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UPSC CSE Mains 2021 — Essay Questions with Answers

All 8 Essay previous-year questions from UPSC CSE Mains 2021, each with the correct answer and a full explanation. Practise them as a free, timed mock test with instant scoring.

1. Q1.Section A

   The process of self-discovery has now been technologically outsourced.

2. Q2.Section A

   Your perception of me is a reflection of you; my reaction to you is an awareness of me.

3. Q3.Section A

   Philosophy of wantlessness is Utopian, while materialism is a chimera.

4. Q4.Section A

   The real is rational and the rational is real.

5. Q5.Section B

   Hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

6. Q6.Section B

   What is research, but a blind date with knowledge!

7. Q7.Section B

   History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce.

8. Q8.Section B

   There are better practices to 'best practices'.