UPSC Mains 2022 Essay questions

8 questions from the Civil Services (Main) Examination 2022. Official UPSC paper (PDF) · All Essay PYQs

A1
Forests are the best case studies for economic excellence
1000-1200 words · 125 marks
A2
Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world
1000-1200 words · 125 marks
A3
History is a series of victories won by the scientific man over the romantic man
1000-1200 words · 125 marks
A4
A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ship is for
1000-1200 words · 125 marks
B1
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining
1000-1200 words · 125 marks
B2
You cannot step twice in the same river
1000-1200 words · 125 marks
B3
A smile is the chosen vehicle for all ambiguities
1000-1200 words · 125 marks
B4
Just because you have a choice, it does not mean that any of them has to be right
1000-1200 words · 125 marks

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