Tips on how should I read newspaper with respect to cracking my entrance exams

Question

How should i read newspaper for CAT.how read it what things i focus on newspaper mainly

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Answer 1

Hi Saksham,

If you are an aspirant and you want to read newspaper for any competitive exam I'll list some important tips for you. While reading newspaper you have to keep few things in your head to make most of it . I've listed few tips for you below :-

1. Stick to only one newspaper, you can choose any of the national newspaper like The Hindu, Times of India, The Indian Express etc.

2. Do read every news from the front page, except entertainment related news.

3. Page no. 2-5 are State news, you can read according to your syllabus.

4. Page no. 6 is for National news, news related to law, policies, acts, social issues are a must read.

5. Editorial section requires much attention, read all the relevant descriptive editorials according to your syllabus.

6. International news is also very important.

7. Science and technology section is relevant for most of the exams so do not miss on it.

8. Make notes for the important news topics which you find relevant, this is will help you to improve your current affairs part.

9. Have separate notebooks for different subjects.

10. And lastly do not just read headlines but read the whole article and donot consume more than 1hour in this task.

All the best.

Answer 2

Hello,

It depends you're asking this question in which context, if it's related to dynamic portion of general awareness, then go through the syllabus as in terms of what are the topics included in it, generally speaking it includes events of national and international importance, you should put emphasis on reading editorials apart from major news, since this portion doesn't just help you in gaining deeper insights, but also help in comprehension skills and building vocabulary, you can choose The Hindu regarding this, it's the best option, and other than this many aspirants also go through The Indian Express, if the exam specifically demands about business/economics then you can go through The Mint, The Economic Times, Business Insider to name a few.