How should I prepare general knowledge for competitive exams?

Want to know the biggest mistake I made when studying for competitive exams? I thought I had to read every single GK book out there. Yeah... that didn't work out so well! 😅

Look, here's what nobody tells you - you don't need to turn into a walking encyclopedia. What you really need is a smart way to learn that doesn't make you lose your mind.

After bombing my first exam (totally blanked out on questions I thought I knew!), I figured out some tricks that actually work:

• Make it super simple - just read the news while having your morning coffee or tea. No fancy stuff, just 15-20 minutes of catching up on what's happening in the world.

• Draw little mind maps instead of writing endless notes. I used to fill notebooks with bullet points that I never looked at again. Now I just connect ideas with arrows and doodles - works like magic!

• Here's something cool I found by accident - I was looking for better ways to study when I came across TestHQ. Not gonna lie, it changed everything. The practice tests showed me exactly what I was getting wrong, which saved me from studying a bunch of stuff I didn't need.

• Talk about what you're learning with friends or family. Honestly, explaining things to my mom helped me remember stuff way better than reading alone. Plus, she now thinks I'm super smart (win-win! 😂)

Quick reality check - you're going to forget things, and that's totally fine! What matters is understanding the big picture and how different topics connect.

Just don't do what I did and pull an all-nighter before the exam. I ended up mixing up all my facts and wrote about penguins in a question about polar bears (true story, and no, I didn't pass that one 🤦‍♀️)

Start small, keep at it every day, and watch how much stuff you pick up without even trying too hard. It's kinda like getting into a new TV show - before you know it, you're dropping random facts about it in every conversation!

Hey, what study tricks work for you? Drop them below - I'm always looking for new ways to make this stuff stick! 🧠✨