How is your preparation for today’s current affairs UPSC? Any job examination and job interviews require candidates to have a grasp over what’s happening in and around. Reading current affairs magazines for UPSC serves only a part. You need to have a structure on how to make most of the information coming your way. 

Stay with us. Learn 5 ways to structure your preparation for UPSC current affairs.  

What are the areas covered under current affairs as per UPSC? 

According to UPSC and other government competitive exam syllabus, current affairs include:

  • Any events worth of space in top national and regional newspapers’ headlines, or airtime in national and regional news channels.  

We can segregate current affairs under the following broad topics – 

  1. Indian economy 
  2. India’s international relations   
  3. History 
  4. Geography 
  5. Science & tech
  6. Indian polity & governance 
  7. Environment & ecology 
  8. Art & culture 
  9. Sports 
  10. Defense affairs 
  11. Govt schemes & programs 
  12. Miscellaneous 

As an UPSC aspirant, you need to remain watchful every day for news and updates in these 12 broad areas. It might sound cumbersome. But keeping track of current affairs has multiple benefits. 

Benefits of good grasp over current affairs

The habit of following a structure while studying current affairs and staying updated is extremely useful for a lifetime. 

  1. Awareness – It helps us become better aware of things happening around us, offers a worldview of things, helps identify implications of any event. You make informed decisions. 
  2. Understanding – Our knowledge increases as we continue building connections between information already residing within our mind. Regular and structured study of current affairs strengthens our knowledge system. 
  3. Critical thinking – It’s a skill that not only helps secure a job but also helps perform better in any position. A holistic approach to studying current affairs can assist you in building your critical thinking skills. 
  4. Network building – Along with our personal qualifications, success in life depends a lot on the strength of our network. Critical understanding of current affairs helps us build connections with important people in life and on social media. 

So, today’s labor in studying current affairs for UPSC will remain useful long after your UPSC preparation life. 

Now it’s time to structure your current affairs study. 

Structured study of today’s current affairs for UPSC  

There are different ways to structure your study of current affairs for competitive exams. We have shortlisted the 5. 

  1. Allocate fixed hours every day (7 days a week) for reading, at least, 1 national daily newspaper, 1 regional newspaper and one current affairs magazine for UPSC. 
  2. Watch prime time news on at least 1 national and 1 regional TV channel every day.  
  3. Listen to current affairs topic related podcasts specific to UPSC preparations. 
  4. List down top current affairs news and events you learned every day before you go to bed.  
  5. At the end of every week, revise top incidents of that week and try to establish connections among those incidents. It improves critical thinking skills. 

Finally 

Every UPSC aspirant should consider today’s current affairs for UPSC preparation as an investment in their future. And you can reap the best benefits only by following a structured approach. Follow Daily News Analysis and Daily Editorials at www.iasgyan.in and don’t forget to test your knowledge using Daily Prelims Mini Test and Daily Mains Mini Test.