UPSC Mains 2023 Essay questions

8 questions from the Civil Services (Main) Examination 2023. Official UPSC paper (PDF) · Model answers · All Essay PYQs

A1
Thinking is like a game, it does not begin unless there is an opposite team.
1000-1200 words · 125 marks
A2
Visionary decision-making happens at the intersection of intuition and logic.
1000-1200 words · 125 marks
A3
Not all who wander are lost.
1000-1200 words · 125 marks
A4
Inspiration for creativity springs from the effort to look for the magical in the mundane.
1000-1200 words · 125 marks
B1
Girls are weighed down by restrictions, boys with demands - two equally harmful disciplines.
1000-1200 words · 125 marks
B2
Mathematics is the music of reason.
1000-1200 words · 125 marks
B3
A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.
1000-1200 words · 125 marks
B4
Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.
1000-1200 words · 125 marks

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