Important topics for UPSC IAS Prelims 2020: The Union Public Service Commission will conduct the UPSC IAS Prelims 2020 exam on 4 October 2020. Candidates who have applied for the UPSC Civil Services Recruitment 2020 will be required to sit for the IAS Prelims exam. It is the right time for the candidates to work on the most important Current Affairs topic to ace the IAS Prelims Exam 2020. Here we have prepared a crisp and useful list of current affairs topics. If you cover the listed topics, it is certain that you will get hold of the latest happenings and developments.
Current Affairs forms the major part of the IAS Prelims General Studies (I) paper. As per the UPSC IAS Previous Years Paper 2019, the difficulty level of the Current Affairs questions asked in the exam was ‘Moderate to Difficult’ level. It is highly expected that the same trend will be seen in UPSC IAS Prelims 2020 exam.
Generally, most of the questions asked in the UPSC IAS exam are related to the current issues and events that have occurred in the recent past. Considering this, we have listed some important Current Affairs topics that will be useful during the preparation of the UPSC IAS Prelims as well as Mains Exam. Have a look:
Current Affairs Topics for IAS Prelims & Mains 2020
| Coronavirus (COVID-19) |
| Citizen Amendment Act |
| National Register of Citizens (NRC) |
| Article 370 |
| Environmental conventions |
| New acts passed by Parliament |
| Triple Talaq Bill |
| Issues concerning Elections in India |
| India & Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) |
| Interstate water disputes |
| Artificial Intelligence |
| Impact of Social Media |
| Increasing Heat Waves |
| Swachh Bharat Mission |
| Ease of Doing Business |
| International Criminal Court |
| US & China Trade war |
| Data Protection - Technology and Privacy |
| #MeToo Movement in India |
| India's air pollution |
| Supreme Court Judgements |
| Reconstitution of Cabinet Sub-committees |
| Decriminalisation of Politics |
| Iran nuclear deal |
| Ayushman Bharat – PMJAY Scheme |
| Draft Model Contract Farming Act 2018 |
| Environment Performance Index |
| Women Safety |
| Cyber Security |
| Election funding |
| Cryptocurrency |
| Rural Women Empowerment |
| Jobless growth in India |
| Extreme Weather and Health Hazards |
| Police Reforms in India |
| India’s growing underwater capability |
| Malimath Committee report |
| Current & future prospect of Indian economy |
| Digital Economy |
| Kashmir unrest & dispute |
| US withdrawals from various International alliances |
| Parliamentary disruptions |
| Uniform civil code |
| Privatisation of certain Healthcare Services |
| Marital rape |
| The merger of PSU banks |
| Privatisation of Air India |
| Capital Punishment/death sentence |
| Politics and Economics of farm loan waiver |
| National Medical Commission Bill |
| Barring MPs from practising law |
| Controversy over changing the Constitution |
| Section 377: Constitutionality Vs Morality |
| Data Localisation |
| Crisis in the sugar sector |
| National Policy on Biofuels |
| Live streaming of SC proceedings |
| Doubling the Farmer’s income |
| Mob lynching |
| RTI amendments |
| Minimum Support Price |
| Non Performing Assets |
| Lokpal |
| Power & Role of RBI |
