UPSC CSE CURRENT AFFAIRS FILTER

BY @NotIAS9 TELEGRAM

DISCLAIMER
•Use this document as a filter for current affairs content.
•I have compiled these important themes from UPSC CSE PYQ 2015-2022.
•This may help you in understanding what TO READ, UNDERSTAND and NOTE DOWN.
•These words are KEYWORDS from PYQs keep an eye on them. While reading notes and solving tests/Actual paper.
•“Remember to Simplify Simply.”

ENVIRONMENT

NATIONAL,INTERNATIONAL
NATIONAL PARKS/ ANIMAL
BODY/ORGANISATION/FUND/C
RESERVE/ BIOSPHERE ANIMAL/PLANT/LIVING
THEMES ONFERENCE/PROTOCOL/ TECHINQUES POLLUTION EXTRA
RESERVE/ WILDLIFE ORGANISM
COMMITTEE/MISSION/
SANCTUARY
ALLIANCE
1.Purpose, Aim, What it does, at 1.Location/Zone. 1.Where are they Found? 1.Basic how it works. 1.Rules
which level. 2.Climate Naturally/Endemic etc 2.Advantages 2.Sources (Uses, Alternatives)
2.Origin, founded by, result of, 3.Animal 2.Protected Under which act, 3.Application 3.Terms
works under, Power from. 4.Vegetation mission, effort? 4.Solution, Processes, Techniques,
3.HQ 5.Largest/Smallest types 3.Basic feature/ Quality (looks and Practice.
4.Members, India? designations ability). 5.Impact
5.Agreements, Regulation, Goals, 4.State and National (bird,
What to READ, UNDERSTAND Mission. butterfly, animal, plant, flower etc).
and NOTE DOWN. 6.Issue it addresses, Unique 5.Conservation measures.
concepts. 6.Uses and Importance.
7.Legal Implications, Mandatory
or not and its effect.
8.Committees and related
authorities
9.Efforts, Initiatives and
Programs

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

PROGRAMME/ PROJECT/
MINERAL/MATERIAL/
THEMES TERMS/ CONCEPTS TECHNOLOGY DISEASE DEFENCE INITIATIVE/ EXPERIMENT/
ELEMENT
RESEARCH
1.What is it? 1.What is it? 1.Uses, Applications. 1.Source, Transmission 1.What is it? 1.Who?
2.Where is it found? 2.Basic understanding. 2.Limitations 2.Region affected 2.What it does? 2.What?
What to READ, UNDERSTAND 3.Uses. 3.Basic concept, how it works? 3.Solution/ treatment 3.Who made it? 3.How does it help?
and NOTE DOWN. 4.Who can extract? Regulations. 4.Future scope, Changes from
5.Products. past.
6.Rarity

ECONOMY AND SCHEMES

NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL
SCHEME/PROGRAM/INITIATIVE
THEMES ORGANISATION/BOARDS/FUND CONCEPTS SURVEY/DATA EXTRA EXTRA
/ACTS
S/GROUPING
1.Origin 1.Trade. 1.Land 1.Launched by
2.Head, Authority. 2.Regulation. 2.Energy oil, coal etc. 2.Purpose
3.What it does? 3.Banking. 3.Agriculture commodity (food to 3.Beneficiary
What to READ, UNDERSTAND 4.Report, Committee, Index 4.Data management. fertilizer) 4.Labour, employees, women and
and NOTE DOWN. 5.Tools, Schemes, Programs, 4.Infrastructure Materials weaker section
Strategy, Facility etc. (cement, steel etc.)
6.Regulation, Consequences etc.

IR, PLACES IN NEWS

INTERNATIONAL
NATIONAL ORGANISATION/FORUM/
THEMES GLOBAL ISSUE MAJOR AWARDS PLACES IN NEWS EXTRA
BODIES/AGENCY/COUNCIL AGENCY/TREATY/
AGREEMENT/DECLARATION
1.Statutory/constitutional/non 1.Origin 1.Country, Region. 1. Why? And Who? 1.What is it? (lake, Glacier, region,
constitutional/extra 2.Purpose, aim 2.Basic understanding. reservoir, etc)
constitutional/Company 3.Members, India Member? 2.Country/State/Region.
2.Ministry 4.Tools, Terms, Mechanisms, 3.Hills, Peaks, Mountains
What to READ, UNDERSTAND 3.HQ Facility 4.River, Lakes, Glaciers, Reservoir
and NOTE DOWN. 4.Purpose, Aim, Mission. 5.Report, Declaration, Index with etc
5.Executing Authority , Chairman, Indicators 5.Community, Tribe etc
members etc 6.Efforts, Initiative 6.Borders
7.Legality, mandatory or not.