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4392 Previous Year Questions • 2016–2026 • Prelims, Mains, Essay, Optionals

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2019EssayEssayQ.5
South Asian societies are woven not around the state, but around their plural cultures and plural identities
Essay
2019EssayEssayQ.6
Neglect of primary health care and education in India are reasons for its backwardness
Essay
2019EssayEssayQ.7
Biased media is a real threat to Indian democracy
Essay
2019EssayEssayQ.8
Rise of Artificial Intelligence : the threat of jobless future or better job opportunities through reskilling and upskilling
Essay
2018EssayEssayQ.1
Alternative technologies for a climate change resilient India
Climate Change Resilient Technologies
2018EssayEssayQ.2
A good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge
Love, Knowledge and Ethics
2018EssayEssayQ.3
Poverty anywhere is a threat to prosperity everywhere
GS-III: Inclusive growth and issues arising from it
2018EssayEssayQ.4
Management of Indian border disputes—a complex task
GS-II: India and its neighbourhood- relations
2018EssayEssayQ.5
Customary morality cannot be a guide to modern life
GS-IV: Ethics and Human Interface
2018EssayEssayQ.6
The past is a permanent dimension of human consciousness and values
GS-I: Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society
2018EssayEssayQ.7
A people that values its privileges above its principles loses both
GS-IV: Ethics and Human Interface
2018EssayEssayQ.8
Reality does not conform to the ideal, but confirms it
Essay
2017EssayEssayQ.1
Farming has lost the ability to be a source of subsistence for majority of farmers in India. (section_b) Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.
Essay
2017EssayEssayQ.2
Impact of the new economic measures on fiscal ties between the union and states in India. (section_b) Fulfilment of 'new woman' in India is a myth.
Essay
2017EssayEssayQ.3
Destiny of a nation is shaped in its classrooms. (section_b) We may brave human laws but cannot resist natural laws.
Education and Natural Laws
2017EssayEssayQ.4
Has the Non-Alignment Movement (NAM) lost its relevance in a multipolar world? (section_b) 'Social media' is inherently a selfish medium.
Non-Alignment Movement and Social Media
2016EssayEssayQ.1
If development is not engendered, it is endangered (B) Cooperative federalism : Myth or reality
Essay
2016EssayEssayQ.2
Need brings greed, if greed increases it spoils breed (B) Cyberspace and Internet : Blessing or curse to the human civilization in the long run
Essay
2016EssayEssayQ.3
Water disputes between States in federal India (B) Near jobless growth in India : An anomaly or an outcome of economic reforms
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2016EssayEssayQ.4
Innovation is the key determinant of economic growth and social welfare (B) Digital economy : A leveller or a source of economic inequality
Essay