How to prepare for Current Affairs for CLAT 2017 without reading newspapers?
If you are aiming to crack CLAT this year, you need to prepare well in not only Legal Aptitude and Critical Reasoning sections as well as pay attention to English and Math, but also have the current affairs on the tips of their fingers.
The static General Knowledge questions in CLAT papers can be handled with more ease if you prepare them well but with current affairs one needs to put extra efforts and go a little out of the way to make them your strengths.
Not everyone is comfortable in reading newspapers these days as they don’t have enough time to go through one. Also, more often than not, the news in papers is very tedious and lengthy; this makes it difficult to use them as a tool for preparations. Therefore, it is okay to not rely on newspapers at all times.
There are other ways and methods through which you can build up your knowledge of current affairs.
MAGAZINES: One can make use of magazines such as PratiyogitaDarpan, LexisNexis, Competition Success Review, etc. which provides a very concise and precise knowledge of everything that you must know in accordance with the exams you are preparing for.
NEWS CHANNELS: It is a given fact that people are able to memorise facts and news more easily if they listen to it rather than reading it. This is because while a discussion is taking place, you are taking into consideration the opinions of the speaker and of your own subconscious mind. Using the concept of audio-visual news is helpful for people who are not into the habit of reading.
NEWS APPS: It is not necessary for one to actually read a newspaper because of time constraints and that is when our smartphones step in. The various apps for short and concise news are life-savers for everybody who wants to remain updated at all times and not spend too much time reading newspapers.
FORUMS: You can join various forums online that discuss several news and topics that can build up your knowledge of current affairs. These forums not only help you know the topics that are under the spotlight and are worth discussing but also give you several perspectives to one issue which puts you at a place where you can look into the issue from various angles.
MOCK PAPERS: The one stop answer to preparing for any exam is to give as many mock papers as possible. This will give an outline on which you need to prepare current affairs. You can also give quizzes both online and offline which will help you know where you stand and what are the weaknesses that you need to work on.