UPSC CSE Mains Model Questions: Essay [30-Day AWP Compilation]

This is a compilation of the Essay Paper model questions we provided as part of ClearIAS 30-day Mains Answer Writing Program(AWP) 2016.

IAS Mains Model Questions: Essay Paper

Aspirants who write mains are advised to go through these questions, answers written by other candidates, and the respective feedback from ClearIAS Team.

1. War does not determine who is right, but only who is left. (1000-1200 words – 125 marks)
2. Higher education in India: challenges and strategies. (1000-1200 words – 125 marks)
3. History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. (1000-1200 words – 125 marks)
4. The best is yet to come for India. (1000-1200 words – 125 marks)
5. Ideas for a truly new India. (1000-1200 words – 125 marks)
6. Never confuse education with intelligence. (1000-1200 words – 125 marks)
7. When in doubt tell the truth. (1000-1200 words – 125 marks)
8. Be as you wish to be seem. (1000-1200 words – 125 marks)
9. Our common future. (1000-1200 words – 125 marks)
10. Feminism is the radical notion that women are people. (1000-1200 words – 125 marks)
11. Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master. (1000-1200 words – 125 marks)
12. Happiness is a journey not a destination. (1000-1200 words – 125 marks)
13. India’s glorious past. (1000-1200 words – 125 marks)
14. The meaning of life. (1000-1200 words – 125 marks)
15. Religion can’t dictate upon rights of individuals. (1000-1200 words – 125 marks)
16. Creative India; Innovative India. (1000-1200 words – 125 marks)
17. India – a nation of nations. (1000-1200 words – 125 marks)
18. Some goals are so worth, it’s glorious even to fail. (1000-1200 words – 125 marks)
19. Ironies in India. (1000-1200 words – 125 marks)
20. Indian startup culture – a boom or bubble? (1000-1200 words – 125 marks)
21. Modern Technology and the Widening Generation Gap (1000-1200 words – 125 marks)
22. Moral Policing in India: Are we prisoners of our own conscience? (1000-1200 words – 125 marks)
23. Inclusive agricultural growth is the key to removing poverty by 2030. (1000-1200 words – 125 marks)
24. The weak can never forgive; forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. (1000-1200 words – 125 marks)
25. Is India becoming intolerant? (1000-1200 words – 125 marks)
26. Politics and sports should not be mixed. (1000-1200 words – 125 marks)
27. Is India a soft state? (1000-1200 words – 125 marks)
28. Relevance of Gandhian philosophy in modern world. (1000-1200 words – 125 marks)
29. Change is the end result of all true learning. (1000-1200 words – 125 marks)
30. The best revenge is massive success. (1000-1200 words – 125 marks)

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