The download for Current Affairs for Recruitment Test (RTs) exams of UPSC, including ALC, Personal assistant, LEO, APFC, EPFO EO/AO, Admin Officer, Store Officer, Deputy Director, and Investigator Grade-I is available. The Current Events are tailored to the latest RTs trends and requirements of UPSC.

To optimize exam performance, focus on the following key points:

• Cover current events from the past 18 months only, up to the date of the exam. For periodic events, such as the Budget, Economic Survey, Nobel Prize, or Tournaments, refer to only the latest ones. For instance, for an April 2023 exam, study the 2023 budget, not the 2022 budget.
• The UPSC RT exam is factual, so don’t delve into details or implications.
• The return on investment (ROI) for studying current affairs is generally low. Therefore, devote an appropriate amount of time to them while prioritizing other topics that have a higher ROI. Studying 100 pages of current affairs may result in solving only 5 questions in exam, while studying 100 pages of polity could yield 14-15 questions.
• A few questions will always be unsolvable, no matter how much you’ve studied. Don’t get discouraged by them, as they won’t affect your selection.
• Based on experience, you can expect to answer approximately 60-70% of question in exam, from these concise current affairs booklets.
• Current affairs for UPSC RT exams are purely factual, so self-study is better than coaching classes. In fact, coaching classes are counterproductive, as a teacher may only cover 10 events in 60 minutes, while you can cover 35-40 events in the same time frame.

Finally, note that these files are specifically prepared for RT exams of UPSC and should not be used for Civil Services Preliminary exam (GS Paper 1).

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RT exams vs Civil Services

It is to be noted that the Current Affairs that are prepared specifically for recruitment tests (RTs) of UPSC exams are not useful for the UPSC Civil Service Preliminary Examination because both exams have different requirements. For UPSC Civil Services, current affairs questions are more analytical and require a deeper understanding of the events. Therefore, they require a more thorough study approach. On the other hand, UPSC RT exams test a candidate’s knowledge of the objectives and features of the event, rather than their ability to analyze them.

Furthermore, there are additional sections that need to be studied for UPSC RT exams, such as sports, awards, books and authors, important days, etc. These sections are entirely factual and require memorization.