This is an English medium book from RBD Publication by Khan Sir (Bihar Kesari) — Pocket GK, a compact general knowledge volume for competitive examinations across India. The entire book is written in English in the Roman script; candidates preparing in Hindi should look for the Hindi medium edition, as this is the English version of the title.
The pocket format is the whole proposition, and it is worth being clear about what it is for. This is not a book to sit down and study; it is a book to carry. General knowledge is the one section of a competitive paper that improves from repetition in short bursts more reliably than from long sessions, because it is pure recall — a fact is either retrievable or it is not, and retrievability comes from encountering the same fact many times rather than from reading it once carefully. The twenty minutes on a bus, the queue at an office, the wait before a class: those add up to more GK revision in a month than most candidates manage at their desk, and only a book small enough to be in a pocket captures them.
The content spans the standard static and general awareness ground that recurs across almost every recruitment paper in the country — history, geography, polity, economy, general science, sports, awards, books and authors, important days and organisations. That commonality is precisely why a single compact GK volume is worth owning regardless of which examinations a candidate is targeting: the syllabuses differ in depth, but the static core is largely shared.
It is a revision and retention title, best used alongside a fuller general studies book and current affairs preparation.
Key Features:
English medium book — complete content written in English (Roman script)
Author: Khan Sir (Bihar Kesari)
Published by RBD Publication
Pocket GK — compact general knowledge volume
Small format designed to be carried and used in short bursts
For all India competitive examinations
Covers Indian history and the freedom movement
Covers Indian and world geography
Covers polity and the Constitution
Covers economy and general science
Covers sports, awards, books and authors
Covers important days, organisations and static GK
Built for repeated retrieval rather than single careful reading
The static core shared across most recruitment examinations
A revision title — best used with a fuller general studies book and current affairs
आर.बी.डी. पब्लिकेशन द्वारा प्रकाशित तथा खान सर (बिहार केसरी) द्वारा तैयार यह 'पॉकेट जी.के.' सामान्य ज्ञान की संक्षिप्त पुस्तक है, जो देशभर की प्रतियोगी परीक्षाओं हेतु उपयोगी है। ध्यान दें: यह पुस्तक पूर्णतः अंग्रेज़ी भाषा एवं रोमन लिपि में है, हिन्दी में नहीं — हिन्दी माध्यम के अभ्यर्थी इसका हिन्दी संस्करण देखें। पॉकेट स्वरूप ही इसकी मूल विशेषता है: यह बैठकर पढ़ने की नहीं, साथ रखने की पुस्तक है। सामान्य ज्ञान वह खंड है जो लम्बे अध्ययन सत्रों से कम और बार-बार दोहराने से अधिक बनता है, क्योंकि यहाँ समझना नहीं, स्मरण रहना निर्णायक है — और स्मरण एक बार ध्यान से पढ़ने से नहीं, अनेक बार सामने आने से बनता है। बस के बीस मिनट, कतार का समय, कक्षा से पूर्व की प्रतीक्षा — ये मिलकर महीने भर में उससे अधिक दोहराव दे देते हैं जितना अधिकांश अभ्यर्थी मेज पर कर पाते हैं, और यह केवल तभी सम्भव है जब पुस्तक जेब में रह सके। इसमें इतिहास, भूगोल, राजव्यवस्था, अर्थव्यवस्था, सामान्य विज्ञान, खेल, पुरस्कार, पुस्तकें एवं लेखक तथा महत्त्वपूर्ण दिवस एवं संगठन सम्मिलित हैं।
