How to link Current Affairs with static portion? | UPSC CSE

Current Affairs is one of the important parts of the UPSC examination. It is important to read the newspapers and magazines daily. Today we will be discussing how to link current affairs with static portion. First of all, the aspirants must get familiar with the syllabus so that they can have an idea of which news to read and which ones to skip. Try to separate the news into different subjects and if a piece of news comes under a subject, just interlink them. 

Read all the topics and the related static portion of the news you made. By doing this method, the aspirants can finish reading the newspaper in a short period. First analyze all the news from the exam point of view. 

Whenever you read a newspaper make sure that read each detail in such a way that you should understand that whether it can be used with static portion while answering a question in the exam. Divide the news into polity, economy, culture, and science. So that you will understand easily, on which news is based on which subject. 

The International and national reports have also created path breaking insight into certain aspects. Any government policy, schemes or any other aspects should be read with social, economic and political dimensions. 

For example, if the question is asked based on science and technology. Let’s take the question about a space program like Mission Mars. It is important that you link the question with the news of current affairs. Like who started the Mission Mars program. What is the reason behind this such mission. 

How much budget did it take to complete the project. All the related news related to the Mission Mars program can be included in this question. 

So this is all about how to interlink current affairs with the static topic. Revision is important when you are dealing with current affairs because the information gets piled up with each coming day. So keep revising, and keep making notes so that you will not get pressured at the preparation times.

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