 (c) 1960 (d) 1961
• Awards and Honors in Madhya Pradesh • Fairs and Festivals in Madhya Pradesh- which Tribal or Community celebrate this fair or festival and why, where does these Fairs and Festivals organized (place), God/ Goddess worshipped by them etc., all these types of questions are asked. • Tombs and Museums in Madhya Pradesh- who made the Tomb, for whom, where it is situated.
(iii) Polity
Divisions, Districts, Census 2011( MP and India) For example - Which one of the following districts of Madhya Pradesh has more than 1000 as sex ratio? (a) Anuppur (b) Burhanpur (c) Indore (d) Dindori (iv) History • Formation of Madhya Pradesh (when, committees involved in formation, no. of members in committee, initially how many districts were formed, recently how many districts are there in MP etc.) • IMPORTANT PERSONALITIES - (Personality of Madhya Pradesh who participated in Freedom Struggle).
(v) Economy
(a)Agriculture
• Current affairs related to Agriculture of MP
• Which Crops are found in which area
• Soils
• Rabi, Kharif Crops
• Steps taken by MP government for Agriculture Sector
For example- How many minimum hours of power supply is assured for rural agriculture purpose in Atul Jyoti Yojana 2013 ? (a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) 16 Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana of Madhya Pradesh is related to which sector? (a) Women development (b) Agriculture (c) Child Development (d) Industry (b) Irrigation • Most irrigated area? • Less irrigated area? • Most of irrigation takes place from which equipment?(such as tubewell, pump etc.) (c) Forests • Reserved,Protected, Unprotected area of Madhya Pradesh of Forest?
(d) Minerals • Distribution of Minerals in Madhya Pradesh • Which area is famous for which Minerals? • First position in production? • Mostly asked Minerals Coal, Iron, Asbestos, Slate, Graphite etc.
For example- With which mineral production is Malaj Khand Associated? (a) Lignite (b) Copper (c) Diamond (d) Iron ore (e) Horticulture • MP ka Aam Jila? • MP ka Aawala Jila? These type of questions are mostly asked from Horticulture. 4. SPORTS Mostly in sports section questions are both from sports static gk and from sports current affairs.
(a) Static • Sports related to terminology • Miscellaneous given in Lucent • No. of players in different games • Important stadiums and its locations
• Different Cups Related to different Sports
(b) Current Affairs • World cup( all different Sports) • T-20 world cup • IPL • Tennis Grand Slam • Badminton, Football Cups etc.
For example- En Passant is related to which game? (a) Billiards (b) Snooker (c) Carrom (d) Chess The first Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award was given to whom? (a) Viswanathan Anand (b) Geet Sethi (c) Sachin Tendulkar (d) Dhanraj Pillai Libero is related to which game? (a) Kabaddi (b) Kho-Kho (c) Basketball (d) Volleyball What is the distance of Marathon Race? (a) 21 miles 385 yards (b) 25 miles 385 yards (c) 26 miles 385 yards (d) 42 km Which Indian player has won Gold Medal in Olympics? (a) Gagan Naran (b) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (c) Abhinav Bindra (d) Sushil Kujnar The National Sports Day is celebrated on which day? (a) 29th September (b) 14th November (c) 29th August (d) 29th July 5. COMPUTER This is the most important section from which who can see 9 to 10 questions in MPPSC Examination.
For example- The first page displayed by Web browser after opening a web site is called (a) Homepage (b) Brower page (c) Search page (d) Bookmark ______ offers services such as search capabilities, e-,mail, news, stock price, weather information, sports and entertainment. (a) Hostel (b) Portal (c) Article (d) Newspaper
Which of the following is not an essential component required for video-conferencing system ? (a) Video camera (b) Display device (c) Telephone (d) Microphone In this ARTICLE, detailed information about all the important topics which an aspirant must study if he/she wants to crack the MPPSC Prelims Examination have been covered. All the topics are very important and questions from these topics are asked every year. So prepare well. Study Smart. All the best...
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