UPSC Civil Services Mains 2025 — Essay

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Every question from the UPSC Civil Services Mains 2025 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.
सत्य कोई रंग नहीं जानता है।
Truth knows no color.
(Answer in 1200 words)
125
2.
बिना लड़े ही दुश्मन को परास्त करना युद्ध की सर्वोच्च कला है।
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
(Answer in 1200 words)
125
3.
विचार एश दुनिया खोजता भी है और एक बनाता भी है।
Thought finds a world and creates one also.
(Answer in 1200 words)
125
4.
सबसे अच्छे सनक कड़चे अनुभवों से सीखे जाते हैं।
Best lessons are learnt through bitter experiences.
(Answer in 1200 words)
125

Section B

5.
मैले पानी को अकेला छोड़ने से ही उसे सबसे अच्छा साफ किया जा सकता है।
Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.
(Answer in 1200 words)
125
6.
वर्ष बहुत कुछ सिखाते हैं, जो दिन कभी नहीं जानते।
The years teach much which the days never know.
(Answer in 1200 words)
125
7.
जीवन को एक यात्रा के रूप में देखना सर्वोत्तम है, न कि एक गंतव्य के रूप में।
It is best to see life as a journey, not as a destination.
(Answer in 1200 words)
125
8.
संतोष स्वाभाविक संपत्ति हैऋ विलासिता कृत्रिम निर्धनता है।
Contentment is natural wealth; luxury is artificial poverty.
(Answer in 1200 words)
125

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Source: UPSC CSE Mains 2025 — ESSAY question paper