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1. Instructions
2. Section-A: 125 Marks
3. Section-B: 125 Marks
4. Previous Papers vs. 2015
5. Essay-list: Topic wise last 23 years (1993-2015)
1. Economy, Development
2. Education
3. Indian Democracy, society, culture, mindset
4. International issues
5. Quote based, Philosophy, Ethics
6. Polity, administration
7. Science-Technology
8. Women empowerment
6. Essaylist: Yearwise Last 23 years (1993-2015)
Instructions
On 18th December 2015, UPSC conducted the Essay paper for the civil services mains
examination.
The essay must be written in the medium authorized in the admission certi cate 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 medium other than authorized one.
Word limit, as speci ed, should be adhered to.
Any page or portion of the page left blank, must be struck o clearly.
Section-A: 125 Marks

Write any one of the following essay in 1000-1200 words.
1. Lending hands to someone is better than giving a dole.
2. Quick but steady wins the race.
3. Character of an institution is re ected in its leader.

4. Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make a man more clever devil.
Section-B: 125 Marks

Write any one of the following essay in 1000-1200 words.
1. Technology cannot replace manpower.
2. Crisis faced in India moral or economic.
3. Dreams which should not let India sleep.
4. Can capitalism bring inclusive growth?
Previous Papers vs. 2015
Earlier Papers
2015
2014- new trend started: Total 8 essay

topics divided equally in two sections
and youve to write one essay from
each section
System continued
2014: section A two essays on

education
Three essays on ethics/philosophy, and one on

education.
2014: section B two essays on
Trend continued. Although some of the topics can be
economy (1) Policy paralysis (2)

tourism- next big thing for India
2014: 6 out of 8 topics ended with

question-mark, requiring the
student to take a stand.
classi ed in two or more ways e.g. Indian crisis- moral

or economy = both an essay on ethics as well as on
economy.
Two topics required the student to take a stand
1. Crisis faced in India: Moral *OR* Economic?
2. Can capitalism bring inclusive growth (*YES or NO*)?
2014: Leadership / power related

Essay: With greater power comes
greater responsibility.
Trend continues: Character of an institution is re ected

in its leader.
2001: The march of science and the

erosion of human values.
Technology cannot replace manpower.
2002: Modern technological

education and human values.
Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather

to make a man more clever devil
Dreams which should not let India sleep. -2015
Perhaps based on the quote by late President Dr.
1993: My vision of India in 2001
APJ Kalam who died on 2015, July: Dream is not

that which you see while sleeping it is something
that does not let you sleep.
Since last two years no essay on

women (2013,2014)
Trend continues for the third year in succession (2015),

no essay on women.
Essay-list: Topic wise last 23 years (1993-2015)

Economy, Development
1. Crisis faced in India moral or economic. -2015
2. Can capitalism bring inclusive growth? -2015
3. Was it the policy paralysis or the paralysis of implementation which slowed the growth of our
country? -2014
4. Tourism: Can this be the next big thing for India? -2014
5. GDP (Gross Domestic Product) along with GDH (Gross Domestic Happiness) would be the right
indices for judging the wellbeing of a country-2013
6. Is the criticism that the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) model for development is more of a
bane than a boon in the Indian context, justi ed ?-2012
7. Protection of ecology and environment is essential for sustained economic development. -2006
8. BPO boom in India. -2007
9. Globalization would nish small-scale industries in India. -2006
10. Economic growth without distributive justice is bound to breed violence. -1993
11. Ecological considerations need not hamper development. -1993
12. Multinational corporations saviours or saboteurs -1994
13. Special economic zone: boon or bane -2008
14. Resource management in the Indian context. -1999
15. Should a moratorium be imposed on all fresh mining in tribal areas of the country? -2010
16. Are our traditional handicrafts doomed to a slow death? -2009
17. The focus of health care is increasingly getting skewed towards the haves of our society. -2009
18. Urbanization is a blessing in disguise. -1997
Education
1. Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make a man more clever devil-2015
2. Is the growing level of competition good for the youth? -2014
3. Are the standardized tests good measure of academic ability or progress? -2014
4. Modern technological education and human values. -2002
5. Credit based higher education system status , opportunities and challenges -2011
6. Education for all campaign in India: myth or reality. -2006
7. Privatization of higher education in India. -2002
8. Irrelevance of the classroom. -2001
9. Value-based science and education. -1999
10. Is an egalitarian society possible by educating the masses ? -2008
11. Independent thinking should be encouraged right form the childhood. -2007
12. Restructuring of Indian education system. -1995
13. Literacy is growing very fast, but there is no corresponding growth in education. -1996
14. What is real education? -2005
Indian Democracy, society, culture, mindset
1. Dreams which should not let India sleep. -2015
2. Is sting operation an invasion on privacy? -2014
3. Fifty Golds in Olympics: Can this be a reality for India? -2014
4. Is the Colonial mentality hindering Indias Success? -2013
5. In the context of Gandhijis views on the matter, explore, on an evolutionary scale, the terms
Swadhinata, Swaraj and Dharmarajya. Critically comment on their contemporary relevance to
Indian democracy -2012
6. Does Indian cinema shape our popular culture or merely re ect it? -2011
7. Indian culture today: a myth or a reality? -2000
8. Modernism and our traditional socio-ethical values. -2000
9. Youth culture today. -1999
10. Mass media and cultural invasion. -1999

11. The composite culture of India. -1998
12. The Indian society at the crossroads. -1994
13. Geography may remain the same ; history need not. -2010
14. From traditional Indian philanthropy to the gates-bu et model-a natural progression or a
paradigm shift? -2010
15. Modernisation and westernisation are not identical concepts. -1994
16. New cults and godmen: a threat to traditional religion -1996
17. How has satellite television brought about cultural change in Indian mindsets? -2007
18. globalization vs. nationalism -2009
19. National identity and patriotism -2008
20. Responsibility of media in a democracy. -2002
21. Why should we be proud of being Indians? -2000
22. True religion cannot be misused. -1997
23. Globalizations and its impact on Indian culture. -2004
International issues
1. Indias role in promoting ASEAN co-operation. -2004
2. The masks of new imperialism. -2003
3. As civilization advances culture declines. -2003
4. The implications of globalization for India. -2000
5. My vision of an ideal world order. -2001
6. Indias contribution to world wisdom. -1998
7. The world of the twenty- rst century. -1998
8. Preparedness of our society for Indias global leadership role. -2010
9. The global order: political and economic -1993
10. Importance of Indo-US nuclear agreement -2006
11. Good fences make good neighbours -2009
12. Terrorism and world peace -2005
13. Restructuring of UNO re ect present realities -1996
Quote based, Philosophy, Ethics
1. Lending hands to someone is better than giving a dole. -2015
2. Quick but steady wins the race. -2015
3. Character of an institution is re ected in its leader. -2015
4. With greater power comes greater responsibility. -2014
5. Words are sharper than the two-edged sword. -2014
6. Be the change you want to see in others (Gandhi)-2013
7. Discipline means success, anarchy means ruin -2008

8. Attitude makes, habit makes character and character makes a man. -2007
9. There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. -2003
10. Search for truth can only be a spiritual problem. -2002
11. Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the lifeblood of civilisation. -1995
12. Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds. -1995
13. Youth is a blunder, manhood a struggle, old age a regret -1994
14. Useless life is an early death. -1994
15. He would reigns within himself and folds his passions and desires and fears is more than a king.
-1993
16. Compassion is the basic of all morality would -1993
17. If youth knew, if age could. -2002
18. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. -2002
19. The pursuit of excellence. -2001
20. Truth is lived, not taught -1996
Polity, administration
1. Creation of smaller states and the consequent administrative , economic and developmental
implication -2011
2. Evaluation of panchayati raj system in India from the point of view of eradication of power to
people. -2007
3. Justice must reach the poor -2005
4. Water resources should be under the control of the central government. -2004
5. The misinterpretation and misuse of freedom in India. -1998
6. The language problem in India: its past, present and prospects. -1998
7. Reservation, politics and empowerment. -1999
8. When money speaks, the truth is silent. -1995
9. How should a civil servant conduct himself? -2003
10. Politics without ethics is a disaster. -1995
11. Judicial activism. -1997
12. The vip cult is a bane of Indian democracy -1996
13. Need for transparency in public administration -1996
14. Whither Indian democracy? -1995
15. Politics, bureaucracy and business fatal triangle. -1994
16. How far has democracy in India delivered the goods? -2003
17. What we have not learnt during fty years of independence. -1997
18. My vision of India in 2001 a.d. -1993
19. In the Indian context , both human intelligence and technical intelligence are crucial in
combating terrorism -2011

20. Is autonomy the best answer to combat balkanization? -2007
21. The countrys need for a better disaster management system. -2000
22. Are we a soft state ? -2009
23. Role of media in good governance -2008
24. Judicial activism and Indian democracy. -2004
25. What have we gained from our democratic set-up? -2001
26. Urbanisation and its hazards -2008
27. Food security for sustainable national development -2005
Science-Technology
1. Technology cannot replace manpower. -2015
2. Science and technology is the panacea for the growth and security of the nation-2013
3. Science and Mysticism : Are they compatible ?-2012
4. Computer: the harbinger of silent revolution. -1993
5. The march of science and the erosion of human values. -2001
6. The modern doctor and his patients. -1997
7. Increasing computerization would lead to the creation of a dehumanized society. -2006
8. The cyberworld: its charms and challenges. -2000
9. The lure of space. -2004
10. Spirituality and scienti c temper. -2003
Women empowerment
1. Managing work and home is the Indian working woman getting a fair deal ?-2012
2. Men have failed: let women take over. -1993
3. Womens reservation bill would usher in empowerment for women in India. -2006
4. The hand that rocks the cradle -2005
5. If women ruled the world -2005
6. Whither womens emancipation? -2004
7. Empowerment alone cannot help our women. -2001
8. Women empowerment: challenges and prospects. -1999
9. Woman is gods best creation. -1998
10. Greater political power alone will not improve womens plight. -1997
11. The new emerging women power: the ground realities. -1995
Essaylist: Yearwise Last 23 years (1993-2015)
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write one essay from each section

Section-A
1. Lending hands to someone is better than giving a dole.
2. Quick but steady wins the race.
3. Character of an institution is re ected in its leader.
4. Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make a man more
2015
clever devil.
Section-B
1. Technology cannot replace manpower.
2. Crisis faced in India moral or economic.
3. Dreams which should not let India sleep.
4. Can capitalism bring inclusive growth?
write one essay from each section
Section-A
1. With greater power comes greater responsibility. -2014
2. Is the growing level of competition good for the youth? -2014
3. Are the standardized tests good measure of academic ability or progress?
-2014
2014
4. Words are sharper than the two-edged sword. -2014

Section-B
1. Was it the policy paralysis or the paralysis of implementation which slowed the
growth of our country?
2. Is sting operation an invasion on privacy?
3. Fifty Golds in Olympics: Can this be a reality for India?
4. Tourism: Can this be the next big thing for India?
1. Be the change you want to see in others (Gandhi)
2. Is the Colonial mentality hindering Indias Success
3. GDP (Gross Domestic Product) along with GDH (Gross Domestic Happiness)
2013
would be the right indices for judging the wellbeing of a country

4. Science and technology is the panacea for the growth and security of the
nation.
1. In the context of Gandhijis views on the matter, explore, on an evolutionary

scale, the terms Swadhinata, Swaraj and Dharmarajya. Critically comment on
2012
their contemporary relevance to Indian democracy.

2. Is the criticism that the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) model for
development is more of a bane than a boon in the Indian context, justi ed?
3. Science and Mysticism : Are they compatible ?
4. Managing work and home is the Indian working woman getting a fair deal?
2011
1. Creation of smaller states and the consequent administrative , economic and

developmental implication
2. Does Indian Cinema shape our popular culture or merely re ect it
3. Credit based higher education system status , opportunities and challenges
4. In the Indian context , Both human intelligence and technical intelligence are
crucial in combating terrorism
2010
1. Geography may remain the same; history need not.

2. Should a moratorium be imposed on all fresh mining in tribal areas of the
country?
3. Preparedness of our society for Indias global leadership role.
4. From traditional Indian philanthropy to the Gates-Bu et model-a natural
progression or a paradigm shift?
2009
1. Are our traditional handicrafts doomed to a slow death?

2. Are we a Soft state ?
3. The focus of health care is increasingly getting skewed towards the haves of
our society.
4. Good Fences make good neighbors
5. Globlisation vs. Nationalism
2008
2007
1. Role of Media in good governance

2. National Identity and Patritism
3. Special Economic Zone : Boon or Bane
4. Descipline means success , anarchy means ruin
5. Urbanisation and Its Hazards
6. Is an Egalitarian society possible by educating the masses ?
1. Independent thinking should be encouraged right form the childhood.
2. Evaluation of Panchayati Raj System in India from the point of view of
eradication of power to people.
3. Attitude makes, habit makes character and character makes a man.
4. Is Autonomy the best answer to combat balkanization?
5. How has satellite television brought about cultural change in Indian mindsets.
6. BPO boom in India.
1. Womens Reservation Bill Would Usher in Empowerment for Women in India.
2. Protection of Ecology and Environment is Essential for Sustained Economic
Development.
2006
2006
3. Importance of Indo-U.S. Nuclear Agreement

4. Education for All Campaign in India: Myth or Reality.
5. Globalization Would Finish Small-Scale Industries in India.
6. Increasing Computerization Would lead to the Creation of a Dehumanized
Society.
2005
1. Justice must reach the poor

2. The hand that rocks the cradle
3. If women ruled the world
4. What is real education?
5. Terrorism and world peace
6. Food security for sustainable national development
2004
1. Indias Role in Promoting ASEAN Co-operation.

2. Judicial Activism and Indian Democracy.
3. Whither Womens Emancipation?
4. Globalizations and Its Impact on Indian Culture.
5. The Lure of Space.
6. Water Resources Should Be Under the Control of the Central Government.
2003
1. The Masks of New Imperialism.

2. How far has democracy in India delivered the goods?
3. How should a civil servant conduct himself?
4. As civilization advances culture declines.
5. There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.
6. Spirituality and Scienti c temper.
2002
1. Modern technological education and human values.

2. Search for truth can only be a spiritual problem.
3. If youth knew, if age could.
4. The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
5. Privatization of higher education in India.
6. Responsibility of media in a democracy.
2001
1. What have we gained from our democratic set-up?

2. My vision of an ideal world order.
3. The march of science and the erosion of human values.
4. Irrelevance of the classroom.
5. The pursuit of excellence.
6. Empowerment alone cannot help our women.
2000
1. Why should we be proud of being Indians?

2. The cyberworld: Its charms and challenges.
3. The countrys need for a better disaster management system.
4. Indian culture today: A myth or a reality?
5. The implications of globalization for India.
6. Modernism and our traditional socio-ethical values.
1. Women empowerment: Challenges and prospects.
2. Youth culture today.
1999
1999
3. Mass media and cultural invasion.

4. Resource management in the Indian context.
5. Value-based science and education.
6. Reservation, politics and empowerment.
1998
1. The composite culture of India.

2. Woman is Gods best creation.
3.The misinterpretation and misuse of freedom in India.
4. Indias contribution to world wisdom.
5. The language problem in India: Its past, present and prospects.
6. The world of the twenty- rst century.
1997
1. What we have not learnt during fty years of Independence.

2. Judicial activism.
3. Greater political power alone will not improve womens plight.
4. True religion cannot be misused.
5. The modern doctor and his patients.
6. Urbanization is a blessing in disguise.
1996
1. Literacy is growing very fast, but there is no corresponding growth in education.

2. Restructuring of UNO re ect present realities
3. New cults and Godmen: a threat to traditional religion
4. The VIP cult is a bane of Indian democracy
5. Need for transparency in public administration
6. Truth is lived, not taught
1995
1. Politics without ethics is a disaster.

2. The new emerging women Power: the ground realities.
3. When money speaks, the truth is silent.
4. Whither Indian democracy?
5. Restructuring of Indian education system.
6. Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the lifeblood of civilisation.
7. Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
1994
1. Youth is a blunder, Manhood a struggle, oldage a regret

2. The Indian society at the crossroads.
3. Modernisation and westernisation are not identical concepts.
4. Useless life is an early death.
5. Politics, bureaucracy and business Fatal Triangle.
6. Multinational corporations saviours or saboteurs
1993
1. My vision of India in 2001 A.D.

2. The global order: political and economic
3. He would reigns within himself and folds his passions and desires and fears is
more than a king.
4. Compassion is the basic of all morality would
5. Men have failed: let women take over.
6. Economic growth without distributive justice is bound to breed violence.
7. Ecological considerations need not hamper development.
8. Computer: the harbinger of silent revolution.
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Abhijeet B
2 Topics from each section is guessable.
Saurabh
Sgh
Aditya_S
Attempted both 4s.
I thought I could have written better the second one but due to paucity of
time and extra pressure could not do justice to my essay.
hoping to get 100-125
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himabindhu
wel done can do bettr in nxt papers
Vivek
@Aditya_S
Sir, I am new in this preparation and aiming for 2017. Please tell me
how to prepare for Essays ?
Honestly Speaking, I am clueless about above topics. I can only write
max. 50-100 words. But 1000 !!
I know The Hindu and Yojana helps a lot. But Currently I am not able
to form views from The Hindu. I am even struggling to understand
its editorials as my vocabulary is poor and thus improving. My 2-hr
allocated times goes in Only Understanding Alien English Words
Am I going Right ?
Pars
This is an obvious situation for any beginnerso so not be
disheartend .write just 100 words on any of above topic. Then
read it after few hrs .for rest of the week keep thinking about
this topic and look for any related things in news papers or even
in ncert book.I mean whatever you read during the week on
any topicjust think how can you add that info to your
essay.at the end of the week rearrange your essay..for
editorialsread one paragraph at a timeand see if you can
write the essence of it in one or two lines..only then move on to
next paragraphit might be time consuming initiallybut u will
get trained over time..
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Vivek
Thanks a lot Pars Sir for guidance. I will follow this.
sspp
rather than reading a lot it is important to understand. the
same with me it takes 3 to 4 hr simply for reading the Hindu
but still some follows the current a airs only and
succeeding!!!!!!!!!!.
Diksha
3, 2 respectively. Too much philosophical this time. I feel I will get
around 125 at least.
Vivek
Thank You Sir for Essay Paper. Please upload Compulsory English Paper
also.
Thanks a lot.
Anwar
Attempted 4th and 1st
Tanveer
please guide me brother
Nav
what s a good score in essay. I attempted one on education without moral
and dreams of Indiasaari problems and aspirations chep di
Ruhi
Mrunal Sir can you Please tell me how to approach these Philosophy/
Quote Based Essays.. I really nd di cult to write Quality Essay on these
Topics and that too of 1000 words.
Can Anyone give me all the Points that they covered in This Year
Quote/philosophy based Topics.
1.Lending hands to someone is better than giving a dole.
2.Quick but steady wins the race.
3.Character of an institution is re ected in its leader
Pars
Please read my comments above as wellits not always obvious to
write a good essay on such topics rst write anything that u can with
random stories from day to day lifedo this exercise for while on one
topic onlythen read others to comparethis will help you in nding
your shortcomings and strength
ayush
How to prepare for essays?
AspiringIAS
Dont worry.You are doing just ne.Keep repeating what you are doing &
over a period of time your skill will improve.Use Norman Lewis /Wordweb
app for vocabulary.Remember , the beginning is always the most di cult
part of any journey & that no great thing is ever achieved in a hurry!Give
yourself some time.
Happy Learning!
Pars
This is an obvious situation for any beginnerso so not be disheartend
.write just 100 words on any of above topic. Then read it after few hrs
.for rest of the week keep thinking about this topic and look for any
related things in news papers or even in ncert book.I mean whatever you
read during the week on any topicjust think how can you add that info to
your essay.at the end of the week rearrange your essay..for editorials
read one paragraph at a timeand see if you can write the essence of it in
one or two lines..only then move on to next paragraphit might be time
consuming initiallybut u will get trained over time..
Malgudi Days
Exactlysometimes we need to emphasize more on
content.when several topics are present in our mind,we just
need to arrange it
carefully and this can be done with basic fodder which is present
in small stories and Daily news papers.Then slowly we can add
examples in it (illustrative).
we need SWOT analysisbut UPSC expects only Analysis
Pars
Please read my comments below as wellits not always obvious to write a
good essay on such topics rst write anything that u can with random
stories from day to day lifedo this exercise for while on one topic only
then read others to comparethis will help you in nding your
shortcomings and strength
Harshini annu
The essay crisis faced by india- moral or economic is repeated from the
previous years compulsory english paper!
saba alam
Mrunal Sir as you have covered GS and Ethics papers so well please write
some model essays in light of the recent type of topics asked by UPSC.
This is our honest request to guide us in writing quality essays.
It is only essay paper that we are not satis ed with our preparation for
2016.
BALAMURUGAN S
Please upload english paper
avdhesh
yes starting may be di cult but if you dont give up then u will see that u r
capable of conquering your inner weakness .
.
keep doing this i m also aiming for ias ,2017
varun
Is WORD LIMIT of < 1200 words has to be followed ???
varun
sir, I have written only 7 pages of both essays(avg quality ) , but many of my
friends have crossed 9 pages(avg quality) both essay.. will this a ect my
marks because of less written(apart from other aspects)
Golden Rocks
Dont Take tension, Start what u feel
For example education with value wala essya I started from birth of a
person like
When a child is born , he rst opens his eyes. this world seems di erent to
him, he is completely unware of blah blah..then he rst saw his mother , try
to understand her, he is like mirror in which expression of mother can be
seen. then i explained family is rst place whr u ger education value blah
blah blah
Dont afraid just by looking essay topic, write what u feel
I dont know about how much marks i will getnever take tension tht i dont
knowbelieve in your self
Manjunath
I have written both essays in 7 pages each(aprox 1000 words) .some of
my friends approx 9 page each both r of avg quality i know it does not
depends on lengthy wisebut still i m feeling it will a ect my marks badly..
need suggestions..pl
priya
mrunal sir thanku for ur speechless help many questions in gs2 mains
paper directly from ur lecture
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pinku
sir can u plzzz upload d papers in hindi also
Abhishek Srivastava
Paaye lagan sir!!!!
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of it. Please shed some light
Gar eld
Sir I forgot to mention my medium on the QCA booklet. Do I need to be
worried?
What can be the solution?
A
Dear Gar eld,
You simply stay relaxed as the examiner will see in what medium you
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4.Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make a man
more clever devil.
Intro -> convergence of value and education
what is value? how they are bene cial
focus on values in education -> to counter following points
Eg: Scienti c temper for intolerance, Truthfulness+Honesty for corruption,
Gender Equality for patriarchal mindset
Knowledge devoid of values clever devil
Eg: Satyam scam,NSEL scam,cyber warfare, 9/11 Osama also educated
value in education some examples
philanthropy like zuckerberg,premji,gates, environment consciousness,
gender respect, mutual coexistance
Need to derive values from society,culture and some universal like
Kantian philosophy
Conclusion-> both Education & Value should compliment each other
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i have not written the heading and question number before writting the
essay will my essay be evaluated?
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i have not written the heading and question number before writting the
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What are the main points which is important for AC capf preparation??????
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Dear sir kindly provide guidelines for those beginner who want to appear in
hindi medium as well.
Sir kya essay only english m hi likhna hota h. Maine mains k liye hindi
subject chuna hai mera rst attempt hai.
Sagar
sir maine mains exam k liye Hindi language ko chuna hai to essay
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Section-A: 125 Marks

3. Character of an institution is re ected in its leader.

Section-B: 125 Marks

Previous Papers vs. 2015

2014- new trend started: Total 8 essay

2014: section A two essays on

Three essays on ethics/philosophy, and one on

2014: section B two essays on

Trend continued. Although some of the topics can be

economy (1) Policy paralysis (2)

2014: 6 out of 8 topics ended with

classi ed in two or more ways e.g. Indian crisis- moral

2014: Leadership / power related

Trend continues: Character of an institution is re ected

2001: The march of science and the

Technology cannot replace manpower.

2002: Modern technological

Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather

1993: My vision of India in 2001

APJ Kalam who died on 2015, July: Dream is not

Since last two years no essay on

Trend continues for the third year in succession (2015),

Essay-list: Topic wise last 23 years (1993-2015)

10. Mass media and cultural invasion. -1999

7. Discipline means success, anarchy means ruin -2008

combating terrorism -2011

Essaylist: Yearwise Last 23 years (1993-2015)

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write one essay from each section

4. Words are sharper than the two-edged sword. -2014

would be the right indices for judging the wellbeing of a country

1. In the context of Gandhijis views on the matter, explore, on an evolutionary

their contemporary relevance to Indian democracy.

1. Creation of smaller states and the consequent administrative , economic and

1. Geography may remain the same; history need not.

1. Are our traditional handicrafts doomed to a slow death?

1. Role of Media in good governance

3. Importance of Indo-U.S. Nuclear Agreement

1. Justice must reach the poor

1. Indias Role in Promoting ASEAN Co-operation.

1. The Masks of New Imperialism.

1. Modern technological education and human values.

1. What have we gained from our democratic set-up?

1. Why should we be proud of being Indians?

3. Mass media and cultural invasion.

1. The composite culture of India.

1. What we have not learnt during fty years of Independence.

1. Literacy is growing very fast, but there is no corresponding growth in education.

1. Politics without ethics is a disaster.

1. Youth is a blunder, Manhood a struggle, oldage a regret

1. My vision of India in 2001 A.D.

8. Computer: the harbinger of silent revolution.

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