Subtopic
National and international events
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 event becomes discussable when the candidate can distinguish what happened, when, who was involved and what remains disputed. Interest in current affairs need not become a rehearsed slogan.
Key ideas
- event
- chronology
- actors
- evidence
- implications