UPSC Civil Services Mains 2021 Exam Question Paper

Write Two Essays, choosing One from each of the Sections A and B, in about 1000-1200 words each.

Section-A (125 marks) - Choose any one Essay

• Question No.1: The process of self-discovery has now been technologically outsourced.

• Question No.2: Your perception of me is a reflection of you; my reaction to you in an awareness of me.

• Question No.3: Philosophy of wantlessness is Utopian, while materialism is a chimera.

• Question No.4: The real is rational and the rational is real.

Section - B (125 marks) - Choose any one Essay.

• Question No.1: Hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

• Question No.2: What is research, but a blind date with knowledge.

• Question No.3: History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce.

• Question No.4: There are better practices to “best practices”.

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