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Whether you are preparing for UPSC, GPSC, KPSC, MPPSC, MPSC, UPPSC, IBPS, CAT or any other exam that involves interview and heavy competition, you have to read newspapers.
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Why is it important to read the newspaper? * Because in the government job exams, at all three stages (preliminary, Mains and interview) . They ask questions related to current affairs. * To write a decent essay, you need facts and viewpoints. For this you need “Fodder”, and newspapers are best sources for the fodder material.
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Can’t I just use Chronicle, Civil Service Times or Pratiyogita Darpan? * Such magazines only serve as “supplement” and not as “substitute” of the newspapers. * Why? Because the magazines have the page limit, they cannot give justice to every single topic, even if they wish to. (and because on every second page, they’ve to put big advertisement of coaching classes, to cover the cost.) * Same goes for the readymade blogs/ websites dealing with current-affairs, they’re only supplements but not the substitutes of a newspaper. * Secondly, such magazines or websites for competitive exams do not help you in the profile-based interview questions or role-playing questions.
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What are profile-based interview questions? * In the UPSC IAS, IPS or CAT/IIM, Bank or any other job interviews, they ask you questions based on your profile. * Your profile is made up of: Your Location + Academic Background + hobbies and Extra-curricular activities.
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Location-based questions * Socio, political, administrative and economic problems of your city, district and state. * And (Sometimes) the role-playing questions about how will you tackle them, if you’re an inspector, tehsildaar, Collector, DSP, Secretary, etc.
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Why is it important to read the newspaper? * Because in the government job exams, at all three stages (preliminary, Mains and interview) . They ask questions related to current affairs. * To write a decent essay, you need facts and viewpoints. For this you need “Fodder”, and newspapers are best sources for the fodder material.
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Can’t I just use Chronicle, Civil Service Times or Pratiyogita Darpan? * Such magazines only serve as “supplement” and not as “substitute” of the newspapers. * Why? Because the magazines have the page limit, they cannot give justice to every single topic, even if they wish to. (and because on every second page, they’ve to put big advertisement of coaching classes, to cover the cost.) * Same goes for the readymade blogs/ websites dealing with current-affairs, they’re only supplements but not the substitutes of a newspaper. * Secondly, such magazines or websites for competitive exams do not help you in the profile-based interview questions or role-playing questions.
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What are profile-based interview questions? * In the UPSC IAS, IPS or CAT/IIM, Bank or any other job interviews, they ask you questions based on your profile. * Your profile is made up of: Your Location + Academic Background + hobbies and Extra-curricular activities.
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Location-based questions * Socio, political, administrative and economic problems of your city, district and state. * And (Sometimes) the role-playing questions about how will you tackle them, if you’re an inspector, tehsildaar, Collector, DSP, Secretary, etc.