(Paper) IAS Mains Previous Years Paper : Essay Compulsory (1997 & 1998)

IAS Mains Previous Years Paper : Essay Compulsory (1997 & 1998)

Essay- 1997 (Compulsory-Mains)
Time Allowed : ThreeHours M.Marks : 200

Write an essay on any one of the following subjects:

(1)What we have notlearnt during fifty years of Independence.

(2)Judicial activism.

(3)Greater political power alone will not improvewomen's plight.

(4)True religioncannot be misused.

(5)The moderndoctor and his patients.

(6)Urbanization is a blessing in disguise.

Essay - 1998 (Compulsory) (Main)
Time Allowed : Three Hours Maximum Marks : 200

Write an essay on any one of the following subjects :

(i) The composite culture of India

(ii) Woman is God's best creation

(iii) The misinterpretation and misuse of freedom in India

(iv) India's contribution to world wisdom

(v) The language problem in India : Its past, present and prospects

(vi) The world of the twenty-first century