About AspireIQ and how our briefs are made
AspireIQ is a free daily UPSC current affairs resource. Every morning it publishes the day's most exam-relevant stories as study briefs: syllabus mapping, background, previous-year questions, a Mains-style answer, practice MCQs and flashcards. This page explains plainly how that is done, so you can judge how far to trust it.
Where the news comes from
Stories are drawn from three public sources: The Hindu, The Indian Express and the Press Information Bureau (PIB). Each brief links back to the original report. We summarise and add exam context; we do not reproduce the articles.
How stories are chosen
Candidates are first scored in code against the UPSC syllabus (no AI involved), and obvious noise such as sports, entertainment and crime is dropped. An AI model then picks eight distinct stories that map to a syllabus area and could plausibly become a Prelims fact or a Mains debate. A story already published in the last few days is filtered out, including when another outlet reports the same event under a different headline. A longer list of further stories is shown as "Also in the news" with the publisher's own headline and a one-line exam angle.
How a brief is written
Briefs are AI-assisted: an AI model drafts them from the report and the UPSC syllabus, following a fixed structure and a strict accuracy brief (no invented figures, names or events). Automated checks then run on the output; they are described below. Briefs are not individually proof-read by a person before they are published.
Previous-year questions
PYQ links come from our own database of UPSC questions: Prelims papers for 2016–2026 and Mains questions, transcribed from the official papers. A brief may only cite a question that exists in that database, matched by keyword and by meaning. A citation that cannot be found is removed rather than shown. Older papers were checked for transcription errors to different degrees; a small number of errors may remain.
What is checked automatically
- Headlines must stay faithful to the publisher's own title.
- MCQs must be answerable from their own text, the answer key is validated, and answer positions are balanced.
- Figures in the short exam-angle notes under "Also in the news" must appear in the source item, and key-fact breakdowns whose parts do not add up to the stated total are dropped.
- Flashcards carry explicit dates so they do not go stale.
What to verify yourself
AI-assisted content can still contain mistakes. For anything you will rely on in an exam — exact figures, article numbers, dates, scheme details — confirm it against the original report (linked on each brief), the Constitution or the official source. AspireIQ is a study aid, not a substitute for primary sources.
Independence
AspireIQ is an independent project and is not affiliated with the UPSC or any coaching institute. It carries no advertising and does not sell user data (see the privacy policy).
Corrections and contact
Found an error or want a topic covered? Message us on Telegram or Instagram. Corrections are made to the brief itself.