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ESSAY PAPER (UPSC MAINS-2020)

 UPSC MAINS ESSAY PAPER has recently been conducted by UPSC. the question paper is a unconventional with lot of question coming from  ETHICS and PHILOSOPHY. There is one question from women(PATRIARCHY)  as regular and one question from economics(GDP VS DEVELOPMENT DEBATE). some question are very tough like CULTURE AND CIVILISATION question and MINDFUL MANIFESTO. Have a look at question paper;-


SECTION A

1. Life is a long journey between human being and being humane.

2. Mindful manifesto is the catalyst to a tranquil self.

3. Ships do not sink because of water around them, ships sink because of water that gets into them.

4. Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.


SECTION B

1.Culture is what we are, civilisation is what we have.

2. There can be no social justice without economic prosperity but economic prosperity without social justice is meaningless.

3. Patriarchy is the least noticed yet the most significant structure of social inequality.

4. Technology as the silent factor in international relations.

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