Best online sources of Hindi Current Affairs for Civil Services Exam

Posted by Ruchi Khanna on September 9th, 2018

Civil Services Examination is a tough nut to crack, especially for the students who opt to write the examination in the mother language, Hindi. Not because UPSC is biased or the syllabus is difficult for Hindi Medium students, as most of the aspirants perceive, but because there is comparatively less material available in the market for Hindi Medium students. Although the issue of less material has also become a passé story now, a lot of magazines, books have been published and available in the market which is specifically designed for Hindi Medium students and cover all Important topics very efficiently. What is important here is to find the most authentic ones! And as all the aspirants must be well aware of the importance of Current affairs when it comes to the preparation for Civil Services exam, be it the prelims stage, Main Stage or the Interview; we have compiled a list of most authentic sources to prepare for current affairs especially for the candidates preparing for Civil Services Exam in Hindi Medium.

Before moving ahead to learn more about the Hindi sources of current affairs, you must understand that the syllabus for both Preliminary and Main stage of Examination is divided into 2 parts (Static and Dynamic), so, the current affairs would help cover the dynamic syllabus well, but to cover the static part of the syllabus, one must gain a sound knowledge of the subjects though NCERTs and some standard books for each subject.

And, with the ever-changing questions’ pattern and style of Civil Services Examination, it is absolutely impossible to ascertain which part of the syllabus will carry more weight, and hence deep knowledge and mastery in every aspect of the curriculum must be ensured. To complement the current affairs preparation, practice answer writing, solve Previous Years papers, take guidance from peer or CSE mentors and assess your preparation with Mock Tests.

 Coming back to the important Current Affairs updates, there are some important points that you must keep in mind while preparing for the dynamic part of the syllabus

)  Study current affairs for last 1 year, at the least.

b)  Read at least one English and one Hindi/Regional newspaper.

c)  Allocate sufficient time to read current affairs, each day.

d) You must master the art of understanding what is relevant to read and what not as per the syllabus

e) Don’t just keep accumulating the current affairs data, because in the process of doing so, you will not get time to study the important points and will get regret later. Hence, study only from the most authentic sources and read them rigorously.

f) There is no particular trend of questions asked in the Civil Services Exam, and current affairs can be asked in any numbers. So, you must not miss any important topic.

g) Make personal notes for every important topic that you study in the current affairs. You could underline important names, dates, new technology, etc., to revise at the later stage.

Important - for Civil Services Examination, ‘The Hindu’ is said to be the best sources of information, for, no less than 50-75% questions based on current affairs are asked from the Newspaper only.  And thus, every student, even Hindi Medium students must read ‘The Hindu’, and translate the relevant stories with the help of translation mediums. In fact, if you search for the news with its title, you will easily find an analysis of the same in Hindi, over several online information portals.

Apart from ‘The Hindu’, the other crucial Hindi Sources of currents affairs for Civil Services Examination preparation are as follows –

1. Newspapers –

a)     Dainik Jagran (National Edition)

b)      Dainik Bhaskar (Optional)

2. Magazines – Either read Online by downloading the PDF from Online Sources or purchase a hard copy of the magazine from local vendors or subscribe from their official website, as it suits your need.

a)      Yojana (Hindi)

b)      Kurukshetra

c)       Pratiyogita Darpan

3. These important sources especially ‘The Hindu’, ‘Jagran Josh’, ‘GK Today’, ‘Yojana’ & ‘PIB Updates’, are extremely important for Civil Services Exam preparation and must not be neglected in any case. But then, just reading from the current affairs and making notes from the same will not suffice the purpose.  As we have already mentioned above, you must make sure you study the static part of the syllabus from NCERTs and the standard books. Along with that, you must take ias coaching and ensure rigorous writing practice and solve Mock Tests to master the entire curriculum for India’s most competitive Civil Services Examination.