(Download) UPSC IAS Mains Essay Exam Question Paper - 2025


(Download) UPSC Mains 2025 Question Paper: Essay Compulsory


  • Marks : 250 (125 marks x 2)
  • Duration: 3 hours
  • Exam Date: 22-August-2025
  • Year : 2025

Write Two Essays, choosing One Topic from each of the Sections A and B, in about 1000-1200 words each.

Section-A (125 marks) - Choose any one Essay

Section-A 

1. Truth knows no color.

2. The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

3. Thought finds a world and creates one also.

4. Best lessons are learnt through bitter experiences.

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Section-B

5. Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

6. The years teach much which the days never know.

7. It is best to see life as a journey, not as a destination.

8. Contentment is natural wealth; luxury is artificial poverty.

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