Guwahati: With a view to help the students and examinees of various local competitive examinations, “Update Meghalaya General Knowledge and Current Affairs” was released recently.
Job and Career Newspaper Group, a leading publishing house of Northeast India, brought out this 2023-24 edition book on general knowledge and current affairs. Containing 240 pages, the book is ISBN bar-coded and priced at Rs.250/-. There is a previous year’s General Studies question paper of Meghalaya Public Service Commission (MPSC) which has fully been solved.
Special coverage has been given to the relevant subjects like — How to write an effective Curriculum Vitae (CV).
The sequence of key contents include — Update Meghalaya Current Affairs, Meghalaya: A round-up, Ask a question on the State , Tributes to P.A. Sangma, Know Abbreviations, State Soil & Natural Vegetations, State Caves on Records, State Waterfalls Calling , Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries & Forest, State Mineral Resources, History The wheel of time, Autonomy: Autonomous District Councils, Agriculture —The mainstay, Industry — the fastest growing sector in the State, Cultural Heritage, Maps of Meghalaya, Latest who’s who of Meghalaya, State Legendary Heroes, and Miscellaneous Matters on Meghalaya.
Meghalaya is not only rich in natural beauty, but also going hand in hand with other developed states of the country winning national awards like Padma Shri Award and Padma Vibhushan Award. President Smt. Droupadi Murmu conferred Padma Shri award to Shri Risingbor Kurkalang in field of Art in Civil Investiture Ceremony in New Delhi on March 22. Risingbor is widely recognised as a master craftsman in traditional instrument making and is an accomplished folk musician as well. The book has also incorporated the list of noted people of Meghalaya including the Padma Awardees and Meghalaya Day Awardees.
Meghalaya, ‘the Unexplored Paradise on the Planet Earth’, celebrated the Golden Jubilee of Statehood on January 21, 2022. This is a red letter day for all Meghalayans. Other two NE states —Manipur and Tripura — also completed 51 years of statehood on the same day. Glad to note, the State Government is currently formulating and implementing a slew of ‘action plans’ to place Meghalaya on a new high.
This set of GK and current affairs include knowledge about daily developments including socioeconomic planning, State geography, politics and history. Such awareness can’t be acquired overnight and needs constant inputs over the years and regular reading of newspapers and books.
The book is compiled and edited by Amar Krishna Paul , a Guwahati-based author and analyst on current affairs.
The book will be highly useful for all competitive examinations like the Combined Competitive Examinations being conducted by various MPSC, Shillong and other departments of the State Government.
The primary objective of J&C Books is to provide dependable guidance among candidates preparing for various competitive examinations with a view to enabling them to secure their cherished career in life.
