UPSC CSE Mains 2021 was conducted on 7th January. Below is the question paper.
Instructions:
Write TWO Essays, choosing ONE from each of the Sections A and B, in about 1000-1200 Words each. (125×2 = 250)
Section A
1. The process of self-discovery has now been technologically outsourced.
2. Your perception of me is a reflection of you; my reaction to you is an awareness of me.
3. Philosophy of wantlessness is Utopian, while materialism is a chimera.
4. The real is rational and the rational is real.
Section B
5. Hand that rocks the cradle rule the world.
6. What is research, but a blind date with knowledge!
7. History repeats itself first as a tragedy, second as a farce.
8. There are better practices to “best practices”.
