General Knowledge and Aptitude: For Our Own Good!

General knowledge or General aptitude is the most essential factor for identifying how much of functional knowledge one possesses about his or her society. Now, why would we use the word functional? Functional implies the fact that the said issue is reliably effective in its co-operability with the surroundings. Therefore, when we speak of General Knowledge and General Aptitude being the functional knowledge, we imply that it is that specific knowledge which helps with the coordinated and comprehensive interaction with the world around us.

Too many big words eh?! Plainly speaking, it's about your knowledge about general affairs around the world, staying in touch with the recent developments. So why would we want to do that? How much are we actually bothered about the world, when we know that the problems and concerns at home are too big to even spare some attention to some other things like: who killed whom at a recent gun-duel, or why Fidel Castro is still alive and revered etc.

Would you not be concerned if the rising prices in Indian Market are actually the reason why your 30,000 per month salary is still not enough to help you buy that family car? And how much more would you be concerned if it dawned on you that the rise in prices and the spiraling market conditions have been motivated and instigated by various socially relevant events of relatively local magnitude? Alright, now that I drove the point home that how important your General Knowledge/General Aptitude is important; let me clarify where does.

General Knowledge fit in the scope of major national and international examinations!

When you sit for many competitive exams in India, there is always some poignant doubt which reverberates inside asking why I need to know about General awareness issues and current affairs, when I know I'll not be a mass communication person! Well, they exams are not really testing your skills in general awareness, but they actually intend to force the candidates to keep a tab of the latest happenings, since this will really help in the long run where crunching large chunks of social information on general issues becomes a norm in almost every field or profession!