Your Guide to Clearing DU LLB Entrance 2018 without Coaching-3 -How to read the newspaper
How to read the newspaper.
My favoured newspaper was The Hindu. It is advised that the candidates read the front page thoroughly. After this, it would make sense to read the paper in the following order -
1. Glance through the business page, focus on news related to Indian Economy and International organiztaions, such as World Trade Organization etc.
2. Then read the International Page
3. The glance through the national pages, focussing on news related to constitution and polity.
4. On the editorial page, read the two editorials on the left hand side. If the Lead editorial looks relevant, read it. If not, just read the title and any highlighted portion. On the comment page or op-ed page, read any article that naturally interests you. If not, just read the title and move on.
5. Then glance through the sports pages.
6. News given on the City Specific page - E.g Delhi/Hyderabad/Lucknow etc, can be safely ignored as far the exam is concerned.
What is most important is not what you read, but how you read it. Remember, this is not the Civil Services Exam where you have to memorize or make notes of points to include in your answer. The most important take away from the newspaper for the DU LLB exam should be facts. You do not need to reproduce any knowledge in the exam. All you need to do is recognize the correct answer or at least eliminate the wrong ones. So, you need to ask yourself the following questions, related to each news item - " Who/Where/When/What/How much"
Asking these questions to yourself will automatically help you extract the most important points from any article. If you feel you need to note them down, do so. It will help in revision later.
Note down the names of various organizations, their heads, their headquarters and what they are in the news for.
The key thing to remember is that you must internalize rather than mug up. To do so, it is necessary to read with a tension-free, calm, mind so that your absorb what is written between the lines.
For example, in DU LLB Entrance exam 2017 there was a question in the exam asking something along the lines of "Donald Trump is ________ President of United States." The answer options were - (a) 54th (b) 45th (c) 65th (d) 39th.
Now, anyone who regularly read the paper, would have seen various news items such as "Donald Trump takes oath as 45th President of the United States." Hardly anyone would have mugged up that he was the 45th President. But as long as one regularly read the paper, there would be instant recall of this factoid. This is what is meant by internalization- where you unconsciously commit something to memory.
A candidate may choose to read any paper, but the technique of reading remains the same. It is always helpful to be aware and have an opinion. The Indian Express Newspaper has a page called "Explained" , which breaks down various complex issues into easily understandable pieces. It may not be strictly necessary for this exam, but getting into the habit of in depth-news analysis would surely assist you in being a good lawyer.
I will cover more issues in further posts. Please comment if there is any specific issue you would like me to address.
All the best!
VIVEK PRASAD
CAMPUS LAW CENTRE
AIR 18 with a score of 327 out of 396 in DU LLB Entrance Exam 2017
My favoured newspaper was The Hindu. It is advised that the candidates read the front page thoroughly. After this, it would make sense to read the paper in the following order -
1. Glance through the business page, focus on news related to Indian Economy and International organiztaions, such as World Trade Organization etc.
2. Then read the International Page
3. The glance through the national pages, focussing on news related to constitution and polity.
4. On the editorial page, read the two editorials on the left hand side. If the Lead editorial looks relevant, read it. If not, just read the title and any highlighted portion. On the comment page or op-ed page, read any article that naturally interests you. If not, just read the title and move on.
5. Then glance through the sports pages.
6. News given on the City Specific page - E.g Delhi/Hyderabad/Lucknow etc, can be safely ignored as far the exam is concerned.
What is most important is not what you read, but how you read it. Remember, this is not the Civil Services Exam where you have to memorize or make notes of points to include in your answer. The most important take away from the newspaper for the DU LLB exam should be facts. You do not need to reproduce any knowledge in the exam. All you need to do is recognize the correct answer or at least eliminate the wrong ones. So, you need to ask yourself the following questions, related to each news item - " Who/Where/When/What/How much"
Asking these questions to yourself will automatically help you extract the most important points from any article. If you feel you need to note them down, do so. It will help in revision later.
Note down the names of various organizations, their heads, their headquarters and what they are in the news for.
The key thing to remember is that you must internalize rather than mug up. To do so, it is necessary to read with a tension-free, calm, mind so that your absorb what is written between the lines.
For example, in DU LLB Entrance exam 2017 there was a question in the exam asking something along the lines of "Donald Trump is ________ President of United States." The answer options were - (a) 54th (b) 45th (c) 65th (d) 39th.
Now, anyone who regularly read the paper, would have seen various news items such as "Donald Trump takes oath as 45th President of the United States." Hardly anyone would have mugged up that he was the 45th President. But as long as one regularly read the paper, there would be instant recall of this factoid. This is what is meant by internalization- where you unconsciously commit something to memory.
A candidate may choose to read any paper, but the technique of reading remains the same. It is always helpful to be aware and have an opinion. The Indian Express Newspaper has a page called "Explained" , which breaks down various complex issues into easily understandable pieces. It may not be strictly necessary for this exam, but getting into the habit of in depth-news analysis would surely assist you in being a good lawyer.
I will cover more issues in further posts. Please comment if there is any specific issue you would like me to address.
All the best!
VIVEK PRASAD
CAMPUS LAW CENTRE
AIR 18 with a score of 327 out of 396 in DU LLB Entrance Exam 2017
If someone has not started preparing yet so can we start by reading newspaper frm now onwards..one more thing.
ReplyDeleteCan we study from previous year universal guide??
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DeleteYes, you can start reading the newspaper from now onwards. For the January and February current affairs, you can refer to sources like the Insights on India website.
DeleteYou can use last year's Universal guide. That won't be an issue.