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4392 Previous Year Questions • 2016–2026 • Prelims, Mains, Essay, Optionals
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Essay - Essay
20 shown2019•Essay•Essay•Q.5
South Asian societies are woven not around the state, but around their plural cultures and plural identities
Essay
2019•Essay•Essay•Q.6
Neglect of primary health care and education in India are reasons for its backwardness
Essay
2019•Essay•Essay•Q.7
Biased media is a real threat to Indian democracy
Essay
2019•Essay•Essay•Q.8
Rise of Artificial Intelligence : the threat of jobless future or better job opportunities through reskilling and upskilling
Essay
2018•Essay•Essay•Q.1
Alternative technologies for a climate change resilient India
Climate Change Resilient Technologies
2018•Essay•Essay•Q.2
A good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge
Love, Knowledge and Ethics
2018•Essay•Essay•Q.3
Poverty anywhere is a threat to prosperity everywhere
GS-III: Inclusive growth and issues arising from it
2018•Essay•Essay•Q.4
Management of Indian border disputes—a complex task
GS-II: India and its neighbourhood- relations
2018•Essay•Essay•Q.5
Customary morality cannot be a guide to modern life
GS-IV: Ethics and Human Interface
2018•Essay•Essay•Q.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
2018•Essay•Essay•Q.7
A people that values its privileges above its principles loses both
GS-IV: Ethics and Human Interface
2018•Essay•Essay•Q.8
Reality does not conform to the ideal, but confirms it
Essay
2017•Essay•Essay•Q.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
2017•Essay•Essay•Q.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
2017•Essay•Essay•Q.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
2017•Essay•Essay•Q.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
2016•Essay•Essay•Q.1
If development is not engendered, it is endangered
(B) Cooperative federalism : Myth or reality
Essay
2016•Essay•Essay•Q.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
2016•Essay•Essay•Q.3
Water disputes between States in federal India
(B) Near jobless growth in India : An anomaly or an outcome of economic reforms
Essay
2016•Essay•Essay•Q.4
Innovation is the key determinant of economic growth and social welfare
(B) Digital economy : A leveller or a source of economic inequality
Essay