UPSC Mains 2021 Essay questions

8 questions from the Civil Services (Main) Examination 2021. Official UPSC paper (PDF) · All Essay PYQs

A1
The process of self-discovery has now been technologically outsourced.
1000-1200 words · 125 marks
A2
Your perception of me is a reflection of you; my reaction to you is an awareness of me.
1000-1200 words · 125 marks
A3
Philosophy of wantlessness is Utopian, while materialism is a chimera.
1000-1200 words · 125 marks
A4
The real is rational and the rational is real.
1000-1200 words · 125 marks
B1
Hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
1000-1200 words · 125 marks
B2
What is research, but a blind date with knowledge!
1000-1200 words · 125 marks
B3
History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce.
1000-1200 words · 125 marks
B4
There are better practices to "best practices".
1000-1200 words · 125 marks

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