CIVIL SERVICES MAIN EXAMINATION – 2022

UPSC

ESSAY QUESTION
PAPER
2022

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 ESSAY
Time Allowed : Three Hours Maximum Marks: 250

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The ESSAY must be written in the medium authorized in the

Admission Certificate which must be clearly on the cover of his
Question-cum-Answer (QCA) Booklet in the space provided. No marks
will be given for answers written in a medium other than the
authorized one.

Word limit, as specified, should be adhered to.

Any page or portion of the page left blank in the Question - cum -
Answer Booklet must be clearly struck off.

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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. Forests are the best case studies for economic excellence.

2. Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.

3. History is a series of victories won by the scientific man over the romantic
man.

4. A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ship is for.

SECTION - b

5. The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

6. You cannot step twice in the same river.

7. A smile is the chosen vehicle for all ambiguities.

8. Just because you have a choice, it does not mean that any of them has to
be right.

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