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UPSC CSE Mains 2023 — Essay Questions with Answers

All 8 Essay previous-year questions from UPSC CSE Mains 2023, each with the correct answer and a full explanation. Practise them as a free, timed mock test with instant scoring.

1. Q1.Section A

   Thinking is like a game, it does not begin unless there is an opposite team.

2. Q2.Section A

   Visionary decision-making happens at the intersection of intuition and logic.

3. Q3.Section A

   Not all who wander are lost.

4. Q4.Section A

   Inspiration for creativity springs from the effort to look for the magical in the mundane.

5. Q5.Section B

   Girls are weighed down by restrictions, boys with demands - two equally harmful disciplines.

6. Q6.Section B

   Mathematics is the music of reason.

7. Q7.Section B

   A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.

8. Q8.Section B

   Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.