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ESSAY(MAINS EXAMINATION)

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ESSAY: Candidates may be required to write on multiple topics.They will be expected to keep closely to the subject of the essay to arrange their ideas in orderly fashion, and to write concisely .Credit will be given for effective and exact expression.

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