Question

saamanya gyan badhane ke liye koi do upay likiye

Answer 1

When I applied to college, some nine years ago, my one and only pick was the Faculty of Humanities and Social Studies in my hometown. Yes, I did hear all the jokes about flipping burgers after I graduate, but let’s get back to the point.

At that time, we didn’t have an SAT-like system – every school had it’s own special entrance exam. So how do you test several thousand people, who are going to swivel into 20 different science and humanities departments? Rather than testing us on the different specifics we learned in high school, the entrance exam focused mainly ongeneral knowledge.



Yes, those random facts and titbits of knowledge from just about every aspect of human existence. The idea behind it was that if you’re going to study something that explores the human condition, one of the key personality traits you should have is curiosity and being aware of what’s going on around you, even if it’s outside your personal interests or your area of study.

General knowledge is a strange thing, especially in a world that puts more and more stress on specialization, and narrow focus. It’s one remnant of a renaissance culture of polymaths that is still culturally valued today, even if we can’t exactly pinpoint where that random fact about mating habits of bonobos is going to come in handy. People still tend to associate general knowledge with intelligence and awareness, and it definitely makes you a more interesting conversationalist.