UPSC Civil Services Mains 2024 — Essay

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Every question from the UPSC Civil Services Mains 2024 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.
जंगल सभ्यताओं से पहले आते हैं और रेगिस्तान उनके बाद आते हैं।
Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow them.
(Answer in 1200 words)
125
2.
भविष्य के साम्राज्य मस्तिष्क के साम्राज्य होंगे।
The empires of the futures will be the empires of the mind.
(Answer in 1200 words)
125
3.
प्रसन्नता का कोई मार्ग नहीं है, प्रसन्नता ही मार्ग है।
There is no path to happiness, Happiness is the path.
(Answer in 1200 words)
125
4.
प्रश्न पूछने वाला ही विज्ञान का सच्चा सिपाही है।
The doubter is a true man of science.
(Answer in 1200 words)
125

Section B

1.
सोशल मीडिया युवाओं में ‘छूटने का डर’ पैदा कर रहा है जिसके कारण उनमें अवसाद और अकेलापन बढ़ रहा है।
Social media is triggering ‘Fear of Missing Out’ amongst the youth precipitating depression and loneliness.
(Answer in 1200 words)
125
2.
लगभग सभी मनुष्य प्रतिकूल परिस्थितियों का सामना कर सकते हैं, लेकिन व्यक्ति के चरित्र के परीक्षण के लिये, उसे शक्ति प्रदान करके देखिये।
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but to test the character, give him power.
(Answer in 1200 words)
125
3.
व्यापक परिणाम वाले सभी विचार हमेशा साधारण ही होते हैं।
All ideas having large consequences are always simple.
(Answer in 1200 words)
125
4.
गलत होने की कीमत कुछ न करने की कीमत से कम है।
The cost of being wrong is less than the cost of doing nothing.
(Answer in 1200 words)
125

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Source: UPSC CSE Mains 2024 — ESSAY question paper