Now that you have taken one of the toughest decision of your
life which is to prepare for “Civil
Services Examination” conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
This examination is more of a process than an examination and one must be ready
for all sorts of obstacles while going through this fanciful yet mystic journey.
As we all know, some ingredients are essential for any successful journey and
further as the saying goes there is one secret ingredient for every successful
journey. Unfortunately, Civil Services journey is full of such ingredients
however some basic minimum is followed by most of the aspirants which is
“THE
HINDU NEWSPAPER”.
Why read
The
Hindu; Not any other newspaper for government Examinations?
The answer is very simple, because it has a long history of
journalism therefore they maintain the balance of objectivity and subjectivity
while reporting any issue (social, political, cultural etc.). Secondly, UPSC has
been asking questions in prelims, mains, interviews which can be traced back to
this newspaper. Thirdly, editorials are not very long and less biased in the
newer
The Hindu edition. Lastly, most of the bureaucrats in our country read this
paper therefore its important common source for all.
The 2nd most basic question arises among freshers is how/what to read in
the newspaper?
Get a hold of 2 weeks of
“The
Hindu” Newspaper then put don’t put all of them at the table because you
won’t read it that way, actually pressure never works except for some people.
Take a copy of syllabus and if possible memories it first in broad terms. For
first 2 days just read and reread the syllabus the syllabus and finally write it
in your notebook in short forms like 40-50 words for example: ( Art & Culture,
History: Ancient, Medieval, Modern, World, Geography: India, World and so on..)
Now that you know the syllabus, you have the tool to operate on the newspaper.
Steps to read The Hindu: DO’s
- Take a look the Front Page, Mark the news items/Articles, which are
directly or Indirectly related to CSE syllabus.
- Go to the last page; here mostly Prelims related stuff can be found such
as some scientific, biological, historical factual information. Mark such
news items.
- Leave the sports section and jump to the Business Page, mark the news
items by taking help of syllabus, always remember CSE syllabus is the only
tool to judge any news item as important or not from UPSC perspective.
- Now, keep marking like this till you reach regional section.
- From page number 5 to page number 2 you might be getting 2-3 important
incidents daily which are important for mains and you may write them and for
humanities people this information is very relevant to score good in
optionals.
- Opinion must be read from the perspective and the context and not
consider them as the only truth or for that matter completely true. This
applies in case of subjective articles/opinions.
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