2021 · Question 1 · Section A · 125 marks · 1200 words
The process of self-discovery has now been technologically outsourced.
- Technology and human judgement — tools versus wisdom.
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2021 · Question 2 · Section A · 125 marks · 1200 words
Your perception of me is a reflection of you; my reaction to you is an awareness of me.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Main) 2021, Essay (opens in a new tab)2021 · Question 3 · Section A · 125 marks · 1200 words
Philosophy of wantlessness is Utopian, while materialism is a chimera.
- Nature, sustainability and restraint.
2021 · Question 4 · Section A · 125 marks · 1200 words
The real is rational and the rational is real.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Main) 2021, Essay (opens in a new tab)2021 · Question 5 · Section B · 125 marks · 1200 words
Hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Main) 2021, Essay (opens in a new tab)2021 · Question 6 · Section B · 125 marks · 1200 words
What is research, but a blind date with knowledge!
- Education, curiosity and doubt.
2021 · Question 7 · Section B · 125 marks · 1200 words
History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Main) 2021, Essay (opens in a new tab)2021 · Question 8 · Section B · 125 marks · 1200 words
There are better practices to "best practices".
- Change, adversity and resilience.