GWPI Preparation: Current Affairs
The CAT Results are out. The GWPI (Group Discussion, Written Assessment/Aptitude Test, and Personal Interview) calls are trickling out.
Current affairs/GK is one area most call-getters are not comfortable with. If you have got a GWPI call, then focus on the issues listed in the space below.
· Global economics:
o Slow
global economic recovery;
o eurozone
crisis;
o U.S.
economy – jobless recovery and growth pangs;
o Japan
and Abenomics;
o Economic,
military & political power rise of China, and
o BRICS
– why Russia and Brazil are in recession.
· Indian economy:
o Current
state of the economy;
o Reasons
behind slow GDP growth;
o Faltering
reforms process;
o Infrastructure
bottlenecks, including in railways;
o FDI
(especially in multi-brand retail, insurance);
o NITI
Aayog;
o SMART
Cities plan;
o Swachh
Bharat;
o Digital India and Startup Ecosystem, and
o Make
in India and industrial clusters.
· Global politics:
o China
- political & military muscle-flexing;
o Syrian
crisis – Role of the Islamic State;
o Rise
of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria;
o Israel-Palestine
imbroglio;
o Rising
authoritarianism in Turkey;
o Korean
peninsula – North Korea versus South Korea;
o Iranian
nuke plans and P+1 deal;
o Terrorism
in Afghanistan & Pakistan;
o Russia
– resurgence; also Russia-Ukraine crisis;
o Post-Arab
Spring situation in Egypt, Libya, & Tunisia;
o Ebola
crisis in West Asia, and
o Nigeria
- terrorism & Boko Haram.
· National political & social issues:
o Recent
Assembly elections – impact on national polity;
o J&K
– elections, Article 370, & Jammu-Valley tussle;
o Naxalism
– origin, ideology, reach, methods;
o Social
Media - freedom of speech & curbs;
o Black
Money - menace of corruption;
o Gender-related
issues, including safety issues, and
o Religion – conversions &
reconversions debate.