Download UPSC IAS Mains 2021 "Essay" Exam Question Paper

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Download UPSC IAS Mains 2021 "Essay" Exam Question Paper


Marks : 250 (125x2)

Duration: 3 hours

Exam Date: 07-01-2022

Subject: Essay

SECTION - A

1. The process of self-discovery has now been technologically outsourced.

2. Your perception of me is a reflection of you; my reaction to you in an awareness of me.

3. Philosophy of wantlessness is Utopian, while materialism is a chimera.

4. The real is rational and the rational is real.

SECTION - B

5. Hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

6. What is research, but a blind date with knowledge!

7. History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce.

8. There are better practices to “best practices”.