UPSC Mains 2015 Essay Question Paper

Instructions: Write two essays, choosing one from each of the following Section A & B, in about 1000-1200 words. Total Marks: 250.

Section ‘A’

1. Lending hands to someone is better than giving a dole.
2. Quick but steady wins the race.
3. Character of an institution is reflected in its leader.
4. Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make a man more clever devil.

Section B

1. Technology cannot replace manpower.
2. Crisis faced in India – moral or economic.
3.  Dreams which should not let India sleep.
4. Can capitalism bring inclusive growth?