Learn More About Current Affairs and the Importance of UPSC Previous Year Question Papers
Current Affairs is a very vital component of the UPSC Civil Service Examination. The information that needs to be acquired while preparing for the Current affairs section of the Civil Services examination is very vast. This article will give information which will help candidates while preparing for the current affairs.
While preparing for the current affairs it is important to keep in mind that preparation can be bifurcated into two different categories. They are the static portion of current affairs and the dynamic portion of the current affairs. In the dynamic category there is always new development taking place regarding a particular topic. An example would be the latest conflict between China and its neighbours. There are always new developments taking place in international relations between different nations. While preparing for a topic on conflicts between China and its neighbours, candidates need to be aware of what is the dispute, where is the dispute taking place, why those disputes are taking place, what is the stance taken by important nations worldwide, etc. An example of a static topic of current affairs would be the list of nuclear reactors established in India since independence, space research centres of ISRO, the name of the rocket launching station of ISRO. Details such as latest rockets launched by ISRO, latest missiles tested and other weapon platforms tested by DRDO would come under dynamic category of current affairs.
It is very difficult to cover each and every topic related to current affairs. Hence, it is important that a good strategy is in place for covering current affairs. An important part of this strategy should be, referring to the UPSC Previous year question papers. Candidates should not rely on just one or two UPSC previous year question papers. It is necessary that candidates are able to understand the pattern of the current affairs questions that are asked in UPSC Civil Service examination. Hence, it is absolutely vital that candidates refer to many UPSC previous year question papers. By doing so, aspiring candidates will get a fair idea about how to prepare for current affairs and the kind of questions that can be expected in the examination.
If we analyse UPSC previous year question papers of past two or three years, we can observe that current affairs had one of the highest weightage among all the sections.
