CS Mains 2018 General Essay

Civil Services (Mains) – 2018

GENERAL ESSAY PAPER

Write two essays , choosing one topic from each of the following Sections A and B, in about 1000 – 1200 words each :                                                                                                                                                            125 x 2 = 250 Marks

SECTION – A

1.       Alternative technologies for a climate change resilient India

2.       A good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge

3.       Poverty anywhere is a threat to prosperity everywhere

4.       Management of Indian border disputes – a complex task

SECTION – B

1.       Customary morality cannot be a guide to modern life

2.       “The past’ is a permanent dimension of human consciousness and values

3.       A people that values its privileges above its principles loses both

4.       Reality does not conform to the ideal, but confirms it