How to read The Hindu newspaper for UPSC exam

3 steps strategy and technique to prepare crisp notes for revision. You don't have to spend hours, simply follow these tips and save time and energy.

I cannot stress enough to tell you what is the importance of reading newspaper articles when it comes to preparing the General Knowledge part of any competitive exams. The 2016 UPSC Civil Services Prelims Exam was far more "factual" and "current" than it what was generally expected. If you are not a newspaper reader then you would have had a tough time answering the questions. However, this article is for those who want to read the newspaper articles efficiently, meaning "more in less time".

I will guide you through a step by step process as to how you should skim through important information from an article in less than a minute.

Step 1:-

Lets choose a headline for example purpose.

Article from "The HIndu" website

Step 2:-

Now let's highlight the important points / keywords in the first part of this article.

Article from "The HIndu" website

Step 2:- Continued...

We will do the same in the second part of the article as well.

Article from "The HIndu" website

Conclusion

If you read an article this way, you can quickly skim through the content and take away your important points, write it down somewhere and you can research further on those keywords and points. This strategy will reduce so much of stress and time when you have to read 15-20 articles in a day. This will also help you in forming the crux of the matter i.e. note making in less than half a page.

Hope this article helped, let me know your thoughts. I will cover more of such tips and tricks!