Subtopic
Modern currents of thought
Official syllabus
The Interview/Personality Test is not intended to be a test either of the specialized or general knowledge of the candidates which has been already tested through their written papers. Candidates are expected to have taken an intelligent interest not only in their special subjects of academic study but also in the events which are happening around them both within and outside their own State or Country as well as in modern currents of thought and in new discoveries which should rouse the curiosity of well-educated youth.
UPSC CSE 2026 notification
What this covers
A current of thought is a developing way of interpreting a problem, not a licence to attach fashionable labels to every answer. Compare an idea with a serious alternative and its practical consequences.
Key ideas
- idea
- competing view
- context
- consequence