How to read the newspaper for cracking a Competitive Exam? PART 2 OF 3

2. WHILE READING:

Do a quick analysis of the complete newspaper (in 5-10 minutes) and identify all the relevant articles that are required to be read. This will help you to manage time while reading. If you identify many articles as relevant (related to the syllabus), then you may avoid in-depth analysis of the articles, which seems less relevant and vice-versa.

Make one line notes, as this will help you to revise efficiently and in a less amount of time (Will be highly beneficial in the immediate days before exams). Please keep in mind that note making is an art and it is advisable to write smart notes. Try using only keywords and not a complete statement. Avoid cutting newspapers articles and pasting it in a notebook.

For example, write “Gen. Bipin Rawat – First CDS – four-star”, instead of the complete statement - “General Bipin Rawat has been appointed the first Chief of Defense Staff. He is a four-star General.

Try to connect the news, if the news relates to an event that is an ongoing process which can be connected by a series of events. This will make the newspaper reading more interesting and fun.

For example, issues like “Brexit”, the ongoing “Covid-19”, the “Sabarimala Judgement”, and constitutional validity of “Citizenship Amendment Bill”, etc. 

Use google search as a supplementary tool, when you come across anything new (might be a place, river, personality, a rare animal/bird, etc. that is either directly or indirectly related to the news at hand). This will hardly take about 10 extra minutes per newspaper reading but will help you understand the news a lot better than others. 

For example, if the news is “The Ministry of Development of the North Eastern Region (DoNER) has directed the Arunachal Pradesh government to include the Chakma and Hajong communities in the COVID­19 relief programme” then do a general google search as to who are the “Chakma” and “Hajong”, brief details about the DoNER, etc.

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