Question : Ignoring Current Affairs? How Is It Going To Impact Your Preparation Strategy?

Answer :

Ideally, you should cover relevant information from two major newspaper like The Hindu, The Indian Express plus Press Information Bureau and Yojana of about one and half years before the date of your exam to increase your chances of attempting more questions from current affairs.

Below we are giving you an analysis of how to cover the above things:

• One should prepare the current affairs on daily basis so that you can keep them in memory as well. If you learn a few daily then there is possibility that you would retain them easily.
• Besides, it is not how detailed notes are available in the market but in how easy language they have been covered and more importantly only that part has been covered which is relevant for the exam only.
• And one more thing, if there is a neat division of current affairs for Prelims and Mains as both require different sets of mindset at the time of reading it would be a boon!!
• Invest daily time on reading, understanding and processing information from the Hindu and even The Indian Express.
• No matter how monotonous or tedious it seems in the beginning, don’t give up on it. It will become a part of your daily preparation sooner than you expect.
• Make a special days of the week in the Hindu. For instance, environment, technology, etc.
• Start reading the India Year Book cover to cover. It’ll prove very beneficial.
• Consult websites of various ministries for latest updates on schemes, launches, etc.
• Visit PRS regularly for all ongoing updates from the Government.
• Subscribe Civil Services Chronicle, EPW and Yojana magazines and read each issue thoroughly.
• Any news snippet you watch or read should make you more aware about the whole story.
• Remember that it isn’t the news that you have to prepare in isolation but the information surrounding it in its entirety.