GENERAL ESSAY PAPER – UPSC Civil Services Mains – 2021 Model Paper 3 (dt. 29 .10.2021)

 

ESSAY PAPER – UPSC Civil Services Mains – 2021

Model Paper 3 (dt.  29  .10.2021)

Prepared by : Praturi Potayya Sarma

INSTRUCTIONS :                                                    

Total Marks: 250 marks, Time duration: 3 hours.

·         The essay must be written in the medium authorized in the admission certificate which must be stated clearly on the cover of this question-cum-answer (QCA) booklet in the space provided.

·         No marks will be given for answers written in the medium other than authorized one.

·         Word limit, as specified, should be adhered to.

·         Any page or portion of the page left blank, must be struck off clearly.

 

Write two essays, choosing one topic from each of the following Sections A and B, in about 1000 – 1200 words each :                                                                                                               125 x 2 = 250

SECTION A

1)To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them (Baron de Montesuieu)

2)Courage is the first of human quality because it is the quality which guarantees the others (Aristotle)

3)Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes (Oscar Wilde)

4)Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. (Saint Augustine)

Note: Writer’s name is  not mentioned  in the examination paper

 

SECTION B

1)”It is impossible for one to be internationalist without being a nationalist.”

2)” Food inflation in India is a challenge  ”

3)”Seventy- five years ago on July 16,1945, the nuclear age began with the world’s first nuclear weapon test explosion in the New Mexico desert,USA.” The risk of nuclear war is still with us.

4) “To enjoy the fruits of demographic dividend, India needs to implement National Population Policy 2000” (China relaxed one child norm).