UPSC Civil Services Mains 2023 — Essay
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Every question from the UPSC Civil Services Mains 2023 Essay, transcribed from the commission's own paper in both Hindi and English and reproduced here with its printed marks and word limits. Conducted by the Union Public Service Commission. Free to read. Attempt any question by hand and send the copy in to have it marked against this paper's own scale.
Section A
- 1.
चिंतन एक तरह का खेल है, यह तब तक प्रारंभ नहीं होता, जब तक एक विरोधी पक्ष न हो।
125Thinking is like a game, it does not begin unless there is an opposite team.
(Answer in 1200 words)
- 2.
दूरदर्शी निर्णय तभी लिये जाते हैं जब अंतज्र्ञान और तर्क का परस्पर मेल होता है।
125Visionary decision-making happens at the intersection of intuition and logic.
(Answer in 1200 words)
- 3.
सभी भटकने वाले गुम नहीं होते हैं।
125Not all who wander are lost.
(Answer in 1200 words)
- 4.
रचनात्मकता की प्रेरणा लौकिकता में चमत्कार ढूँढ़ने के प्रयास से उपजती है।
125Inspiration for creativity springs from the effort to look for the magical in the mundane.
(Answer in 1200 words)
Section B
- 5.
लड़कियाँ बंदिशों के तथा लड़के अपेक्षा के बोझ तले दबे हुए होते हैं- दोनों ही समान रूप से हानिकारक व्यवस्थाएँ हैं।
125Girls are weighed down by restrictions, boys with demands – two equally harmful disciplines.
(Answer in 1200 words)
- 6.
गणित ज्ञान का संगीत है।
125Mathematics is the music of reason.
(Answer in 1200 words)
- 7.
जिस समाज में अधिक न्याय होता है, उस समाज को दान की कम आवश्यकता होती है।
125A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.
(Answer in 1200 words)
- 8.
शिक्षा वह है जो विद्यालय में सीखी बातों को भूल जाने के बाद भी शेष रह जाती है।
125Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.
(Answer in 1200 words)
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Source: UPSC CSE Mains 2023 — ESSAY question paper