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Essay – Civil Services Books – Mains Exam

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UPSC Civil Service Mains Paper 1 (popularly known as essay paper) is now of 250 marks.

Candidates may be required to write essays on multiple topics. They will be expected to keep closely to the subject of the essay to arrange their ideas in orderly fashion and to write concisely. Credit will be given for effective and exact expression.

Recommended Books for Essay Paper – Civil Services Books – Mains Exam

  1. Essays for Civil Services and Other Competitive Examinations by Pulkit Khare.
  2. Selected Contemporary Essays by Saumitra Mohan (MHE)
  3. Essay Paper for Civil Services Main Examination by Pavneet Singh and Sonali Bansal
  4. A Book of Essays by Kalpana Rajaram
  5. 151 ESSAYS For UPSC Mains Various State Public Service Commisions and Other competitive Examinations
  6. English-Hindi-Essay Compulsory- UPSC Mains Examination
  7. ESSAYS(101 Current) for Competitive Exams
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    August 8, 2016 at 6:57 am

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  2. Suresh kumar says

    June 18, 2017 at 11:08 am

    I am preparing for 2018. Kindly share essay content .

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  3. Dhani says

    April 17, 2018 at 11:28 am

    Should I buy all the books or any one is OK. Please reply……

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      April 17, 2018 at 2:23 pm

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  4. Snigdhya Paul says

    March 9, 2019 at 12:07 pm

    plz send essay content

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  5. Deepak says

    August 25, 2019 at 2:23 pm

    Sir , what are the books to read so that i can have a good content for mains examination?
    I have certain books which are universal for UPSC CS .. For mains i am confused same are enough or not ..if not from where will i get the content ..

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    November 28, 2019 at 2:28 am

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