Essay – UPSC CSE 2021 (Mains)

Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2021 ESSAY

Time Allowed: Three Hours | Maximum Marks: 250

Write TWO Essays, choosing ONE from each of the Sections A and B, in about 1000–1200 words each. [125×2=250]

SECTION A

1. The process of self-discovery has now been technologically outsourced.

2. Your perception of me is a reflection of you; my reaction to you is an awareness of me.

3. Philosophy of wantlessness is Utopian, while materialism is a chimera.

4. The real is rational and the rational is real.

SECTION B

5. Hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

6. What is research, but a blind date with knowledge!

7. History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce.

8. There are better practices to "best practices".