How To Prepare Newspaper Editorial For Upsc Cse

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Editorials given in important newspapers like The Hindu and Indian Express are beneficial for UPSC CSE preparation. They help in forming views on a particular issue or topic. It's also important for improving English and writing practice.

They help in prelims preparation as it enhances our skill of solving reading comprehension asked in CSAT 2. Editorials are generally lengthy. Students are supposed to extract its crux and make notes. This skill is useful for solving reading comprehension where many times they ask the logical inference of the given passage. They also help in Personality Test as editorials give an overall idea of an issue and its various dimensions, possible implications, examples from India and abroad. These dimensions help in making a good understanding of issues, knowing various positive and negative impacts of the issue for various groups, and thus forming a just view.

For mains, it is very useful. As discussed earlier, it helps in forming views. Again direct questions can be answered from important editorials.

Some tips:

Link with syllabus:

It is the foremost important ...
... thing to link a given editorial with the syllabus. Without doing this, you are not serving the purpose of reading. You should be able to recognize its importance.
Note down important points:
Built a habit of putting down important data and information. This will help you substantiate your main answer.

Articulation:

While reading it, read it properly in a flow. Editorials are generally written by experts and experienced persons. Thus, studying them thoroughly will help you in improving your articulation which is important for writing good answers with a logical flow of data and information.

Arguments:

Critical analysis types of questions asked in UPSC CSE Mains examination demands arguments in favor and against the issue. This demand is very nicely fulfilled by the editorials. Editorials are generally the view placed by eminent persons.

Conclusion :

Every answer requires a conclusion. Editorials are generally concluded on a good and positive note. These conclusions can be studied and followed for answer writing.

Biased:

Many times, views placed are biased (right/left). You should refrain from forming biased views.

Sources:

There are many sources for making your editorial preparation easy. Online UPSC Coaching institutes like Only IAS, Jatin Verma IAS Academy make editorial discussion videos on a daily basis. They also provide ppt or share their slides so that you can revise them later.
Using online sources for editorial discussion can be a good option.

I am Anup Jaiswal education consultant having 10 Years of experience in the Education Domain. I am providing information about UPSC exams, IAS jobs, and other career-related domains.